The Washington times., 1922-08-28
MONTANA |S|N
/. FINAL DAYS Of
WARM PRIMARY
Voters Of Both Parties VIII
Name Their Candidates
Tomorrow. r..
By, MICHAEL r. DACEY. -
international News Service Staff
lC0rFesn0ndent

HELENA. Mont. Aug. 2s,-A va.
ried choice of candidates for nomina-
ton as United States Senator from
Montana will be offered voters OF
both the Republican and Democratic
parties when they trek to the polls in
the primary election throughout the
State tomorrow.
In addition to Senatorial candidates.
nominees will be selected for two
Congressional seats-a Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court and one Asso'
ciate Jutice; q clerk to the Supreme
| Court, q member of the board or
| railrt ad commissioners. and full leg.
lislati,e and county tickets. The most
spirit contest OF several years Is be-
ing waged in the primary campaign
by both leading parties for the choice
ora United States Senatorial candi'
date to succeed Henry Lee Myers,
the present Democratic toga wearer.
who is retiring next March, and the
Senatorial race holds the chief inter-
est of the public. Politicians nave
been speculating for months on the
outcome. The numerous aspirants an
nounced their candidates. early, and
the race has been spectacular IN
spots,
Riddick VS.. Rankin.
CONGRESSMAN Carl w. Riddick
and Attorney. General Wellington
| D. Rankin are considered the chief
contenders for the Republican nomi'
nation for United States Senator.
with former Congressman Charles
N. Pray, OF Great Falls: J. w.
Anderson, Of Sidney, and j. Z.
Siegfreidt, OF Bear Creek. also try
ing for the office.
| Attorney.Ge General Rankin is
brother Of jeanette Rankin. first
woman member Of Congress. Miss
Rankin has campaigned the State
in her brothers behalf.
| Congressman Riddick has MADE
public declaration that he will sup.
port the policies and programme OF
the Harding Administration ana
he has urged. without response,
that his opponents declare them-
selves on this issue.
| Candidate Anderson, who Is ar
filiated with the Non.Partisan
League, has made several speeches
| in behalf of his candidacy In vc-
rious sections OF the State, while
| Siegfreidt has made his campaign
on a light wine and beer" plat.
| form.
Four Democrats.
On the Democratic side Burton X.
Wheeler, Of Butte, defeated candi-
date for governor two years ago. is
contestinE with former Congressman
Tom Stout, Of Lewistown: Judge }.
F. O'Connor, of Livingston, and
former State Democratic COMMITTEES
Chairman Hugh r. Wells, Of Miles
City, for the Senatorial nomination.
Wells has injected a bit OF the
spectacular into the contest by
travelling in an airplane to all sec
tions Of the State in his campaign
ing. Judge O'Connor has made an
extensive speaking tour throughout
Montana. Both Wells and Judge
O'Connor have declared in favor OF
light wines and beer. while Stout is
running on a platform that opposes
any amendment ~ the Volstead act.
Wheeler has remained silent on this
issue.
In the First Congressional Dis
| trict Washington ]. Mccormick, IN
cumbent. is unopposed for the Re-
publican nomination, and r. B. Moss,
a retired banker, Of Billings, Is run.
ming on the Democratic ticket with
out an opponent.
Wide Variety.
| In the Second District. however,
there are numerous candidates on
both sides, and a warm contest has
been in progress for the Democratic
nomination to Congress. The Re-
publicans present four candidates in
this district-Jerome G. Locke. chair
man of the State Industrial Accident
Board: James M. Burlingame. State
Senator from Cascade county; Paul
r. Flint, a publisher, and Scott
Leavitt, OF Great Falls.
On the Democratic side, where in
the past nomination has been con-
sidered equivalent to election, five
candidates are making the fight
for choice at the primary election.
John M. Evans, of Missoula, a for.
mer member of Congress, desires
to return to Washington: Mrs
Maggie Smith Hathaway, a former
member of the State legislature,
wants to graduate into Congress.
sional ranks, and Byron Cooney.
of Butte: M. 8. Gould, a former
State legislator, and State Senator
John r. Mckay, are the other Dem.
ocratic candidates.
The retirement Of Chief Justice
Theodore Brantly has brought out
a large number Of candidates for
that office on the Republican
ticket, and several Democrats are
also seeking the nomination in the
primaries.
Contests are also being waged
tor places on both tickets for
| minor offices.