The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-01
STRIP BALLOTS
 USED IN PRIMARY
 |NM|SSOUR| TODAY
Senate Race Between Long and Reed 0vershadoWs Pri- mary Races Participated
 in by Thousands
By Associated rress

St. Louis, July 31.-Missouri to. morrow, in it's first primary ir which women will participate. will select candidates for United States senator, congressman, and state county and city offices. The repub- Iican, democratic. socialist and so- cialist-labor parties have tickets in the field. Polling places in the 3,848 precincts will open at a. m. and close at ' p. m.
 Voting will be on strip ballots, un- der rules requesting the voter to draw line through the name of every can didate not voted for, instead Of put ting a cross before the name of his choice. The republican ballot in St Louis alone is six feet long and carries the names of 210 primary can didates, in addition to b2 committee men.
 Senate Race Hot
 The democratic ballot contains 1o5 candidates and 54 committeeman
 Interest in the primary in Missouri has been overshadowed by the cam paign betweon Senator Reed and Breckenridge Long, third assistant secretary of state under President Wilson. for the democratic senatorial nomination. Robert Young of St. Joseph. third candidate, not making an active campaign.
 The League of Nations, the war. prohibition. home rule, party regu- larity and many other subjects have been invoked in the Reed-Long fight.
 Reed, who has declared he has n fx< fnrn hao the center of the storm. "Rid-us-of- : Reed" clubs and win-with4Reed7 or ganizations have sprung up and other issues have almost been lost sight of in this controversy.
 Reed @NIarpIotr
 President Wilson sent letters into the state denouncing Reed as mar plot" Tho democrats who read their senior senator out of the party in 1920 have revived old hatred: the An ti-Saloon league has termed hJm n wet and Is supporting Long; women's s organizations have campaigned against him because. they said. he op- posed suffrage and the maternity bill; party leaders have charged him with irregularity because he supported a LaFollette- progressive candidate in the 1920 senatorial race in Wisconsin, and his stand on the war. League of Nations and President Wilson's poIi- cfes have been raised against him<
 Reed denies he ever fought against President Wilson, declared he was n real democrat supporting the peoples interests; disposed of the ex-Presi- dents letters with @ warning against outside dictation; dismissed the pro- hibition question with reference 10 MT. Lons's alleged well-stocked cellar and declared he backed the LaFollette candidate in an effort to beat Senator Lenroot. whom he declared is a re- actionary. only after 1t was seen the democratic candidate could not win.
 While many organizations of wom en are oposing the senator because of his suffrage stand. many others are as actively supporting him. Mrs. Champ Clark. widow of the former speaker of the House, and her son are among those who have indorsed Reed.
 Other Candidates
 On the republican ballot, there are six candidates for senator Jesse w Barrett. state attorney general and an avowed progressive; David M. Proctor of Kansas City. an admitted enemy of the "old Guard" and John c. Mckinley of Unionville. who has been conducting his campaign by mail. representing the progressive side. R. R. Brewster of Kansas City has the support of the regular re- publican organization. William Sacks, reputed millionaire oil man. is in the race on light wines and beer plat form. a program that Is also indorsed by Col. John H. Parker. a soldier oan- didate.
 Congressional candidates will be selected In each of the 16 districts. All present incumbents. except Rep reyentative Samuel A. Shelton, re- publican, are seeking renomination.
 Four women are in the race for Congress.