Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02
PROHIBITION ISSUE
UP IN PRIMARIES
Missouri. Oklahoma, Mon
tana and Kansas to Hold
Elections Tomorrow.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- KANSAS CITY, August 2,--Candf-
dates for national congressional ana
e State nominations in Missouri. Okla
1hosna Kansas and A4on.aAa today
were concluding campaign affairs IN
their home precinct headquarters.
q AFTER making prohi4 rloa enc Oh the
principal issues in their drives Tor
votes at toanulq'oW..f III mary Elections.
tr- Seven cs.nd dates are seeking The
long and short term Missouri sena o.
riaI lullInsL IONS, with the VI orld Court
and farm relief secondary TO The wet
and dry issues. George II. Wilhalns
of st. Louis, incumbent. seeks both
Republican nominations, declaring pro-
N hibition is not an issue. He Is opposed
for the short term by Blodgett Priest
of st. Louis, an avowed wet. Williams
opponents for the long term are Priest
and David Proctor of Kansas CITY,
dry.
Representative Harry B. Halves of
St. Louis, a wet, seeks the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination for, both
terms. Willis II, Meredith of Poplar
Bluff and Robert i. Young of ~.
Joseph oppose him for the short term
and Young and Judge Ewing Cock
roll of Warrensburg for the long term
All of Halves opponents are CLASSIFIED
as drys. Although Williams and
Meredith received the commentator
of the Ku KluX Khan, through Dr..
William II. Campbell. grand dragon
Of the Missouri order, neither made
the Khan an open issue.
The attempt OF former Gov. Jona-
than NJ. Davis to win the Democratic
gubernational nomination after being
twice tried and acquitted of charges
Of pardon selling and a Ku Klux Khan
issue feature an otherwise Hstlesa
Kansas campaign. William A. Smith
and Frank A. Ryan, candidates for
the attorney generalshlp and secre-
tary of state. respectively. have leo
the Khan debate on a referendum as to
whether the order shall be placed on
a legal basis in Kansas.
Six Republicans and two Democrats
are after the toga cast aside by Rep
resentative ]. n, Tincher. Republican,
of the seventh district. Senator
Charles Curtis and Gov. BENJAMIN 8.
Paulen. Republicans. have little OPP
position for reconciliation.
1.100 I'm Oklahoma Race.
In Oklahoma 1,1e9 candidates are
registered under FIVE bannefs-Demo-
cratic. Republican. Socialist. Farmer
Labor and Independent. Prohibition
and the Khan formed the basis of many
addresses. while some opposed teach
ing off revolution. The senatorial
race is one of the hardest fought,
with six Republican candidates oppos-
ing Senator j. w. Harreld. j. c.
Jack Walton, deposed governor and
defeated Democratic nominee for the
Senate in 1924, has four opponents.
Twenty-Five candidates entered the
State gubernational race when the
Supreme Court held that Gov. M. E.
Trapp, who succeeded Walton in 1929,
was ineligible for reelection. A State
law provides a governor can not hold
Office for successive terms.
Other than the liquor question. few
outstanding points have been raised
in Montana, where chief interest en-
te1s in the two congressional contests.
Representative Scott NJ. Leavitt has
two opponents for the eastern district
Republican nomination.. while the
Democrats and Farmer-L aborites have
but one candidate each. In the west
ern district. Representative John M.
Evans has one Democratic opponent.
Five Republicans seek this nomina-
ton. The Office Of United States Sen
ator viii not be voted on