Henderson Daily Dispatch

(Candidates Scarce

For our part we do not anticipate the loss of any great amount of heat over the paucity of candidates in this year's Democratic primary. In fact we rather like the set-up under the circumstances.

At present there is only one state-wide contest, that for United States Senate in which two men, including the incumbent on the Democratic ticket, would be on the Republican side seeking the toga now and for a dozen years worn by Senator Paules. In some districts there are congressional fights within majority, but in this region we need not worry about them. As far as memory is concerned, usually small number of entries were rare. In three there was an upset: in the eleventh district history, J. M. Buck, a Charleston candidate for governor, and Mr. three up to six, said act in the Hot Springs suit on election board: the in our word in our the worse, (Clark County offers have yet a state or close by no state up: may t. o the new, '' .'. arises :'.l'w…'! ! vl. : ,t. · r !.o"t" "ligh: eek :tt r:" ."t'it" h reth : 't' it appears there is !¹1 ,Y dia.? reu. t's still ages in with a condition akin to the present one as naturally when there will soon be only a small number of con- test. If the war is over, however the woods may be full of ambitious to office. But one election at the time bank yes and here will in return assign the big: I when reached. This year's scarcity of candidates is gently surprising in view of toare and the fact that there are a few seekers at other would appear to indicate concurrence of the state in this development.