Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-08-02 | Page 3 | Governor's Race Close in Missouri

U GOVERNOR'S RACE ' j CLOSE IN MISSOURI t St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 2. The Repub- I lican gubernatorial nomination was In ; doubt this morning, returns from the1 I' Missouri primary held yesterday indi-i eating a close race between Henry j Lamm and John B. Swanger, both of Sedalia. Frederick D. Gardner of St. j Louis seemed certain of the Demo- j cratic nomination. United States Senator Joshua A. ' t Reed was re-nominated by the Demo crats, and Walter S. Dickev of Kansas, I City seemed certain of the" Republican I senatorial nomination by a big ma- jority. r i Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 2. Re- I . i turns here today indicated that Fred j S. Gardner had been nominated on i the Democratic ticket for governor by , , a plurality estimated at 2000. John ' 13. Swanger has obtained the Repub lican gubernatorial nomination by an j - estimated plurality of 11,000, accord ing to available totals here.