River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-30
PRIMARY ELECTION SEPT. 4
Polls Open 9 a. m, Close S p. m.
Four Tickets. A Host
of Candidates for the
Nom nation.

PRIMARY Election next Tuesday
Sept. 4. Every voter should go tc
the polls and vote for some man
the man he prefers for the office
Previous to the date of the primary
the voter should consult the list Of
candidates for the nomination as
published on the last page of the
JOURNAL. AS seen by this publ
cation there are four party tickets
arranged in alphabetical order
Democratic, Prohibition, Republi-
can and Social Democratic. Nine
tenths of the voters are interested
only in the two leading parties, the
Republican and Democratic.
There are two candidates for the
nomination for governor on the
Democratic ballot-Aylward and
Merton; two also on the Republic
an-Davidson and Lenroot; two
candidates in each of these parties
for lieutenant governor, one for Sec
rotary of state on the Democratic
ballot and three-Frear, Froelich
and Houser in the Republican list.
There are five Republican candi-
dates for state treasurer-Dahl,
Rowland, James, Kempf (the pres
ent incumbent and Thomas (now
railroad commissioner There are
three Republican candidates for at
torney general, and two for COM
missioner of insurance.
Few of these candidates are
known to the majority of voters,
and in making a selection it is prob
able that most voters in making a
jab at choice will mark the first
name in the column.
For representative in Congress
the Republicans may choose ]. ].
jenkins las they undoubtedly willy
or Mr.. Kinney. "
The twenty-one candidates for
the county offices are better known
to us (although no one of them is
from this city, VIM. A. Kay and
A. c. Sanford are candidates for the
assembly; Ole Hohle is the only as
pirant for county clerk; L. 6. Spin
ney is the only man asking for the
office of clerk of the court; and Geo.
Thompson the only applicant for the
job of district attorney. These are
serving in the capacity for which
they ask reelection.
For county treasurer there are
five candidates seeking the nominal
ton; for the office of sheriff there
are seven candidates and for register
of deeds there are four. All these
seeking the nomination for county
offices are Republicans. No one
has filed nomination papers for a
county office as Democrat.
1t will be seen by the law that
one cannot vote a sssplit" ticket at
the primary election. All the can
didates you vote for must be on the
same ticket. Of course one can
scratch off name on the ballot and
substitute another in its place but it
must be understood that this new
name will be counted only for the
party heading the ballot. For in
stance: suppose one selects the Re-
publican ballot but wishes 10 vote
for the Democratic candidate for
state treasurer, Andrew Jensen, in
stead of John Kempf, the Republic
an candidate. He can scratch off
Kempf's name from the Republican
ballot and write Jenson's in place of
it, putting cross against it in the
square opposite. Jenson's name
will be counted as Republican and
will not in the least add to or de-
tract from his chances for the nomi-
nation as Democratic nominee.
To make his vote effective one must
confine it to name on his party
ballot.
At the primary next Tuesday the
voter will be given four ballots fast
ened together, Democratic, Pro-
hibition, a Republican, and Social
Democratic. He will tear off the
one he wishes to vote and mark in
the square, opposite the name of the
man he wishes to vote for, cross.
He will mark against one name and
only one for each office. This bal
lot he puts in one box and the dis
| cordod ballots IN apofhor