The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-08-15
FILINGS
! CLOSED
1wEEN FoRTY-FIVE AND FIFTY
CANDIDATES ANXIOUS TO
FILL OFFICES.
Ends for Nomination Filings
-;,bt Men Want to Be Governor
H.. Will Contain Names of As
.-,,ts for County Positions and
,vGI Be Confusing to Voters.


,vu Be Confusing to Voters.
OLYMPIA, Aug. S.-The time for fill
,ng declarations of candidacy in the
..oo Of the secretary of state for
,irations under the direct primary
ovnired at u o'clock tonight.
por state and congressional offices
-, ronublicans will have from forty
s,,,o to fifty names to select from for
40 fourteen offices to be filled, the
1n obpr varying with the congressional
districts.
The democrats will have less than
IF that number and on their ticket
.So cocond choice provision will apply
on1v TO the office of governor. With
tbo republicans it applies to governor,
insurance commissioner, congressman
n the Third district, attorney general,
sor Zach of which there are four or
more aspirants for the nomination.
Forms which have been prepared by
tho secretary of state for the guidance
Of the county auditors of the state in
nronaring the official primary ballots
show that the trainers of the law did
not give much consideration to the
voters having poor eyesight or palsied
hands.
Care and Time.
# will take care and time for the
man of normal faculties to vote the
ticket properly, owing to the small
ness of the voting squares. The
scuares are one-sixth of an inch
sGuare, or just the size of what print
ers call plea M quad. The legal re-
uuirements as to the instructions that
shall 90 on the ticket and the spaces
to be reserved make the use of very
small type necessary in some in
stances.
It is claimed that in some counties
the many filings for coutny and pre-
cinct offices will make up total of
about 200 names on some tickets to
be voted.
The complete state, congressional
and judiciary ticket is given here
with, with the offices and names of
candidates arranged in the order they
will appear on the official ballot:
THE residence of each candidate
given herewith will not appear on the
official ballot)
Republican Ticket.
Congressman, First District
W. E. Humphrey, Seattle.
Congressman, Second District
Francis w. Cushman, Tacoma.
Congressman, Third District
Lee A. Johnson, Sunnyside.
7. D. Rockwell, Spokane.
W. H. Ludden, Spokane.
Harry Rosenhaupt, Spokane.
H. NJ. Boone, Palouse.
Miles Poindexter, Spokane.
NJ. E. Field, Stehekin.
Governor
W. NJ. Ridpath, Spokane.
John D. Atkinson, Wenatchee.
Joseph w. Robinson, Olympia.
Henry Mcbride, Seattle.
Oscar H. Neal, Be1lingham.
Albert E. Mead, Bellingham.
Robert B. Brown, Seattle.
Samuel G. Cosgrove, Pomeroy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ellis Morrison, Seattle.
Charles E. Coon, Port Townsend.
, A. v Fawcett, Tacoma.
e. G. Austin, Seattle.
NJ. Il. Hay, Wilbur.
Secretary of State
Sam H. Nichols, Everett.
l. NJ. Howell, Tacoma.
State Treasurer
L. X. Irwin, Spokane.
John G. Lewis, Aberdeen.
John l.. Murray, Friday Harbor.
State Auditor
T. W. Clausen, Port Orchard.
JOhn Tobin, Bellingham.
W. T. Cromwell, Tacoma.
Attorney General
'" v Tanner, Seattle.
., II. yesterday, Tacoma.
Il. H. Kipp, Colfax.
+ W. r. Bell, Everett.
commissioner of Public Lands
I. W. Ross, Castle Rock.
D. A. Calvert, Zenith.
!" A. Navarro, Lakeside.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton
II. b. Dewey, Tacoma.
insurance Commissioner
.. II. schiveley, Olympia.
niOert Helander, Seattle.
~ Il. Bullock, Spokane.
OaI WELDON, Orcas.
reference for United States Sen
atOr-
nc 1eN Ankeny, Walla Walla.
1 lesley L. Jones, North Yakima.
'i,ldm II. Smell, Tacoma
Non-Paritsan Judiciary Ticket.
judges of Supreme Court
1I5, D. Crow, Spokane.
lilo A. Root, Seattle.
u ), Chadwick, Colfax.
LucluS B. Nash Snokano