The Calumet news., 1910-08-24
That Number From Four Parties
will be Placed on Ballot For
the Primary Election
September 6
PETITIONS have been FILID
Names of Those Who are Up for Nom
inaton-Democrats Have Smallest
Number of Any of Parties
Represented.

At the party primaries for Houghton
county on September 6. the voters will
be asked to select from a total of for
ty-three candidates on four party tick
cts the men whose names shall be
used on the regular election tickets as
the candidates of the various parties
to election to the nine county offices
to be filed this fall and the three
members In the state legislature as
representatives from the three districts
contained I'm this county. This was
determined last evening. when County
Clerk Richardson and his clerks COM
pleted the task of checking over the
forty-three lists of names which the
primary candidates have filed with
that office during the past ten days. !
More than one-half of the number
OF petitioners names will appear up
on the white sheets to be used by the
Republican voters, 81 of the petition
ers being of that political faith. The
Socialist party is second in the num-
ber of petitions filed, 9 men from that
party seeking to have their names ap-
pear on the ticket under that heading
at the regular elections. The Social
lists will have these pine names on the
regular ballots, as they are the only
candidates of their party for the Of
fees they seek, the prosecuting at
torneyship and the circuit court COM
mlssionerships being the only offices
for which this party has no candidates.
Seven Prohibitionists have filed their
petitions and these same names VIII
appear under that party's circle on the
ballots TO be used at the regular cleo
tion. The Democrats in this election
bring up the rear i'm the number whose
names will appear on the blue ballots
to be used for this party's candidates
at the primary election, only of this
party filing petitions. OF these three
are for representatives I'm the state
legislature and the fourth is for sher-
fife
Seekers Of County Offices.
Twenty eight of the total number
whose petitions have been filed seek
the nomination and subsequent cleo
tion to county Offices, the balance OF
the petitioners seeking to be elected to
the state legislature. Herman a. VIE
der and G. Albert Mhrsth will be the
,rext commissioners of the circuit
court for this county, as they are the
only successful petitioners for the
commissionerships two being requir-
ed i'm the county. These candidates
are the only ones In the entire list
who are unopposed. The most inter-
esting situation i'm entire primary cleo
ton is the impending struggle for the
office of county clerk The Democrats
only are without candid e for the
clerkship and the Republi \ nomin-
alton TO the Office is sought ny five
men. two of these being from the
northern portion of the county.
The complete list of those who seek
the county Offices is as follows:
sheriff
Republican, Harry James and James
T.. Fleming; Democratic, James j. BY
ers: Prohibition, Sampson J. Waters;
Socialist. ole B. Norum.
County Clerk
Republican, Louis IT. Richardson
Joseph G. Light, Nicholas f. Kaiser
John j. Eichkern and Jacob Jarvis;
Prohibition. Thomas II. Davis; Social
ist Charles O. Knutti.
County Treasurer
Republican. Edgar Rashleigh; Pro-
hibition Andrew Ostrand; Socialist,
IL. w. Milkko.
Register of Deeds
Republican, Clyde s. Mackenzie,
John II. Rastello; Prohibition, John
strand; Socialist. John Surbeck.
County Auditor
No candidates,
Prosecuting Attorney
Republican, william J. Macdonald
Louis N. Legris.
Circuit Court Commissioners Uwo re-
quired.-
Republican, Herman A. Wieder. c.
Albert Marsch
Coroners, 1.-TWO required)-
Republican. william Fisher; Prohi-
bltion. Harry Elpet, Thomas Hill; So
ciaiist. John c. Tulra, Andrew o. Car
ell.
Surveyor
No petitions flled.
Drain Commissloner-
No petitions filed.
Would BE Legislators.
Thirteen men from the various par
ties seek to represent the three dis
tricts of the county I'm the lower house
nj lansing. The names of ten of these