East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-05
PETITIONS MUST Be
COMPLETE THIS WEEK
OVER HUNDRED MEN HAVE
ANNOUNCED CANDIDATES.
No One Has As Yet Filed Declaration
rs ASpirant for Judge of Umatilla-
MORROW Counties judicial District,


salem, or, Mar. all candidates
who want to have matter published
in the voters pamphlets OF their par
ty must file their completed petitions !
this week. Thus far only three COM
pleted petitions have been filed. those
being the petitions Of Waldemar Sc
ton, William Y Masters and John
Ditchburn, al candidates for the re-
publican nomination for circuit judge |
of Multnomah county, department. I.
Altogether 81 republicans and "a
democrats have filed notice Of their
candidacy.
Candidates are much more plenti-
ful this year than they were NJ the
same time of the year four years ago,
when about the same number of Of
ficers were to be filled. on March |
l of this year 20 republicans had filed |
while on the same date four years |
ago only IL had filed. Still there are |
four offices for which no candidates !
have filed and many where only one |
aspirant is in the field, The office or |
presidential elector is going begging !
in both parties, although it is not the |
complete blank it was last week. One
lone republican has filed. He is NJ. !
]. MacMahon of Portland.
Four Offices Without Candidate.
The four offices for which no can
didates have appeared are the circuit
judgeship of the Sixth judicial dis
trict, comprising Morrow and Una
tilla counties; the prosecuting attor-
neyship of the First district, compris-
ing Jackson and Josephine counties:
the Fourteenth representative district,
comprising Tillamook and Yamhill,
and Twenty-fourth senatorial district,
comprising Lincoln. Tillamook. Wash
ington and Yamhill. Judge Gilbert w.
Phelps, who was appointed to fill the
vacancy made by the appointment of
Judge Bean to the supreme bench, is
serving as judge of the Sixth district
and B. F. Mulkey is prosecuting at
torney for the First district
OF the "a democrats who have filed
13 of them are candidates for dele
gate to the party's national conven-
ton, which will be held in Baltimore.
There are % delegates to be elected.
The only other offices for which
democrats have filed are United
States senator, three candidates; con-
gresham for Second district, one
candidate; circuit judge Multnomah
county. department 4, one candidate;
district attorney fo- Baker county,
one candidate; district attorney for
Grant, Harney and Malheur counties
one candidate; circuit judge for Ba-
ker county, three candidates.
One Republican Seeks These.
No opposition has appeared in the
republican party for the following Of
! fices: Congressman First district. W.
C Hawley, Salem; prosecuting attor-
! ney for Coos, Curry and Douglas
| counties, George NJ Brown, Roseburg;
| justices of supreme court, Robert
Eakin, La Grande; state senator for
! Crook, klamath and Lake counties.
w. Lair Thompson, Lakeview; rail-
road commissioner First district,
Thomas r. Campbell, Cottage Grove;
district attorney for Baker county, G.
T. Goodwin, Baker; circuit judge for
Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane
and Lincoln counties. Lawrence L.
Harris. Eugene; prosecuting attorney
! for Benton, Lane and Lincoln coun-
| ties. Edward r. Bryson, Eugene; dis
| trict attorney for Gillian, Sherman
I and Wheeler counties, T. A. Weinke.
| Condor: state senator for Union and
Wallowa counties, f. H. Flagg, Ell
| gin: representatives for Douglas and
Jackson counties, c. E. Whistler,
Medford; senator for Wasco and Hood
River counties, d. J. Cooper, The
Dalles; circuit judge Multnomah
county, department 2, William G.
! Benbow, Portland; representative for
| Union and Wallowa counties. Arthur
NJ. Runnells Joseph; representative
| for Harvey and Malheur counties, Ju-
| lien A. Hurley Vale; representative
| for Lincoln and Polk counties, Frank
Newton, Toledo; representative for
! Gillian, Sherman and Wheeler coun-
ties, w. A. Campbell, Condor; senator
| Gillian, Sherman and Wheeler coun-
ties, w. H. Rogsdale. Moro; presiden-
tial elector, NJ. j. MacMahon, Port
| land.
The republican party needs one
more candidate for delegate to the ma
| cago, before its quota will be filled.
/ Only nine have thus far filed. They
are Thomas McCusker, Portland;
Henry Wadoi Coe. Portland; Charles
II. Fry, Beaverton; Charles II. Carey,
! Portland; o. c. Apologize, klamath
Falls; Charles w. Ackerson, Portland;
Thomas 3. Hooker, Falls City; and
Homer c. Campbell, Portland; Fred
S. Bynon Of Salem.