Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-05-29
PRIMARY NEXT MONDAY.
Voters of Iowa Will Nominate Candi.
dates For Various Offices OF
State and County.

Ou icAI elOuudy, Juue Ou, state
wide primary election will be held
throughout Iowa, for the purpose of
placing in nomination state and
county officers, political committees,
etc. The primary is such a we'll
established institution now that lit
tie if any instruction to voters is
necessary. Each voter who votes at
the primary will be handed a ticket
containing the names of all the can
didates of his party only, and where
no candidates have filed nomination
papers blank lines will be left in
which names of candidates may be
written.
We do not presume to tell the
voters of Winneshiek county who to
vote for. We believe in republicans
having free opportunity to express
their choice as their conscience die
tates. One thing is certain, there is
not candidate on the republican
ticket who is not in every way
worthy and capable.
The one thing to which it is we'll
to call attention is the customary
prediction falsehood. Seldom do we
SO through a campaign that some
newspaper or some candidate or his
friends do not make false statements
concerning political aspirants. AL
ready we have read statements in a
local paper concerning candidates
which are false, unjust and untrue,
and an outrage upon political fair
ness, which we do not believe are
ecndoned by the candidate whom the
article is intended to assist
1t has been customary in this
county and is still the custom in
many counties of the state to publish
la primary notice in the papers, CIV
ing the names of all the candidates
for nomination at the primary But
tircse in charge of affairs in this
county have not seen fit to do so this
year, which is a mistake. We ven-
ture the assertion that there are not
a dozen persons in Winneshiek coun-
ty who can name the candidates for
the various Offices, and that many,
very many, in fact great majority
of the voters will go to the primaries
without any idea as to the candidate
they will vote for in many cases un-
til they get into the booth, and then
will cross hit and miss, just as it
comes. If that is the true ccncep-
ton of the primary election idea,
then we are greatly mistaken about
it,
The state candidates especially are
unknown to many. The republican
ticket will contain two candidates
for United States Senator, Lafayette
Young and w. S. Kenyon; for gov
ernor, A. V. Proudfoot, P. G. Holden
and Geo. w. Clarke; for lieutenant
governor, W. l.. Harding and c. H.
Van Law; for secretary of state, Ed
ward Van Duyn, Ed. Chassell and
w. S. Allen; for auditor Of state,
John l.. Bleakly, C. E. White, Frank
s. Shaw and Benz. F. Loos; for rail-
road commissioners. N. s. Ketchum
and c. E. Ottesen; treasurer of state,
w. c. Brown; attorney general, Geo.
Cosson. superintendent of schools, A.
Nj. Deyoe.
The district candidates are for con-
gresham, Gilbert N. Haugen and
Henry l.. Adams.
In the county the candidates are
we'll known. For county attorney
they are c. N. Houck, ]. A. Nelson
and w. NJ. Strand; for sheriff, Thos
j. Qualley and Ed N. Istad; for au-
ditor, N. N. Quandahl; for treasurer
G. Jorgenson; for recorder, Peter E.
Ramsey and H. ]. Mayer; for clerk
of the court, OLAF Kallevang; for rep
resentative, l.. M. Enger; for super
intendent Of schools, HI. E. Miller;
for coroner, l.. o. Reed and NJ. d.
Jewell; for supervisor, fifth district
j. s. Williams and DR.. A. j. Swezey
for supervisor, fourth district, o. M
Selnes and Julian Holkesvik.
Take your choice. Vote for the