Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-12
GOOD FOR THOUGHT.

,uple argument Oh al ''oe' "s 10
and why 1t was done. but in the
=, the machines of both the pre-
-,0snt parties in the state will
N take OF their hats to the in
,.,sudent voter. and whatever CON
'.,lon either party may get from
,osults. IL must be attributed TO
=. voter who has shook of the party
y. and looks further than the head
INA ticket TO find men OF his choice.
There will always be those who
auoly look for the party appelation.
"a mt a cross In the bulls eye, and
Al. was evidenced on the democratic
,,lst by the votes received for Flor
.,,s Zumhoff, for state superintend-
:, who had resigned from the tick
= and who could not qualify II elect
a and Il IS safe To say thar II AL
.,'s name had been left on the re-
,,blcan ticket he would have re-
slved thousands OF votes notwith-
ending he was convict In the pen
t,utlary. But we suppose II will
rsr be thus. as there will always be
b,nd narrow minded voters who will
,U take occasion 10 look further
han the head OF the ticket.
Ia Lincoln county. however. great
Hi, h. OIL IA hA
rhc scanned their tickets closely and
elected the men who In their indi-
haual Judgment would make the
los, competent and efficient officers.
o. course We cannot all agree on
tAsse matters. but We are not un-
.hirllable enough TO classify those
.so do not agree with us as fool
Sople" as was done by one OF our
mniemporaries. On the other hand
rs admire the independent vote. As II
I an evidence on the part OF the vot-
q to break loose from the dictation
4 "A few who would control the af-
alrs OF the county
10 the analysis OF the vote on the
xnilorlal candidates. is this more
;Oticeable than anywhere else. The
:s'eat OF Mr.. Zug is not so much due
70 the unpopularity OF the candidate
himself as It was rebuke by the
'olers OF those who had put him for
sird In the belief that he would be
lnder their dictation. No one qucs-
ions the efficiency OF Mr.. Zug during
he time he has held the Office OF
iaerin. and many would have been
Cad to See him ascend the political
adder. and he would have done so
lag he not been handicapped The
act Is the people OF this section
lie Tired OF being dictated to By "A
iindful OF Shoshone politicians. and
le returns from other sections OF
Ae county would indicate that the
ane feeling exists throughout the
azure county. II cannot be denied
"at Mr.. Zug had "A strong competit.
" In the person OF Mr.. George Bre.
4'' OF this place. Mr. Bremen may
young In years. and not IAN ex.
'snehced hand at the political game
y" the result shows that he can give
"e old politicians odds and ther
'sa' them out. We predicted ut tn,
oa'set that George would be a popu
!" candidate. as to know him was I,
''ome MS friend. and as he tool
WATSON to personally meet vas
-auOer OF the voters OF the county
''a' We said OF him at that time hal
e''ainly proved true. George ma,
novice In years as some ar,
'ea'ed to term him. but Il is believ
ne mas brains enough to intelli
,'u'y grasp the important question
~ VIII be presented I'm an indie
,'"uent manner instead OF havinl
s.' mead bemuddled by a lot of po
"'' rot that has benumbed tn
''A'e' Of some Of those who take oc
''On to ridicule him. We look 70
'"a'or Bremen to make a record Il
legislature that the entire count
may be proud Of
''e OF less surprise IL manifesto
~ s'' Tue defeat of Robertson and Jen
A'' the North Side candidate,
'e were the only candidates 70
y Offices outside OF Shoshon,
o 1s " was expected that the Mort
' would stand by them. but tn
.u' shows that they were bot
lated practically by these votes
poth made good runs I'm otl
'a'S OF the county. This may b
h. the fact that Shoshone. SO,
an "a' they had corralled abor
M. e ornces. the candidate for auo
and sheriff. came to Jerome
IA, Days before election and al
s"oeo that they had selected the
a'es from this place.
p, ,ne election of Mr.. schwaner. ,
,s sAne'd. and Mr.. Mcmahon. of sh,
aSue' both democrats. as count
"missloners. nlncas thts hoard