Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-27
CANDIDATES FOR
THE LEGISLATURE
IN ALL COUNTIES
Complete Roster of Aspir-
ants on All Tickets Shows
That Many Aspire to Leg
islative Honors.

Control of the next legislature in this
state will be one of the issues of the
general election campaign that is to
follow the rapidly approaching primary
election. A review of the legislative
roster of the 33 counties in the state
before the people for ratification is
therefore of unusual interest. There
are full Republican tickets in every
county for the primary election. The
Democrats have full legislative tickets
in all but two counties, Franklin and
Madison, and partial tickets in two
other counties, Nez Perce and Bonnie
vile. The Progressive party has full
legislative tickets in IA countoes, six
partial tickets in six other counties
and no tickets In 13 counties. These
IS counties are: Bear Lake, Cassia,
Clearwater, Gilmore. Franklin, Fremont.
Idaho, jefferson, Latah, Lewis, Lin
coin, Madison, Owyhee. The Socialist
party has eight full legislative tickets,
three partial tickets and in % counties
has no ticket.
Progressives Fuse.
The Progressives fused in some of
the counties notably that of Bonneville.
where the fusion program was carried
out all through the county ticket The
fusion was made with the Democratic
candidates. On the legislative ticket
the Progressives were given the candi-
date for senator and one representative
candidate and the Democrats left a
vacancy for senator and nominated but
one candidate for representative. In
other counties the Progressives have
partial legislative tickets as follows:
Adams, senatorial candidate but no
candidate for representative; Bannock
county, a candidate for senator and but
one candidate for representative when
three could have been nominated; in
Bingham county a candidate for sena
tor, but none for representative: Blaine
county, no candidate for senator but
a candidate for representative; Lemhi
no candidate for senator. one for repre-
sentative.
Suffragists of this state are repre-
scented by five women candidates for
the legislature, all for the house. Ada
county has two, one Republican and
one Progressive; Canyon one, a Pro-
gressive; Bear Lake one. a Democrat,
and Kootenai one. a Progressive.
Members of the last Legislature who
are aspirants for state offices are
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candidate for secretary of state, and
r. o. Jones of Shoshone county, a
candidate for congressman. both on the
Republican ticket
Candidates for denomination.
There are a total of 90 members of
the last house of representatives can
didates at the coming primary election
for denomination. By counties they
are: Ada, It. H. McDermott, Frank
Gardner, c. F. Koelsch Adams, DR.. w.
NJ. Brown; Bannock, D. j. Lau; Bear
Lake, C. E. Wright; Bingham, P. G..
Johnston; Bonner, A. H. Conner; Bon
neville. w. L. Shattuck; Canyon A. j.
lockwood. H. T. Lewis, R. W. Cakes;
Clearwater, w. M. Chandler; Custer,
Chase A. Clark; Franklin, A Hender-
son; Idaho, A. Harchelrode; jefferson,
Robert Gilchrist; Kootenai, w. H.
Edelolute; Latah, w. H. Mason; Mini
doka, L. r. Adams; Nez Perce George
Finke; Shoshone, A. H. Featherstone;
E. r. Evans. Gooding.
The following members OF the last
senate are candidates for renonina-
ton: Blaine. ]. G. Hedricl1; Custer,
Ravenel Macbeth; Idaho, H E. Sweet;
Jefferson, John Hart; Lemhi, Don C.
Reed; Lewis, A. G. Johnson; Shoshone,
Walter H. Hanson.
The following members of the last
house of representatives are candi-
dates for nomination in their respec-
tive counties for senator: Bonner, E.
E. Elliott; Franklin. James johnson:
Latah, A. H. Oversmith; Bannock, H. V.
A. Ferguson and William H. Menden-
hall.
Former Members Aspire.
Former legislative members who are
In the primary race for nomination to
the senate or house are: Bear Lake,
e. M. Pugmire, former senator from
that county, Democratic candidate for
the senate; Axel E Holmberg, former