Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-09-11

hght, and it is safe assumption that
the most vociferous yelpers about
taxes next year will be found among
those who did not have the time" to
go to the polls Tuesday.
United States Senator in Doubt
On the Democratic ticket the selec-
ton of United States senator is in
doubt at this writing. The fact that
five candidates were in the field re-
quired a first and second choice
voting. Many ballots were discarded
in the cities by reason of voters hav-
ing failed to declare their second
choice unaware that failure so to do
killed the vote registered for the
first choice. 1t is reported that in
Spokane and Seattle alone, Judge Tur-
ner last thousands of votes through
this misunderstanding. So far as the
returns are in, the nomination for
senator on the democratic ticket is in
doubt. with Turner and Black in the
lead, and Geo. Cotterill a close third.
johnson Easy Winner.
Congressman Albert johnson was
aided rather than handicapped by his
enforced absence attending to his du.
ties in the war emergency in congress,
and was an easy winner over Robert
A. Wiley, albeit, Wiley made such
a vigorous campaign over this dis
trict, as to give Mr.. Johnson some
hard shedding in November. Wiley's
campaign was largely in the form of
printed documents, which will, of
course, be paraded by the Democratic
and Progressive candidates later on.
Warburton was nominated on the
Progressive ticket for congress, while
the Democratic honor is yet undecided
between Drury and Cass.
Legislature Undecided.
In this county General Apathy was
in the saddle and held full sway. The
vote was light, interest apparently
being confined to the personal fol-
lowing of the candidates. The only
contests being for republican nomina-
tions, interest, of course centered
upon those of that party, and it will
not be known before tomorrow or
Sunday what the vote on the other
tickets really was.
The contest for legislature for the
Goth district was very close between
McCaw, Pearsall and Fleet, with the
indications at midnight last night
that Fleet had safe lead and thar
an official count would be required
TO decide between Pearsall and Nc.
Cav. In the Goth district NJ. C. Har-
ris was nominated over S. A. Hoag
by comfortable majority.
County Offices Close
In the struggle for republican nomi-
nations, the most apparent work was
done for the office of assessor. John
+. Myles of Aberdeen, and Sherman
Hoover of Hoquiam, being early can
didates in the field. AS an eleventh
hour candidate, former mayor of Mon
tesano and former county sheriff w.
II. Bush made notable run, his vote
in Aberdeen exceeding Myles by II.
In two hard fought contests, it was
demonstrated that an official having
served one term with degree of
credit is supported for the second
term. Few men in Chehalis county
possess to a greater degree the con-
fidence of their fellow citizens than
j. A. Graham, yet he failed to win
the nomination over Schelle Mathews,
simply because Mathews has "made
good in his first term and was con-
ceded the second The same applied
to County Attorney ]. E. Stewart
During his present term a number of
notable cases were under his juris-
diction in court and otherwise That
he handled them satisfactorily to the
public was answered at the polls
Tuesday.
Archer Butts In.
One of the sidelights thrown upon
very dull campaign, was the nomi-
nation by stickers of F. r. Archer,
on the republican ticket for county
treasurer. 1t Is said Mr.. Archer
means to make vigorous campaign
for election in November. Taken in
connection with the defeat of Fishel
for commissioner in the Third dis
trict, the eleventh hour nomination
of Archer is looked upon askance by
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