Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-16

son 1850. worthington 1891, sweeley
1872. Walters 1856. Redfield 1889, Car
Isle 1857, Bell 1920. Fry 1885. Smith
and French, Republican candidates for
congress, carried the county and the
Democrats elected all their legislative
and county tickets excepting one rep
resentative, assessor and sheriff.
PLURALITY Grows.
, Governor Alexander has made a gain
of so votes, giving him a plurality Of
500 today over the returns of yesterday,
while there was a significant circum-
stance in connection with the recount
in Power county, according to state
ment issued by c. o. Broxon. secretary
to the governor. II is claimed that an
attempt was made to recount the vote
in some Of the precincts in Power
county unknown to the Democratic
watchers and that the incident is a
warning to Democrats to be actively on
the alert. The statement of Secretary
Broxon is as follows:
Governor Alexander's plurality upon
official returns made since yesterday
now stands at 500. an increase of so
over the report of yesterday. This in
cludes the official count from about
half the counties of the state, and q
complete unofficial report from the
balance of the counties except Owyhee.
Gilmore and Custer, in all three Of
which 1t is expected that gains will pe
made for Governor Alexander.
THE Republican effort to make it
appear that there had been a dishonest
or Inaccurate count Of the ballots, has
fallen flat in view of the fact that they
placed their chief dependence in the
first place upon showing that they
expected to make in Bonneville county,
and in the second place upon a showing
in Power county, the home county Of
ID. w. Davis One Of the largest pre-
cincts of Bonneville county was re-
counted, and as a result there was not
change of a single vote. In Power
county four precincts were recounted in
which were cast, 1t is estimated. three
fifths of the entire vote of that county.
There were some few changes back and
forth. some in favor of Alexander and
some in favor of Davis. but the net re-
suit of all of the changes in all of the
precincts was to give Davis just II more
votes than he had on previous count,
change which 1t IS evident that is not
significant of anything.
SIGNIFICANT COINCIDENT.
"There was, however, significance at
tached to the recount in Power county,
but that significance is rather the sig
nificance of the motives of those who
are demanding the recount, rather than
a significance of any change that would
be effected by any such recount II
1.-THE county col Of Do
county met on Monday to canvass the
results of that county. A number Of
prominent Democrats OF American Falls
of the Democratic candidates were pro-
tected. Late in the >afternoon the
county commissioners announced that
they would order a recount of the bal
lots in four precincts. The Democratic
watchers inquired to know when this
recount would be had. announcing that
they desired to be present, as they had
a legal right to be, and were informed
that 1t would not take place for two or
three days. They asked that they be
notified OF the time and place that the
count would be had, and thus the mat
ter was left upon the adjournment of
the commissioners at O'clock that af-
ternoon.
FAILED TO NOTIFY DEMOCRATS.
las soon as darkness had set in, the
commissioners notified the sheriff of
the county. who Is a Republican, to
serve summons upon the counting
judges of the four precincts, notifying
them to appear forthwith at the poll
ing places of their precinct. He was
instructed, however. not to notify them
of the Of h
had assembled, and he was also in
structed, and did notify them that they
should not tell anyone that they had
been summoned to appear. The count
ing judges did appear late that evening
at their polling places. and were in
structed to proceed to count the ballots
and to complete the count during the
night. And this they proceeded to do.
1T was clearly the intention not to
give any Democratic watchers notice
that the count was taking place. 1t so
happened, however, that one of the
counting judges of Rockland precinct
was in American Falls and had to be
notified that he must proceed to his
home at Rockland at once for the pur-
pose Of recounting the ballots of that
precinct He was in doubt whether he
Sa6hS W II iOiilc lOE LHdL purpose
at so late an hour of the night, and
consulted with a Democrat, who ad-
vised him that it would be best for
him to return and participate in the re-
count This. incident served to give
notice to the Democrats of what was
being, done, and Immediately notice was
sent to enough of them so that watchers
appeared at each of the precincts and
watched the count proceed. In the
American Falls precinct, probably the
largest one of them all, the judges had
assembled and had opened the ballot
box and were proceeding with the re-
count when the first Democratic watch
er arrived to participate in the proceed
ings.
WARNING TO BE ALERT.
1T Is regarded as significant also that
the commissioners should have ordered
recount only upon the offices of gov
ernor and of sheriff, the Democratic