The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-10-03
County Officers
Make Good
HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL
Have Given The County Good Administration and
Are Entitled To Another Term

There has been a lull in county
politics since the primaries but
with the general election only
about a month off the campaign
has started again and will be
carried on in earnest.
The democratic ticket is un-
commonly strong. With but
few exceptions the candidates
have had experience in the Offices
to which they aspire and not
only that, they have made good
and have a record for efficiency
and economy which will prove a
powerful factor in the election.
The exposures of dishonesty
and inelliciency shown by the au-
dit of the books in Kootenai
county Will have an effect with
with the people. We were a
part of Kootenai county at the
time of the defalcations and are
equal sufferers with the taxpay-
crs of that county and for that
reason politics will not make
much difference in this election.
The people are demanding
honesty, efficiency and economy
in the offices of the county and
very few questions will be asked
rs to the politics of the candidate
when he is known to possess
these qualifications. For this
reason, if for no other, the
democratic candidates have an
advantage over their republican
opponents. Nearly all have had
experience in the Office to which
they aspire. Their records are
we'll known to the public and it
is known that they have made
good, that they are honest, have
performed their duties in an eff
fcient manner and have been
economical.
The voters are not going to
remove officials whose worth they
know, simply to give positions to
iuntried men, men who have had
no experience and whose admin
istrations would be but expert
mental at best.
Only in the candidates for the
4 legislature does the question of
politics enter. If there is to be
la house-cleaning in the capitol
at Boise, it is necessary that not
only the democratic state ticket
should be elected, but also "a
democratic legislature. It is
/ also known that the republican
members of the legislature have
shown that they stand for the
corporations and money interests
as against the laboring classes
and the common people.
c.. j. Kinsolving, the nomine,
for state senator, and Charles II
Lewis, candidate for representa-
tive, are in every way qualifie,
for the positions to which the,
aspire. They are able in ever,
respect and would command a.
much influence as any men VIII,
could be sent from this county
In addition, the principles whicl
they represent are those of tn
people, of the working classes
of which a large majority of tn
people Of this county are com
posed.
J. L. Moran, John w. SkeltO
land Charles II. Wells, the candi
dates for county commissioner:
have in the past eighteen month
made a record of which they hav
every reason to be proud. Whe
they entered upon the dutiesf n
the Office it was very diffeQer
from taking hold in an organh Ne
/ county where everything II I'm
ming smoothly and the samel wa
true of the other county OhIcers
They were inexperienced an
unfamiliar with the duties o
b their Office. There were no rec
cords and no blanks. A settle
ment had to be made with Koo
tenai county. A transcript O
the records had TO be obtained
new record books purchased an
court house provided. Th