The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-09-23
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county conventions Complete Work
of Selecting Their Candidates
for Election
FEW CLOSE CONTESTS
DEVELOP IN SESSIONS
Recount of Vote for Recorder Is
Asked but Declared Out of
Order

). f. Lindsay were nominated with
w. II. Curtin for the assembly.
Amber received q votes on the
sixth ballot and Lindsay 25 on the
10th.
Following is the complete ticket
nominated by each party:
Republican
Assembly-W. d. HASTE. Frank
b. Evans, Earl Thomas.
District Attorney. G. Thomp-
son.
Sheriff-John H.. Mills.
Auditor and Recorder - Leslie
Balmer.
Clerk and Treasurer - Charles
Derby.
Commissioners: Long term -
David Ward. Short term - Elmer
King.
Justice of the Peace, Goldfeld
township-W. S. Phillips.
Constable-John r. Richardson.
Surveyor-John Hagel.
Public Administrator - w. F.
Rendant.
Justice of the Peace, Columbia
Frank Curran.
Justice of the Peace, Millers-
Milo Harcourt.
Democratic
Assembly-W. II. Curtin, M. B.
Amber, S. F. Lindsay.
District Attorney-Roger Foley.
Sheriff-W. A. ingalls,.
Auditor and Recorder-Clyde P.
Johnson.
Clerk and Treasurer-H. C. Rob
erson.
Commissioner: Long term - NJ.
G. Myrtle. Short term-W. T. Oil
YER
Justice of the Peace, Goldfield
township-Marvin Arnold.
Constable. w. Van Wrinkle.
Surveyor. ID. Brown.
Public ADMINISTRATIONS II.
Parks.
Justice of the Peace, Columbia -
Alfred French.
Justice of the Peace, Millers-H.
F. Hillard.
Justice of the Peace, Silver Peak
Fred Vollmer.
Socialist
Assembly. r. Clegg, C. r..
Burr, Emil Perolaz.
District Attorney-No candidate.
Sheriff-G. H. Johnson.
Auditor and Recorder-C. II. Ia
Dor.
Clerk and Treasurer. A. Rice.
Commissioner: Long term. 5.
ter.
Justice of the Peace. Goldfield
township-Thomas H. Hays.
Constable. w. Morrison.
The socialist party nominated no
candidates for surveyor, public adj
Illustrator or Justice of the peace at
Columbia, Millers or Silver Peak.
Recount Is Demanded
During the course of the demo-
cratic convention, after Clyde p.
Johnson had been nominated by g
narrow margin and the convention
had for some time been engaged
in other business, a recount was
asked for in the contest for auditor.
Charles S. Sprague, chairman OF
the convention, declined to entertain
the motion, stating that the ballot
ing had been legal, hat no obJec-
ton lad been made at the time
and that the ballot shad been de-
stroyed.
The following constitute the dem
o~cratic county central committee,
formed at the convention:
Mrs. Tom Mills, Dan Cronin. Ere
mont Reed, T. L.. Foley, Mrs. Red
dington, DR.. J.. v. Ducey, Thomas
Johns. H. A. Wright, Emory Arnold,
Mrs. Nellie V Towley. A. ]. Twille-
gar. George McKenna, F. A. Voil-
mer. Fred Ashman. E. r. Noyes,
Mike Cain, A. A. Carton, E. Mollni,
e. Molini. Jr., ]. ID. Clery, Al
French. Marvin Foster, Mrs. Fred
erickson, (Thomas Goodrich and
Frank Barton.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
The democratic party, in County
convention assembled, representing
the people and voters of Esmeralda
county. make and declare the fol-
lowing platform of its principles and
policies:
/. We pledge to the people ana
voters of this county the selection
as candidates to the different OIL
GERS to which they aspire, a ticker
representative of the people, and
one that can be supported by all citi-
ems who desire a clean, honest and
economical administration of cour-
Nv and township affairs.
2. We recommend for emulation
not only of the present but all fu-
ture generations, the high stand