Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-05-26
Several Candidates
File Their Petitions
Next Monday Last Day for Filing Can
didates Petitions for the Primaries
Democrat for Sheriff

] Next Monday, May 29th, is th
/ last day for fling petitions for nom
. nations for county and district of
: fees to be voted OF at the primar
{ election. A number of petition
I were filed with the county audito
during the week, and in the mex
issue of the Pioneer will be pub
lished the complete list.
Among new candidates who have
announcements in the Pioneer ar
J. A. Stiles for county commissions
from the Second district. Mr.
Stiles was appointed commissioner
by Governor Hanna when the county
was organized in 1914, and at tho
first meeting:e elected chairman. H,
has been instrumental in keeping
down expenditures, and being thu
largest individual taxpayer in thu
county, it is to the interests Of al
interested in an economical admin.
istration to have him retained as {
member of the board of commits
sioners.
In the Third district George w
Wilson who resides in the Morris.
town neighborhood, is also a candi.
date for commissioner on the rep
ublican ticket. w. r. Cibart OF
the Kcldron vicinity, is also a can
didatc for commissioner in this dis
trict, but what party he represents
is not known to the Pioneer. Ed.
Hogdkinson Of Thunderhawk, some
time ago gave out that he would
enter the contest for the commits
sioncrshipa asa democratic candidate,
but so for has made no announce
mcnt.
w. W. Butolph, the present COM
missioner from the Third district
long ago announced himself cam
didatc for reelection as republi-
can candidate. It seems to have
taken the opposition within his
party a long time to groom a can
didatc to oppose him, and the Pio-
neer at this time will say that he
is valuable man on the board, who
has devoted considerable time to his
duties, and consistently worked! flor
the best interests Of his district and
county.
T. E. Colahan of Thunderhawk,
announces that he is a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
sheriff. As he las no opposition
he has cinch on the nomination,
and may prove formidable con-
tender for the shrievalty job against
the republican nominee at the gen.
cral election in November.
Advance information to the county
auditor indicates that in the neigh
borhood of 700 voters have been
registered. With few exceptions
the voters registered in the First and
Second district, are republicans. In
the Third district there are number
Of democrats, some socialists, and
others have registered ''non-par-
tisian." !" The latter will loose their
vote except for county and state
superintendent of schools, district
and supreme court judges. These
are the only candidates whose
names appear on the non-partisan
ballot.
Even though voter is in SYM
pathy with the Non-partisian
League movement, he will have to
vote republican ballot, as its cam
didates have all filed under the re-
publican party designation. The
question if these voters can change
their registration and vote either
regular party ballot at the polls,
may be up to the inspector and
judges Of the election to decide
and again it may be beyond their
power.
From now on it is expected that
there will be an active campaign
wagcd among the candidates where
the contest promises to be close. 1t
is now a little over 80 days until
the primaries, and much may be
accomplished in that time.
In the meanwhile it looks as
though the county seat removal
issue has been lost sight Of, and it
is not likely that there will be much
removal talk until after the primary
election. The county seat removal
question cannot be submitted until
the general election in November.