Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-23
PROCRESS|VES OF
ONE COUNTY NAME
A STATE TICKET
Third Party Voters in Nez
Perez Wrote in Names on
Ballot-Will Not Be Rec
ognized.

complete Electors Progressive
party state ticket was placed in nom
ination in Idaho through the third
party vote cast in Nez Perez county, Il
number of the candidates for congress
sional and state office nominated be-
ing the same as candidates either sue
cessful or unsuccessful at the Repub
lican and Democratic primaries The
attitude of the secretary of states Of
flee is that such a ticket cannot be re-
cognized under the law and unless a
test is made it probably will not be.
In Nez Perez county there was a
three cornered contest for nominations
on the legislative and county tickets.
The Progresives failed to file nomina-
lions with the recorder and pay NOM
nation fees. The attorney general
held that the nominations made by pc
tition did not hold, but indicated
names could be written in on the bal
lots for the legislative and county nom
inees at the primary election. This
was done. The Progressive voters in
Nez Perez county, however, went far
Their and voted for a large number
of congressional and state candidates
on the tickets of the two old parties.
The ticket placed in nomination as
shown by the records with the secre-
tary of state is as follows:
TICKET NOMINATED.
Representative in congress-Robert
NJ McCracken and Z. E. Elliott, Is
votes each.
Governor-D. w. Davis, 16 votes.
Lieutenant governor-B. NJ. Holt, 8
votes.
Secretary OF state-George r. Bark
er, votes: Chancey Wallace, votes.
State auditor-Clarence Van Deusen,
z votes
State treasurer-John w. Eagleson,
z votes.
Attorney general-Marlin j. Sweeley,
votes.
Superintendent of public instruction
Ethel E. Redfield, IA votes.
State mine inspector-Robert n.
Bell, 81 votes.
PARTISAN.
Justices of supreme court-Robert
n. Dunn, 81 votes; John c. Rice, 80
votes.
The Progressives in Nez Perez
county by the above vote nominated
the two unsuccessful Republican can
dates for congress, the Republican
lOI 6ONtEAOTp llcuItHdnI
governor. state treasurer, attorney
general, superintendent of public in
struction and state mine inspector.
They nominated the Democrtic candi-
date for state auditor and cast a tie
vote for successful and unsuccessful
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for secretary of state. Among the
various persons voted for were the fol-
lowing:
For representative in congress-C. c.
John w. Stanley, Robert NJ. McCrack-
en-, E. E. Elliott, Addison T. Smith,
Marion ]. Kerr, Jesse Hoffman and c.
Hoff.
For governor-M. Alexander, D. w.
Davis, Paul Clagstone, e. G. Davis,
Bill Beck.
For lieutenant governor-B. M. Holt,
Captain" Patch, D. w. Davis.
For secretary of state-William r.
Dougherty, Erv Johnson, George r.
Barker, Chancey Wallace, Sam Craig
For state auditor-Clarence Van
Deusen. L. L. Folsom. George w.
Lewis, M. j. Barrows, A. H. Smith, f.
S. Randall.
For state MISREPRESENTATION P.
worthington, Fred E. Fisk, John w.
Eagleson.
For attorney general--T. A. Walters,
Marlin J. Sweeley, Carlton Fox,
Charles Hall, Charles A. Sims, Charles
A Sunderlin.
For superintendent of public instruc-
tion-Catherine T. Dryden, Ethel e.
Redfield. W. r. Smith.
For mine inspector-Robert N. Bell.
1t is understood that the ballots
were marked Electors Progressive
party by scratching out the names of
the Republican" and Democratic" APP
pearing on the official ballot and the
Nez Perez board of canvassers count
ed the ballots and reported them as
certified to the state board of canvas
sers