The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-03
COUNTY POLITICS
WARMING UP
OPPOSITION ALL ALONG THE LINE
IN REPUBLICAN RANKS
FULL DEMOCRATIC LIST ALSO
Opposition to Clerk and Sheriff
Because They Did Their Duty
on Local Board


Iron county political circles are in
for bigger show this fan than any
year for a long, long time. It is the
first time in nearly twenty years that
full list of contestants has been
filed in the republican primary and the
memory of man runneth not back to
the time when the Democrats had such
list OF county candidates as has
been filed this year.
The word carried from out in the
jungle Is that an attempt will be
maed to clean the court house" and
this movement is given impetus by a
number of disgruntled ones who are
either milk and water on the war or
feel that they ought to have been Civ
en- preference by the local board in
the matter OF letting their sons stay
at home while other sons went out to
fight.
In addition, every deferred classifi-
cation that has been made by the dis
trict board is charged UP to the local
board and the members are getting
whacked because this one or that one
got a deferred classification after ap-
peal to the district board.
Ought Not Suffer for Doing Duty.
Public Office is the special right OF
no one man, and Iron county offices
are no exception but Offices should be
gained on an out and out political can
vass, not to whack a man because he
did his duty to his country in these
extreme hours OF need. II would
please the kaiser immensely to know
that the chairman and secretary of
the local board are being attacked
because they helped fill the ranks OF
the American army which is just now
gaining the upper hand and is going
to thwart the Germaizing OF the
world
II these men are not fit men for
the Offices they hold or if there is
someone that the people want TO have
the offices, well and good, but let II
be on a fair basis, not on one Of dis
loyalty and pro-Germanism
In another column we are publish
ing a list of the deferred classified.
tions with the name of the agency
that brought about the deferring SC
that the people may see why any per-
son who in their estimation ought tc
be In the army is not there,
The List of Candidates.
The list OF candidates on>the repub-
lican ticket Is as follows:
For Probate Judge Claude C. Rite
Iron River; Fred T. Murphy. Iron Riy.
'er.
I Sheriff Robert Wilson, Crystal
Falls; Thad Waite, Iron River; DR.
Dickey, Iron River.
| Clerk John Wall, Crystal Falls
David Anderson, Stambaugh.
Prosecuting Attorney-M. H. Nor
iarty. Crystal Falls.
Treasurer-Ed p. Lott, Iron River
Frank Flancher, Iron River; W. ]
Reynolds, Crystal Falls; Jas r. Flood
Crystal Falls.
Register OF Deeds-Alex d. Rogers
ICrystal Falls; Frank Freggetto, STAN
baugh.
Mine Inspector-Fred ID. Mitchell
Iron River; Evan c. Crellin, Crystal
Falls; Joe Carne, Iron River; Andrew
ForsmaR. Iron River: Frank J. Comm
ski. Iron River.
On the Democratic ticket the fol-
lowing have filed
For sherir-August Rehr. Iron
River.
For Clerk Thomas Behan. Crystal
Falls.
For Treasurer Arthur ouirt Iron
River
For Coroner J. II. Johnston. Crys.
tai Falls.
Primary August 27th.
The primary this year will be held
on the 9th day OF August so that IN,
candidate have just four weeks lef
} in which 20 make their campaign, and
they are out hustling 10 beat the band
{ The stirring about commenced las
: week with the filing OF the petitions
fcontinuad on Pare Five1