The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-14
NEW CITY TICKET
FILED BUT REFUSED
OPPOSITION TO CITIZENS TICKET
DEVELOPED IN PETITION Of
FERED TOO LATE

| Moscow may have a contested city
election. An effort was made Satur-
day night to file a ticket in opposi-
tion to that nominated by convention
Thursday night, and known as che
"Citizens' Ticket" Another ticket was
filed by petition late Saturday night
but it has been rejected as not con-
forming to law and it is now too late
to file tickets and the names present
ed will not appear on the official bal
lot, but ''sticker" campaign may de-
velop for the opposition ticket that
was not filed
Late Saturday night City Clerk
Strong was called from his home and
asked to accept and file a petition
nominating ticket for the city cleo
ton. 1t was then 9:15 and his office
had been closed since $50, but Judge
Strong came down town, opened his of
flee and accepted the ticket, for which
he receipted, and held it for investiga-
ton. 1t was checked over and found
to not conform with the law. There
were SO names on the petition but
Judge Strong found that only 81 of
these, 10 in the First; II in the Sec
ond, and IL in the Third war had
been registered City Attorney G. G.
Pickett checked over the petition and
decided that it is not legal one and
does not conform with the law in a
number of respects He instructed
City Clerk Strong that the petition
could not be accepted as legal and it
was rejected. 1t is now too late to
file a ticket and have it printed on
the official ballot, as the time for such
action expired at midnight Saturday.
The New Candidates.
The petition asked that the names
of John G. Gibson, for mayor; H. B.
Mickey and George Horton, council
men for First ward George Stewart
and E. C. Collins for councilmen,
Second ward, and Carl Smith and Carl
Anderson, councilmen, Third ward, be
filed and that these names appear on
the official ballot Horizons name
will appear on the ballot as he was
the nominee of the Citizens conven-
ton held Thursday night. Carl Smiths
name will also appear on the official
ballot as the Peoples candidate, his
name having been presented earlier
Saturday in separate petition which
was recognized as legal. Smith is a
member of the present council and is
fire chief
One of the grounds on which the
petition was rejected was that it did
not contain the residence or business
of the signers. Another defect is that
people living in one ward petitioned
for the nomination of councilmen in
other wards and there are said to be
many legal defects.
Tt is impossible to ascertain now
whether the movement will be pushed
and an effort made to elect these
candidates by the use of "stickers."
The petition was presented by Robert
Otness and c. A. Tenwick.
Gibson Makes Announcements.
John G. Gibson, nominee for mayor
on the Peoples ticket, is going to
make the race and has employed Lee
& Orland to investigate conditions and
ascertain if the city clerk is justified
in refusing to file the ticket and print
the names on the official ballot. He
said:
eve are going to run and win. Don't
overlook that last part Our ticket
will be filed-in fact has been filed
and we will be in the race to the fin
ish. If it is found that we cannot
legally file-if we are thrown out on
a technicality by the present city ad-
we believe that will help
rather than hurt our ticket and we
will have tickets printed and ask the
citizens to vote our ticket and we
have pledges from enough voters to
assure us that our ticket will get lib
eral support. The fight is on and we
will win"
Mr.. Gibson is a pioneer of this sec
ton, having lived 40 years in the Pa
louise country and 12 years in Moscow.
He was county commissioner of Whit
man county, Washington, four years, |
and mayor of Moscow after he moved
here, and is man of means and has |
d wide acquaintance and a large fol-
lowing. That his entry into the race
will instilI interest in what promised |
to be a very tame election is certain. |
Both he and Mayor Truitt are widely |
and favorably known in Moscow and
the race will be an interesting one.