The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-04-29
Thursday April 20, 1920.
NUGENT SCHEDULED FOR DE-
FEAT IN NOVEMBER.

National observers of political al
fairs are confidently predicting In,
Idaho will be one of the states tn;
will retire democratic senator
November and send republican
his place. This view is in perfeC
accord with that held by republican
in Idaho. and by democrats, to,
when they express their own views i
confidence. In the New York Sun an
Herald of April 8 there is an inter
esting discussion of the approaching
senatorial elections by Edwin C. Hill
a political writer who has evidentl.
made close study OF conditions il
the various states in which senator
are to be elected this year. In
number of states the republicans
have good lighting chances to return
republicans in place of democrats
according to Mr. Hlrs analysis, Will,
in four states, one of which is Idaho
he regards the election of republicans
to succeed democrats practically a
cinch. Regarding the situation in
Idaho Mr. Hill says:
Taking up the four states in
which the republicans have the
lfkeliest ebapoa ia ,,reat +b 1
ocratio applecart-Idaho, Ken
lucky, Maryland and South Da-
kota-attention goes first to the
mountain commonwealth which
gives Senator Borah to the ma
TONS council. There the demo
cratic incumbent. John t. Nugent.
seeks denomination and reelection.
The first is his easily. The second
may be entirely out of his reach,
for the republican party in Idaho
has only to compose its differences
to win.
Senator Nugent has the sup
port of the nonpartisan league
and Of certain radical elements
because ne voted against the rail-
road reorganization bill; and the
reds remember him as chief
counsel some years ago for Big
Bill Haywood. Meyer and Petit
bone in the Governor Steunen-
berg assassination case But the
republicans, enthusiastically or
ganizing, with law and order and
government stability and economy
as battle cries feel confident they
can retire Nugent. The repubi-
can aspirants are Capt. Albert II.
Conner. who was wounded in the
Argonne advance; Col L. v
Patch, adjutant general of the
state. and an A. b. f. veteran al
so. and former Governor Frank
r. Goodng It is supposed that
either Conner or Patch will win
depending upon whom Borah
supports) and that either will de-
feat Nugent
Since Mr.. Hnrs article was written
wo more republican candidates have
entered the field, Col E. G. Davis. Of F.
Boise. and Chas W. Beale. Of Wal f.
ace. The large number of republic
an candidates emphasizes his con-
fusion that Nugent is doomed to de-
eat, but at the same time widens the
Ield Of speculation as to who will be
he successful candidate. The sun
writer eliminates Gooding and makes
latch or Conner the winner depend
ng upon the attitude of Senator
iorah evidently assuming that
can expect no help from the
enior senator. of course nobody
nows what Senator Borah is going !
, do. or whether he is going to do !
nythng so far as the senatorial cleo 4
on is concerned. Being a resident q
south Idaho himself and presum- f
ply expecting to be reelected upon j
lie close of his present term, it
ould naturally appear to his advan e
ge to have the successor to Senator e
ugent elected from the northern o
.rt of the state. and from that "a
the conclusion follows that ],
he takes a hand in the contest at h
. his support win go to either Con- d
r or Beale Even with Borahs sup s.
TT back of a north Idaho candidate, f,
does not necessarily follow that he d
,uld be successful unless he can Il
eure practically the united support ei
the north. 1t has been demon h'
'ated time and again that geogra- 81
y cuts no figure with the voters Of A
nth Idaho. It is a popular cam pa
ign cry, but when the votes are or