The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-10
NONPART|zANS FILE
A PARTIAL TICKET
CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS, SENATOR AND
'REPRESENTATIVE FILED

The nonpartizan league has filed it's
ticket in Latah county Only six can
didates have been filed, one each for
the three commissioner positions, and
| one each for the three legislative po-
| sitIons to which Latah county is en-
titled. The ticket was filed by petit
tions, there being 577 names on these.
! The law requires 300, but nearly
| double that number were secured. 1t
is said that several petitions are yet
out, having failed to reach Moscow
i'll time. :
Here Is the Ticket
The candidates filed are: State SEN
ator, Hugh R. Abel, of Moscow; rep
resentatives, Frank Stevens, MOSCOW,
and William Smith, Deary; commits
sioner, First district, John B. Katzen-
berger of Cora precinct; Second dis
trict, S. NJ. Tideman, of Genesee; Third
district, Paul c.. Carlson, of Troy.
Are ''lndependent' Candidates
These are filed as Independent"
candidates and not as nonpartizan
league candidates, and will go on the
official ballot as independent candi-
dates under the heading Independent
Ticket" The indications now are there
will be but three tickets on the official
ballot, the republican, democratic and
Independent. Should any other candi-
dates be filed by any party organiza-
tion they would be placed under the
head of independent" on the official
ballot. Whether or not the presiden
tial tickets of the Farmer-Labor, Pro-
hibitiOn, Liberty and other parties
will be placed on the official ballot
will depend upon whether or not pc
titions containing 5000 names for each
OF these, are filed at Boise. with the
secretary of state.
Filed by NONRESIDENT
The nOnpartizan candidates were
filed by F. P. Waters, of Spokane, who
is an organizer for the league as well
as for the grange. He came here sew
eral weeks ago and opened headquar-
ters at Moscow. He had petition
forms printed and circulated in all
parts of the county. The filing fees, Of
So for each legislative candidate and
81 for each candidate for commission
er, were paid by the individuals, who
visited the auditors office after the
petitions had been delivered by Mr..
Waters, and upon payment of the
fees the names of the candidates were
Officially" filed.
IuC meTCHduUS OH htCOFu
Il see the press says we have had
in getting enough signatures
% our petitions and had to solicit bus
ness men of Moscow said Mr.. Wat
,rs. Asked if such solicitations had
lot been made, he replied: Yes We
wanted to put them on record and they
Ire on record. We have almost 600
signatures and the law requires but
100. We solicited business men to as
certain how they stand toward the
eague and it's members
William Smith, filed as an indepen-
lent candidate for representative, is
farmer of Deary precinct and was
elected at the demo-
ratio primary as a delegate to the
emocratic county convention. He
aid There were two persons at the
emocratic primary, an old line dem
crat and a negro woman and they
elected me delegate to
he county convention" Asked by Mr..
Waters if he intended to attend the
emOcratic convention he seemed in
oubt MI. Waters asked Mr.. Smith
0 give him (Waters) his proxy and
rOmiSed some fun if he got it. He
aid he would go into the democratic
onvention and wake up some OF the
Id fossils"
Mr.. Tideman, is farmer, living
ear Genesee, where he has been sue
essful in farming. Mr.. Stevens is
cad of the carpenters union in Mos
ow and represents the labor element.
[r. Abel is graduate of the Univers-
y of Idaho and prominent and sue
essful young farmer living just north
{ MOSCOW. Carlson and Katzenberger
re both farmers.