The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-10-21
Contrary to Expectations II. r.
Samuels Only Candidate
To Withdraw.
Line UP FOR NUCENT
Desired Withdrawal of Fair
child for Governor in Order
To Aid Walters.

Boise, Oct. 18.-The final day al
lowed by -law for candidates nomin-
ated at the August primary to with
draw from the tickets ON which they
were named has passed and s. ID. Fair
child remains as standard bearer Of
the nonpartisan league in this state,
forcing a three-cornered fight for gov.
ernor. 1t has been strongly intimated
among men prominent in political
parties in this state that while Fair
child did not step aside as did H. #.
Samuels. the leagues candidate for
senator In order that Senator John #.
Nugent, democrat might have clear
sailing. the word will go down the
line among leaguers during the
eleventh hour Of the campaign to
vote for T. A. Walters, democratic
candidate for governor. How much
truth there is to the report cannot be
said. League leaders are positive in
their statements that there will be no
switching from Fairchid; that they
have given I'm as far as they can to the
democrats and their full force will be
voted for their candidate for governor.
But the league leaders must know,
! just as the republican leaders know
and the democratic leaders know that
If Fairchild remains actively In the
race the republican gubernatorial
nominee. ID. w. Davis will he elected
! That Is as sure bet on the situation
as II looks today as any political bet
that can be made. II will take some
thing decidedly sensational to change
the situation between now and election
day. Irrespective of the very satis-
factory situation confronting the re-
F | nj Gfat IN hai N
as is taking no chances. He has
speakers. including all Of the candi-
dates. from senator down, actively en-
gagged on the stump. Governor Davis
has been spending the week in the
north. together with Congressman
French Attorney General Black and
Frank r.. Gooding, candidate for SEN
ator. have toured the south. G00ding
is now working into northern terri
tory and will he there for the next two
weeks Besides these. there are
number OF other spelbinders active.
Apparently the democrats have
strong hopes of winning even in a
three-cornered fight in state norm
ally republican like Idaho. Walters,
the candidate for governor. has been
on the stump for three weeks and ex-
pects to remain out until just before
: election. Walters was attorney gem
. eral Of the state during the Alexander
administration. He is spoken of as
Alexander's candidate for governor.
That former Governor Alexander and
: former Attorney General Walters are
close friends is well known. That
= Alexander will do everything possible
to elect Walters is also fact. He is
on the stump now urging his candi-
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y attacking the Davis administration.
Former Governor Hawley, former Sen
= ator Perky and other leading demo
I crafts have been drafted and placed
+ in the harness Nothing is being left
undone to save Senator Nugent and TO
s elect Walters. Outside of these two
! the democrats have very little hope
\ In the meantime the nonpartisaIT
q league is lending helping hand.
= Samuels is speaking i'm many parts Of
:, the state for Nugent. This has
aroused no little. comment and has
stimulated interest in the alleged com
binatiop between the democrats and
- the league which the ''loeyal legion of
= democrats" is fighting with all of the
strength at its command. but that
! strength is limited. In support of its
contention that there was no deal
a made 10 withdraw Samuels at the time
! he was nominated for senator but that
: he agreed to withdraw if referen-
: DUN vote of the delegates at the
a league convention SO directed, the
> Idaho Leader, mouthpiece of the
9 league. published all of the CORE
! spondence that passed between Sam
a uels, the league and the notification
letter of SamueIs to Nugent that he
had withdrawn in his favor and
thrown the leagues support to him.
The reply of Nugent clearly shows that
the leagues support r. accepted and
. appreciated In his letter to Samuels,
Nugent said he had endeavored to
), serve his constituents to the best of his
ability while in the senate and that
!, his acts had been satisfactory was
+ gratifying to him.
Nugent's supporters assert that he
, would be unwise indeed TO decline to
accept the support of any organiza-
, tion in appreciation of his work in
the senate They declare that the
. action on the part of Samuels was
, voluntary and the fact the league Is
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