Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
CLOSE RACES
in PRIMARY
OFFICIAL COUNT DECIDES REPUB.
LICAN NOMINEES WHO WERE
SUCCESSFUL
WEIGH WINS BY ONE VOTE
Campbell Noses Out Reid With Four
Votes To the Good


county last Tuesday were rather tame
ana lacking in interest as compared to
previous elections and in neither the
republican or democratic party were
more than half the registered vote
cast. In the country districts many
OF the farmers We're too busy with
haying and farm work to go to the
polls and in Bonners Ferry the lack
of candidates autos to take the voters
to the polls had something to do with
the light vote. Then, too, there was
not much campaigning done this
election among the county contestants
and under the new primary law none
OF the state candidates were voted for
as they will be selected at party con-
ventions to be held August "a
Another reason for the light vote on
Tuesday is given in that the members
of the non-partisan league were re-
quested to not participate in the pri-
mary elections so that they could as
sist in nominating a state ticket Of
their own.
The election of last Tuesday de-
monstrated thoroughly that the pres
ent primary law needs a great deal of
remodeling. The law is not clear as
to many of the provisions and works
an injustice in providing that separ-
ate elections must be held by various
parties at their own expense.
In the contests for nomination on
the republican ticket no single candi-
date gained any great lead Nearly
all the contests were neck and neck
races. In the contest for commits
sioner of the second district between
/ j. A. Welch and j. j. Kindschuh the
unofficial returns received on Wednes-
day, with all precincts heard from ex-
cept Naples, gave Kindschuh a one
vote lead
The contest between j. w. Reid and
o. H. Campbell, for the nomination for
state representative, was also close
and it required the official canvass held
yesterday by the county commissioners
to finally determine the winner be-
tween Messrs. Campbell and Reid and
Messrs. Kindschuh and Welch. The
uncertainty of the outcome of the cleo
tion was greater because no unofficial
report had been received from the Ma
pies precinct.
/ The official canvass made yesterday
was attended by several interested
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Welch gained two votes over his op-
ponent. Mr. Kindschuh, the final count
giving Welch 1856 votes and Kindschuh
1874 votes. ]. w. Reid also gained in
the official count which gave him 1888
votes to 1877 for Mr. Campbell The
final count did not change the standing
of the candidates in the contest for
nomination for sheriff. Fisher re-
ceived 1877 votes; Welch 124 votes and
Chambers 102 votes.
/ The democrats had only one contest
that between Frank Clapp, of Bonners
Ferry, against Denver P. Dayton, of
Naples. for state representative. The
candidacy of Mr.. Dayton did not have
the support of the democratic organi-
zation which had apparently endeav-
ored to name a county ticket from top
to bottom, leaving to the voters the
empty honor of merely endorsing the
selections or not voting at all.
No votes were cast in the demo-
crat primary election in Eastport pre-
cinct and only one was cast in the
Addie precinct. No republican votes
were cast in Leonia precinct. Voters
went to Leonia to vote but no cleo
tion was held because it had not been
possible to arrange for an election
in the precinct until a late date and
then the precinct committeeman was
called away from home suddenly.
In spite of the hopes of the demo-
crat organization leaders to the con-
rary, the contests in the republican
party were carried on without animos-
ity and none of the defeated candidates
are nursing any sore spots. In fact
the defeated candidates have all shown
themselves good losers and have ex-
pressed their determination to work
for the success of their ticket in the
general election. In the republican
party any person aspiring to office is
given a clear field and no organiza-
tion or clique has the audacity to at
tempt to swing the vote to any one
candidate. The contestants go before
the voters on their merits and they are
willing to abide by the decision of the
voters, even when defeated by one or
four votes. as was the case in the
election of last Tuesday.
Following is the result of republi-
can primary election for delegates to
the county convention:
Bonners Ferry precinct. B. Cow
en-, Malcolm Bruce, F. A. Shultis and
Lee Williams.
North Bonners Ferry precinct-O. H
Campbell, E. Charles and w. S. Walk
er.
Copeland precinct-E. J. Wilson.
Naples precinct-W. H. Macarthur.
Addie precinct-C. J. Wagner.
Boundary precinct-Carl Klockmann
Meadow Creek precinct-M. F.
Johnson.
Continental precinct-John Fritch
EastpOrt precinct-W. E. Talmadge
Boulder precinct-L. H. Peck.
Following are the names of the re-
publican precinct committeeman who
were elected last Tuesday:
Bonners Ferry precinct-George r.
Gray.
North Bonners Ferry precinct-W.