The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

AUAllvOl nEn
The last stage of the county seat campaign finds
but not unexpected situation confronting the voters
The east end candidates. Banvie and Cubertson fear
ing the strength Of the larger towns in the western half
the county that unless they unite their strength
and throw it to town the other, both of then
would probably be eliminated from the final contest ir
1922.
4 Culbertson Laying Down
The foImality of straw vote is under way at the
time this is printed but it to be quite we'll under
stood in the eastern end that Culbetson will be the town
to lay down. dattemp to deliver her vote to her former
bitter rival Banvie If chances that Culbertson is the
town chosen and Bainve lays down. the situation is but
slightly changed from the viewpoint of voters in general
who have the decision in their power.
AS the situation stood before the Cubertson and
Bainville politicians got together their merger pan
Wolf Point acknowledged be by far the strongest
of the four chief contendes All admitted that she would
receive more votes than any other town. and account
of her strength in the farming precincts all the
lty might possibly win the permanent county seat. is
generally known to voters by this time that to become
permanent county seat town must receive than
half of the votes cast the question: necessarily 51
but $780, majority, and that if town receives
more than half of the votes cast the question: the
towns receiving the highest and second highest vote shall
become candidates in the final contest the next general
election.
Wants Question Settled Now
The east end campaigners quite anxious to settle
the question and avoid the dsagreeabe turmoil and
the expense to the county and to the contendg towns
that another campaign would make necessary In this
the west end agrees with them. If the troublesome ques
tion can be settled in this campaign, let it be SO.
Bainville Aims at Majority
Bainvle and is quite we'll understood that she will
be the town chosen hopes by this eleventh hour to
rally majority Of the voters to her support and pean
emily the prize The voters in the western half of
the county are in the majority and is up to them to say
whether not Banvie is allowed to realize her am
bton
If the east end is uniting its vote on one town. what
else is there for the west end to do but follow suit The
Herald and Wolf Point do not wish to read Poplar out
Of the attempt eliminate her candidacy the
ter up to the voters But the attention of the voters is
called to certain facts that Poplar people themselves will
scarcely deny:
Wolf Points registered vote is 1852
Poplar's registered vote is 452.
There would be great difference in the number of
votes each could draw from country precincts immed-
ately surrounding them with four towns in the race
These two facts alone show Wolf Point have more than
ioube the strength of Poplar but there another fact
hat has most important bearing the situation
Wolf Point stands we'll with the Nonpartisan League for
,ood and sufficient reasons and is of receiving
i hundred votes from the farming precincts in the
raj ana eastern portions OF the county Wolf Point will
et votes and lot of them out of Banvie's territory
Wolf Point also has the friendship of Froid and will re-
eve votes in that town. 7
Folly of Scattering Votes P
So with Cubertson and Bainville doubling up their
trength and rang far they the country vote
the support of town only would not be the poor
kind of generashp for the rest of the county to scatter
votes giving large portion to Wolf Point small por-
Poplar and perhaps tres to other places with the
esu that the question of county location would not
settled and the west end and east end would have to
ght it out in another trying campaign years hence
With the elimination process carried through to com
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