The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-07-13

thlS week.
Until after that date. IL is not .
question of democratic. republican
or progressive success in this eoun-
~" he said. IAN the parties will
be successful In the primaries The
only thing TO be decided now is the
candidates who will represent the
two MAJOR political units. AS there
Is no contest in the progressive party
and only seven out OF total OF q
possible contests in the democratic
party. with eight odt of similar
number In the republican primaries
the situation really narrows down 10
a comparatively small proposition.
In fact, political forecasts now point
10 primary campaign that will be
uninterestirg because Of its harmon
fousness.
Republican Aspirants
Take the republican ticket.
There is no candidate for surveyor.
There is no real coneest for coroner
and the positions are relatively un-
Important anyway. Claud Stewart
has no opposition in the primaries
for assessor. neither has o. r. Duvall
for probate Judge; c. c. Siggins. for
clerk and recorder; William Cunning
ham for county commissioner from
the west end; A. c. Burkhaiter for
county commissioner from the east
end; or T. Bailey Lee for district
Judge. a.tho there are two judges to
be nominated.
This leaves Miss Charlotte Pond
former Filler school teacher. and r..
r. Amsden. as opposing republican
candidates for the nomination as
county superintendent of public IN
struction: u. H. North and Mrs. En-
ma l.. Warren. present incumbent. as
contenders in the county treasurer 5
race: Sheriff Il. n. sherman oppos-
ed 10 Harry Mckinley for law en-
forement officer: A j. Meyers, Twin
Falls and j. W. Taylor, Buhl, seek
ing t.. county attorney nomination,
and present representative carl j.
Miller. of Castleford matched against
John W. Hardin OF Kimberly In the
So atorlal contest.
However. definite race has de-
yeloped In Twin Falls where five re-
publicans seek the nomination as
candidate for the lucrative position
CT commissioner from the second dis
rict. Wilson -. Wolfe, father oil
the present county superintendent OF
schools. was the first TO announce
his candidacy; then S $. All, recent
IN chosen a commissioner OF Twin
Falls city ON the so-called Walton
ticket. became a candidate. and was
followed by y. ~ Kendall and Alan
p. Senior.
Where the democrats show a
shortage OF candidates the republi-
cans show a plurality. This county
&c now entitled to four representatives
I'm the state legislature. With four 10
he elected. the republicans have al
ready named five. while the Jeffer-
senians have so far only two candl-
dates w. ID. ellis. well-known To-
cal attorney. leads the republican,
list. and from information Cleaned
turnout the county. will undoubtedly
b. nominated w. NJ. Hines of Rog-
cam. is the Salmon river tracts
candidate: y. y BURLINGTON has been
named from the west end. " @.
Sampson OF Hansen is in the race
from the east end OF abe county.
while former State Senator NJ J.
sxeesey. announced himself at the
laat minute as a nominee. and an
avo~ed candidate for speaker OF the
lover house should he be nominated
and elected Mr.. SweeIey. II viii be
remembered. made his campaign for
the state senatorial nomination from
this county two years ago on a coun-
~ division platform. and only this
vsar received much notoriety thru
out the county because OF the anf"-
cscy by the Twin Fails Chamber Of
Commerce Tax committee. Of which
he ~as chairman. Of the adjustment
Of the county fair grounds here. ar
ter q purported poll OF opinion based
on the sending oat Of few hundred
quesfionsires-
Democratic Situation
In the democratic camp Dave l.
Desmer. well-kno~n Filler farmer.
and =. C. Davis Of Bull. are the only
two nominees for the state iegtsia-
;tnre. with four TO be named. IL i
learned that the democrats will urge
the writing IN of two more names for
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