The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-11-09
Alexander and Balance of Democratic Ticket
Garry Most of Offices in Filer-Aman Leads
Progressive Ticket Progressives Poll Heavy
Vote in This Precinct.
Philby, Graves and Allen Elected Precinct Of
ficers-Dwight Leads Ticket in Filler, but
Loses County by a Few Votes.

Five out of the six Filler residents
who were candidates for legislative
and county offices on the democrat
ic and republican tickets were elect
ed Tuesday The successful candf-
dates were j. M. Markell and ID. l..
Beamer, democratic, and w. ID. Gill
lis, republican nominees for the state
legislature, T. Dan Conner. demo-
cratic candidate for county commits
sioner from the first district, and
Miss Charlotte Pond, nominee on the
republican ticket for superintendent
of public instruction. DR.. f. A.
Dwight, democratic aspirant for cor
oner, failed by only 81 votes
in defeating P. ]. Grossman, running
ON the republican ticket. He led
his ticket here, receiving $50 votes.
Progressives Meet Defeat
Three progressive candidates from
this community, Elmer Aman and
II. Murphy, aspirants for the state
legislature, and j. C.. Reichers, COM
missioner candidate, shared the fate
of their party in this county by be-
received splendid vote in their
home precinct. Mr.. Murphy, as well
as Mr.. Aman received the largest
number of votes, in Maroa precinct,
the home of Mr.. Murphy, cast for
any of the candidates.
In Filler precinct Mr.. Aman was
one of the four high men in the leg
islative race. leading his party tick
et Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Reichers
each received 140 vLtes here.
Markell Easy Winner
Mr.. Markell not only received the
largest number of votes cast for a
legislative candidate in this precinct,
but also in the county, his total in
the precinct being 306, and in the
county 2,734. Mr.. Beamer and Mr..
ellis also carried their home pre-
cinct by good margins, these votes |
being a splendid tribute to the sue
cessful candidates.
T. Dan Connor, commissioner can
didate, carried Filler over his repub-
lican opponent with 11S vote lead. /
This about represents Mr.. Connor's |
lead over Cunningham in the county /
totals.
Miss Charlotte Pond is elected \
county superintendent of public in
struction over her nearest opponent
by nearly 900 votes. She led Nc
Dowell in this. her home precinct.
by III votes.
Filler Goes Democratic
Filler voted a distinctly democratic
ticket this year. Out of the 81 Of
ficials voted upon, democrats got the
Filler vote with pluralities varying
from / to 252 votes, with the excep-
ton of eight candidates, seven OF
these being republican, and the 9TH
er one progressive. Addison T.
Smith, republican, led in the congress
sional race, as did S. Claud Stewart,
assessor, Miss Charlotte Pond, super
Intendent, o. p. Duvall, probate
Judge, Emma l.. Warren, treasurer,
c. c. Siggins, auditor, and two state
all republicans. T. Bailey
Lee, republican, nosed 4 votes ahead
1f A. X. Hicks for the second place
N the district judgeship race, and
w. ID. ellis. republican, was the
sighth man outside the democratic
column in this precinct to receive !
he support of majority of the vot-
rs.
Alexander, democrat, carried Filler
precinct as well as the county in the
contest. However, his Z
cad here over Samuels. progressive, !
vas but is votes, with Moore taking 7
bird place.
B. F. Philby, democrat. was re- {
lected justice of the peace, as was
;. c. Graves. republican. Philby led I
raves by i / votes. l.. ID. Allen. dem o
crat, was also renamed constable :
y a big vote. his opponent being c. .
v. Hamilton, republican
A hundred less votes were polled '
his year than two years ago, ac- !
ording TO election officials. the fig .
re this year being SIS, with GAS E
oters registered.
The tabulated vote in this dis
-ict is as follows: