The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-09-22

Idaho Campaign Expected to Center
Upon the Casting OF ~
81 5000 Votes

z Upon the Casting OF ~
81 a 5000 Votes
EE kT-A
y BOISE, IdahOA1The result Of tn,
election campaign now in progress il
Sassthi 5 statf ptvots lonT several important
&develop& enHA Insttae lofs four par
ties being in the field with candidates
there will be but three, the Socialist
&party failing to take advantage OF
Sthe provisions the present election
Law and petitioning to hold a conven-
|$tion and nominate ticket. 1t will
have no candidates in the field. There
ARE probably 5000 Socialist votes in
Ida no. Intclalch pa ~ zthey goaansl
how thsBocialiStsswill fote will have
some innuence ~ the result. They
sare notdii accord with khe platforms
of the Ahfee other PARTS, according
Ito their saaxs. md, wft3s ths& 10
mot say so openly, it is KNOWN that
#they are particularly antagonistic 20
Mthe third or Progressive party.
81 The Socialist vote will not go to
1.-THE Progressive party, If the attitude
llsof the Socialism leaders in this state
His properly interpreted. 1t may go
Ito the Republican party or it may go
Ito the DeM0craSrc party. Sucfaifsts-
Sgenerdlly are indignant that the pres
lent election lG16tsq0trdR heM fth sec
Ia large number Of signatures Of Pc
ztftiondrs before 03ayilGSyld lgxo theft
Sofficial ticket placed on. the ballot.
The second tSSde THAI Ri1lchddeean
Important bearing on the outcome Of
the campaign is whether or not the
PRO ressixs- third party advocates
land supporters vote their ticket
stra light. The Nonpartisan League,
which jotnea7cFthTthes ProgTessivest
In; In ny ': s':g|iss l. zes K Easi.
date tor governor, 8. p Fairchfld.
The average vote OF the league was
about l25, 800. TIE Pr6gfessivss Glaims
they Are stronger than the o league
was. In ofact5,i Hhsy qassert thsya will
prove to be- strong snoughdnezti No
|vembdr t6s siect othAir Ncandadates fQ1I
governor. H. F. Samuels. 1t is not
likely that the ProgSessives will poll
Nonpdrtisan leasd@dd t&63 eajs10sbl|
The vDte Of that party will be around
10000 The DeRoctatbs ciaimO ,thatnitu}
will be asss. OF Thss RenvhlicApe naay 1
that \ will beomarGqrHoaN aHT aat
Il seens eHeEy yceEthip that Ho the Pa Hsr99I
gress1 yea will hang Together f9r thsRtri
ticket Although the pepaQcF 5nays
been vigorously bidding for the sup
bort bf eheH PfogfssSivss, th1y' Raw
failed so faf II bacuGre lie Pr6eFSE7
sive leadefs Gaeclaf4 that their odandii
dates WHO never withdraw from p4 the
race The Dem csatsnrealiaeo ith&to all
third ticket inothenRedd ~ Ietriwantaldd
70 them, for jGbolds vote Ne1
bulk Of which would 60 to the Demo- |
cratic ticketto The, Progressive Lead
ers are opposed TO the pemocgatic
nominee for governor, M. Alexander.
The Republicans consider that ev-
cry vote csstsfoNthY PrQgresyivy ttsk
ct is in tfeii .HoE bsSau5s il Hkes
q vote from the Democratic ticket.
they desire to have the Pro-
gressive ticket kept in the fleld.ol as
The campaign is I'm progress and
rapidly developing, with all three cam
didates for governor in the field. ii Porl
litical forecasters are getting in their
returns early, d II ia admitted that
the race as It now stands is between
Alexander. the Democratic nominee,
and G. c. Moore, the Republican NOM
inee. with samuels, the Progressive
nominee, trailing. Roughly speaking, /
the political forecasters concede that
Moore win carry northern Idaho with
q substantial majority; that Alexan-
der will carry southwestern Idaho I
with Z clear majority: that these two
will break about even in
southern idaho, ana that Moore WIN I
carry the southeastern part of the
state, because he is that sections can
didate and the first candidate for gov