Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-08-17
ORGANIZATIONS
Are EFFECTED
POLITICAL PARTIES ELECT C0UN-
TY OFFICERS AND STATE
CONVENTION DELEGATES
STATE CONVENTIONS ON TUESDAY
Republicans Will Send Four Dele
gates to Wallace Convention
Next Tuesday.

Last Saturday the newly elected
precinct committeeman of the various
precincts of Boundary county, met
in Bonners Ferry and organized and
on Tuesday the various political or
ganizations OF the county convened to
elect delegates to the state conven-
tions and make selections of state
committeeman.
Both republican meetings this week
were held at the county courthouse
and all but one precinct was repre-
Sented at the committeeman meeting
and all but two at the county conyen-
tion. The committeeman organized
with the reelection of c.. w. King as
county chairman and Mrs. George r.
Gray as vice chairman. D. Bert
Cowen was elected secretary and
treasurer. A committee was named
to select members OF the executive
committee and to fill vacancies in the
office of precinct committeeman.
Plans for the coming campaign were
discussed.
At the republican county conven-
ton held Tuesday evening NJ. p. De-
Wolf was reelected to serve as state
committeeman. e. Des Voignes and
G. W King were elected delegates to
the state convention TO be held at
Wallace next Tuesday and o. IL.
Campbell and w. K. Rath were elected
'alternates. Unless a rule OF the state
convention prevents the four dele
gates elected at the county convention
will have half vote each at the
Wallace meeting.
The republicans adopted resolutions
commencing the national and state
administration and pledging the party
to progressive legislation and the
continuing of an economical ad-
ministration in the future. A res
olution endorsing w. F. Nc
Naughton, of Coeur d'Alenne, and G.
H. Martin, of Standpoint, republican
candidates for district judges, was
passed by unanimous vote. Judge
Martin and George r. Barker, editor
of the Standpoint Pend dOreille Re-
view, attended the convention and ad-
dressed the delegates.
The democrats of Boundary county
at their Saturday meeting elected W.
G. Reid as county chairman and John
r. Wiley as secretary and treasurer
AT the county convention w. C. Reid
at the state convention to be held at
HALEY on Tuesday Mr. Reid is now
at Boise attending the state meeting
of county assessors. E. M. Flood was
elected to serve as state committee
man from this county.
The members of the progressive
party elected G. j. Daufau of Porthill
as county chairman and state COM
mitteeman and also named him to rep
resent the county at the state con-
vention to be held at Nampa. H. J..
Askevold was elected secretary and
treasurer of the organization. The
party organization was represented
by three precincts as the party only
held primary elections in three pre-
cinctS.
This year the democrats will have
a candidate for county attorney in e.
M. Flood whose name was written in
on the democratic ballots at the pri-
mary election and who has elected to
qualify.
For the first time in the history OF
the county there will be three tickets
in the field this year, the democrats
having the only complete ticket.
Where vacancies appear on their
ticket the progressives have endorsed
candidates on the republican and
democratic tickets.