Idaho County free press., 1924-11-06

IDAHO COUNTY
CAND| DATES
|NCL0SE RACE
Latest Return With Several
Precincts To Hear
From

NOTE: The figures given in this
ooner have been carefully compiled,
ahacI,ed rechecked and tabulated a.
cain and again, in an effort to secure
tba results as nearly as is possible
hofore the official count is taken.
All nrecincts except Florence, Kamiah
and pollock have been received and
tohulated. While an earnest effort
has been made to secure accurate re-
tnrns it is possible that while the
Frae Press tabulation may be in err
ror il NAV be taken as an authority
excent in the close contests for pro-
hate Judge, sheriff and county COM
missioner for the second district.
On the county ticket, the progress
sives turned things topsy-turvy with
tbeir "silent" vote and sprung a sur
nrise by giving La Toilette high
mark of 1880 votes to Coolidge's
1905 Davis ran poor third, polling
only 759.
Fo governor, Moore, republican leads
with 1404 Samuels is at his heels
with 1886. Freehafer is way behind
with 674. The state ticket follows
Moore with a diminishing of pro-
gressiye votes as the names run down
the ballot.
Returns Of the election in the coun-
ty have been received and tabulated
bv the Idaho ounty Free Press. The
returns were received over the tele-
phone and by mail To Thursday
noon. forty-four precincts had re-
ported to the Free Press out of the
fifty-two in the county. An election,
however, was not held in several OF
the remaining precincts. None was
held at Newsome and Orogrande nor
at Marshall Lake, Concord and Warm
Springs.
Election Judges Pull Boner
In East Kamiah precinct, where %
votes are reported cast, the election
Judges didn't keep-a personal record
of how the vote went after they tai
lied ND when the polls closed. They
sealed the ballots up and mailed them
in to the Auditors office. Accord
ing to law, the ballots will not be
opened until the board of county COM
missioners meet ten days after the
election to take the official count. On
this vote, some declare, the election
is to be decided in close contests.
For state senator Edwin Nelson re-
ceived the plurality over John j.
Pulse, democrat and James ID. Lyttle,
progressive. The vote is Nelson 1922,
Pulse 900, Lyttle 1880. Nelson is con-
ceded the election by his opponents.
Lloyd a Fem, republican incumbent
state representative hung up a sub
stantial plurality over James Sur
ridge, democrat and John Jungert,
progressive. The vote for represen-
tatiye is Fem 1877, Surridge 1112,
Jmgert 742
For county commissioner in the
first district, n b. Pettibone, demo-
crat incumbent. was nosed out by
Geo NJ. Saunders, republican, after
tie two candidates had been separat-
cd by less than a hunired votes at
times The count from the forty
four precincts tabulatfd give Saun-
ders 1854, Pettibone 1854.
"a Votes Apart Now
Rothwell made Small gains over Ell
Ter through Wednesday and Thursday
for sheriff. With all the vote in for
sheriff except Pollock precinct, the
count now stands Rothwell 1874, Ell
Ter 1710. The vote from the missing
kamiah precinct on sheriff is a
mouth-to-mouth pass-along and may
not be correct.
Neck and Neck
For Probate judge, Wilbur IL. Camp
Dell, democrat incumbent and j. Il.
Byron, republican,, have been running
neck and neck since the earliest re-
turns with one leading and then the
other. Campbell has polled 1545 and
Byron 1926.
Frank Z. Fogg, democrat incumbent
nor prosecuting attorney jumped a.
mead to a lead sufficient to win over
b Auger, republican aspirant, after
The two had been close for more than
day after the election. The vote
now stands with 1904 for Fogg and
l4.4 for Anger. Chances of Auger's
salning are slight political dopesters
declare.
LYDIA Over Big
clark LYDIA, democrat incumbent for
oahty commissioner in the third
district has enough votes over Geo. G.
pentz, republican to elect him. LYDIA
sarnered more than any of the other
1andidates for commissioner LYDIA
l'2l, Bentz 11S2.
Floyd Church, republican, and
auolph Hinkleman, democrat, candi-
ua'es for county commissioner in the
second district. have been separated
" not more than twenty votes since
curly Tuesday evening when the
'lIs1 returns were received. In sew
saal Instances the two were tied. At
ulnes Hinkleman would lead by five
VI ten and with the returns from the
"eAt precinct, Church would take the
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