Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-07-14
PRIMARY ELECTION
next TUESDAY TO
BRING BIG VOTE
Interest Increasing Each Day
AS Candidates Make
Closing Appeals

While interest in the Forthcoming
Primary election next Tuesda,
seemed to be tagging the past sew
raj weeks, intensive campaigning or
the part of all candidates during the
past week has had a noticeable effect
in arousing added interest. Then too
with the Communists now advocat-
ing a boycott" of the Primary in q
demonstration OF protest against the
Republ cans. Democratic and new
Liberty parties, a reaction was
growing to poll as large a vote as
possible as q counter attack on Com
munlst propaganda. Sc, with these
various forces compelling new inter
est, the feeling has become general
the past few days that there will be
a big vote Tuesday.
While there are only twelve pos
ltfons to be filled, thirty candidates
had filed for these twelve places.
all in the Republican column but
two. Naturally, all thirty are IN
fldently predicting their success at
the polls. Campaigning has been
conducted entirely by means of in
dIvldual canvas of voters by the
candidates, and newspaper publicity.
The only endorsed set Of candidates
IN the field is that named by the
Taxpayers Economy League. Elk
service men, at a meeting held at
Medicine Lake last week, decided
against the advisability of giving
their endorsement TO any individual
or group Of candidates, although It
y quite generally recognized that
Joe Redmond Of P~lentywood has the
backing of a large circle Of his Am
erican Legion friends. Aside from
this, individual candidates. are de-
pending largely on their ability to
swing different groups into line
along with their appeal for loyalty
to home candidates.
Starting out with its slogan. &c
onomy and Efficiency-Spend Less.
Save More" the Taxpayers Econo-
my League has made economy the
most generally discussed issue OF the
campaign Every candidate is talk
ing economy; each has some pledge
70 the voters as to the economy that
Will be practiced in his particular
office. while the Economy League
has definitely set forth a platform
including several specific suggest
IONS for the saving of money in
county government. AS usual char
ges OF political trading was rife in
the county seat this week, although
people making these claims were I'M
able to fasten any direct evidence on
any candidate. There were also
many mo afloat that Commun-
lists would vote in the Primary and
their support to weak candi-
dates, thereby enhancing their own
ticket n the fall election. Leaders of
Communists however came out
convention day" with d plea to
'sboycctt tine Primary" How gen
arally their supporters would follow
suggestion seemed quite prob
ematical.
In the meantime, the new Liberty
'arty seemed to be gathering con
adorable strength. Leaders of this
group-progressives for the most
lart who refuse to subscribe to !
had indicated thev
would vote in the Primary for the
most progressive type Of candidates,
md the general impression seemed
Q De they would place a county
icket in the field this fall.
While the campaign committee is
onfident the entire League endors-
d ticket will be nominated. several
Eell qualified candidates running
nth no particular endorsement are
ertain to make strong bids for
faces on the ticket. With the inter
increasing daily, the outcome of
he election is going to be watched
eeniy by voters in every part Of
he county.
Following is a complete list of the
ancidates that will appear on the
aIIot.
]. J. Gibbons (Dem.), Harry Spar
ng, Edgar I. Syverud, Andrew
leland, r. r. LELAND.
Jerk and Recorder
Niels Madsen, l. S. Olson.
heriff-
E. Hultgren, Hans P. Madsen.
.. Matkin, Joe Redmond, Robert
NTH.
ounty Attorney
Paul Babcock, Grant Blackwell,
rthxr Erickson, Vernon Hoven.
Jerk OF Court r.
Frank G. Fishbeck, Carl B, Peter
In.
Frank French, A. j. Olson.
reasurer--
Paul Kurtz, Jas. Michels.
SCISSOR {
George E. Bolster, C. F. Christ
isen, A. j. HOLMAN. /