An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 244

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Several resignations were accepted by the board in the course of the next few months, among them the resignation of Sheriff Gillespie, who was succeeded by Thomas Cann and he by W. A. Busey ; that of Com- missioner Jewett, succeeded by Ed. Harris ; that of Commissioner Leonard, who was succeeded by Sam- tel Ramsay and Ramsay in turn by J. M. Merrill; then Harris resigned and was succeeded by William A. Goulder; Capps resigned the assessorship and Robert Mccullough took the office for a short time, resigning in April, 1863. Then for a time the county organization virtually went to pieces, nearly all of the officers resigning. Several of them, including Fraser and Harris, donated their salaries to the treasury. The report of the auditor on March 9, 1863, shows that the county had issued up to that time $8,834.32 in scrip, of which $3,913.20 was for building the court- house and jail ; that of this amount $5.845.47 was yet unpaid.

The reason for this almost total dissolution of the county is to be found in the phenomenal growth of the Florence, Elk City, Warren and Montana mining districts, which drew away thousands from the Pierce City district. It would be impossible to accurately enumerate the different men who were appointed and resigned offices at this period of the county's history, but among them we find J. M. Carpenter, commis- sioner ; William N. Hudson, auditor ; John B. Lauck, auditor ; E. B. Stone, prosecuting attorney : Elijah Davidson, sheriff; Levi Ankeny, treasurer: S. M. Stout, assessor ; George Moeller, justice of the peace ; I. B. Cowan, justice of the peace ; E. K. Davidson, coroner ; N. M. Pratt, sheriff.

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The election of 1864 was held October Ioth. There were only two precincts in the county, Pierce City and Oro Fino. The polls in the former precinct were opened at the Pioneer hotel; in the latter, at Gram's drug store. As Idaho territory was not created until 1863, this was the first election held under Idaho laws. The vote cast at this election follows: For delegate, Samuel C. Parks, 80, E. D. Holbrook, 39; represent- ative, William A. Goulder, 72, J. H. Parker, 52 ; terri- torial auditor, B. F. Lambkin, 75, William McDaniels, 33 ; territorial treasurer, Charles D. Vajen, 54, M. A. Kelly, 54; superintendent public instruction, D. M. Walters, 72, A. Benedict, 35 : probate judge, Samuel Ramsay, 67, David Elliott, 38, L. Reed, 8; commis- sioners, D. M. Fraser, 107, Samuel Walker, 54. Will- iam B. Perry, 62, William A. Goulder, 48, D. H. Jaume, 62 ; treasurer, Levi Ankeny, 110; auditor, John B. Lauck, 75; sheriff, E. K. Davidson, 118; assessor, S. K. Waymire, 66, Alexander Damas, 2; justice of the peace, 1. B. Cowan. 121 ; district attorney, G. M. Pomeroy, 75, W. W. Thayer, 40; constable, L. Reed, 41.

But before we enter deeper into the political his- tory of Shoshone county, it will not be amiss to say a few words regarding the pioneer district court of the county. Not until Shoshone county became a politi- cal division of Idaho territory was the first term of court held, the day of opening being September 8, 1864, and the place Pierce City. Hon. Alexander C. Smith, judge of the first Idaho district, presided, Levi Ankeny was present as clerk, Sheriff E. K. Davidson attended, and Thomas M. Reed was present in his official capacity of prosecuting attorney. I. C. Hilde- brand acted as bailiff. The grand jury consisted of Francis Carroll, H. Nelson, A. G. Corbett, Jesse Frickle, Frank Hawk, I. E. Clark, S. K. Waymire, Samuel Gaton, Julius Mack, R. Filkins, Henry Myers, D). Haneford, William Hackett, Ed. Chatfield, L. Reed and D. W. Carty.

There were no important criminal cases tried be- fore this court; in fact the session lasted only two days. The most important jury case was that of John Pont- ade versus C. Schwindson, Peter Dubaison and Peter Manett, a suit brought for the recovery of money. The petit jury comprised Rufus Hardy, foreman, George Brown, Robert Walker, David Bassey, Peter Eddy, E. C. Rose, T. Lodgdson, Thomas Giles, Peter Fisher, Samuel Sayers, John Straw, and Samuel White. The plaintiff was awarded $350 and costs. Shoshone county was not again visited by a judge until June 27, 1868, when Milton Kelly held one day's court at Pierce City. At this term no jury was called. When one con- siders the isolation of this mining district and the law- lessness which generally prevails in mining camps, Shoshone county has reason to feel proud of its pioneer miners. Of the pioneer lawyers who practiced in the first courts we find the names of only E. B. Stone, A. H. Colvin, Thomas M. Reed and \V. A. George, the two latter being prosecuting attorneys.

The result of the election held in 1866, as shown by the records, was as follows: For delegate, J. M. Kirkpatrick, Republcan, received 39 votes, E. D. Hol-

brook, Democrat, 27 votes; for councilman, W. H. Hudson, sole candidate, received 51 votes; for joint councilman, C. T. Nelson, Republican, received 22 votes, I. K. Whitson, Democrat, 13; for superintendent of public instruction, E. K. Davidson, Republican, re- ceived 49 votes ; for representative in the legislature, W. F. McMillen, Republican, received 49 votes ; for sheriff, I. B. Cowan, Republican, received 66 votes ;. for probate judge, B. F. Yantis, Democrat, received 50 votes; for treasurer, G. W. Crampton, received 58 votes; for auditor, Jolin P. Lauck, Republican, re- ceived 58 votes; for assessor, S. K. Waymire, Demo- crat, received 50 votes; and George Moeller, A. G. Cowanson and Joseph Fettis were elected county com- missioners, vote not given. As well be seen from the foregoing, there was no special party strife, in most cases only one candidate being nominated. Some of the men elected served full terms, others resigned shortly after being sworn in. As an illustration of the unsettled condition of the county government, we find that in September, 1867, Samuel Ramsay, C. T. Nel- son and S. M. Stout were the county commissioners ; A. T. Currier was county treasurer ; and Stanford Capps was prosecuting attorney.

When the annual election of 1868 came around, the two precincts that Shoshone county formerly had, were combined into one. The Democrats were vic- torious in this county, capturing a majority of the offices. J. K. Shafer, the Democratic candidate for delegate to congress, received 44 votes, T. J. Butler, the Republican candidate, 42 votes ; S. S. Fenn, Demo- crat, was given 44 votes for county attorney, while his Republican opponent, W. A. George, received 3 votes less ; for councilman, B. F. Yantis, Democrat, received a majority of 19 votes over his opponent, W. Hudson, who received thirty votes: W. A. Goulder, Republi- can, was chosen assemblyman, 49 votes being cast for him and 34 for G. Trook, the Democratic candi- date ; I. B. Cowan, the Republican nominee for sheriff, received 54 votes, S. K. Waymire, his Democratic opponent, only 28 votes ; B. Bowers was elected pro- bate judge, receiving 18 votes, while C. Ewing, Demo- crat, received 15: for treasurer. R. L. Yantis received 49 votes, Alexander McGregor, 31, a victory for the Democrat : J. B. Lauck was re-elected recorder and auditor without opposition, his vote being 55; the contest for the assessorship was more spirited. the three candidates and their votes being as follows: John Ragan, Democrat, 38. Thomas Hudson, Republi- can, 24, S. M. Ramsay, Independent, 15; for com- missioners, C. T. Nelson, Republican, received 58 votes, Francis Carle, Republican, 45 votes, D. H. Jaume, Democrat, 56 votes, and David Elliott, Demo- crat, 30 votes; A. Damas, Democrat, was elected justice of the peace, his contestant being James Bu- chanan ; and John Rogers, Republican, was victorious over his opponent, J. C. Hiltebrand, for the office of constable.

The official vote cast at the annual election held June 6, 1870, was as follows: For delegate, S. A. Merritt, Democrat, 102, T. J. Butler, Republican, 56; councilman, Samuel Ramsay, 31 ; assemblyman, W.

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B. Yantis, Democrat. 101, A. McGregor, Republican, 50; probate judge, Alexander Damas, Democrat, 89, George Moeller, Republican, 64; district attorney, John Clark, Republican, 59; sheriff, Matthew Fettis, Democrat, 83, I. B. Cowan, Republican, 66; auditor and recorder, Thomas Hudson, Democrat, 69, J. B. Lauck, Republican, 87; treasurer, Robert L. Yantis, Democrat, 102, D. M. Fraser, Republican, 55; com- missioners, Ist district, D. L. Elliott, Democrat, IOI, Peter Thompson, Republican, 58; 2d district, James McInroe, Democrat, 42, Henry Mauli, Republican, 51; 3d district, Allan Boice, 56, W. Price, 58; assessor, D. W. C. Dunwell, Democrat, 94, John Ragan, Re- publican, 63.

From the following official summary, the names of the successful candidates for office in Shoshone coun- tv at the election of 1872 may be picked : Delegate, John Hailey, Democrat, 34, J. W. Huston, Republi- can 27 ; district attorney, John Clark, Republican, 49, James W. Poe, Democrat, 9; councilman, Stanford Capps, Republican, 40, Joseph Lees, Democrat, 22 ; representative or assemblyman, J. B. Sisson, joint nominee, 59; probate judge, Philip Streeter, Republi- can, 32, D. M. Murray, Democrat, 26; auditor and re- corder, D. M. Fraser, Republican, 32, Frank Capps, Democrat, 26; sheriff, Francis Carle, Republican, 36, S. K. Waymire, Democrat, 19; assessor, Samuel Ram- say, Republican, 29, Charles Brown, Democrat, 20, J. Rodgers, Independent, 8 ; commissioners, D. H. Jaume, Republican, 50, M. V. Cole, Republican, 31, George Moeller, Republican, 28, Thomas Hudson, Democrat, 31 (resigned), Patrick Gaffney, Democrat, 29 ; treasurer, Robert L. Yantis, Republican, 42, Joseph Alexander, Democrat, 17; superintendent of public schools, Frank Capps, 21, George Lawhow, Democrat, 12; coroner, James Buchanan, Democrat, 29; road supervisor. John Rodgers, 31, C. Swendson, 30; justice of the peace, J. C. Hiltebrand, 53, S. Anderson, 31 ; constable, Jolin Rodgers, 29. In 1873 William V. Heskett was appointed probate judge and at a special election held March 28, 1874, George Moeller and Irwin Anderson were elected commissioners to fill vacancies.

The official vote at the election of 1874 is missing, so that we are unable to present anything except a roll of the officers elected, which follows: council- inan, William A. Goulder ; assemblyman, W. B. Yan- tis; sheriff, John Rodgers; commissioners, . George Moeller, D. H. Jaume, Swan Anderson ; treasurer, R. L. Yantis; probate judge, William V. Heskett; as- sessor, Charles F. Brown ; auditor and recorder, D. M. Fraser; justice of the peace, J. C. Hiltebrand. The following year several changes were made in Sho- shone's official family. John Molloy was appointed sheriff on October 4, 1875; Francis Carle was ap- pointed commissioner to succeed Swan Anderson, the date of his appointment being August 21, 1875 : like- wise, I. B. Cowan succeeded D. H. Jaume as com- mssioner, on October 4th. September 6th, D. M. Fraser qualified as superintendent of county schools.

The following campaign was marked by a stronger party organization than had prevailed in 1874, when

considerable apathy was manifested. The canvass- ing board made the following returns : For delegate, John Clark, Republican, 39, S. S. Fenn, Democrat, 37 ; councilman, D. W. C. Dunwell, Republican, sole candi- date, 61 ; representative, Edward Hammond, Republi- can, sole candidate, 68; district attorney, Jasper Rand, Republican, 46, James W. Poe, Democrat, 28; pro- bate judge. D. L. Elliott, Democrat, 43, J. C. Hilte- brand, Republican, 22; sheriff, John Molloy, Demo- crat, sole candidate, 68; auditor and recorder, Frank Capps, Republican, 37, D. M. Fraser, also Republican, 33; treasurer, Martin Mauli, Democrat, 35, E. H. Gollings, Republican, 32; assessor, C. F. Brown, Re- publican, 38, George Baraman, Democrat, 31 ; com- missioners, R. M. G. Bradley, Republican, 37, I. B. Cowan, Republican, 34, H. L. Gray, Republican, 34, W. B. Yantis, Democrat, 38, Herman Loewenberg, Democrat, 31 ; coroner, D. H. Jaume, Republican, 7; . justice of the peace, John Kimble, 35; constable, C. Swandson, 37. The following November special elec- tion, held for the purpose of electing one commissioner, resulted in the choice of Herman Loewenberg for the office. Several resignations and appointments are re- corded during the ensuing few months.

From a vote of 76 for delegate in 1874 the county's voting strength decreased to a vote of 30 for the same officer in 1878, showing a loss of more than fifty per cent. Under these circumstances it is not strange that the county had great difficulty in maintaining an or- ganization during the ensuing six years; it is not strange that resignations and appointments became so numerous as to preclude a complete record of all who served the county as officers without a very exhaustive and unsatisfactory search. Frequently the office went begging for the man, thus rendering party organiza- tion an impracticability. Under these circumstances an accurate compilation of political history is a most difficult task, incomplete records rendering it still more difficult.

The returns for the election of 1878 show that George Ainslie, the Democratic candidate for delegate, received 28 votes in this county ; Jonas W. Brown, Re- publican candidate, only 2; for councilman, W. B. Yantis, sole candidate. received 39 votes; for repre- sentative, Robert L. Yantis, Democrat, received 23 votes, Daniel McPherson, Republican, 20 votes ; James W. Poe, Democrat, received 34 votes for district at- torney ; for probate judge, I. B. Cowan, Republican, received 26 votes, J. C. Hiltebrand, Democrat, 7 votes, D. L. Elliott, Democrat. I vote ; Edward Hammond, Republican, was elected auditor and recorder, his vote being 37; for sheriff, Robert Templeton, Republican, received 22 votes. Patrick Gaffney, Democrat. 20 votes : for assessor, E. G. Cole, Republican, received 35 votes. being the only candidate ; for treasurer, Mar- tin Mauli, Democrat, had no opposition, receiving 30 votes : for commissioner, Abe Harpster, Democrat, re- ceived 33 votes, Thomas Wilson, Republican, 28. John Molloy, Democrat, 26. and Horatio L. Gray, Repub- lican, 17; surveyor, Pierre Duboison, Democrat, re- ceived 10 votes: for coroner, Chris. Swandson re- ceived the total vote cast, 8; Jolin Kemble, Democrat,

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was elected justice of the peace; and John Evans was chosen constable.

The vote for officers in 1880 follows: Delegate, Mason Bravman, annexationist, 39. George Ainslie, Democrat, 6; joint councilman, I. B. Cowan, Repub- lican. 41 ; representative, William Nichol, Democrat, 27, Robert L. Yantis, Republican, 7, Horatio L. Gray, Republican, 7; district attorney, A. Quackenbush, Re- publican, 15. I. N. Maxwell, Democrat, 29; probate judge, Silas W. Moody, Republican, 36, D. L. Elliott, Democrat, 6 ; sheriff, John Molloy, Democrat, 35 ; pub- lic administrator, Herman Loewenberg, Democrat, 25 ; auditor and recorder, Edward Hammond, Republican, 33; treasurer, Aaron Kuhn. Republican, 22, Martin Mauli, Democrat, 20: surveyor, Pierre Duboison, Democrat, 35: coroner, D. L. Elliott, Democrat, 32 ; assessor, Patrick Keane, Republican, 26, Dominique Jaume, Democrat. 17 ; justice of the peace, J. C. Hilte- brand, Republican, 37 ; commissioners, Abe Harpster, E. H. Gollings, Patrick Gaffney, Democrats, 19, 32 and 4 votes, respectively, Theodore Thompkins, Rob- ert Templeton, C. D. Jones, Republicans, 19, 23 and 16 votes, respectively ; for annexation to Washington territory, 45 ayes, no nays. The tie vote for com- missioner resulted in a special election being held No- vember 13th, 1880, at which Thomas Wilson received IQ votes and Abe Harpster, 8 votes. Nearly all of the above candidates for office were placed in nomination at a citizens' convention held at Pierce City, October 6, 1880. The nominations were made irrespective of political parties.

A like policy was adopted in 1882, when the coun- ty's life was at its lowest ebb. As will be seen from the recapitulation which follows, the highest vote cast was 31. 'The election was simply a matter of form. Theo- dore F. Singer. the Republican nominee for delegate to congress, received 30 votes; I. B. Cowan, nominee for joint councilman, received 27 votes ; O. A. Dodge, nominee for joint representative, received 28 votes ; J. C. Elder, nominee for district attorney, received 28 votes ; E. G. Call, nominee for probate judge, L. T. Dunwell, nominee for sheriff, D. M. Fraser, nominee for atiditor and recorder, P. T. Lomas, nominee for treasurer, and W. G. Osborne, nominee for assessor, each received 28 votes ; Francis Carle, C. D. Jones and Patrick Keane, nominees for county commissioners, re- ceived 27, 24 and 26 votes, respectively : J. C. Hilte- brand, nominee for coroner, received 28 votes, Theo- dore Tompkins and L. T. Reed, aspirants for the office of justice of the peace, received 19 and 12 votes, re- spectively ; and Wellington Landon and D. W. C. Dun- well received I vote each for constable.

The discovery of the Coeur d'Alene mines and the great influx of population into that district in the fall of 1883 and the succeeding winter and spring, resulted in the complete transference of political power in the county to the northern end, where the balance of power still remains. Thereafter the northern portion, or the Coeur d'Alenes, were in complete control of the coun- tv's government for many years and only quite recent- ly has the southern portion acquired such a large pop- ulation as to return to it in part its old influence.

Thousands flocked into the Coeur d'Alenes, while scores were settling along the Lolo and Clearwater and at Pierce. From a position of lowest importance among the counties of the state, Shoshone county has become one of the foremost in wealth and population. In 1882 the county's highest vote was 31; in 1902, 4,062 votes, including those of qualified women voters, were cast.

The influx of miners in 1883 and 1884 necessitated the creation of three new precincts, Beaver, Summit and Coeur d'Alene, all in the northern end of the coun- ty. There were three tickets in the field, the regular Republican and Democratic organizations and an in- dependent ticket. The Republicans met at the Masonic hall in Murray, Saturday, October 11th, and placed in nomination a full ticket : the Democrats convened two days later at Murray, and the Independents, com- posed of ex-members of the old parties, held their con- vention at Murray on the same day. In making these nominations the southern end of the county was al- most entirely unrepresented. Election day passed off very quietly and was marked by a long, heavy rainfall. There was considerable scratching of tickets indulged in by all parties. The largest vote polled in any pre- cinct was that cast in Summit precinct, of which Mur- ray was the center of population, 597 ; Beaver precinct cast 165 votes ; Coeur d'Alene, or Eagle precinct, cast only 71 votes ; while Pierce City precinct cast about the same vote as in 1882. The official count gave the following figures: For delegate, T. F. Singiser, Re- publican. 500, John Hailey, Democrat, 357; joint councilman. J. D. Wooden, Independent Democrat, :475. Silas W. Moody, Republican, 377; joint repre- sentative, William King, Republican, 522, Thomas Bentley, Independent Democrat, 348; district attorney, Albert Allen, Independent Republican, 471, W. T. Stoll, Democrat, 398; probate judge, R. E. McFar- land, Democrat, 408, J. C. Harkness, Republican, 400, C. P. Tatro, Independent, 56: recorder, X. S. Burke, Independent, 298. T. E. McLelland, Republican, 297, Robert Neill, Democrat, 278; treasurer, Francis Jen- kins, Republican. 398, Philip Markson, Democrat, 380, C. C. Higby, Independent, 91; sheriff, T. B. Guthrie, Democrat, 455. William Chambers, Republi- can, 233, T. L. Dunwell, Independent, 183; assessor, A. Kavanaugh, Democrat, 426, A. Renkert, Republi- can, 343, D. Doherty, Independent, 108; commission- ers. C. T. P. Bass, Independent Republican, 506, M. C. Human, Republican, 447, Frank Grove, Democrat, 4II, Patrick Mahoney, Democrat, 409, William Keeler, Independent Republican, 372, Charles Crossman, Dem- ocrat, 322, Edward Moffitt, Independent, 95 ; surveyor, Jerry Dunlee, Democrat, 446, John M. Marsh, Repub- lican, 426; coroner, J. McLansing, Independent Re- publican, 195. J. A. Campbell, Democrat, 372. *

In 1886 the main issue before the voter was the Mormon question, the Republicans being the most radical against that rapidly growing power. In this county the Republicans and Democrats divided honors, as will be seen from the following official summary of the vote cast: For delegate, F. T. Dubois, Re- publican, 921, John Hailey, Democrat, 893 ; joint coun-

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cilman, Alexander E. Mayhew, Democrat, 972 (elected), W. H. Clagett, Republican, 838; joint as- semblyman, John M. Burke, Democrat, 951 (elected), O. A. Dodge, Republican, 835; assemblyman, Dr. R. S. Harvey, Democrat, 977, Albert Allen, Republican, 818; sheriff, Thomas F. Hanley, Republican, 1,000, T. B. Guthrie, Democrat, 800; auditor and recorder, Thomas E. McLelland, Republican, 986, Robert Neill, Democrat, 806; treasurer, John Coumerilh, Democrat, 1,266, Warren Hussey, Republican, 508; assessor, J. B. Fenn, Republican, 1,058, G. V. Byrnett, Democrat, 743; district attorney, Walter A. Jones, Republican, 925, B. F. Stoll, Democrat, 854; superintendent of schools, W. W. Hammell, Republican, 909, A. O. Ingalls, Democrat, 894 ; surveyor, X. S. Burke, Demo- crat, 904, Frank C. Loring, Republican, 894 ; probate judge, G. M. Conc, Democrat, 916, Henry S. Gregory, Republican, 887; commissioners Ist district, T. J. Argyle, Democrat, 345, A. L. Scofield, Republican, 333 : 2d district, W. C. Human, Republican, 10I, J. H. Miller, Democrat, 93; 3d district, Patrick Mc- Gowan, Democrat. 516, Robert T. Horn, Republican, 403 ; coroner, J. C. Bolander, Democrat, 917, W. P. Couillard, Republican, 873.

The main features of the campaign of 1888, was the county seat contest, which we will not discuss here, in as much as the subject has been fully treated in another chapter of this history. The south fork of the Coeur d'Alene was rapidly becoming more popu- lous than the north fork and naturally enough, an attempt was made to remove the county seat to a point on the former stream. The attempt failed. The Republicans held their convention at Wallace, Sep- tember 20th and adopted a platform in accord with the national one. They also endorsed Dubois for a second term as delegate. The Democrats met at Wardner, Wednesday, October 3d. Their platform was also an endorsement of the national platform, besides which it endorsed Hawley for delegate. Both conventions ignored the annexation question, except in so much as to declare themselves in favor of statehood for the territory. The official vote follows :

Delegate, James H. Hawley, Democrat, 737, Fred T. Dubois, Republican, 1,029, Norman Buck, Annex- ationist. 35 ; joint councilman, Alexander E. Mayhew. Democrat, 992, George T. Crane, Republican, 805 ; joint representative, John M. Burke, Democrat, 906, J. Rand Sandburn, Republican, 842; representative, Robert S. Harvey, Democrat, 794, Isaac C. Sargent, Republican, 985; sheriff, Richard A. Cunningham, Democrat, 920, Jerry Savage, Republican, 872 ; auditor and recorder, Frank Tibbals, Democrat, 899, Thomas E. McLelland, Republican, 890; treasurer, David Holz- man, Democrat, 790, George W. Owens, Republican, 964; assessor and collector, James Ferguson, Demo- crat, 550, John B. Fenn, Republican, 1,241 ; probate judge, George M. Cone, Democrat, 863, John C. Hark- ness, Republican, 927 ; district attorney, Albert Hagan, Democrat, 780, Charles W. O'Neill, Republican, 1,008; superintendent of schools, Albert O. Ingalls, Demo- crat, 923. O. H. Culver, Republican, 863; coroner, Joseph A. R. Campbell, Democrat, 855, James C. Bo-

lander, Republican, 930; surveyor, Xifery S. Burke, Democrat, 843, Frank C. Loring, Republican, 952; commissioners Ist district, Thomas Shuster, Democrat, 183, Fred A. Weber, Republican, 250; 2d district, William Gerrard, Democrat, 483, Nelson Martin, Re- publican, 267; P. J. Holohan, Democrat, 296, G. Scott Anderson, Republican, 302.

As showing the distribution of the voting popula- tion of the county at this time we give herewith the vote by precincts for delegate: Wardner, 399; Mur- ray, 226; Delta, 71 ; Myrtle, 21 ; Eagle, 56; Carbon, 35; Milo, 124; Wardner Junction, 59; Kingston, 94; Osburn, 74; Burke, 244; Wallace, 202; Mullan, 118; Pierce, 17; Weippe, 21.

Another county seat contest marked the election of 1890, with the same result as in 1888,-the county seat remained where it was, at Murray. Both county conventions met at Wallace, the Democratic conven- tion on August 18th, the Republican on the 12th. The platforms adopted were purely national in. character. Below will be found the vote cast at this election in this county: Congressman, 5Ist congress, Alexander E. Mayhew, Democrat, 1,026, Willis Sweet, Republi- can, 1,149; 52d congress, Alexander E. Mayhew, Democrat, 1,019, Willis Sweet, Republican, 1, 154; governor, Benjamin Wilson, Democrat, 979, George L. Shoup, Republican, 1,198; lieutenant governor, S. F. Taylor, Democrat, 988, N. B. Willey, Republican, 1,192; secretary of state, E. A. Sherwin, Democrat, 991, A. J. Pinkham, Republican, 1,185; treasurer, Timothy Regan, Democrat, 992, Frank R. Coffin, Re- publican. 1,186; state auditor, J. H. Wickersham, Democrat, 994, Silas Moody, Republican, 1, 184; at- torney general, R. Z. Johnson, Democrat, 1,005, George H. Roberts, Republican, 1,172 ; superintendent of public instruction, M. A. Kelly, Democrat, 996, J. Harroun, Republican, 1,181 ; justices of supreme court, F. E. Ensign, H. W. Weir, I. N. Maxwell, Democrats, 1,008. 981 and 992, respectively, Joseph W. Huston, J. T. Morgan and I. N. Sullivan, Republicans, 1, 194, 1,164 and 1,190, respectively; state senators, W. W. Woods, Democrat, 1,008, Robert Neill, Democrat, 979, J. S. Langrishe, Republican, 1,156, John A. Finch, Re- publican. 1,182 ; representatives, J. W. McMullen, Peter Joyce, M. Maher, William Powers, Democrats, 965, 992, 1,009 and 1,023, respectively, James Cam- eron, C. D. Porter, A. L. Scofield, John Hanley, Re- publicans, 1,154, 1,175, 1,195 and 1,141 votes, respect- ively; district judge, Junius Holleman, Democrat, 1,117, M. C. Athey, Republican, 1,012; district attor- ney, R. E. McFarland, Democrat, 920, C. W. O'Neil, Republican, 1,150; clerk and recorder, Barry N. Hill- ard, Democrat, 1,432. M. J. Sweeney, Republican, 726; sheriff, R. A. Cunningham, Democrat, 1,231, George Hardesty, Republican, 923; treasurer, Fred Dutton, Democrat, 950, F. F. Johnson, Republican, 1,222 ; as- sessor, William Gerrard, Democrat, 938, John B. Fenn, Republican, 1,227 ; probate judge, A. O. Ingalls, Dem- ocrat, 973, H. S. Gregory, Republican, 1,195; com- missioners, Ist district, C. N. Ferguson, Democrat, 152, Camil Kraus, Republican, 173: 2d district, Paul Hirlinger, Democrat, 253, George T. Crane, Republi-

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 244

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1524

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524