An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 28

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Pursuant to law the district court for the first district of Idaho territory convened at Lewiston on January 4, 1864. Alleck C. Smith, the regularly ap- pointed judge of this district, was unable to be pres- ent, and at the request of Acting Governor Daniels, Samuel C. Parks, of the second district, presided dur- ing the term. The Magruder murder case was the first and only case of importance to come before the first session of court in north Idaho, and as this case has been fully dealt with elsewhere we will pass im- mediately to the election of 1866.

The election of 1866 was a spirited one and re- sulted in a slight Democratic victory. During the 'sixties the tendency of the people was to spend the easily acquired gold lavishly, and this tendency ob- tained even among office holders. Consequently the party in power was usually open to the charge of ex- travagance, ånd anti-extravagance became the slogan of both parties. For this reason the Republicans and Democrats for many years held power alternately. J. W. Eastman, Republican, James Hays, Democrat,

and Aurora Shumway. Democrat, were elected com- missioners in 1866; John G. Berry, Democrat, de- feated James H. Fisk for the shrievalty, this contest being the leading one of the campaign; S. S. Stiles, Republican, was elected clerk and recorder for a sec- ond term ; H. O. Adams, Republican, was elected pro- bate judge; W. W. Thayer, Democrat (later gov- ernor of Oregon), was the choice of the majority for prosecuting attorney ; James Henderson, Democrat, received a majority of the votes cast for the office of treasurer ; and P. Streeter, Republican, was chosen county assessor. Henderson served only a short time and was succeeded by M. A. Kelly. The following June, John Clark took up the duties of assessor, vice P. Streeter. In 1865 the law relative to the election of members of the legislative assembly was changed and an election was held. In Nez Perces county the election resulted in the choice of L. P. Brown, Repub- lican, as a member of the council, and Joseph Mor- ris and James 'Hays, Democrats, as members of the house. The election of 1866 returned Councilman Brown and resulted in the choice of J. S. Taylor, Democrat, as Nez Perces' member of the house. For delegate to congress J. M. Kirkpatrick, Repub- lican, received 230 votes and E. D. Holbrook, Demo- crat, 155 votes in Nez Perces county.

The Democrats succeeded in capturing every office but one in 1868, James Crooks, county commissioner, being the only Republican elected. The officers elected were: Councilman, J. S. Taylor; members house of representatives, E. W. Bell and J. G. Zeigle ; sheriff, John G. Berry; probate judge, Alonzo Gil- man; clerk, James Witt; recorder, Robert McPher- son, succeeded shortly afterwards by C. G. Kress; treasurer, M. A. Kelly ; commissioners, James Crooks, Aurora Shumway. J. T. Schissler ; prosecuting at- torney, S. S. Fenn; assessor, D. H. Howser. The vote for delegate was: James K. Shafer, Democrat, 106, Thomas J. Butler, Republican, 161.

In 1870 T. J. Bunker, Republican, was elected sheriff ; T. H. Worden, Republican, treasurer ; John Brearley, Republican, recorder and auditor; F. B. King, Republican, assessor ; C. A. Thatcher, Republi- can, clerk ; H. O. Adams, probate judge ; J. M. Crooks, J. T. Silverwood, Republican, Joseph Schissler, Dem- ocrat, commissioners ; John Clark, Republican, district attorney ; C. C. Call, Democrat, councilman, and J. P. Silverwood, and H. H. Wheeler, Republicans, mem- bers of the house. In this county S. A. Merritt, Dem- ocrat, received 166 votes and T. J. Butler, Republican, 150 votes for delegate to congress.

The following campaign witnessed the first clash between those who favored the annexation of north Idaho to Washington and those who were opposed. For some time past the segregation sentiment had been gaining strength in this portion of the territory, and in 1872 it became, for the first time, a strong factor in the politics of this region. The spark formerly kindled spread so rapidly that ere many years the whole of north Idaho was ablaze with the idea and all opposition was completely consumed. The

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Democratic county convention met in March and the Republicans the month following and placed their respective tickets in the field. The Republicans were victorious except where offices directly affecting the annexation proposition were concerned, and here the opposition, the Democrats, won the victory. The official result of this election is given below :

For delegate to congress, John Hailey, Democrat, 241 votes, J. W. Huston, Republican, 234 votes : for councilman, R. E. Miller, Anti-Division Democrat, 301, Colby Collins, Division Republican, 154; for rep- resentatives, G. W. Tomer, Anti-Division Democrat, 357, S. S. Fenn, Division Democrat, 230, J. F. Bush, Division Republican, 67, Hazen Squier, Anti-Divis- ion Republican, 152, George A. Manning, Independ- ent, 70; for district attorney, John Clark, Republi- can, 352, James W. Poe, Democrat, 121 ; for probate judge, H. O. Adams, Republican, 243, Alexander Damas, Democrat, 216; for sheriff, D. B. Baldwin, Republican, 292, D. H. Howser, Democrat, 171; for auditor, Warren P. Hunt, Republican, 284, Frank Points, Democrat, 179; for treasurer, T. H. Worden, Republican, 294, J. W. Denny, Democrat, 156; for as- sessor, F. B. King, Republican, 293, L. E. Harris, Democrat, 168: for superintendent of schools, T. S. Billings, Republican, 352, J. P. Vollmer, Democrat, 195; for commissioner, W. A. Vandervort, Demo- crat, 44: J. T. Silverwood, Republican, 16, W. O. Pearson, Republican, 67, J. Anderson, Democrat, 10; for coroner, W. S. Dyer, Republican, 250, R. J. De- vine, Democrat, 205; for surveyor, Charles Le Fran- cois, Democrat, 218.

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: Commis- sioners, D. H. Howser, George Dempster, M. M. Will- iams, Democrats; sheriff, Ezra Baird, Democrat ; clerk, Warren P. Hunt, Republican ; assessor, W. C. Pearson, Republican; treasurer, H. W. Stainton, Democrat ; probate judge, John G. Berry, Democrat ; superintendent of schools, T. S. Billings, Republi- can ; surveyor, Edward Hannegan, Democrat ; coun- cilman, L. P. Brown, Republican ; representatives, William Groat and J. C. Waldrip, Republicans. John Clark, Republican, was elected district attorney. For delegate to congress, S. S. Fenn, Democrat, received 423 votes and his opponent, T. W. Bennett, Repub- lican, 8,.

The year 1876 witnessed another Democratic vic- tory, only one Republican being elected, D. J. Warner as probate judge. W. G. Langford was elected as Nez Perces' representative to the legislative council and Fred Points and S. B. Edwards as this county's representatives in the house. Ezra Baird was re- elected sheriff, Thomas Hudson became the county's auditor and recorder, A. Binnard was elected treas- urer, J. W. Northrup was victorious in the contest for assessor and William Ewing, J. M. Curry and N. B. Holbrook were chosen county commissioners. Nez Perces county cast 176 votes for S. S. Fenn, who was again the Democratic party's nominee for dele-

gate, and 115 votes for the Republican nominee, John Clark.

An interesting feature of the campaign of 1878 was the vote taken in northern Idaho on the state constitution adopted by the territory of Washington in anticipation of early statehood. North Idaho, which had now become so thoroughly imbued with the idea of being annexed to Washington as to almost consider itself a part of that territory, sent a delegate io this constitutional convention in the person of Alonzo Leland, the acknowledged head of the annex- ation movement in Idaho. This constitution was sub- mitted to the voters of the northern counties at the election in the fall of 1878, and in Nez Perces county only 13 votes were cast against it, 485 voting for it. Political honors were about equally shared by the Democrats and Republicans, as will be seen from the following official canvass of the vote:

For delegate, George Ainslee, Democrat, 312, Jonas W. Brown, Republican, 306; district attorney, James W. Poe, Democrat, 369; councilman, Frank Points, Democrat, 283, G. A. Manning, Republican, 327 ; representatives, J. J. Bonner and A. A. Lieual- len, Democrats, 358 and 204 votes, respectively, Will- iam King and H. McGregor, Republicans, 306 and 232 votes, respectively : probate judge, D. J. Warner, Republican, 364, Thomas Hudson, Democrat, 262; commissioners, William Ewing, N. B. Holbrook, O. H. P. Beagle, Democrats, 365, 368 and 266 votes, re- spectively, S. C. Hale, J. M. Greenstreet, E. Fix, Re- publicans, 335, 267 and 276 votes, respectively ; sheriff, Ezra Baird, Democrat, 381, L. B. Boise, Republican, 249 ; auditor and recorder, D. W. C. Dunwell, Demo- crat, 191, J. H. Evans, Republican, 417, J. K. Vin- cent, Independent, 19; treasurer, Abraham Binnard, Democrat, 274, Hazen Spuier, Republican, 352; as- sessor, J. H. Irvine, Democrat, 317, H. W. Howard, Republican, 315 ; surveyor, Bart. Nymeyer, Democrat, 361, Alfred Colburn, Republican, 266; coroner, Rob- ert Grostein, Democrat, 13, C. P. Howell, Independ- ent, 7, J. Sullivan, Republican. 3.

Southern Idaho controlled the territorial conven- tion held in 1880, and as that section was decidedly opposed to the segregation of the north, anti-annexa- tion planks were inserted in both the Democratic and Republican platforms. The north was so heartily in favor of annexation that it disregarded party affilia- tions and joined the extreme southeastern part of the territory in nominating Ex-Governor Brayman for delegate. Brayman had openly announced his en- dorsement of the scheme to annex northern Idaho to Washington, and it was on this platform that he was nominated. He received the almost solid vote of the north, the vote in Nez Perces county being. Brayman, 568, Ainslie, Democrat, 129, and Smith, Republican, 5. The complete official vote for the other officers in this county was as follows :

For district attorney, Quakenbush, . Republican, 390, Maxwell, Democrat, 301 ; councilman, James W. Poe, Democrat, 682 : joint councilman, I. B. Cowen, of Shoshone, Republican, 698; assemblymen, William

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King, I. N. Hibbs, J. M. Hedrick, Republicans, 212, 358 and 410 votes respectively, S. J. Langdon, J. H. Irvine, W. C. Cooper, Democrats, 398, 354 and 326 votes, respectively ; probate judge, P. Grigsby, Dem- ocrat, 354, D. J. Warner, Republican, 347 ; sheriff, N. B. Holbrook, Democrat, 365, L. B. Boise, Repub- lican, 334; treasurer, N. Hale, Democrat, 352, C. E. Monteith, Republican, 351; auditor and recorder, J. H. Evans, Republican, 420, H. Payne, Democrat, 286; assessor, H. W. Howard, Republican, 409, J. W. Northrup, Democrat, 290; commissioners, S. C. Hale. William Evans, Frank McCarrick, Republicans, 429, 354 and 281 votes, respectively, D. Spurbeck, G. B. Christie. J. N. Lindsay, Democrats, 312, 308 and 406 votes. respectively ; surveyor, William Bell, Republi- can, 314, B. Nymeyer, Democrat, 385, Ainslie was elected delegate. The defeat of Brayman, though not unexpected, greatly chagrined the north. Neverthe- less, it showed the annexationists their true strength.

Late in the summer of 1882 a call was issued for an independent north Idaho convention to be held at Lewiston October IIth for the purpose of nominating an independent candidate for congress as against either of the regular party nominees, Ainslie, Demo- crat, and Theodore F. Singiser, Republican, both of whom were supposed to be inimical to annexation. However. before the convention assembled, Singiser announced that he would support annexation and made a campaign in northern Idaho on that platform. This course, a shrewd political move, resulted in the independents giving him their endorsement. . When the votes were counted it was found that Singiser had received 1,060 of the 1,100 votes cast in Nez Perces county, an overwhelming expression of the people's desire for annexation. Singiser was victorious in the contest. The vote for county officers follows :

For councilman, W. S. Taylor, Republican, 541, D. W. C. Dunwell, Democrat, 517 ; joint councilman, I. B. Cowen, Republican, 621, B. D. Donaldson, Dem- ocrat. 493; assemblymen, A. Buchanan, Wallis Fee and K. Larson, Republicans, 620, 424 and 664 votes, respectively, J. H. Irvine, Phillip Grigsby and G. W. Tomer, Democrats, 484, 540 and 602 votes, respect- ively ; sheriff, W. D. Robbins, Republican, 499, Ezra Baird, Democrat, 627: auditor and recorder, J. H. Evans, Republican. 599, B. A. Nymeyer, Democrat, 531 ; assessor, I .. F. Herbert, Republican, 618, W. A. Calbreath, Democrat, 516 treasurer, George Glass, Republican. 610, P. M. Davis, Democrat, 520; pro- bate judge, William Wing. Republican, 560, I. N. Maxwell. Democrat, 553; county attorney, A. Quack- enbush, Republican, 604, J. C. Elder, Democrat, 502 ; commissioners, E. W. Cameron, David Nottman and J. A. Lathrop. Republicans, 665, 734 and 466 votes, respectively : J. B. Menomy, Virgil Randall and D. Spurbeck, Democrats, 378, 510 and 586, respectively ; surveyor, A. Colburn, Republican, 569, A. T. Beall, Democrat, 562. Thus it will be seen that the Repub- licans won an overwhelming victory in 1882.

So rapidly had the country north of the Clear- water settled since the first influx of settlers to that region in 1872 that in 1883 the northern portion of

Nez Perces county demanded the county seat. An enabling act was passed and in June, 1883, a special election was held to decide the permanent location of Nez Perces' county seat. There were only two can- didates, Lewiston and Moscow, and the former won by a majority of 280, the vote in favor of retaining the county seat at Lewiston being 922, that favoring its removal to Moscow, 642.

The all-absorbing issue of the campaign of 1884 was, like that of 1882, the annexation problem. John Hailey was nominated as delegate by the Democrats and T. F. Singiser received renomination at the hands of the Republicans. Hailey was understood to represent the anti-annexation faction and Singiser the annexation party. Both territorial conventions adopted resolutions favoring the segregation of north Idaho, but it was generally understood that south Idaho opposed it so that the fact that Hailey was an anti-annexationist and the further fact that the policy of the Democratic party in southern Idaho had always been opposed to annexation, led to the belief that the party was not sincere in its promises. The result was that Singiser again swept the north by over 700 majority, notwithstanding the great popularity of Hailey. He was, however, defeated in the territory at large. The detailed vote in Nez Perces county as gleaned from the official records we give below :

For delegate, Theodore F. Singiser, Republican, 799, John Hailey, Democrat, 471, William S. Taylor, 27 ; assemblymen. S. A. Moon, J. P. Quarles, L. P. Wilmot, Republicans, 675, 802 and 684 votes, respect- ively, W. T. McKern, N. Brocke and G. W. Tomer, Democrats, 690, 485 and 540 votes, respectively ; councilman, S. G. Isaman, Republican, 800, R. L. Yantis, Democrat, 478; joint councilman, S. W. Moody, Republican, 840, D. W. C. Dunwell, Demo- crat, 445; district attorney, J. W. Parker, Democrat, 771, E. O'Neil, Republican, 526; probate judge, Will- iam Wing, Republican, 775. H. B. Blake, Democrat, 487 ; sheriff, E. W. Cameron, Republican, 597, Ezra Baird, Democrat, 550, R. H. Beeman, Independent, 131 ; auditor and recorder, Isaac C. Hattabaugh, Dem- ocrat, 767, George M. Wilson, Republican, 529 ; treas- urer, George Glass, Republican, 624, P. M. Davis, Democrat, 675 ; assessor, Albert Fansler, Republican, 631, S. J. Langdon, Democrat, 668; commissioners, D. Nottman, Jr., J. M. McGregor, H. L. Coates, Re- publicans, 797. 720 and 550 votes, respectively, Will- iam Ewing, J. B. Menomy, D. Spurbeck, Democrats, 570, 489 and 687 votes, respectively ; surveyor, A. Colburn, Republican, 613. Alfred Beall, Democrat, 681 ; coroner, E. A. Sanders, Republican, 733, W. B. Cooper, Democrat, 547.

The annexation question was again the main issue in 1886, and both county conventions passed resolu- tions designating it such. The Mormon question first came into prominence during this campaign, the Re- publicans taking an aggressive stand for the disfran- chisement of all polygamists. Fred T. Dubois was nominated by the Republicans for delegate and was opposed on the Democratic ticket by John Hailey. Hailey's failure to make clearly known his position

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on these two leading questions is thought by many to have been mainly responsible for his defeat. Nez Perces county's political character seems to have 1111- dergone a radical change between the campaigns of 1884 and 1886. as the Democrats secured a majority of the offices at this election and returned a majority for Hailey. with the understanding that he repre- sented the annexationists. The question of annexa- tion itself was submitted to the people of north Idaho and in Nez Perces county received 1,675 affirmative and only 28 negative votes. The official vote :

Delegate, John Hailey, Democrat, 985, Fred T. Dubois. Republican, 681 ; prosecuting attorney, W. T. McKern, Democrat, 810, A. Quackenbush, Republi- can, 884; councilman, Charles Watson, Democrat, 954, J. M. Howe, Republican, 740; assemblymen, A. S. Chaney, D. F. Mahana, James Dellaven, Demo- crats, 922, 820 and 908 votes, respectively, W. A. Elyea, C. I .. Kinman, J. I. Mitcham, Republicans, 897, 734 and 753 votes, respectively ; probate judge, W. M. Rice, Democrat, 893, William Wing, Republi- can, 803; sheriff, S. J. Langdon, Democrat, 855; L. Stannus, Republican, 839; auditor and recorder, I. C. Hattabaugh, Democrat, 1,157, Robert Bruce, Re- publican, 543; treasurer, P. M. Davis, Democrat, 920, Richard J. Monroe, Republican, 785; assessor, James Keane, Democrat, 798, F. E. Mix, Republican, 900 ; superintendent of schools, J. W. Lieuallen, Re- publican. 743, T. N. Creekmur, Democrat, 577 ; sur- veyor, S. L. Campbell, Republican, 1,008, A. T. Beall, Democrat, 687 ; commissioners, C. A. Leeper, Demo- crat, 271, Robert Ingraham, Republican, 146, H. J. Bundy, Democrat, 338, H. H. Bangs, Republican, 269, William Ewing, Democrat, 276, J. L. Naylor, Repub- lican, 367; coroner, W. A. Simpson, Democrat, 851, H. V. Grubbe, Republican, 829.

In 1888, for the last time, annexation was the principal issue before the people of this territory, for in 1890 Idaho, including the panhandle, became a state. In the north Dubois was denounced in no uncertain terms, for his bitter opposition in congress to the annexation movement. In Nez Perces county both the Republican and Democratic conventions passed strong resolutions reiterating their belief in an- nexation. The Republicans drew up a memorial to congress giving a history of the annexation move- ment and its advantages and characterizing Dubois's course as "unworthy of a statesman and an honora- ble man." The Democrats, however, in the resolu- tion next following one favoring annexation endorsed James H. Hawley, the Democratic nominee and an avowed anti-annexationist. Just why they did this is not apparent. Perhaps Hawley had made promises of remaining neutral on the annexation question should he be elected. At all events the people of the north were dissatisfied with both candidates and at a general convention held at Moscow Judge Norman Buck, of Lewiston, was nominated as the annexationists' can- didate for delegate. Judge Buck accepted the nomi- nation a few days before the election took place and in Latah and Nez Perces counties received more votes than did Dubois and Hawley together. Kootenai, Idaho

and Shoshone gave him a small vote. Dubois cap- tured the southern vote, however, and was re-elected to congress.

The names of the victorious candidates in Nez Perces county may be gleaned from the official can- vass below :

For delegate, Norman Buck, Annexationist, 431, James H. Hawley, Democrat, 155, Fred T. Dubois, Republican 49, councilman, C. A. Leeper, Democrat, 522, J. W .Brigham, Rep. 81 : assemblymen, J. I. Mitch- am, Rep .. 588, James DeHaven, Rep., 595. W. L. Thompson, Democrat, 591, J. H. Irvine, 23; district attorney, I. N. Maxwell, Democrat, 325, J. M. Howe, Republican, 294 ; probate judge, W. M. Rice, Demo- crat, 334: William Wing, Republican, 291 ; auditor and recorder, R. P. Mudge, Republican, 353, A. W. Kroutinger, Jr., Democrat, 253; treasurer, George Glass. Republican, 382, P. M. Davis, Democrat, 241 ; sheriff, L. Stannus, Republican, 313, John Bymaster, Democrat, 304; assessor, J. Englis, Republican, 361, William Sigler, Democrat, 266; superintendent of schools, S. G. Isaman, Republican, 316, J. Q. Mox- ley, Democrat, 310; commissioners, Jasper Rand, Democrat, 159, D. M. White, Republican, 154. W. J. Eakin, Democrat, 53. J. L. Goodnight, Republican, 49, M. S. Freeman, Republican, 142, M. L. Ward, Democrat, 57; surveyor, W. P. Bell, Republican. 381, S. R. Southwick, Democrat 2; coroner, G. H. Lake, Republican, 332, C. H. Payne, Democrat, 284.

The act creating Latah county provided that that county was to remain in the same district as Nez Per- ces county for judicial and legislative purposes until the legislature should direct otherwise. As the elec- tion took place before the next meeting of the legis- lative assembly, the citizens of Latah and Nez Perces counties were left in a quandary as to how to pro- ceed. They could not agree and so four legislative tickets were placed in the field, two by each county. After the election took place the question of who were and who were not entitled to seats arose. The Latah nominees received a majority of the votes cast ; a few votes were cast in Latah county for Nez Perces nomi- nees and vice versa. The auditor of Latah county de- manded that the recorder of Nez Perces county issue a certificate of election to the successful candidate for councilman in Latah county. This request was refused, whereupon the applicant applied to the courts for a writ of mandamus. The court granted an alternative writ for the defendant to appear and show cause why a writ should not be issued. After several brief discussions a compromise was agreed upon on December Ist and accepted by both parties. By the terms of this compromise J. W. Brigham, of Latah county, was given a certificate of election as councilman and certificates were issued to A. S. Chaney, of Latah, and to James DeHaven and J. I. Mitcham, of Nez Perces, as representatives.

With the advent of statehood in 1890 the long and bitter contest between the north and south over the annexation question came to an end and with it the issue which had for more than two decades rent each political party asunder and caused no end of fac-

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tional fights. With statehood came a closer bond be- tween the two sections. The first state election was simply a contest for supremacy between the two great parties and national policies were the issue. The Re- publicans were victorious, the state majority being between 2,000 and 2,500.

A feature of the campaign in Nez Perces county was the deadlock which occurred in the Democratic district convention, composed of delegates from Lat- ah, Idaho and Nez Perces counties. The delegates were unable to agree upon the nominations for dis- trict attorney and the district judgeship. Finally, af- ter sixty-eight ballots had been taken without a nom- ination, a compromise was effected and J. H. For- ney, of Idaho county, was awarded the nomination for district attorney, J. W. Poe, of Nez Perces, the nom- ination for district judge and the legislative offices were diveded between the three counties. The elec- tion in this county was a closely contested on as will be seen from the appended official vote :

For congressman, Willis Sweet, Republican, 367, Alexander E. Mayhew, Democrat, 330; governor, George L. Shoup, Republican, 370, Benjamin Wilson, Democrat, 327; lieutenant governor, Norman B. Willey, Republican, 378, Samuel F. Taylor, Demo- crat, 322 ; secretary of state, A. J. Pinkham, Repub- lican, 378, A. E. Sherwin, Democrat, 331 ; auditor, Silas Moody, Republican, 367, James H. Wickersham, Democrat, 331 ; treasurer, Frank R. Coffin, Republi- can, 372, Timothy Regan, Democrat, 326; attorney general, George H. Roberts, Republican, 362, Rich- ard Z. Johnson, Democrat, 335; superintendent of public instruction, J. E. Harroun, Republican, 343. Madison A. Kelly, Democrat, 349; justices supreme court, J. W. Huston, John T. Morgan, J. M. Sullivan, Republicans, 373, 367 and 339 votes respectively, Henry W. Weir, Frank E. Ensign, Isaac N. Max- well, Democrats, 324, 329'and 347 votes respectively ; judge, second district, W. G. Piper, Republican, 286, James W. Poe, Democrat, 409; district attorney, E. O'Neill, Republican, 350, J. H. Forney, Democrat, 343; senator, third district, I. S. Weiler, Republi- can, 381. C. W. Case, Democrat, 310; senator, fourth district, William Wing, Republican, 374. Barney Ro- hen Kohl, Democrat, 320; representative, I. S. Sperry, Republican, 351. J. B. Morris, Democrat, 335 ; joint representative with Idaho county, J. L. Good- night, Republican, 369, Ezra Baird, Democrat, 321 ; county clerk, H. K. Barnett, Republican, 376, W. M. Rice, Democrat, 314; sheriff, M. S. Freeman, Re- publican, 317, Joseph Eakin, Democrat, 363: treas- urer, George Glass, Republican, 313, D. S. Dent, Dem- ocrat, 377 ; probate judge, S. G. Isman, Republican, 348. M. E. Shepler, Democrat, 339; assessor, Josialı Inglis, Republican, 374, W. G. Anthony, Democrat, 316; commissioners, George Walker, Republican, 140, Andrew Schultheiss, Democrat, 138, J. A. Lathrop, Republican, 62, J. A. Wilkinson, Democrat, 79, D. M. White, Republican, 166, W. W. Brown, Demo- crat, 97; surveyor. W. P. Bell, Republican, elected ; coroner, George H. Lake, Republican, 365, W. A. Simpson, Democrat, 336.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 28

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