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Show M'CHKEN DEFEATS JOffSilPKIS Republicans Name Boise Man for Congress by a Small Plurality. p?'-iyl to Tiie Tribune. BOI.St;, Idaho, Sept. 14. Robert M. Mo Cruvken, Republican candidate for representative rep-resentative in congress, has been nominated nomi-nated over P.. o. Jonea ot KelloKir. the north Idaho candidate. McCracken 13 from Boise. Thirty-two out of the thirty-three thirty-three eounti..3 In the state give Mc-Cra.-ken J l.finc. Jones 1I.H3S. leaving a plurality of Ml for McCracken. The only counly to be heard rrom Is Adams. It will probably prive McCracken a majority. major-ity. In the.se figures both first and second sec-ond choice votes are counted. Addison T. Smith, at present in congress, con-gress, was also nominated. Idaho is entitled en-titled to wo congressmen. The three defeated de-feated candidates are Jones, Thomas T. Kerl and Miles Johnson. McCracken made the following statement state-ment today: "I am confident now that I am the successful nominee on the Republican ticket for congress by plurality of approximately ap-proximately 300, because thirty-two out of the thirty-three counties of the state show this sate lead on their official counts." |