Show I POLITICAL CONTEST J IN TOE TilE GEM CEM STATE STAT L IS GETTING WARM f i- i S BOISE Ida May 20 The The 5 race In this state ha has every Indication Indication Indi Indi- cation now now now-at at lat cYc every r surface Indication Indi S cation catton of or into a three cornered light fight with John T. T Morrison and John M M. of ot this thi city leading leading- for tor the honor nd Paul Clagstone third Ben BCD F. F Tweedy of or Lel ton former mayor mor of or that city who went mt through BO 80 turbulent a a. term tarm i is III an announced candidate cD and end Insist that he is le in the race to stay But a canvas of ot the Ne Nez Perce and LewIston Lewiston Lewis Lewis- ton situation during durine the recent stale convention h held d In that city would not In indicate that Mr Tw Tweedy d can bo seriously serious serious- S ly considered In the running How the Fight Stand Stands Developments at the l tate tato COn convention where candidates and party representatives s were given every opportunity to discuss the political situation S these facts facts' as the they exist at atthe the present lime Morrison and are looked Upon tipon to stage the main feature of ot tho the gubernatorial fight tight State Auditor St Stephen phen D. D Taylor failed to formally an announce announce an- an flounce hf his hili candidacy ac altho although h he has been and is considered to be in the race but It 11 his hi announcement is hi made It may mayS S change the of or the situation Paul Gladstone Clagstone of or Bonner county is Inthe in inthe inthe the race to stay ita Byron Defenbach has hns voluntarily withdrawn but ma may become a a. candidate for state auditor or state treasurer E. E H. H Dewey did not hl his candidacy and probably will not Clagstone Clagstone Clag Clag- stone Is apparently stronger than Tweedy In the latter's lattera own county Beale of ot Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- 5 lace lc will easily he bi defeated by Burton L. L Lj French and an uncertain fight will be staged rod for th the S Second nd congressional 8 seat st at 5 Colonel Hamer will not enter the tho race for Tor congress Secretary of or State and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Instruction tion Miss Shepard will be re ie E E. H. H Dewey Dowey the well known knon railroad man and mayor major of ot Nampa WhO whose name has hu been persistently m mentioned in connection connection con con- with Hh the governorship as a a. possible pos poe sible ibl candidate failed to make his announcement an an- Unsettled d. d SItu Situation tion The congressional race mee seems seems' t to be the most mOil unsettled of or an any There were ere S four supposed can candidates for or congressional S al ci honors nore at Lewiston B. B P. P Shawhan of or Payette Fayette Robert M. M McCracken of Boise or Colonel Thomas R R. R Hamer of or St St. t 4 Anthony Anthon and end Mr Beale of Wallace S. S AddIo T 1 T. T Smith wa- wa wain a In Washington ang Unable to attend In personal letters to friends he makes it plain he Is Is' in the tha therace race to stay ta Burton L L. I French rench who appeared to bevery be b bevery very str strong ng with all the northern and southern m Idaho representatives representative u and whose cAn candidacy lIlAC is favored b by them will be returned to the house with as large ItS If It S not t a larger vote fall than he was two to years ears ago 80 when he secured a It landslide landslide land- land f slide y vote ote defeated Colonel Hamer Harrier S Secretary of State Gifford will be given glnn a second term unless all aU indications at were ere wrong It is Js conceded hoha made a n strong man for the place S and Ii if lit entitled to re The north and south la ta for him so far as could be learned from party |