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Show oo Boise, Idaho, Nov. 8. A Democratic landslide hit Idaho yesterday. Returns from many counties over the state indicate in-dicate that It was carried by Wilson and it also was carried for Governor Moses Alexander; W. T. Dougherty", candidate for secretary of state; Clarence Clar-ence Vandeusen, candidate for state auditor, and T. A. Walters, candidate for attorney general, all Democrats. The Republicans elected to congress Addison T. Smith and Burton L. French, State Treasurer John W. Eagleson, State Mine Inspector Robert Rob-ert N. Bell, and Miss Ethel Redfield for state superintendent of public instruction. in-struction. Wilson will have a plurality plural-ity of S,000 to 10,000 when the complete com-plete returns are in. Alexander is now leading D. W. Davis, Republican gubernatorial gu-bernatorial candidate, by, 2,817. Southeastern Idaho returned surprisingly sur-prisingly large Democratic majorities. Bear Lake, Fremont, Bingham, Bannock, Ban-nock, Bonneville, Madison and other counties in that part of the state, counted upon as safely Republican, went for both Wilson and Alexander. &da and Canyon, Washington and A.dams, Elmore, Blaine and Shoshone returned Democratic majorities. Shoshone Sho-shone county, in both Idaho, Bonner, Idaho and other northern counties fell into line. Vandeusen, Dougherty and Walters ran stronger than Alexander In many of the counties. The big independent Mormon vote in the southeast really settled the question by voting the Democratic ticket Ada county, the largest in the state, returned Democratic majorities for practically lal of the Democratic state ticket, although Hughes carried it. The 39 precincts give Hughes, 5,252; Wilson, 5,045; Lewis, 4,810; Walters, 4,988, and Sweeley, 4,874. The landslide extended to tho legislature, legis-lature, the membership in both houses of which will either be evenly divided or tho Democrats will have control. Many prominent Republican legislative legisla-tive leaders' went down to defeat The list Includes John W. Hart, president pro tern, of the senate; Peter G. Johnson, John-son, Republican whip and floor leader lead-er of the house; A. II. Connor, speaker speak-er of the house; Guy H. Martin, candidate can-didate for state senator in Bonner county, four years ago the Progressive party candidate for governor; L. I. Purcell, candidate for state senator In Washington county; Nathan Ricks, prominent Mormon leader and candidate candi-date for stato senator in Madison county. I Canyon, one of the strongest Re-1 Re-1 publican counties in the state, went : Democratic, returning large pluralities for the state, legislative and county tickets. In tho non-partisan race for the judiciary, ju-diciary, Judge John C. Rice has probably prob-ably defeated Judge Robert N. Dunn. The prohibition constitutional amendment amend-ment has carried. M. J. Sweeley, Republican Re-publican candidate for attorney 'general; 'gen-eral; George W. Lewis, Republican candidate for auditor, and George R Barker, Republican candidate for secretary sec-retary of state, are running behind in the late roturns. |
