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Show I Carson City Candidate pm Commerce Board SPOKANE, Wash.. March 1G. J. B Campbell, secretary of the Spokane .Merchants' association and its attorney, attor-ney, has withdrawn as a candidate for appointment to the interstate commerce com-merce commission and support of local commercial interests will be thrown to John F. Shaughnessy. of Carson City, Nevada, as a representative of tho in-termountain in-termountain territory. Announcement to this effect followed follow-ed a meeting here yesterday of the jonit representing local commercial interests, in-terests, at which a telegram from Washington was read, saying appointment appoint-ment of an attorney to the commission commis-sion was regarded as improbable. Mr. Campbell accordingly suggested the desirability of his retirement in favor of Mr. Shaughnessy, it was stated. i nn i |