Alexander represented so many scratched ballots—Mr. Davis having divided honors with the president on each such ballot. Mr. Davis' only hope of election is that there were many such ballots, for straight tickets from the President down would have elected democrats to almost every office in the state, including county offices, of course, for nearly every county went for Wilson, Latah county included. The difficulty in Bonneville county with regard to the election returns seems to have been that many voters put crosses in the circle at the head of the republican ticket and then, desiring to vote for the governor, went over into the democratic column and put a cross after his name but neglected to scratch out Mr. Davis' name. It was claimed that the votes were counted for Mr. Alexander, as the voters intended they should be, and not for Mr. Davis, as the absurd election rules would require in such case. While Mr. Davis would profit by the technical rule in all such cases, it is likely that the number of cases in which he would suffer by the same rule would be much greater, for with a plurality of many thousands for Mr. Wilson or Mr. Hughes, it is likely that more ballots had the cross in the circle at the head of the democratic ticket than in the one at the head of the republican ticket. In any event, the circle at the head of the ticket proves itself to be a nuisance. 