State ex rel. Smith v. Duncan

At the general election held November 5 of this year, Frank D. Miracle was elected state senator for Lewis and Clark county to fill the unexpired term of the senator elected in 1916 who resigned. On November 22 the newly elected senator died, and on November 27 a special election was duly called for December 28 to elect a senator to fill the vacancy. On November 30 the Republican county central committee, acting through its executive committee, assumed to nominate Park Smith as the candidate of the Republican party for state senator, and certified his nomination to the county clerk, who…