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- A Photograph Was Not a Crime: Newport Candidates Beat Back a Newspaper's Bid to Rule Them Off the Ballot
When the Colville Statesman-Index declared two Newport men disqualified for running photo advertisements under the new direct primary law, Dr. G. W. Sutherland wrote the attorney general — and came back with a ruling that the law said no such thing.