Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-07
W1NNEBAGo,s COUP.
steals March on Worth County an,
Gets Its Man on Ticket by Pett


steals a March on Worth County and
Gets Its Man on Ticket by Petit
ton.
Des Moines, Oct 7.-winneba go coun-
ty stole march yesterday on its neigh
Dor and legislative partner by filing
nomination papers, by petition, for N.
]. Nelson, of Lake Mills. for the house.
1t was one of the most Interesting foot
races for nomina ton ever made In
the state, and the end is not yet Win
snebago county is now in the lead. and
the convention, which is still in session,
must decide whether there will be a
district nominee or a republican candi-
date in each county.
The Worth innehago convention
will go into history as one of the most
remarkable contests in the states his
tory. Senator G. S. Gilberson, after
being beaten at every point for the first
month of the contest finally comes out
a winner. The convention met Septem-
Der to nominate candidate for rep
resentative. Winnebago and Worth
each had eight votes. winneba go
voted for James Ellickson and Worth
for Ed Collin. After a week of frutless
effort the convention adjourned till af-
ter the senatorial convention for Win
nebago- Worth Mitchell should have
held its sessions. The sena torial CON
vention met September IL and took
about ten days to nominate James A
Smith. of Mitchell county. Senator Gill
bertson was thus defeated for the SEN
atorial nomination, which had been his
object in the fight. Then he went into
the representative convention which
September 25, to nominate
mis- townsman, Ellickson. The conven-
ton has been in session practically
ever since.
Five weeks from the first session 1t
began to draw near to the time when
nominations must be on file with the
convention would never agree. The
Winnebago county leaders got to-
gether and determined upon coup.
They quietly secured the signatures of
twenty-five citizens Of their county to
a petition for the nomination Of N. j.
Nelson for the house, as a republican.
Senator Gilbertson put the petition ii
his pocket and got on the train Thurs
day evening to come to Dies Moines.
He reached this town at 6 a. m. and
I half an hour later climbed out of a
hack at the home of Secretary of Stat
Dobson. MIR. Dobson wasn't up yet,
but he was soon convinced that there
was either an earthquake or a dis
lturbance of the peace going on. He
| came down stairs to find Senator Gill
bertson with petition in hand. II was
1 presented to him and accepted for FL
ling. This was some time before !
O'Clock
While the Winnebago county people
| had thus secured their nomination. the
| Worth men had not been idle. BY a
/ curious coincidence the same bright
/ idea had occurred to them. They would
nominate a candidate by petition, and
lthen, in case the convention failed tc
agree on candidate, their man woult
go on the ballot as the repu blican nom
linee. So they set about getting theil
4 petition for the nomination of Ed Col
lin. 1t was completed Thursday ant
mailed on the same train which brought
/ Senator Gilbertson to town with the
4 other petition in his pocket. The mai
/ went to the secretary of state s office
and there the Worth county petition
turned up With the first delivery, two
hours after Secretary Dobson, STANDING
4 in his front hail in a robe de mutt, hat
accepted the Winnebago document
Winnebago had the cinch. The candi
A date whose petition was first filed vii
be placed on the official ballots as thu
republican nominee, unless the conven
a ton agrees. 1t is needless to say that
f with every card in their own hands
the Winnebago people Will never Civ,
a vote 10 Worth candidate If Wortl
wants to nominate q Wnnebago man
I well and good; if 1t doesn't, why Win
nebago Will go ahead and elect its owl
| man. There are more republican vote
in Winnebago than in Worth; and ther
are also more republican votes in Win
nebago than there are democratic vote
in both counties together. Add to thi
advantage the moral benefit of tn
place on the regular ticket and it seem
that Winnebago's candida tie has every
thing his own way.
1t remains to be seen what the Wort
: county people VIII do They can hardl
> charge bad faith to Winnebago, be
E cause they We're playing the same tricl
but didn't play 1t quite so we'll.
Joseph Stockford, of Hodgdon, Me
healed sore running for seventee
e years and cured his piles of long stand
! ing by using DeWitts Witch Haz,
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