Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-05
LOOKS LIKE GEAR


LOOKS LIKE GEAR
A staff correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, writing from Des Moines UNI
der date of the Sd, says:
The result of the republican county
conventions and primaries held during
the last week make it practically GER
tain that John Henry Gear will succeed
himself as United States senator from
iowa He has undoubtedly got clear
majority of republican membership of
the legislature, even assuming that the
republicans will have all but thirty-tive
OF the loo members of the two houses.
The last week has been a crucial one
IN the senatorial contest. Mr.. Cumnins
friends admitted this and said that Pot
taWattamie, With its three votes in the
legislature, was the pivotal county. In
addition there was the deadlock sena-
torial convention of the big five dis
trict, the primaries in Floyd county,
which, it was expected, would deter
mine the vote of the representative
from Floyd county and the senator
from the Floyd Chickasaw district.
The fight in Pottawattamie county
was the hottest of any this far in the
campaign MIR. Cummins took part in
person in the organization of his forces
IN the county, while the Representatives
of Gear We're on the ground to see that
nothing was missed that would aid the
man from Burlington
The result was j signal victory for
Senator Gear. This added three votes
10 his string and the outcome in the
big i've, together with the result of
the Floyd county primaries, undoubted-
~ added three more.
A summary of the situation to date is
as follows
For the senate republican candidates
have been selected in all districts where
there is chance of republican success
except in the Winnebago-W Worth Mitch
ell district, where j. a. Smith, of Usage.
la cummins man, will probably be nomi-
mated. Including the hold-over mem
bers of the senate there will probably be
fthirty-seven republican senators and
Republican senators Gear has got
there are three classed as doubtful
and Finch.
In the house there Will probably be
seventy eight republicans to twenty
Two democrats. This is putting the re-!
publican membership about as high as
it is possible for it to get, and there may
be a loss of two or three from these fig
ures on the republican side. OF the
tiftynine republicans thus far nofni-
mated to places in the house, thirty
nine are for Senator Gear. and Of these
thirty five are certain of election
These. with the twenty-three Gear
votes in the senate, give him fifty-eight
votes. or a majority of the largest pos
sible republican membership of the two
houses.
The conventions the coming week UNI
doubtedly viii cinch the Gear victory
by adding seven more to his vote in the
house, making 1t forty-two More votes,
| it is conceded, will be picked up by him
later on. so that a conservative esti-
mate of the ultimate Gear strength on
joint ballot is twentyfour votes in the
senate and fifty in the house, or seven
ty-four out of a possible liz republican
Votes in both houses.
| This estimate of Senator Gears
strength is less than his friends claim.
/ They expect at least forty more votes
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