Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-24
CONTESTS .IO b Warm
City Elections in Marshall County
Towns Promise to Be Very
Interesting.
State Center's Contest is Virtually
Over Light Proposition The
Tickets.
Melbourne and Rhodes Also to Have
Exciting Elections News in
General.

The smaller towns of the county seem
To be taking the lead in city politics
this spring and on Monday local ques
tons will be settled by some pretty
warm contests.
State Ccnter's election Will be the
most important, as there are two strong
tickets in the field and considerable
feeling has been awakened over the
probable outcome.
A peoples ticket headed by Burt
Merrill for mayor and containing the
name of w. n. Gilbert for treasurer. is
going To be supported quite generally,
especially as far as the head of the
ticket is concerned. The German vote.
Which is strong in State Center, Will go
| almost solid for Merrill and the younger
voting element Viii also support him
| almost to a man. The opposing party
has put UP a citizens ticket, headed by
| a. G. McReynods for mayor This
| ticket is full, the other candidates being
| w. II. Whitehll, clerk, W. ID. Bowers,
assessor NJ. ]. Rohwedder, treasurer;
| K. q. Swift and a. c. Robinson, coun
/ ciimen.
The result is hard to forecast, aitho
those who claim to know say the pros
poets are good for Merril's election,
While MIR. Gilbert. who is on the same
ticket, is likely TO be defeated. Mr..
i Rohwedtser viii be supported by several
| of the friends of Mr. Merrill, altho he
is on another ticket, and this support
4 will include the German vote.
The fight as 1t now stands seems to
have had its origin in the recent cleo
! trio light proposition, some of the citi-
zens of the town being in favor OF hay
4 ing the city lighted and others not. Mr..
/ Gilbert, it is claimed, was opposed To
4 the electric light scheme, and the ops
! posing faction claims that owing to his
conservatism in the sale of the city 5
4 bonds made the plant cost a great deal
! more, owing to the advance in price of
i necessary materials.
Mr.. McReynolds. who heads the
Il citizens ticket, is a fine man and has
i been quite prosperous. He Is a promi-
4 nent member of the Methodist church
4 and for his stand for religious and
Il temperance questions has been the
cause of a story circulated TO the III :
4 feet that he Was IAN Abrams man,
Il which iii State Center. is enough To
A down almost any one in politics. This
4 Mr.. MeReynolds and his friends deny
Altho the tickets are styled peoples
and citizen s., all Of the candidates
are. practically republicans unless an
exception can be made to Mr.. Gilbert
i who mas always been considered to lear
q somewhat towards the prohiDitionists
Even Mr.. Gilbert, however, is thought
TO be more of a republican than any
thing else.
Melbourne will also have an exciting
detection Monday, peoples and cfti-
!. zens ticket being in the field there
Mayor ketcham. the present lncumr
bent heads one ticket and William ~
Hoar the other. From what can b'
learned the Ketcham ticket is the more
\ y likely to be elected.
Rhodes fight Will be wagei by tw'
factions headed for mayor by Thoma:
Watts and Henry Weeks. Both partie:
have nominated complete tickets.