Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-26
NAMES 1O Coon TICKET
Queer Cases in Allamakee and
johnson Counties to Be
Compromised.
Republicans Pulling Hair in Des
Moines TO See Who Will
Have Cousins.
Chairman State Committee In.
sists Cummins' Plurality
Will Be 80, 900 or More.
pecial to Times-Renublican.


Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, Oct. 26.-In order that the
johnson county republicans may not be
deprived of candidate for member of
the house and county ticket the ALA
makee county democrats are going to be
permitted to have the name of their
candidate for the house placed on the
ticket.
This is the present attitude OF the
controversy over getting names on the
official ballots. The Hufshmidt case
came up yesterday. 1t was before the
ballot board practically all day 10 one
form or another. Opposing interests
were represented by Attorneys Cheshire
and Reed, and Col. Stewart was down
from Allamakee for the republicans and
the chairman and secretary of the DEM
ocratlc convention for the democrats
The case was to come up purely en- ar
gument of legal questions, relating
chiefly to the right Of the democrats to
file an amendment to the certificate and
thus get it before the proper ofiicials in
~
amount of legal hair-splitting and re-
dundance of verbiage, and it became
plain to an on-looker that all the attor-
neys were doing was to get the record
made UP so as to go before the district
court and have case ready for presen-
tation in all its varied phases. In fact.
as between attorneys, this was admitted
and there was the utmost good will
manifested. AS a part of this program
the democrats offered the atfidavits of
the chairman and secreary of the con-
vention, which affidavits merely con-
firnled the position of the republicans,
for they admitted that the names were
signed to the blanks and they We're for
warded to Des Moines. but afterwards
they went thru the swearing process
With the papers they are swearing to
absent. This was what the republicans
had contended. In view of the fact that
the evidence in the case had been closed
and admission Of the afIidavits would
be. in the nature of a collateral attack
on Tie finding of the board, 1t wss antic-
ipated by both attorneys that these at
fidayits would not be admitted. Much
to the surprise of both the board de-
cided upon admitting the affidavits.
Thensthe republicans demanded not on
ly the right to cross-examine the max
ers of the afftdavits but to bring in evi-
dence in rebuttal, and to do the latter
they would have to have time. Ches-
hire demanded a continuance until Mon
day. Reed offered to withdraw the atfi-
davits that argument might be made on
the law questions involved. But the
board wouldn't have 1t. More evidence
was wanted on the point of the good
faith of the makers of the afftdavits and
their queer certificate. So the matter
goes over until next Monday, when the
caes will be virtually reopened for new
evidnce and arguments by the lawyers.
The johnson county people are In the
same fix as the Allamakee county peo-
pie only more so. The county ticket was
never certified up to the county officials
and the candidate for representative
Withdrew. II the board sitting on the
Allamakee county case stands out for
the niceties of the situation and insists
upon the strictest construction of the.
law precedent will be set which will
keep the johnson county republican
ticket off the ballots. And the Johnson
county republicans are going to make
serious effort to correct the biunder
they made and get their ticket IL line
for business on election day. A know
ledge of this fact Will have some weight
in the case before the state board. 1t
can be said in all fairness that the Ala
makee county democrats have better
case than the Johnson county republi-
cans But Senator Cheshire, who has
ably conducted the case before the
state board for the republicans, insists
that the law must be strictly construed.
that the law is mandatory, that tins
boards can allow no lee way and no de-
Walton from the rule as laid down and
that to permit names to go on the ball
lots irregular manner would be like
holding the law of no avail. The john
son county republicans rely on two SUI
preme court cases, one from Illinois and
one from Kansas, but in neither of these
cases, so Senator Cheshire says, was the
auetion raised which is at the front in
these Iowa cases.
Gen. James B. Weaver was in town
the other day. He doesn't look worried
at ALL but is in finer health and better
spirits than for many years. He is re-
ported as making most excellent may
or of Colfax. One of the prominent citi-
zens of Colfax said the other day that
Mayor Weaver is always on hand to
personally supervise everything done
for the city and while he only gets a
salary of $10O year he attends TO the
city business at all times. Gen. Weaver
is making no campaign speeches TINS
year. He has not for many campaigns
taken so little interest in results. While
here he declared his belief that there
would hardly be half the fun vote OF the
state polled. In his opinion If the demo-
Gratis had nominated the right kind of
man for governor they would have been
able to beat Cummins, but as it is they
stand no show.
Some trouble is being had III Des
Moines over the fact that Congressman
Cousins is billed for speech before the
Grant club at the close of the campaign
in Des Moines. This was not in accord
ance with the plans of the republican
county committee and the committee is
raising objections. If there Is to be a
rally the committee wants to manage
the affair and not have q prominent
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