Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-07
HIS PERSONALITY WON
Spence Thinks Cummins' Win.
ming Personality Assisted
the Result.
Polk County's Vote Will Give 1t
Control OF Next District
Convention.
Light Vote Cast Will Reduce
Size Of the Next State
Convention.
to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. NO democrats
have been interviewed since election as
to the cause of the landslide, because
and as for the republicans they are not
explaining. Chairman Spence will re-
main in the city few days and close
up republican state headquarters as
soon as possible. He feels highly graf
ified ut the result. He feels that the
present republican state committee un-=
der it's admirable organization has left
the republican party in splendid shape
for the future in Iowa and that the or
ganization will continue in good work
ing order for the future.
Mr.. Cummins has been splendid
candidate to work for and with, said
Mr.. Spence to the writer. Ills fine
personality has entered into the cam
paign and made this victory possible.
He is a man whose presence inspires
and he has been ready to do anything
and everything that it was possible
and going to see the people, and wher-
ever he has gone he has made friends
for himself and for the party. And the
corps of speakers we have had at our
disposal has done fine service also in
the campaign. But to Mr.. Cummins
and the great canvass of the state he
has made must be given great credit.
The work of John Herriott in the
campaign also bore good fruit. He had
some of the very best meetings of the
campaign and in his home town the
night before election he held a great
meeting. But he caught cold the last
few days of the campaign and is now
laid up at his home.
The vote in Polk county. the largest
county in the state, has some features
Of state wide interest. For instance.
last year the total number of ballots
cast in the county was 1876. This
year the total vote cast for governor
" asx.4 9, ,149. showing a substantial loss
over last year, but in 1899 the vote was
1,213 greater than the vote of two years
ago. Mr.. Cunmins received 1882 more
votes in Polk county than Gov. Shaw
and Mr.. Phillips got 1,742 less than Mr..
White. Mr.. Coates got a total of S6S
in the county, or sos more than the
prohibitionistS two years ago. Baxter
made gain of 135 for the socialists
and Weller lost II for the populists.
1t is always a difficult think to know
Just what "the ticket vote is, but mas
much as on county surveyor for in
stance, where there was no fight, the
vote was probably normal in this
county. On this basis Cummins ran
ahead of the ticket 1.797. Phillips run
behind his ticket 567, and Coates ran
ahead of his ticket 304. In other words
there were in this county about 800
republicans who scratched Cummins
for the prohibition candidate for gov
ernor, unless in this list is included a
few prohibition democrats who
scratched Phillips and voted for
Coates. In regard to second place on
the ticket John Herriott got 9,244 votes
which is 1858 more than Milliman got
two years ago, and indicates that Her.
riott ran 1850 ahead of his ticket in
the county.
An amusing situation presented itself
in regard to the candidates for the leg
lslature. The prohibitionis.s fused with
the democrats, or rather took up one of
the democratic candidates for repre-
sentative and undertook 20 throw him
their votes. They showed that he was
prohibitionist. But he actually got a
less number of votes than the demo-
cratic candidate who did not receive the
able assistance of the prohibitionists.
The democratic party and the prohibi-
ton party will no. mix very we'll in
Iowa.
The reduction in the vote on Cummins
from that given Mckinley will result in
a considerable reduction in the size of
the Iowa republican state convention
rext year, and this without changing
the ratio. In this congressional district
the relative Importance of the counties
viii be changed and Polk county will
have nearer to a majority of the total
votes in the convention for the district
than ever before, but will not be able to
control alone. The state convention
Eext year can not very we'll be of great
interest, inasmuch as it will have the
Job of renominating three of the leading
candidates on the ticket.
The result in Jackson county was q
complete vindication for Charley Phil
lips, secretary of the state committee. 1t
had been said by the factionaists who
oppose him that his coming into the
county last summer and insisting on
Cummins would ruin the party, but
Cummins got fine plurality and the re-
publican representative did still better.
II think likely said Ali Reed, the
secretary of the populist committee,
that the fact that it became known
that this is the last year we intend to
run a ticket in Iowa under the name of
the peoples party hurt us with the
voters. Next year we start out under
the name of the allied party and will
find name for the party later ON after
ii is well under way. The direct legisla-
son movement will be at the founda-
ton. / will be satisfied if the returns
show we have had considerable vote
sll over the state-just enough 10 sl,cw
that we are alive and doing something"
Kicked and Beaten to Death.
Ruffalo NJ Nov 1-Ernest Merkt