Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-16
'IH[ one REAL CONTEST
Il Win Be For Legislative L Seats.
Democratic Nominations
Mostly This Week.
Lyon.O 'Brien District Has a Hot
Fight On-.Local Fac
tions Rule.
School Book Row Governs Stu.
alton In Davis County--Dem.
ocratic Campaigning.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. ia number of
county conventions are to be held this
week, which will increase the number
of legislative and other nominees of the
parties. The larger number CT Eepub-
lican county conventions have been held.
but the democrats are going to get ii,
nearly all their local nominees this
month. The democratic representative
convention in the district comprising
Emmet, Dickinson and Osceola will be
held today at Sibley. The republican
senatorial convention for the Black
hawk-Grundy district is to be held at
Reinbeck tomorrow. On Wednesday the
senatorial convention Of the republicans
in the district composed of Monona,
Harrison and Crawford counties will be
held at Qnawa. This was begun at Lo-
gan last week and postponed after 1l6
ballots to meet Wednesday of this week
at Onawa. Neither delegation showed
any sign of abandoning its candidate
On Wednesday the Linn county repub-
licans bold a convention; also the
O'Brien county republicans at Prm-
CHAR, and the republicans of the Henry
Washington senatorial district meet at
Wayland to nominate candidate for
senator. On Thursday there will be two
democratic conventions at Pocahontas-i
the representative convention and the
senatorial convention. Charles City will
have the republican county convention
on Friday The senatorial convention
was to have been held last week, but
was postponed. On Saturday there will
be number of conventions, among
them the following: Ida county repub-
licans, Ida Grove; Iowa county repub-
licans, Williamsburg; Davis county re-
publicans, Bloomfield; Blaokhawk coun-
ty republicans, Waterloo; O'Brien-Lyon
county representative, Sheldon; Monroe
county democratic, Abba; Decatur
county democratic, Leon; Crawford
county democratic, Denison: and Dick
inson county republican primary elec-
ton. The democrats have called their
judicial convention to select an oppo-
nent to Judge Parrish at Creston on
Sept. "a. The republican judicial con-
vention TO name successor to Judge
Weaver will be held at Boone OH Oct. 8.
One of the most interesting of the To-
cal contests for nomination appears to
be developing in Lyon and O'Brien
counties. The candidates for the re-
publican nomination for representative
are Tim Donahoe, of Sheldon; W. H.
Bloom, of Sutherland :; George Hoheman,
Of Sanborn; j. w. Walter, of Hartley,
and DR.. Lewis. of Inwood. O'Brien
county has the power to take the nomi-
nation away from Lyon county at amy
time and will probably do so this time.
The Lyon county people have been so
incensed at this policy in the past that
they have generally preferred "a Lyon
county democrat to an OBrien county
republican. This explains why demo-
crat has represented that district so
much. Donahoe is relative of Ed C.
Brown, candidate for railroad commits
sioner and is farmer. Bloom is editor
of the Sutherland Courier and he is run
ming OH platform of insisting on di-
vision of the district so that Lyon and
OBrien will not be unequally yoked to.
gether. Some effort is being made to
have all the candidates get out of the
way on condition that George W. Schee
IS nominated. This may be the solution
of the contest.
An Illustration of the manner in which
some small questions get into county
politics comes from Davis county. The
democrats have nominated George T.
Sewers for representative. He made his
fight as an opponent of change in
school books in the county and his op-
ponent was one who had been largely
instrumental in having text books
changed. The people were opposed to
the change, which was the thing most
desired by the school book publishers,
and this matter entered into the local
fight. Now it is proposed that the en-
tire school book question shall be in
jected into state politics by having a
low for state uniformity. Then, indeed.
would the school book lobby assume
conspicuous proportions and go after big
game every year or two.
Those who are interested in historical
research in Iowa are looking to the ex-
,ample set by the Lucas county people to
lead others in the same directions. The
historical society organized at Charlton
ouiiHS slilS SuillHitt, at tile neaQ oil
which is Warren III. DUNCAN, is doing
great good. The Veterans Association
of Lucas county. and the Lucas County
Old Settlers Association, have voted to
become auxiliary To the historical soci-
ETY. and to turn over the books and pa
pers in the possession of their officers to
the newer organization. The work of
collecting historical information in man
uscript form or otherwise is proceeding.
II seems probable that this work which
can be done by county organizations
better than by any state organization
will grow into proportions in the state
as it is better understood and that in
time some state aid will be rendered to
county organizations.
Thomas Jefferson Phillips is doing his
campaigning much after the style of
Hiram C. Wheeler a few years ago. He
is attending county and district fairs
and other gatherings of farmers, where
he meets and shakes hands with the
sturdy farmers and mechanics. He is
accompanied on his tours by c. NJ. Ny
ers. a democratic alderman of Ottumwa,
who was his principal manager before
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