Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-09
Withdraws From Congressional
Race Against Henderson in
the Third District.
Early Convention Gave Him Too
Little Time to Make a
Fight.
Contest Was Generally Consid.
cred Hopeless in Any Event
-Courtrieht's Letter.
to rimes-Republican.

Waterloo, April 9.-In letter to tne
Daily Reporter State Senator y. D.
Courtright announces his withdrawal
ms q. candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for congress in the Third dls-
trict. The decision is due largely to the
fact that the convention having been
called for May 1 gave him no time In
which to make contest. 1t is also IN
timated that COPYRIGHT was convinced
that even had the convention been
called later in the season the nsht
would have been hopeless. There Is
considerable Indignation among Court
rights friends at what they term the
snapshot convention, as they claim II
permitted no opportunity for a fair
presentation of the case to the voters OF
the district. A good many people III
the Third district will be pleased to
learn OF Courtright's decision. as 1t VIII
preclude bitter contest in which fur
Their animosities would have been de-
veloped. Under the circumstances the
wisdom of Mr.. Courtrights withdrawal
can not be questioned, and it is believed
will add to his strength when the time
for political preferment may be more
rropitious should he desire to become
candidate in the future. Mr.. Court
rights letter follows:
ITO the Republican Voters Of the
Third Congressional District Of Iowa
r1,,t~ 111y~ tSGf n
the Dubuque Daily Times that the corr
gressional convention for the Third
district of Iowa has been called to
meet on the first day OF May. l wish
tc say to the people of this district and
to the country at large that such date
was fixed by the committee without
consulting me- and contrary to the ex-
press wishes of myself and my friends.
'In view of the uniform precedent es-
tablished by the practice Of twenty
years. during which time no conven-
ton has been held in this district ear
lier than June 81, am certainly sur
prised at such unseenly haste upon
this occasion. Whatever may have
been the motive for naming SO early
Gate, the results are the same; 1T
amounts to a virtual prohibition of my
candidacy before such convention. It
must be we'll known that my time and
labors are and will be for several days
to come wholly employed at the state
capitol, and can not and will not inn
pose upon my friends the unreasonable
task of undertaking the creation and
perfection OF an organization in so brief
a period.
My candidacy for the high office of
representing in congress the Third dis
trict of Iowa has been instituted in
good faith and as the expression of
well-considered opinion thruout the
district, and shall not hazard the
hopes and honest convictions of those
my cause by proceeding farther at this
time with a contest which has been
rendered so unequal by this unexpected
and unjustif1able move made In the in
terest of my opponent.
1.-THE merits of the controversy out of
which my candidacy has grown can not
hut remain the same, regardless of my
resolution in the pres/nt emergency,
and my future conduct in relation to
such controversy must be determined
by the course of events. have, there
fore, in view of these facts, after re-
ceiving in some measure the assent Of
my supporters, and with due deliera-
ton, concluded to withdraw my name
from the consideration of this conven-
ton. Most respectfully,
20. B. COURTRIGHT.
"Des Moines. Iowa, April Z. 1902"