Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-25
PRELIMINARY sPARRlNe.
DUBUQUE Decides 20 scatter-Ransier
and Albrook Lsad-eirdsall Playing
for second Choice.

and Albrook lsad-eirdsall Playing
for second Choice.
Special, to Times Republican.
Hampton, Sept. 25.-Hampton has
seen more politics In the past twenty
FOUR hours than ever before In her his
tory. The big chiefs of the Third dis
trict have been caucusing and planning
and when the convention assembled
the game OF choosing candidate was
still unsolved and no one scould tell
what would be the outcome. Inc
Ransier delegates came early from
Buchanan county and made all the hay
possible before the other delegates ar
rived. It was thought all along that
whatever Dubuque was disposed to do
that At would greatly enhance the
chances OF the favored candidate but
when the Dubuque delegates began to
arrive there was great secrecy or else
Il wide difference of personal choice
as IL was averred that the delegation
would divide its vote between Ransier.
Sweet. Birdsall and Albrook This gave
the Ransier men fresh courage for they
feared that Ed Knots influence in the
.state Of Dubuque" would give Sweet
much the best Of the vote.
The first real boom came when the
Delaware delegation came in and every
one was badged with a Ransier ribbon.
This assured the Independence states
man Of 90 votes and Blackhawk was
said to be good for ten more and Du-5
,buque enough to make the first ball
lot 40 votes for Ransier the largest
vote any candidate received on first
ballott. Ransier was thus well in the
lead but no one could figure where the
other votes would come from for AL
brook and Hardin sewed up tight and
BirdsaM expected them on second
choice. Sweet was sure Of Buffers
vote after a perfunctory compliment
TO Edwards and it was not certain
what Dubuque would do in the show
down. Sweet also had friends In Black
hawk ind Franklin altho the latter
county had decided to stick together
IL possible and nominate the candidate
not having any particular choice.
Senator Hartman announced late
last night that he would not be can
didate and that cleared the atmos-
phere q little. What seemed strange
was that Joe Morgan or Col. Glasier
or Mclean or Capt. Merry could not
tell what the Dubuquers would do and
either were not informed or played a
delightful blum at sweet innocency.
B Sweet had the best Of the manage
ment of the campaign. He was tied up
in q case in the court at Waverly and
the judge would not postpone the trial,
but did consent to adjourn the case for
q day so that Sweet could attend his
coronation or funeral. Ed Knott, who
IS the United States marshal and one
of the best known politicians of the dis
trict, was his manager and he had the
assistance of Railroad Commissioner
Dawson. and Professor Sheakley came
over from Des Moines to Took on, and
SheaAley was known as one of the best.
politicians in the Third district. While
the other delegates slept they held con-
ferences and mapped out plans which
would bear fruit on the morrow.
There were few who believed seri-
ously that Albrook would win and yet
he was backed by some of the most
successful politicians in the district. F..
s. Ellsworth. who has the reputation Of
backing an always successful enterprise,
was over from Iowa Falls to manage
Albrooks campaign, and John Crockett,
who mas nad remarkable success III poi
itics, was on hand to give what aid he
could for his fellow townsman. They
were enthusiastic in their support and
thought they could see why Albrook
would win. He was handicapped,as was
already mentioned In these dispatches,
by his tax ferret embroglio, but the
Hardin county people declared that this
would cut no figure in the contest and
that the people at Iowa Falls, where the
feeling had been the bitterest, had told
them that in the matter of honoring a
Hardin county citizen they would stand
solidly for Albrook.