Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-09
SMITH WILL PLEASE AL
Committee Entirely Harmonious
in His Selection as Temper.
ary Chairman.
Members Of the Committee Re.
port Everything Quiet in
Their Districts.
Four Candidates Up for Nom
ination in the Fourth Ju-
dicial District.
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Des Moines, May 9.-The republican
state committee meeting yesterday was
entirely harmonious. The members
were all feeling good and reported the
best Of political Feeling from their re-
spective districts. The suggestion of
Congressman Walter I. Smith of the
Ninth district for temporary chairman
was well received at once by the COM
mittee and he got six votes or the in
formal ballot, the others going to Payne
and Healey. It was prairie Jim" Will
son who first suggested the name Of
Congressman Smith for temporary
chairman. He is In good standing with
the entire Iowa delegation. He has
been a quiet and unobtrusive man in
|congress but Is regarded as one of the
best of the delegation in intellectual at
tainments. 1t is conceded by every one
that he will be able to make an excell-
ent speech, and on his being notified by
wire he Immediately accepted. 1t Will
be recalled by all who attended the last
republican convention that Judge
Smith opened the ears of the delegates
at most unpropitious time. The con-
vention had heard Cousins and Dollf-
Yer and Allison and Lacey and the 9th
ers and was impatient for business to
begin. Judge Smith was called out by
his friends. The crowd didn't want to
hear any more speeches. But few OF
the delegates had ever heard Smith
speak. They had no thought of insult
ing or embarrassing him, but they did
want to put a stop to the speech-mak-
ing, and so the convention undertook
to cry Smith down. After he had been
called out he was determined not to be
called off, He stood his ground and
commenced speaking amidst storm Of
protests. But he spoke only few
words until the crowd was ready to
listen. Before he had finished the crowd
was ready to cheer him to the echo and
really wanted more of his speech. 1t
wassa remarkable incident with a bad
beginning and a happy ending. This
year Judge Smith will get the first
whack at the convention, and it is not
doubted that he will do himself justice
and please the convention.
w. L. Turner the member from the
Fourth district, says the fight for con-
gressional nomination in that district
has thus far been confined almost en-
rf1y ic
possible so he thinks that the fight
may leave it so that neither of the Ger
70 Gordo candidates will stand any
show Of success.
The principal interest in northwest
ern Iowa this year hassbeen in the fight
for nomination for judges. There are
four judges of the Fourth judicial dis
trict and all four are Candidates for re-
nomination. George Scott, Of LeMars,
member from that section of the state,
says that the present outlook is for the
denomination of all four of the Judges
Hutchinson, Wakefield, Oliver and
Haynor. The fight against Hutchinson
has been in his own county Of Sioux
where Orr has been candidate.
D. M. Sargent, Of sGrundy county,
the Fifth district member OF the state
central committee, expressed hlmselt
as we'll pleased with the work OF the
committee in selecting time and place
for the convention. sour district VIII
come to Des Moines solid for our man
Buchan for clerk of the supreme court,
and for Ketchum, of Marshall, for rail-
road commissioner. The entire dis
trict will stand as unit for these men
The fact that one or the other Is to DC
first is no advantage. We
will not be able to get both, but we
will get one of them on the state tick
ct. We Of Grundy county have been
greatly pleased with the encourage
ment we have received on behalf OF
Mr.. Buchan. His candidacy has been
we'll received wherever presented"
Politically everything is quiet in
the Tenth district this year" said S
x. Way, the bright and active young
member from the north end of the
state. 1--WE have no candidate for any
place on the state ticket this year dis
tinctively from the north end of the
state. salinger is in the Tenth dis
trict, but Carroll county is in the COR
ner of the district. We have a pros
porous country up there. Everything
looks fine just now. The crops are
splendidly. The wind of ten
days ago did no damage to the wheat.
We had had plenty of rain and We're
not affected by the wind storms
Never saw the country look better"
Chairman Spence, Of the state COM
mittee, Is hopeful and satisfied. II sec
nothing discouraging in the outlook
this year." he said. 1t starts out like a
good republican year. We will have a
good convention in Des Moines, put up
a good ticket and have platform that
will be in line with the other great
platforms Of the republican party"
Senator Bruce, of Cass county, said
he had hardly the time to attend the
meeting and returned home as soon as
possible. THE convention will get a |
good speech from Congressman Walter |
I. Smith, you mark my word" he said.
"The Ninth district can always be
depended on to furnish the speakers
when good ones are needed and we re-
gard Judge Smith as one of the pest
received a telegram from him this
afternoon accepting the honor and
know he will preside with satisfaction
to everyone"