Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-13
Altho Early in the Season Can
didates Are Putting Out
Their Feelers.
JONES WILL BE A CANDIDATE
Will Ask Reelection for Second Term
-vanLaw Will Run for Solicitor -
Prospects are That Each of the Re-
firing counciImen Will Also Run
Asain-TaIked- of Opposition.

| While it is little early to talk city
politics inklings here and there are be-
ing dropped by friends Of prospective
! candidates, indicating that the wires
are already being laid for the contest to
| take place the last Monday in March.
/ This city has a mayor, an assessor, a
treasurer and solicitor to elect, be-
sides five councilmen. Councilman
/ Henry retires next year in the First
ward. Mr.. Fisher in the Second, Mr..
/ WATSON in the Third, Mr.. Kreutzer in
/ the Fourth, and Mr.. Psenicka in the
Fifth, the latter having been chosen for
! the short term at the last election.
/ Mayor Jones will be a candidate for
re- election, and it is not thought by his
! friends that he will have any serious
! opposition. MIR. Jones has made an eX-
cellent mayor and has surprised even
| his friends and admirers, who consid-
/ cred him a popular man and wanted
1 him to have the honor he so much
| sought He has made careful and
consistent man in the chair of the city's
| executive, and his reelection is practl-
/ cally a foregone conclusion. SO far
| there has not been any one talked OF as
even q possible candidate, altho candi-
| dates will, in all probability, develop
| later.
| Mr.. Elliott will probably be candi-
! date for reelection as assessor, and
| his familiarity with the work makes
him an efficient man. Mr.. Battin
will also probably stand for reelection
| as treasurer.
City Solicitor c. II. VanLaw, who
will have completed his first term as
solicitor in April, is not likely to have
any opposition for reelection. Mr. Van
Laws record has been an enviabia one
and he is generally considered to have
made a most able adviser in the legal
de- artment of the city. He has had
an unusually large amount of work TO
do, more, iii fact, than any other So
licitor in recent years, and he has been
remarkably successful, in many instan-
oes against great odds. Mr.. VanLaw's
record in the courts, in cases where
the city has been dragged into htiga-
ton, stands for itself. The Getz side
walk case was the first that came up
under his term of office, and he won
that. Then the west Marshall annex
alton case in the extension OF the city
limits, was brought and that was won.
The Dunn sidewalk contract case,
brought against his advice, was lost,
and the Smith-Brown paving case was
won. The Streeter case for personal
injuries, after having been tried twice,
was in reality a victory for the city, as
the $4,000 damages We're cut down to
1925, and is now on an appeal. The
Rowen personal injury case is also on
an appeal before the supreme court.
The St Louis Electrical Supply Com
pany injunction case was won, so that
the percentage of cases lost, 1t will be
seen, is very small. Mr.. VanLaW's Of
fee work for the council has also been
unusually heavy, and he rarely misses
meeting of the body, where his adj
vice is invariably asked on some inn
portant question or another. MIR. Van
Law has looked after the interests OF
| the city in a way that few men would
| in an office that carries with it SO small
a salary.
From the best information at hand
! each of the five eouncilmen is to
stand for reelection. Mr.. Henry, who
! will have served two terms, is suft1-
| GENTLY confident In his record to stand
| for reelection, and so far no other
names have been mentioned as possible
! opposition. Mr.. Fisher, of the Second,
| who is now on the closing months of his
/ third term, says he hasn't made up his
mind as yet, and the probabilities are
/ that he will not be candidate. In this
ward the names of Charles Click and
James Cammack have been suggested
1 by friends as good material, but no
| definite stand has as yet been announ-
1 ced. In the Third ward Mr.. WATSON
will be a candidate for reelection, as
/ he has served but one term. His only
| opponent so far talked of is d. s. Good,
who served one term from the Third
| ward and was defeated for reelection
| two years ago by Mr.. WATSON. While
/ the latter is not an active aspirant for
] the honor, his frien4s feel that he
should be given a second term, and they
| will work for him. Mr.. WATSON him
self, however may be considered as
| only passive candidate, as he is not
| inclined to enter the harness and work
/ for himself. Mr.. Kreutzer, In the
| Fourth, will run for reelection. He
/ has served two terms. AS yet no one
/ else has announced, but by the first of
| the year the names of one or two cam
| didates from this precinct will probably
be announced. In the Fifth ward it is
not anticipated Mr.. Psenicka will have
any opposition whatever. His oonstitu-
ents have been very well pleased with
his work, and it is not thought they will
look for a man to place in the field
against him.
| ELDoRA BoWLERs BEATEN.
i Local Team Defeats Visitors Friday