Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-05
&C. T. BURDICK
Delegates Chosen.

Judges Burnham and CaSwel1 and
Mr.. N. S. Ketchum were sent for and
each made few remarks acknowledge
ing the compliments paid them by the
convention Judge Burnham aroused
particular interest in his remarks when
he predicted that his own county and
even Tama would be unanimous for the
denomination of both Caswell and him.
self by the time the judicial convention
was held. Mr.. Ketchum asked for time
to name his delegates to the state con-
vention and Judge Ca1vell submitted
the following as his selection for dele
gates to the judicial convention:
c. H. Van Law, Harold Lounsberry,
1 s. Willard, r. B. Wallace, Robert
Denbow. Thomas Nichols Frank Walk
err ]. P. Satterfield, j. r. McBroom, w.
H. Arney, John LaPorte, S. O. Lamp
man, j. M. Whitaker, and Seth Smith,
and DR.. F. w. Parsons as delegate-at-
large.
Upon motion from the floor of the
convention each delegate district Sc
lected it's delegate to the congressional
convention as follows:
Charles Randall e. III. Trease, d. r..
I. c. Milhouse, o. C. Stangeland, b A.
Beeson, George Hudson, A. s. Medhus,
S. P. Ayers. George Estabrook. d. c..
Wilbur and ]. F. Atkinson, and c. H.
Smith as delegate at-large.
The alternates selected were e. F.
Pegg, H. P. Nyce, Samuel Mooney. j. L.
Mcmahon. Stewart Baker. William
Hamilton, Alva 7. Stewart, Gus VAIL
burg, S. o. Lampman, j. M. Carney, H.
w. Hogue, e. B. Zines, T. WALL Nelson
Ames, and B. F. Cummings alternate
at-large.
Hon. j. L. Carney then arose to pre-
sent a resolution favoring higher COM
pensation to district and supreme
judges as follows, which was adopted,
and the secretary instructed to forward
copies of same to Senator Classen and
Representative Cummings:
Resolved, That the republicans of
Marshall county favor fair compensa-
ton to our judiciary occupying the dis
trict and supreme court benches of our
state, and that in our Judgment such
additions should be made to the salar-
les Of the supreme court and district
judges as will fifty compensate them
for the important duties they must per-
form"
Registration Rule Adopted.
When the report of the committee on
rules appeared there was brief discuss
sion and an amendment by c. H. Van
Law regarding the custodian of the
registration books, when the report was
adopted without opposition. The coun-
ty central committee had met in the
morning and sanctioned every clause
unanimously. Tho important, they had
little or no opposition from any quar-
ter
The report presented an entire set
of new rules, twenty-five in number
but the majority of them are the same
or are similar to the old They cover
the methods of conducting the primary,
of preparing the ballots, ETC., and are
drawn on lines as near as possible to
the state laws covering general cleo
tons. The recommendations were
adopted without modification Including
the new rule making necessary the reg
istration Of ell voters in MarshaHtown
prior to the day of holding the primary
election. No voter shall be permitted
to cast any ballot except those pre-
pared by the central committee and
signed by the chairman and secretary.
No person will be permitted to loiter in
the polling places. Rule 10 reads as fol-
lows:
mo candidate for nomination, or any
one working in his interests, shall be
permitted to leave In the polling places
anything commonly known as treats
to be handed to or for the accomrnoda-
ton Of voters, with view of gaining
any favors thereby, or influencing vot-
ers in their choice of candidates, and
any such articles or treats so left shall
be ordered from the room by the judges
of election, and on refusal to remove
shall proceed to destroy the same"
Other new rules provide for the fur
Fishing of proper places to prepare bal
lots free from interference from any
one whatsoever, and for assisting those
who can not read the English language
in marking the same. No intoxicated
person shall receive such assistance
from the judges, however. No
person will be allowed to vote In any
precinct except the one in which he
resides. The rule in regard to registra-
ton is as follows
I'm cities having population OF s. 900
or more, every republican voter must
register each year to er lie him to
vote at the primary elect The reg
sitry books for such re 5n shall