Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-05

RolEs FAILS IN THE THIRD
Venerable Ex- Governor Polled Hand
some Vote, But the Iowa Idea and
BirdsalI Were Quite Enough to Re-
pair the Damages of Henderson's
Break.
,ac,al TO Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 4.AAltho returns
are meagre it is safe to expect 10 see
a solid republican delegation from Iowa
in the next congress. Birdsall is safe.
Lacey claims at least 2,o0o to spare and
returns indicate the election of HOFFMAN
by a scratch. The first district is silent
but the same causes that saved the
Sixth and Second can be depended up
on in the First and Hedge Will return.
congressman Lacey claims that ms
majority will be over 1000 in the dis
tr,ct and that he will carry every
county.
A dispatch from Muscatine claims
that Hoffman is surely elected by q
small plurality.
Congressman Hepburn In the Eightn,
Hull in the Seventh, Haugen in the
Fourth, Connor in the Tenth and Cous-
ms in the Fifth were reelected with
very little opposition.
specia! To Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. s.-Early this
morning returns from the election IN
Iowa were more meager than for many
years at the republican headquarters.
The state committee IS receiving a rev
returns, put they are widely scattered.
Chairman Spence SAL: Il still stick to
our estimates of about $4,000 plurality
for the head of the state ticket. The
comparisons are made with two years
ago and show that there has been a
steady falling off in the total vote and
it will hardly reach the figure of last
year. The republican loss from two
years ago, when we had nearly 100000
plurality. is about ten to a precinct. We
will have over $4,000 and it may reach
10000"
The first five precincts heard from in
the Second district included two pre-.
cinets in Muscatine and these five
showed a net loss for the republicans on
congressman of eighty-five. A loss Of
ten to the precinct would beat Hoffman
and elect Wade. Returns from Scott in
dicate that the democrats are making
some gains there. Republicans concede
that it is doubtful If Hoffman pulls
thru.
The first precinct heard from in the
Sixth showed heavy democratic gain,
but they came from mining districts
Walt Butler, who has been campaigns
ing in the Sixth for Reese. claims his
election sure.
The first five precincts heard from in
the Third district in Dubuque and three
In Wright showed 164 gain on congress.
The next six We're from Blackhawk and
showed 361 loss. A dispatch from Du-
buque says Boies carried DUBUQUE
county by 1900. He has made great
gains in Blackhawk. But Julian Rich
ards figures it out not enough to endan-
ger Birdsail.
Not dispatch has been received
from the First district
In Des Moines the only fight has been
on justice of the peace. An effort was
made to beat Duncan, but he has over
700 plurality. The election here was
quiet, and about two thirds Of the vote
only was polled. The democrats are not
receiving any returns and Chairman
jackson says he has no definite know
ledge of what has been done in the
congressional districts, tho he is claim
ing one district
Hampton, Nov. 4.-Birdsau carried
the city of Hampton by 412 votes to 1877
for Boies. Birdsall gets nearly the same
majority as Henderson did two wears
ago. The vote is about the same as two
years ago and Birdsall will carry the
county by 1,200 plurality.