Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-14
HILL 5 HOLD WEAKENED
Canvass of Votes Shows Polk
County Cannot Control the
District
MUST JOIN WITH TWo OTHERS
In Next Convention Polk Will Fall
Eighteen Short of controI-Last Time
Hull Won With One Outside County
Extraordinary Vote Given Cum
minis Made Situation Abnormal.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov 14.-Since the Off
cial count of votes in the various
counties of the Seventh congressional
district this week it became known
| for the first time the exact relative
strength of the party in various coun-
| ties of the district When this was
| shown it was found that Polk county
| has relatively lost some of it's pres
| tige in the district and next year In
the conventions will not so completely
dominate the district as this year. The
! total republican vote of the district
for secretary of state this year was
20,3l5, a loss of only $40 from last
year. but Polk county lost 1000 on the
county showing a net loss was Madison,
while Dallas. Story, Warren and Mar
ion made gains. On the basis OF one
delegate for each county and enc for
each 200 votes there was this year
In the district caucuses and conven-
ton a total of 112 delegates, of which
Polk county had 40 or eight less than
enough to control. By combining with
the delegation from any one of the out
side counties Polk could control. This
was the reason that no fight could be
made on Capt. Hull after he had gained
Polk county. 1t was certain he could
get Madison county in addition, and
therefore it would do no good to car
ry the others against him. But next
year figuring on the same basis, Polk
county will have only Al delegates in
La district caucus of LOT, or eighteen
less than enough to control The other
counties will have IL and IA votes each,
hence Polk county will have to make
a deal with at least two of the counties
If Polk is to control the district next
year in the caucus at the state con-
vention. The explanation of the change
is in the extraordinary vote given Gov.
ECunmins in this county last year,
wf9sh gave the republicans a total OF
1926 votes for the head of the ticket.
1t is Il vote not likely to be exceeded
until the presidential election. If the
vote Of the district remains in the same
relation as between counties as now
it will make it much easier for the
outside counties to combine and defeat
Capt. Hull for congress two years
hence. Madison is in fact the only
county outside Of Polk he can count
on at present. The changed relation
of the counties may also have an effect
on the member of the republican state
committee for this district.
49,
d. r. Mills, of this city. who man
+I11 l,o, cl,n oh 1oll
in the state fair pavilion the middle |
of last September, has just returned
from Indianapolis where he managed
a horse show given there. Outside of
the great horse show in Madison
Square garden in New York City," said |
Mr.. Mills. 'tthe indianapolis horse show |
was the most successful of any in the
country. AS illustrating the relative |
size and Importance of these various
horse shows 1t may be stated that New |
York had about 1.600 entries, Indianap-
oils had about 1900, Des MONIES had |
about 100, Kansas City about 500,
Chicago about 600 and Louisville and
Atlanta not quite so many. Chicago
had only 13O exhibitors while in In
dianapolis there were 265. The horse
show in +, indianapolis was held out OF
doors in an open field and was in con-
nection with carnival. and 1t was
one of the prettiest things ever put up.
But they viii build pavilion for the
shows. In fact the horse show idea
has caught on in a wonderful degree
and we may expect the large cities of
the country to have more and more of
them the Eext few years. The owners
of fine horses have become greatly in
terested in them and the people who
love horses are in increasing numbers
all over the country. | believe that
annual horse shows in all these cities
have come to stay as permanent insti
There are thirty-two architects or
firms of architects in the state engaged
in making preliminary plans for the
Iowa building at the st. Louis exposi-
ton, which plans will be submitted on
December 16 next. In addition to the
good fee which will be forthcoming
for the working plans there will be
a chance for a job as superintendent
of construction, and then the adver-
tising which firm will get from that ;
source is regarded as very valuable.
It has been suggested that the
call in a committee OF
architects from other states
to pass on the merits of the different
designs, and thus secure expert advice
as to what will make the best building ]
FOR the money at st. Louis. Some OF !
he architects feel a little dubious about ,
trusting their plans to commission {
composed largely of lawyers and bank y
ers. The display of plans will be one |
,f the finest ever brought together for 1
any such purpose.
State Superintendent Barrett re- {
.urned yesterday from Fayette where
he attended the installation of the new
president and the dedication of the new
David B. Henderson library" He was
greatly pleased with the new library j
building which is one of the finest of f
he new ones In Iowa. 1t is given it's
lame on the express wish of Andrew 7
carnegie who gave the money, and t
s one of the few such libraries that
10 not bear the name of Carnegie. The S
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