Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-04
Soesbe's Thirteen Delegates All
Make Affidavit That They
Were True
ONLY ELEVEN COUNTED FOR HIM
Some Dirty Work Done in Butler
Bremen Senatorial Convention and
Democrat Will Probably Win EIec-
tion-soesbe Selected His Own Dele
gates, But Two Were False.
Special to Times Republican.

ty senatorial convention come to light
dndignation increases aut. legal pro-
ceedings are more than probable. The
public generally will not see the full
reports in the county weeklies, SO here
is given a brief history of the affair.
Mr.. Soes,be, of this town, went into the
convention with thirteen delegates APP
pointed by himself and OF course they
We're pledged to his support. This
seemed to make the convention mere "
q ratification meeting, as Bremen eoun-
ty, only having eleven votes to Butler
county's thirteen. it was a mere form
to cast the ballots. The C9arksvine
Star has a column report of the whole
business, extracts from which are given
below:
The convention of the Butler
Bremen district to nominate d candi-
date for state senator met in the adui-
1oriu1n in GAINESVILLE as per cali at ?
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. 1t was
called TO order by Committeeman
Broadde, of Bremen county, who called
A. A. Broadie, of Bre4ner. TO the chair
as temporary chairman and E. H. Mar
kin, of the same county, TO act as tenn
pora.y secretary.
When the chair ordered the dele
gates to prepare their ballots and de-
post them with the tellers Butler coun-
ty objected. Butler claimed that it
understood that the ballot was to be
open. Bremen wanted IL TO be secret.
The chair would not sustain the objec-
tion and overruled a motion to rescind
.i,- resc,,S. tf,sn. There were to be trail
aors in rhe Butler county delegation. as
per arrangement with Bremen, and
stuffed club methods were to be used to
protect the men who were to demon
strata that there was no honor, in their
minds In politics.
What was the result? Bremer's
candidate got twelve votes; Buffers,
eleven The chair announced that
Laridn was nominated. a motion to
make the nomination unanimous was
received with a vigorous protest from
Butler.
True. all OF the Butler county dele
each one voted for Soasbe. Two OF
them have perjured themselves or else
the tellers are to blame. The tellers
were F. L. Witt. of Shell Rock, and T.
D. Ford, of Plainfield. They Will prob
ably make affidavit that they counted
the votes correctly.
..All of Buffers delegates have made
m affidavit Here 1t IS and hare are
the names of the delegates. Pick out
the two men who were betrayers, or
else charge that the t,allers erred. Elev-
en- of them must suffer for the sins OF
the other two. Read:
"a. Z. Perrin, c. f. FRANKIE, S. 2.
LOOMS, William Dawson, L. a. Ger
hards, f. L. Witt. Louis Simmer. l.. ].
Rogers. C. T. Coonley, II. C. Brown, NJ.
p. Shoemaker, c. Y. Mcclure and M.
Harmless, being each duly and several
Il sworn, does on oath depose and say
as follows:
That he was delegate from But
Ter county. Iowa, to the republican SEN
atoriaf convention held at Clarkswille.
Butler county, Iowa, OH Sept. ], 1903.
that he voted for Z. W. Soesbe as his
candidate for senator at said conven-
ton by writing said E. w. Soesbe's
name upon the ballot and depositing
the same in a hat placed upon table,
the same being the secretary's desk,
and each affiant further saith that he
did not write the name of n. II. Lar
kin on the ballot deposited by him as
aforesaid.
"Signed this first day of September,
1908: A. T. Perrin. c. F. FRANKIE, 8. q.
LOOMS, William Dawson, L. A. Ger
hardt, Frank L. Witt, Louis Simmer.
L. ]. Rogers, c. r. CoonleN H. c..
Brown, NJ. P. Shoemaker, Charles v.
To
state of Iowa, Butler County-ss.
Subscribed in my presence and
swo,n to before me by A. T. Perrin, c.
r. FRANKIE, S. e. Loomis. William Daw-
son, L. A. Gerhardt, Frank L. Witt
Louis Simmer. L. J. Rogers. c. T.
Coonaey,H. C. Brown, NJ. P. Shoemaker,
Charles " Mcclure and NJ. HARNESS
this firs. day of September. A. D. 1903.
FIRED SETTZ.
Notary Public, Iowa"
One OF THE Butler county delegates
tells the writer that during the intense
excitement that followed the announce
ment OF the result the ballots were
grabbed up and carried off. This in the
face of motion to adjourn. which
Butler county's thirteen VOTES all voted
against, to eleven votes in favor by
Bremen Several citizens here speak
highly OF Mr.. Larkin and feel sure he
was no party to this scandaleus pro-
ceedfns, and that his reputation as an
honest man win prevent his accepting
a nominations obtained by such meth
DDS. The LOCKER On happened to be
in Greene today and to place the posi-
tive facts before the public asked Mr.
Hoesbe the questions below:
.Mr. Soesbe, the public are much in
terssted In the real facts concerning the
lat4 senatorial convention of Butler and
Bresner pounties. Is ii a fact that you
had thirteeQ pledged votes and yet the
other man Mas lominte6 2"
Nfs. Sdesbe. = was given the rrtvi-
lege % tffe county convention held at
Allison ON May Is, 1903. of selecting
the THIRTEEN delegates by a vote as fol-
lowSs Iarqdn, l, Mcintyre 45 and Secs
be 80. Wshku the senatorial convention
was called selected the delegates as
shown ioft&e effidavit. each one writing
one ne wydfd be present and assuring
me OF ms loyalty and support"
'Win Nh LarlSin accept the nornina-
ton vnder such circumstances and is
there aRy probability of an independ-
emit movement and candidate? ?"
"ffe hae not yet declined, hewas pres
emf during the convention and entered
no objection even when the Butler dele
Cation as body entered objections
ana challenged the vote. doubt If
xtere Will be an independent candidate,