Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-17
'PR0H|S' NINE
THEIR TICKET
Convention Held Monday Night
and Candidates For City
offices Selected
DICKSON NOMINATED AS MAYOR
f. w. Iseman for Observation-Disclosures
for the Council in Each Ward But
the Fifth chosen-Van Law Endors-
ed as solicitor-campaisn Commit
tee Appointed.

Prohihitionists are generally conceded
TO be cold water people in every sense
of the word, but from all appearances
Monday night they are not exactly
cold weather people. But twenty-three
people participated in the convention
held Monday evening at the Dudley
of placing In the field city ticket
the majority of those in attendance
was of the third party element, but
it was declared in convention that the
movement was strictly non partisan
Chairman w, Howard of the pro-
Ihibition county central committee, act
ed as chairman of the convention, and
Melzar NJ. Dickson as secretary. the
committee on nominations, appointed
at the last meeting. reported thru It's
chairman, c. III. Culley, the selection
of N w. Lunday as mayor. Mr.. Lun-
iy addressed the convention. saying
that the head OF the ticket should be
IA man who could be elected, and that
he was quite confident he could not
be, as he is not very we'll acquainted.
He was not afraid personally, of defeat.
but he wanted to see the ticket elect
ed, and thought some one else should
be chosen An informal ballot was
taken, with O. d. Elicit and d. d. Bah
cock acting as tellers, and resulted il
Mr. Lundy receiving nine votes, Mel
;,Iy n + l.h NJ IL
Dudley each, and George A. Turner
10. II. VanLaw, George w. Calhoun, c..
H. Culley, and Benjamin Nichols,
each.
Mr.. Lundy then asked the members
of the convention to support MI
Dickson, and on the first formal bal
lot Mr.. Dickson received 13 votes, Mr..
Lundy Z, Mr.. Babcock /, and Mr.. Tur
ner /. The nomination of Mr.. Dick
son was then made unanimous.
The committees report on assessor
was for John Hobbs. but the latter an
nounced that he did not stand on the
platform and declined. The first for
NAL ballot resulted in L. w. Iseman re-
ceiving 3, D. ID. Babcock 5, Mr.. Hobbs
2, w. Is. Elliott S. p. Ayers, Benjami.!
Nichols and W. l.. Peckham l. The
formal ballot gave Mr.. Iseman IL,
and MIR. BabcoclS 2, and the secretary
was instructed to cast a vote declar-
ing the nomination unanimous.
For solicitor the committee reported
no nomination, but endorsed Mr. c. II.
Van Law. the present incumbent. This
action was advised because of the fact
that Mr.. Van Law, has already petit
toned for the other ticket and can
not run on both.
The nominations for council We're
made by reclamation on the recon-
mendations of the committee, as fol-
lows:
Second ward-C. w. Sparks.
Third ward-George Patton:
Fourth ward-J. S. BARLEY.
Fifth ward-Charles Wassmef
The committee made no report on
First ward, but the name of j. A. Cat
tell was suggested. Messrs, John A
Sieg, C. H. Culley and l. T. Kirby We're
appointed committee to fill the va
cancy, also any others that might
later be announced.
After considerable difficulty in get
ing the appontee to serve Chairman
Howard named the following COM
mittees for the campaign:
Campaign-C. H. Culley, John A.
Sieg and /. L. Kirby.
Finance--W j. Irvine, w. l.. Peck
ham and Benjamin Nichols
Speakers and Literature-Delano 7.
Smith, c. w. Sparks, 0. d. Elicit and
MelZar NJ. Dickson.
Subscriptions for the use of the
committee We're then called for.
and resulted in Chairman Howard, c..
II. Culley, John "A. Sieg and Melzar M.
Dickson each pledging $40; N. w. Lun-
dy and G. w. Calhoun 50; and w. L.
Peckham and j. G. Armstrong 50, a
total of $54.
Kirby Refuses to Serve.
Mr.. l. T. Kirby, councilman from the
First ward, was apprised this morn
ing by Mr.. Culley that he had been
chosen as a member of two commit
tees and was surprised, to say the
least. When seen by the T.-R.. con-
corning his action, Mr.. Kirby said that
he had made known his position posi-
lively to the committee that he would |
not serve. Mr.. Kirby was not ut the
knew nothing whatever Of the
action of placing his name as
a member, and in no sense will be con-
sidered as identified with the move
ment. Mr., Kirby thinks that he should
have at least been shown the consider t
alton of being consulted before his
name was used in the convention.
Mr.. Dudley Set Right.
Mr. A. w. Dudley is also not in the
best Of humor over the turn affairs I
have taken. Mr. Dudley was asked to
take part in the meeting at the How
ard home last week, being appraised /
that the session was to be strictly III
the nature of citizens meeting. Mr. I
Dudley found at once that an effort 7
was being made to make it a third |
party movement, and Immediately an
that he was evidently in tn /
wrong pew as he was a republican I
and always had been. He vetoed an /
attempt of Rev Elicit to make 1t pure |
~ a prohibition ticket, and was not I
a member of the convention Monday |
night. Mr.. Dudley is sorry that his
name was even used as a candidate for I
mayor, as he had forbidden its use
to the domineering element Of the con- I
He offered his apartments in |
the First National Bani, block only as
a matter of accommodation, and for
want of a central place to hold the
convention.
Van Law Explains Position.
MIR. c. II. Van Law is still another
WHO is not taking very kindly to the
manner in which he has been dragged
into the new movement. Mr.. Van