Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-24
CITY POLITICS
IS WARNING Up
Considerable Interest Taken In
Aldermanic Contests as the
Election Draws Near
Sig FIGHT in FIRST WARE
With Four Candidates in the Field
Prospects Good for Much Feeling
to Result From the contest-Fisht
Narrowed Down to Henry and Diet
erich-How Present indications Point.

With the city election only five day!
off politics in the various wards /:
warming up considerably. especially il
the field. Mayor Jones will be re.
elected without question, altho thu
home protection candidate, Melzar M
Dickson, is working har.l and has tn,
windows filled with posters telling tn,
people who he is. In the First ware
the outcome is predetermined, with thu
fight narrowed down, from the best in.
formation that can be obtained, tc
Charles Henry and Charles Dieterich
with conditions possibly favoring the
latter. The present indications point t.
the election of l.. g. Abbott in the Sec
ond; D.. S. Good in tn. Third, r. A
Ely in the Fourth and Anthony Psen-
icka in the Fifth.
Since Mr.. Dieterich's announcement
CT a week ago as a candidate Mr.. Hen
rvs supporters have been more actively
at work. They are claiming that he
should be reelected fer several rea
sons, principally because of his init
mate knowledge of important commit
tees of which he is a member. the water
n sewer, at this particular time,
whsn the benefits of his acquaintance
with the duties devolving upon a coun-
Gilman are most needed. Mr.. Henry has
served during the past year as a MEM
Der of the water committee, and as
chairman of the sewer and sewage dis
Eosal committee, and his friends would
like to see him retained on this council
until certain problems, before the COM
mittees for consideration and action.
are worked out. Mr.. Henry has SOM
advantages in organization that his OPP
pcnents have not, but whether they will
avail him in the usual way at This time
there appears to be some question.
Mr.. Dieterich also has advantages
over MI. Henry. He is a member of an
old family in the ward, Il son of one Of
the earliest German residents of the
city. He has relatives galore. suffi-
cient to turn the tide of an election
should it be close. He is very close to
the packing houss vote. and has a
brother-in-law with Britain & Co,
who has considerable influence in First
ward politics. He is near to the old
fire department members. who formerly
wieldSd a power in city politics, as
"Dieterich's place" has heen a hang
out for the volunteer fire department
for years. Each of the candidates has
interests In common. also, and will d.
vide a certain element of strength. Each
Is a German. in a precinct containing a
German vote, and each is a labor
union man.. in a precinc. where much
union labor is employed. The First
ward is the hotbed of city politics for
1903.
The other two candidates in the First
ward are j. w. Melton and S. p. Ayers.
Both are well known and would make
good men on the council. They are
generally considered. however, to be the
weakest candidates. Mr.. Melton has
been in the race since the election be-
came talked of, and has done consider
able work. Mr.. Ayers candidacy is of
more recent origin, as he was brought
out on the home protection ticket. He
is doing very little. If any. work, and is
trusting wholly to his friends.
In the Second ward there are three
candidates.. and but very little interest
is being taken in the election. l.. c..
Abbott h first candidate to be an
nounced, is generally con .eded to be the
winner MIR. Abbott made an excellent
record while on the council several
years age from the Fourth ward. He is
a member Of one Of the city's oldest
families, a son of the late A. C. Abbott.
who did as much for the upbuilding and
development of Marskalitown's inter-
ests as any n nan EVER did. Mr.. Alb
bott is the best known of the candi-
dates, and the voters of his precinct
feel that he is just the sort of a man
whom they want on the council.
The two other candidates are Geo. w
Smith and c.. ". Sparks. Mr.. Sparks is
the "home protection candidate, and is
in the photograph business. Mr.. Smith
has lived in the city a number of ears
and has quite an extensive %acquain-
lance in the ward, especially in the ex-
IRENE western end. where he is a res
ident.
In The Third ward the general opin-
ion seems to be that d. S. Good will be
Mr.. Wasson's successor. His oppo-
is George Patton, an employe in
the Iowa Central car shops. Mr.. Good
has been on the council before and two
years. ago fought for a second term
against Mr.. WATSON, losing only by a
few votes. Mr.. Patton first came out
first as an independent candidate, but
now appears on the home protection
ticket.
The Fourth ward presents two an
didates, r. A. Ely and Peter Kreutzer.
The indications seem to point to Mr..
Elzy's election, altho he has been in the
field only a short time. Fourth ward
people appear to feel that Mr.. Kreut-
ger has been on the council long
enough, and that Mr.. Ely is a very
Each of the men have many friends,
however, and next to the First ward
it is likely hat the Fourth will
develop the most interest. Mr.. Ely is
a very progressive man and Is invest
ing his money in Marshalltown with a
view of improving it, He is a man of
means and is not one Who is in politics
for the w of the game. ON the other
hand hi is a candidate because his
friends have sought him out as one
who would represent the patrons in
to the best advantage.
In the Fifth ward there is hardly any
doubt but that Mr.. Psenicka Will be
reelected. He has served but the one |
year, or the short term. Mr.. Psenicka
developed into better aldermanic
than even his closest friends
lad hoped, and is only handicapped by |