Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-19
Complicated Rivalary Between
Dickinson and Emmett Coun-
ties Creates Puzzle
LITTLE CHANCE OF AGREEMENT
Emmet Wants Robinson For Repre-
sentative and Dickinson is Deter.
mined on Nominating DR.. Fuller
Senator Bachman Working Against
Robinson.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June i9.-The political
situation in the 93d representative dis
trict, composed OF the counties of En-
siderable attention. The two counties
have the same number of delegates to
the representative convention under
the appointment of the republican state
central committee. The contest
in Emmett between Senator Bachman
and Representative B. f. Robinson
closed with the county convention at
Estherville on the 18th inst. A gentle
man who was in Estherville the day
Of the convention and also the night the
caucuses We're held says:
"As near as / came to understanding
| the situation up there after talking to
parties on both sides and listening to
the talk on the streets, was to the
effect that Senator Bachman and his
managers desii ed to eliminate Robin
son as a candidate. To this Robinson
and his friends objected. 1t was also
| very apparent that there was a deal
on between Bachman and the Dickin
son county candidate for representative
to trade delegations, for the Dickinson
county candidate was in EstherNil1e the
night the caucuses were held and also
on the day of the convention and was
pointed out to me by man who knew
hiy,1 hnr yyrnt fc,i oil
the ward caucuses in Estherville and
Icontesting delegations were named from
all of them. altho the talk on the
streets and about the hotels indicated
that Robinson carried all three wards.
The precincts outside of Baskerville
were nearly all solid for Robinson and
he had enough votes without the con-
testing delegations to organize the con-
vention, but political factional fights in
Estherviile had so wrought up the
friends of each man that some of the
Bachman men, with the assistance of
the county chairman, threatened to
call another convention and send con-
testing delegations to the state, sem
atorial and representative conventions"
1t was at this point in the proceed
ings that Robinson came to the front
desired harmony and that his candidacy
was a secondary matter; that there was
no doubt about his having safe work
ing majority in the convention, how
ever, if it would bring about harmony
he was willing, if his delegates were,
to grant Senator Bachman equal priv
ileges with himself That arrange
ment was carried out and the question
j. =.
and Robinson and Bachman were unan-
imously voted the privilege Of select
ing their own delegates to the repre-
sentative and senatorial conventions.
Il would not at this time make any
prediction as to the outcome of
the senatorial contest. but it is my |
opinion that Robinson will be nominat-
ed for representative. He certainly |
deserves to be. He is clean. honor
able end able gentleman. made good |
record in the Twenty-ninth as
sembly, and can do more for his dis |
trict interests than a man without eX-
periance. 1t seems to me as if all this
talk that comes from Dickinson coun-
ty to the effect that they will deadlock |
the representative convention unless
their candidate is nominated, is Ill adj
vised and not display of common
sense. In case the convention should
fail to make a nomination and the
question goes to the polls for settle
ment, it does not require great
of figuring to demonstrate that
the Dickinson county candidate would
certainly be defeated. Emmett county
is increasing in population. much more
rapidly than Dickinson, has larger
voting population by several hundred.
when all voters are gotten out and
they would be out in a contest of this
kind. 1t was demonstrated last week
that Robinson was popular candi-
date, when matched against a good
man belonging to the same county.
generous treatment of Bu-
chanan has united the entire county
and rallied to his support force that
would be invincible should the contest
for representative go to the polls in
for settlement
The above is the view of Robinson
people in Enmet county. Neither the
re representative nor the senatorial con-
has yet been called Much
will tieI end on which one is called first. /;
From another source it was learned
nere this week that there is a very bit
Ter feeling in Dickinson county against
Emmett and very little chance of an
agreement between the two counties
lnless there is outside pressure
to bear to prevent an open
.upture in the party. The situation in
he district or two districts. remains
BADLY complicated. Emmett is for Rob- S
nson for representative, and Dickin- ;
son is determined on having DR.. Fuller
dominated. They constitute one dis /,
rict. Palo Alto is for Kinney for rep
,esentative, and Clay is for the renom
nation of Cheney But Kinney was
wise enough to get control of the SEN
ltorial delegation from Palo Alto. If
,lay and Palo Alto can nominate Kin c
lev for senator, he will accept that in !
tead of representative. But 1t takes ,
hraa counties In the district to nom ,
nate a senator. and Clarke has the big
-est county of all, kossuth. Eastman
: in no position to trade votes, and
Dickinson has nothing In sight except 1