Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-20
Hubbard's Announcement il
Likely to Result in Bring
ing Out Other Candidates
rAvoRlTE SONS ARE NUMEROUS
Every County Will Have One or More
Aspirants for Thomas PIace-Just
Where Thomas Himself Will Land is
conjecturaI - Governor cummins
Will Take no Part in the Contest.
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Sioux City. Jan. 20.-The Eleventh
district promises to be the scene Of one
of the most hardly fought battles for
the republican congressional nomin-
alton in the state when the time
comes. The fight has already been
opened by the announcement Of Sen
ator E. H. Hubbard of Woodbury.
county, that he would be a candidate
to succeed Judge Lot Thomas of Storm
Lake and new candidates are now
likely to spring forth from all over the
district. 1t is not too much to expect
that every county in the district will
furnish a candidate.
The condition in the Eleventh is Pc
culiar. Judge Thomas is now serving
his third term, and after each re-nom-
ination the understanding, unauthor-
lied by Mr.. Thomas that he would not
be a candidate for denomination.
Last summer it was supposed that
Senator Hubbard would be a candidate
for the place held by the Storm Lake
man but to the surprise of everybody
he did not oppose Thomas. During
the campaign last fall, the statement
was circulated thruout the district. was
made by the Alton Democrat first and
later repeated by j. II. Parsons, the
democratic candidate for congress, in
a speech at Sioux City, that Thomas
and Hubbard had entered into an
1x, whit wa M
to be a candidate next year providing
Senator Hubbard should withdraw in
the conflict that was then on. Con-
gresham Thomas was renominated
without opposition.
Since then 1t has been quietly bruited
about that Congressman Thomas was
not disposed to retire. In fact 1t is
said that franked envelopens bearing
the Washington postmark were be-
ing distributed quite generally thruout
the Eleventh. 1t Is possible that this
may have induced Senator Hubbard
to come out so early as he has and an.
fnounce that he would be candidate
whether Thomas should ask to be sent
to congress again or not.
Mr.. G. Hubbards announcement has
created furry. His early occupancy
of the field Is not to go without chal-
lenge. Already the friends of Azariah
Kindall, of the firm OF Mcmillan and
I<indall OF Onawa, are urging his
claims.
Among others who are mentioned .as
possible candidates are Judge F. III.
Helsell, of Buena Vista county, E. c..
Roach, Of Lyon county, A. b. Funk,
OF Dickinson county. G. w. Pitts, of
Sioux county, Isaac Strube Struble, of
Plymouth county, and for eight years
representative at Washington previous
to the election of George D. Perkins,
and last OF all but not least, J. U.
Sammis, of LeMars, collector of inter-
national revenue for the northern dis
trict of Iowa. This does not nearly
complete the list but includes some of
the more prominent names men
toned.
In Woodbury. county there is already
la movement to succeed Senator e. H.
Hubbard. 1t is known that State
Representative M. j. Sweeley would
like to graduate into Mr.. Hubbard
place. /. B. Santee. a banker at DAN
bury, is making bid for the place,
while prominent republicans in Sioux
City are urging the claims of John H.
Jackson, chairman of the republican
county central committee.
Appearances are that the Eleventh
district has just entered on what prom
ises to be very lively and interesting
political melange.
GEORGE F. ANTHEM.