Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-29
A SEVEN RING CIRCUS
Cerro Gordo Has Four Candi-
dates For Senator and
Franklin Two
ONE FROM HANCOCK TOO
ONE FROM HANCOCK TOO
Will Gray and Mayor Young of Clear
Lake Enter Race For senatorship
In cerro Gordo- Hancock Franklin
District-seven Candidates Now
Runnins-Must Be cummins Man.
pecial to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
! Mason City. May 29.-With Hancock
| county supporting DR.. Cole, Franklin
county offering Senator Hartman and
| G. F. Johnson, and Mason City present
/ ing both Telford and Gale more COM
plications have been enacted in the
| fight for senatorship nomination by the
entrance Of Editor Will Gray and May
or Bob Young. of Clear Lake. into the
arena of nomination fighters. From an
| ordinary three to five ring circus the
show has grown into the Great United
Consolidated Extravaganza with seven
stars acting at one and the same
time.
The Introduction of Editor Gray into
the senatorial campaign, certainly
complexities matters. The way it looks
now there is not much show of a NOM
ination on first ballot unless Mason
City should give it's entire vote to
either Mr.. Telford or Mr.. Gale. This
lis not at all probable. according to
the opinions of these who are right
in the campaign. There is not nor
was there in the beginning a walk-a-
way for either of the Mason City cam
didates. Their strength was very even
ly divided. Now Mr.. Gray will com.
in with quite little support from the
west part of the county. Should the
strength of Mr. Telford and Mr.. Gale
develop nearly equal, as both sides
seem to think, then there will be music
in the air. In this city the feeling is
such that it is not at all probable that
Telford would throw to Gale. nor that
Gale would throw to Telford. In the
event of a contest of that kind 1t will
be look out for Gray for he would
be the compromise, just as sure as you
are born. Recently Editor Gray has
not played with either faction. He has
been 'phoning down every once in a
while for the boys to quit foolin'."
They wouldn't quit, or couldn't, and so
William has decided to wipe both OFF
the boards.
Gray's brother Tom is an influential
politician in Hancock county but Han
cock is supporting its man DR.. Cole.
Then too Tom Gray is after the scalp
of Stitz Way and this makes matters
bad for William Gray, should he re-
CSlNS the SeTTo t1oTuo utleSdtlOH. vi
course William should not be blamed
for what Tom does but in this world
OF politics these things Will come up
to defeat Mr.. Gray has never expressed
himself to us regarding his atti- |
tude toward Governor Cummins. but |!
1t is q certainty that the senator of
this district viii be Cummins man,
therefore it can hardly be Senator
Hartman. Hancock spoke right out
loud along that line. D. w. Telford, |
OF this county. is a pronounced Cunt
minis supporter and Mr.. Gale has told |
his friends and his opponents as well, |
that he was for Cummins in the event |
he was elected. And then c. f. John
son, who is also a candidate from
Franklin county, is a pronounced |
Cummins man. That is the attitude
Of the district at this time toward the !
governor. We have no reason to be- |
lieve that Editor Gray would oppose
the governor, even II Tom Gray had |
1t in for Stitz Way, one Of the COVER
nor's right hand men on the state CEN |
trail committee. Mayor Young, who is |
a good mixer and politician Of force |
says he is going to stay in the race un-
til the caucuses count him out.