Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-17
Both Grinnell Candidates With
draw From Race For Legis-
lative Nomination
GRlNNELl. LOSES HER CHANCE
Attempt of DissruntIed FactionaIists I
Embarrass Norris by Bringing Out
Third Man Causes Place to Go to
Brooklyn Man Because Norris Would
Not Canvass.

Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell. Oct. II. Politics have
moved fas1: in this county since Friday.
Then there were three candidates out
for the republican primary nomination
for representative. two from Grinnell
and one from Brooklyn. Saturday the
two candidates from Grinnell withdrew
and the Brooklyn man will have it all
his own way. Grinnell will not have
member of the legislature, altho she
can poll, in town and township one
third the republican strength of the
county.
But Grinnel can thank herself for
her own 1nisfortunes. d. w. Norris
was coaxad out and put up by men who
wanted Grinnell candidate. He was
one OF the most competent men In the
county and the one Grinnell man who
had the greatest personal following In
the outside precincts. AS against the
Brooklyn man with Grinnelrs large
vote, he would undoubtedly have been
nominated. But Norris was known to
be Cummtns man, and in Grinneil
there are a few disgruntled republl-
cans, who have been kept off county
delegations because they were friendly
to the old Blythe railroad machine.
They got out their knives for Nor
riS.
George w. Cowden, one of the pro-
prietors Of the Herald, called up on
the rural telephone ]. e. Dempster,
farmer of Chester township, near Grim
nell. and induced him to come out for
the purpose Of dividing the Grtnnell
vote and make Norris fight for the
nomination. James Harpster. a pat
ron of the same rural line. heard the
conversation and reported it in town
the next day. The expected happen
ed. Norris, who is about the most in
dependent character in these parts,
and who did not want the office, told
the politicians that if they wanted a
dirty political fight. they could nave
it without him. He had never asked
people to vote for him, and he was not
going to do 1t now.
After a consultation with Judge
Scott and friends of his at Brooklyn,
he agreed with Sloan that he would
withdraw. This intelligence was tele-
phoned to Montezuma at three o'clock
and j. E. Dempster, the backfire can
didate from Grinnell. who was IN Mon
tezumst, learned of Norris withdrawal.
Altho booked for a speech at NOME
yuma rally that night, he returned I'M
mediately to Grinnell and announced
his own withdrawal. 1t will now be
useless for Grinnell to put up candl-
date against Sloan for the incident has
hopelessly divided Grinnell among it's
own citizens.
WHY Norris withdrew when his
friends were assuring him that he
could win against the combination
ia not easily understood, unless one
knows Norris. To friend who was
demonstrating with him he replied:
| "what do I want with the office? I'd
rather keep my independence Of
speech" And that is about the situa-
ton. There Is man in Chicago VINO
keeps posted over his office desk the
motto Live every day of your life SO
YOU can look any man in the face and
tell him to go to -, ana MOTIFS
comes nearer to living out the literal
commandment Of this rough motto
| than any man among ten thousand. he
saws he was willing to be Grlnneli
candidate and would have served the
whole county without favoritism to
one town over another, but to can
vass, for votes and fight for nomina-
ton would have been gall to him and
he would not do it.
cummins men in Brooklyn and Mon
tezrma claim that Mr.. Sloan has al
! WAYS been with them on state issues
so The only other remaining necessity
for Norris candidacy was removed
Dempster withdrew because Norris
did. The purpose of his candidacy had
been served.