Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-23
ONE AAN' 5 GUESS
As IO DELEGATES
Forecast of Iowa's National
Delegation Made With
Reservations
HALF ARE ALREADY SELECTED
Believed at Des Moines That Districts
Vet to Be Heard From Will Dis
tribute Their Honors Fairly Regard
less of Factinns-Not Certain What
Fifth and Sixth Districts Will Do.

S9ecial to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 23.-The republic
three weeks off Probably half of the
delegates have been selected to the
convention and others will be selected
early in the coming month. Interest III
the personnel Of the delegations to the
state convention has largely ceased
since the matter of who should be Sc
lected by the convention to SO to Chi
cago for the national convention in
June was disposed of in manner gem
orally satisfactory. Already, with the
county delegates largely selected. 1t rs
possible to forecast with some degree
of certainty the personnel of the Iowa
delegation to Chicago. 1t will consist
of twenty republicans, four Sc
lected by the state convention, eight
by congressional conventions and four
teen by conventions called by districts
especially for this purpose. Here Is q
fair forecast of the entire delegation:
Delegates at Large - Governor Al
bert B. Cummins. Des Moines; John
W. Blythe, Burlington: Senator Will
lam B. Allison, Dubuque; and Senator
Jonathan p. Deliver Fort Dodge.
First Marsh w. Bailey
Washington; c. A. Carpenter Colum-
bus Junction.
Second-George NJ Curtis, Clinton;
Iocapb y Ians Davenport.
Third-O. NJ Gillett. independence:
f. s. Ellsworth. Iowa Falls
Fourth-James A. Smith. osase' l.
i. A.nsworth. West Union.
Fifth--S. b. Packard. MarshaiItoWn;
E r. Clark. Cedar Rapids.
Sixth--H. l. Waterman, Ottumwa
Frank l.. Maytag, Newton.
Seventh Edmund e. Nichols, Per-
ry; John II. Henderson. lndianola-
Eishth-H. A. Jaqua, Bedford; w nj
Peatman, Centerville.
Ninth--George +. Wright, Council
Bluffs; John Scott. Atlantic.
Tenth--E *. Winnie, Humboldt;
Mahlon Head. Jefferson.
Eleventh-R T.. Cleaves. Cherokee;
Mr.. Van der Maide, Orange City.
The delegation as named would not
be selected without q struggle at sew
eral places along the line. There is
apparently little consideration of the
slate in the Eleventh district Cleaves
is a candidate in fact but Van der
Meide has only been mentioned and
may not be a candidate at all. The
congressional fight in the district is
keeping the republicans so busy that
they have not had time to consider
other matters. In the Fifth 1t is said
that j. w. Doxsee of Jones county, is
a candidate also. but the news here is
that the east end of the district will
rot claim both. In the Sixth there are
two other ndjdateS-SenatOr Brooks
of Hedrick, and George w. Sewers, OF
Oskaloosa. and either one may be a
factor But Maytag and Waterman
ere generally regarded as the men
likely to get the places. In the Sew
enth, Story county may present the
name of either j. w. Veneman or DR.
Hostetter. tho it has long been practi-
cally settled that the two named will
be the delegates. in the Ninth there
may be Il contest, as John w. Foster
has the Guthrie delegation and Mr.
Ellis the delegation from Montgomery
county As in the other cases, how
ever, the persons named appear to
have the inside track. There will be
no contests in the Second, Fourth
Tenth or Third districts. The delegates
in the First and Eighth have already
been selected by the congressional
conventions held.
The delegation will be a strong one
fairly representative of the best there
is in the republicanism of Iowa, its
Young men and its old leaders, its pro-
gressive men and those who are en-
rolled as tra-conservative. There will
be Allison. who stood UP and called the
roll when Lincoln was nominated, and
Cumnlins. who made a stand for sound
money when Mckinley was nominated
and kept Iowa straight. There Will be
the brilliant young representative of
organized labor. r. r.. Clark. grand
chief of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors: and with him will be +. S. Els
worth. the builder of railroads and rep
reseptative business man Ghere VIII
be Nahlon Head. who owns thousands
of broad acres. and Senator Winnie,
the Young and active business man OF
northern Iowa. There also will be SEN
ator james A. Smith leader of the last
general assembly, and one of the most
extensive dealers in lumber in the
state. There viii be Senator Maytag,
representative of the most progressive
business interests of the state, a sue
oessful manufacturer of farm imple-
ments Then there will be ex-GovernoI
stephen Il. Packard, who has been such
a force in the state agricultural depart
ment and so well represents the farm.
ing and stock growing classes. Then
there are representative lawyers of the
state like Bailey, Nichols, Wright Hens
derson, Lane ard Carpenter. There are
two ex-congressmen in the list. But
above all, every man of the delegation
is a republican of unauestioned ability
and fealty to his party.
The state convention will have as Its