Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
PRIMARY ELECTION
Audubon County Republicans Hold
Their First Primary Election.
A Large Attendance. a Splendid
Ticket Named.

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Train, White, Wood, Cosson,
Searles, Wattles and Jensen proved
to be the winners in the primary
election Monday. The contests were
on auditor, clerk, recorder and super
visor and these contests were spirited
and at least that on clerk was quite
strenuous. The result is given in the
table published below. There being
no contests over the nominations of
county attorney, surveyor and coro-
ner several of the townships failed to
send in the result of the vote on these
offices, so we will be unable to give
those votes. The county central COM
mittee meets today at 10 O'Clock to
open and canvass the returns, when
the votes will be officially counted,
but the result will not be changed.
This is the first trial that has been
given the primary election system for
the nomination of candidates in this
county and general praise for the
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we note that last fall the party vote
for Cummins was 1886 and that the
vote Monday was 1921, or only 1855
short in the whole county of the party
vote at the general election last fall,
it is evident that the primary was at
least we'll attended. We heard many
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and that they were glad to be able to
vote directly for their several favor
ties for the different offices, not hav-
ing to vote for delegates that might
properly represent them on the can
didate for one Office and misrepresent
them on another. With such fair
ness of nominations there is no reason
why all republicans should not fall
into line and support the ticket, and
we believe they will.
Wilbur Kennels put up very good
campaign considering he entered the
race so late. He is an honorable and
capable fellow and has strengthened
his position in the party by this cam
paign.
l.. j. Hill takes his defeat grace
fully. The people all know he is one
of the most competent officers the
county ever had and it was princi-
pally because of the feeling over the
county against third terms that caused
his failure now. He has a host of
friends who loyalty supported him many
of them being amongthe best party men
in the county and they made their in
fuence felt.
c. w. Boysen did not leave his
farm early enough to make much of a
canvass, while Charley Donaldson
entered the race late. Under the cir
cumstances both of these men made
good showings. Ed Bates took but
little interest in his candidacy, going
around but little.
We shall take occasion in a few
| weeks to write at some length of the
successful candidates. They are men
| who will reflect. honor on the party
and who will faithfully serve the
county in their different positions
when elected, as they will no doubt be.
Speaking of home endorsements,
both Charley White and Fred Searles
should be proud of what their home
townships did for them. Down in
Greeley where White was raised all
who attended the primary there Mon
day except two voted for him, while
in Hamlin where Searles lives they
all but five voted for him. Men who
stand that way at home are surely all
right. Now that the nominations are
made and that each member of the
party has exercised his choice for
the candidates he wanted, now let all
fall in line and help make Audubon
county's republican majority on this
presidential year the biggest it ever
has been.