Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-03
Tuesday Will Bring to Close
the Most Quiet Presidential
Campaign In History
COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED
Three Of Five Tickets Contain candi-
dates From This County For Either
State or District offioes-ketchum
For Railroad Commissioner The
County Tickets.


will bring to a close an extraordinary
national campaign. the most quiet
presidential year, in all probability, IN
historys There has been lack OF IN
terest from the start, and even as the
campaign has grown older there mas
been but little to enthuse. Marshall
county is we'll represented on the dlf-
ferent tickets, three out of the five nat
ional tickets containing names of Mar
shall county men who are candidates
on state or district tickets. Conspic-
nous among these is that Of Nathaniel
s. Ketchunn, who Is the republican
candidate for railroad commissioner.
For the first time in many years ana
probably the first national campaign in
history, the democrats have not held
political meeting. The republicans have
held but three, and in them the usual
interest was shown. The prohibition
lists have wound up the campaign with
several meetings In the smaller towns
and country settlements of the county,
but have attempted no big meeting
here, Inc SOCldllSLS nave udo AiiSAS
meetings in the city than any other
party, having begun early in the cam
paign. In the peoples party no work
whatever has been done locally, and
there is not even a county ticket.
One More Day for Registration.
There is but one more day for gen.
eral registration in Marshalltown,
which is the only place in the county
where it is necessary to register. This
opportunity will be given voters next
Saturday, from s a. m. until p. m.
1t is absolutely necessary this year to
be registered anew if one cares to vote.
Previous registration avails nothing.
and will not entitle any one to vote,
even tho he still lives in the same pre-
cinct he did at the last presidential
election. Every effort has been made
by the newspapers and party workers
to get out as complete registration as
possible, but it still appears as tho the
vote would be light in the city, because
of the simple fact that voters will not
take time or have not sufficient inter
est 10 register. There is now g. total
Of little more than 2,10O votes regis
tered in the city. Four years ago there
were something like $500 votes cast.
If the total vote reaches $500 this year
the party workers will be satisfied, for
it has been harder than pulling teeth
to get the vote out, SO little interest in
the campaign has there been shown.
The Country Vote.
Chairman Smith, Of the county CEN
trail committee, has not been working
in the city alone, hut has been paying
attention to the country precincts, in
an effort to get out the vote. A large
number Of circular letters, mailed to
leading party workers In each town
ship, has been sent out. These letters
are a request to the workers to make
every effort to get out the vote on
election day. The rural telephone
will be used to advantage, and Chair
man Smith looks for good vote in
the country, altho. perhaps, not up to
that of four years ago.
The Closing Meetings.
Two closing me etings for the week
have been announ :ed, one for Liscomb
and the other for Bangor. The Lis
comb meeting will be held Saturday
afternoon, and will be addressed by
w. A. Foster, of Indiana, who has
been sent out by the national commit
tee The Iowa Male Quartet. of this
city, will sing.
At Bangor the meeting will be held
Saturday evening, and will be address,
ed by Hon. Henry Stone, and Superin-
tendent William /. Crane, of the pub
lie schools. The meeting will be held
ii. the Bangor school house. The Iowa
Male Quartet will sing, and brass
band will be furnished by the Ban
gor people.
The Tickets.
A glance at the different tickets,
shows Marshall county to be
represented on three of the five tick
cts. In the republican column N. s.
Ketchum represents Marshall county
as candidate for railroad commits
sioner. The democratic party has no
local candidate on either its state or
congressional ticket, but the prohtbi-
ton ticket contains one name, that Of
o. D. Elicit, of this city, who is can
didate for congress in the Fifth dis
trict. The socialist ticket shows the
larger number Of local candidates,
Joseph Holmes appearing as the candi-
date for state treasurer, and DR.. Wat
son Roberts as Fifth district elector.
Another familiar name in the social
list ticket appears toward the top, in
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