Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-11
Doubt Over Legality of Nomi-
nation Proceedings Agitates
Interesting Questions
NONE OF THE TICKETS FILED
Effort To Be Made To Prevent Names
OF Some Of Tho Prohibition Party
Candidates Going On Tho Ballots
Other Political Gossip-The National
Encampment At Boston.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines. Aug. 11.-Some interest
ing new questions In regard to the
Iowa law relating to the official ballots
will be brought up before the state
election board before the campaign is
over An effort will be made to pre-
vent the names Of some of the candi-
dates of the prohibition party ticket
going on the ballots. Two years ago,
when the prohibition party nominated
it's candidates for congress, it was all
done at the state convention, but NOM
inally in separate caucuses called by
districts consisting Of the district del
egates There was some doubt about
the legality of this proceeding, but the
matter was not brought to test. This
year similar plan was followed at the
state convention OF the party tho 1t Is
claimed the district caucuses were a
farce. Now in some Of the districts
where every vote is wanted the legal
ity of this form Of nominating is to be
questioned. Major Lacey, OF the Sixth
district, is understood to have asked
that contest be brought before the
election board to determine the ques-
ton. The claim is made that as the
state convention was called primarily
for the purpose Of nominating state
ticket and the congressional conven-
tions were not called by congressional
or district COMMITTEES. the whole thing
was illegal Another question to be
settled will be that Of the method OF
placing the names Of district presiden-
tial electors on the official ballot by
petition. 1t is believed by some that
the petitions must come from the sep-
arata districts and that they cannot all
be placed on the tickets by one general
petition circulated in the state. Here
tofore the latter method has prevailed
II the former is followed then the pop
ulists and socialists will have hard
time getting their candidates for cleo
tors on the ballots for there are some
districts where practically none Of them
can be found None Of the tickets
have been filed. nor will they be until
near the first of October. but petitions
are being circulated for the socialists.
The populists have not yet chosen their
candidates.
The Iowa delegation to the national
encampment at Boston will start from
here this evening with about 800 on
the train The department officials will
be in charge.
The following are the delegates and
alternates to the national encampment
at Boston:
Delegates-Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge,
New York City: Loren s. Tyler. keo-
kuk: M. H. Holiday, Davenport: T.
L. B. Hudson, Hampton; N. 8. Durgin,
Cresco: j. G. Brown. Marshalltown: E.
r. Allen. Agency: F. Fl. Loring. Oska-
loosa; John O'Neill. Colo: Joseph Dee
mer. Des Moines: G. w. Sheeks. Nor
avia; w. r. Sinclair, Humeston; G. w.
Cook. Council Bluffs, James H. Wilson,
Greenfield: Thomas Duff. Britt: F. f.
French. Humboldt; j. A. Bum, Cor
rectionyille.
Alternates-P. A. Smith, Scranton: ].
S. Ferguson, Keokuk; Harvey Reid,
Magnoketa; L. L. Smith. New Hartford;
George D. Underwood, New Hampton;
j. F. G. Cold. Gladbrook: T. w. Hyde.
Oskaloosa: A. X. Hostetter Grinnell;
II. B. Hedge. Des Moines; J. T. Poison,
Pleasantville; F. NJ. Davis, Corning: S.
A. Stream, Creston; Wall McFadden.
Council Bluffs; w. w. Hull, Bayard; G.
G. Perkins, Fonda; G. H. Simmons,
Madrid. George Monlux, Rock Rapids.
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The Iowa delegation will be quarter
ed at the Vendome hotel, which Is just
off Commonwealth avenue and in the
heart OF the district where the grand
through Boston streets will
start. Department Commander st.
John will be personally in charge. 1t
is expected that Gen. Dodge will be
with the Iowa boys again this year.
The Iowa delegation will support John
c. Shots, OF Yonkers, n. Y, for COM
rnander- in chief this year. This is
Massachusetts candidate, but most of
the western delegates believe that since
Boston has the encampment that IS
enough for that state this year. Last
fall two other New Workers started out
to be candidates for commander-Allen
c. blackwell and Corporal James Tan
ner. Later Tanner was appointed reg
lister of wills at Washington and retir-
ed from the race. In the meantime
had been working his can
didacy. When the New York encamp
ment met at Rochester Blackwell was
turned down and Shots became the
candidate.
Edward D. Brigham, state labor
who was for many years
A locomotive engineer. explains the
recent reductions in shop forces at var
ious railroad centers of the state.
There has been reduction in the shop
force at Valley junction. said Mr..
Brigham. But the truth is that the
Rock Island now has a larger force
at the Junction shops than at any
time previous to the Introduction of
the big engines. which are now used
to haul the freight trains. These en-
gines save in number of train employees
BUT they increase the shop forces. They