Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-25
Marshalltown Had No Trouble
In Securing the Socialists
State Convention
TWO OTHERS WORKED FOR II
Des Mones and Dubuque Were in the
Field, but Result of Referendum Vote
Shows Majority Favored the Most
Central Location = MarshaiItown
Wanted Different Date.

The result of the recent referendum
vote, conducted by the socialists OF
Iowa, in order that the delegates to the
national convention might be elected,
also the date and place for the state
convention chosen. has been made pub
lie in detail by State Secretary j. j.
Jacobsen, of Des Moines. The table
showing the vote indicates that Mar
shalltown had no real trouble in secur-
ing the convention for 1904, and won
by plurality of twenty-one over Des
Moines, the city having the next larg-
est vote.
Marshalltown's total vote as the con-
vention city aggregated 1877, while that
OF Des Moines was 116, and Dubuque
sixty-two. For the date selected. July
4. there were 105 votes cast. Eighty
nine votes of local organizations thru
just one month earlier, on June 4;
thirty-thr votes were for May 80 and
seventy-one for May IA. Marshall-
towns six votes were cast for the lat
ter date. as the socialists here thought
an early convention, and especially as
it would follow the state convention OF
the Federation of Labor, more desira-
BILE. The local organization, however,
was willing to concede the matter OF
date for the convention, which was the
chief object worked for.
Voting for the different questions
before the socialists We're. twenty nine
locals, situated in Madrid, Mystic, Ma
son City, Avery, Stratford Monroe, Lo-
gan, Van Horn, Polk City, Sigourney
Muscatine, Ottumwa, Missouri Valley
Marshalltown, Grinnell. Boone, Des
Moines. Pisgah, Lake City, Sioux City,
Newton, Correctionville, Davenport,
Dubuque, Centerville. Hooking, Cla-
rinda, Rock Rapids and Clinton. Among
the larger locals. which cast their votes
for Marshalltown as the convention
city were Sioux City and Davenport,
twenty-five and twenty votes. respect
lively; Van Horn and Muscatine, with
thirteen votes each: and Grinnell.
Boone Marshalltown. Avery, Sigourney
and Ottumwa, with six votes each. Des
Moines cast eleven votes for MARSHALL
town and thirteen for Des Moines. Du-
huque's vote, twenty-nine, was solid
for Dubuque.
At the state convention full stats
ticket will be nominated. and a plat
form, similar. 1t Is thought. to that
adopted at Chicago at the national con-
q
idea of the socialists to affirm, in part,
the Indianapolis platform. 1t will be
altered, however, 1t is thought. State
Secretary Jacobsen has written the To-
cal organization here to prepare hall
that will accommodate at least $50
delegates. Reform hall. which is the
headquarters Of the Socialists Club of
this city, has been settled upon. There
are fifty-three local organizations in
the state entitled to representation at
the state convention. The state is not
organized by counties, as is the case
OF the other political organizations.
Mckee Here Friday.
Harry Mckee. Of California, a So
cialist national organizer, who is
delegate from his state to the national
convention is to be in the city Thurs
day evening for his address. William
Mailly, national secretary, announced
Mr.. McKee's coming last week. but no
date was given, as 1t was not known
at that time just when he could be
here. The local organization has been
advised to prepare for the meeting on
Thursday evening, April %. 1t will be
held at o'clock In Reform hall. Mr..
Mckee stops but at three places in
Iowa-Des Moines on the "a, MARSHALL
town on the 2Sth and Dubuque on the
29th.