Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-04
18th DISTRICT FIGHT ON

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Vista and Sac, would be cut off. This
would leave small district in which
Sioux City would be the only largz
city, and as 1t is growing fast it would
in a few years dominate the district
and make 1t impossible for any OF
1.-THE small counties ever to secure Il
! congressman. So there Is opposition
ito Sioux City, which reflects on Hub
/ bard.
The third large factor Is the Cum
MINIS and anti Cumnins feeling. Five
of the seven candidates are considered
to represent the Cum,nns faction In
the state. Struble and Hogue are the
| two exceptions, and for this reason
! they are regarded as having less chance
| than the others.
| Without exception the candidates are
personal friends. From the beginning
there has been nothing like bitterness
among any of them. The counties
which have no candidates of their own
/ are Osceola, 6 votes Clay, o; o.
Brien, 10; Sioux IL; Cherokee. 10. Ida,
tS. Osceola had the hardest fight u
all, and gave Struble three and Hup-
bard three of dts votes; O'Brien gave
Thomas six and divided the rest:
! Cherokee is solidly for Thomas when
( ever its votes can nominate, but Will
divide at the outset; Ida is for Helsell
as first choice, and dts later disposition
Is uncertain; Sioux is instructed for
Struble; and Clay is for Struble, with
Funk as second choice.
The chief combination talked about
has looked to uniting the east side. 7
as it is called; that Is. the eight coun-
| ties of the two eastern tiers. These m
clude Dickinson, Clay. Buena Vista.
Sac, Ida, Cherokee, O'Bien and Osee-
ola. They have sixty-eigh votes. ex-
actly enough to nominate but 1t is adj
mitted that solid combination can not
be made. So efforts have been directed
by the east side" group for two weeks
tc, getting Roach, with Lyon county.
into this combination. This would add
eight votes and it has been claimed
very positively that the deal had been
made, and denied just as positively on
the other hand.
If the combination has been formed.
it's purpose is to pledge all who belong
to it-Funk, Thomas. Helsell and Roach
Ito give no votes to a west side candi-
date, but simply to vote everlastingly,
every county for its first choice candi-
date. and thus force the west side to
break and do the nominating. This
would put it up to the west side dele
cations to make a congressman, and
they would have enough votes to make
any one of the east side men the WIN
ner.
The question is, and everybody has
been asking it for "a week, whether the
east side has any stronger tie to bind 1T
together than the tie OF self interest.
which tends TO cause all the newcomers
to support Thomas for Just one more
term" IL the west side should be
forced to nominate it would probably
take either Thomas or Funk. Funk
would have more friends and Thomas
would have the "one more term" ar
gument on his side.
But the west side people declare that
all talk of an east side pool is moon
shine: that it can't be made. The Hub
bard people expect. most OF Struble's
strength and considerable part of
mate him Relations between Hubbard
and Thomas We're very close at the be-
ginning of the fight. but were sadly
strained in O'Brien and Cherokee coun
ties, and lately Struble and Hubbard
have, seemed more likely to combine.
But ever doing this, they must find
more votes. Where to get them is the
question.
The fight has been going on for
three months. AT the outset Roach
looked like the leader He expected to
go into the convention with Lyon, Os
ceola. oBren and Sioux counties. But
he lost Sioux to Struble, and then Stru
bic suddenly stepped to the front as
the man of mark. He had made Il
whirlwind campaign for Plymouth and
Sioux and won in both. and it was sail:
he would do the same for Cherokee
O'Brien and Monona. People said he
was u sure winner.
But Struble. in turn, was defeated by
Thomas in Cherokee. and then Thomas
stock took ar upward turn, and he was
the man Of destiny. Thomas was tout
ed to win for a fortnight; and thelf
a Hubbard Struble combination
wrenchea half of O'Brien from him, and
all of Osceola. and Hubbard was the
man on whom fortunes star shone for
a period. And now. it is for the con-
venton to decide Roach and Funk
are picked as the personally strong
men. They have small initial strength
in a long fight they might draw we'll
The friends of both regard them As
very strictly in the running. while
haps the most highly reputed politician
in the district. is known to be making
the fight Of his life for his brother the
Sac county candidate and there are
many who say he will land the plum
and that w. a. Helsell will be the next
congressman. It is up to the delegates.