Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-14
IN DALLAS
County Convention Date Ar
ranged by Personal Friends
of Captain Hull
NEW LEADERS IN THE COUNTY
Speaker Clarke and S. M. Leach Are
Among Those Who Have Come to the
Front in That capacity-Judge Mich
OILS Candidacy for District Delegate
To National Convention.
Special to Republican

Des Moines, March 1.-THE repub-
| leans of Dallas county are in the thick
of warm political campaign. The
| call for the primary was issued more
than a month ago and the politicians
have been active since with the county
canvass, and the county convention TO
| close up the campaign has been called
| for st. Patrick's day. Dallas county Is,
| in some respects, the most influential
county in the district outside of POLK
county. What Dallas county does VIII
| largely influence the district conven-
| ton in Nav. The Abel News, edited by
| A. c. Hotchkiss Standpatter, states
that the call was issued after consult
| ing number of parties of all sides, SO
| there is no political significance in the
early convention" AS matter OF fact,
! the convention date was arranged by
| the personal friends of Captain Hull
ayers in this city; but the Dallas coun-
ty republicans have generally done
about as they please without consult
| ing the interests of Des Moines.
Dallas county is strong in the dis
trict conventions because of It's strong
men. Speaker Clarke. of the house, has
come to the front as one of the new
leaders in that county. S. M. Leach,
formerly member of the state commit
tee and of the St Louis commission, Is
one of the leaders. Others who have
to do with the party are ex-senator
! Hotchkiss and ex-senator Caldwell, OF
Abel; Judge Edmund Nichols and
Postmaster f. NJ. Hoeye. of Perry;
Charles Brenton, of Dallas Center. one
Of the biggest farmers in central Iowa;
and D. d. McColl of Woodward. An
other of influence is Morris j. Wragg,
president of the State horticultural
serylnan.
Captain Hull has always had Dali
las county and two years ago on his
suggestion the district convention was
taken to Dallas county, where he was
nominated. Dallas county is the home
of Major E. III. Conger, United States
minister to China, and the county has
always been with him and for him
when he was candidate or desired
any favors.
Judge Edmund q, Nichols is cam
didate for district delegate to the ma
tional convention. 1T was supposed,
after what the Polk county convention
had done, that no person outside OF
Polk would seek the delegateship, as
Polk with another county can control
AT least two we'll defined and active
candidates. for delegates were an
noupced in Des Moines. Then came
the announcement that Judge Nichols
was being prevailed on to become
candidate for congress against Hull.
Rut Judge Nichols. VINO has been on
the bench only few years. is reluc-
tant to leave that position. and he,
stated frankly at the outset that as he
is in a county that has always been q
supporter OF Captain Hull he would
not seek the congressional nomination
even tho the chance of nomination was
excellent He was induced, however,
to change from the candidacy for con-
gress to that of delegate from the dis
trict and thus to make sure that there
will be no fight against Hull in the
county.
The congressional convention. which
will also name the delegates to Chi
cngo instead of by the delegates Sc
lected for that purpose, will contain
lo9 delegates, so that fifty-flve will be
necessary to a majority. Polk county
has forty-one delegates. 1t can win
with the fifteen delegates from Story
or with fourteen from either Dallas or
Marion. Neither of the other two
counties could help Polk out. as War
rem as thirteen and Madison only
twelve votes.
Dallas county is one of the counties
in which the primary system has long
been entrenched. The republicans OF
that county have made their nomina-
tons the past twenty-five years by
the primary system. They have al
ways held their conventions to which
delegates were selected in caucuses,
aud the combination system has been
found to work we'll. The ticket for
county officers was selected last Sat
urday.