Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-11
cAUcUsEs AT ALTOONA.
The Convention Itself Will be Held
There on June is.

Speclal 10 llfneS-ItepuDIlCan.
Algona. June IL. Caucuses were
held in the different wards in this city
Saturday evening from to 8 D. m,
to determine who should have the
delegations of the wards for the var
ious office seekers in Algona There
We're candidates for the office of treas
urer; Il. J. Gilmore carried the First
ward by one vote, and the Third by
about twenty. While his opponent, r.
w. Dingley, carried the Second by four
votes. and the Fourth by about ten.
For the office of sheriff. @. A. Bron-
son carried every ward i'll the city.
For the office of county attorney f..
NJ. Curtiss carried two wards. and
his opponent, l.. j. Dickensbn. carried
the other two wards. For surveyor
A j. Lilly carried the city. For sup
ervisor. j G.. Smith carried off the
plum.
The returns from the outside pre-
cincts are coming in Very slowly. From
what has come in 1t looks as tho f..
H. Gilmore will be nominated for treas
urer, and +. NJ. Curtiss fos attorney
For the other offices there will be
great fight put up in the convention.
field, who We're not voted on at the
caucus here in the city. For treasurer.
there are two more candidates. For
sheriff seven more, and it IL olls as mo
Mr.. Lillei, of Titonka, woull Win For
county superintendent there are three
candidates and they will be about
equally divided. But the Office of aud
itor will also have two candidates.
who will come in the convention about
or the same basis. For clerk, William
G, Dewell will have it all his own way,
as there is no one in the field against
him. and he is sure to be the next
clerk OF courts. The convention will
be held in this city on June 18th.
The Saturday Results.
Story, Black Hawk, Delaware. .Ieffer
son and Cass counties held conventions
Saturday. Governor Cummins won
easily in the majority of the conven-
tions. Cass was for Perkins. Black
Hawk instructed for Cummins after
one of the tiercest fights in the his
tory of the county, the Perkins crowd
being prevented from stealing the del
egation by the honesty and fairmind-
edness of a country member of the
credentials committee.
In Story county everything was har-
monious and the Cummins delegates
were in full control They instructed
for Cummins. AT Fairfield the Per-
kins leaders seeing they We're beaten
and unable to control the convention
held rump convention and there may
be a contesting delegation.
Delaware county was overwhelming
ly for Cummins and instructed its del
egation for the governor. After the
regular convention had been held,
Howard Ram, who has been the po-
litical boss in that county under the
old regime, with thirteen or fourteen
followers, held mock convention be-
hind closed doors and selected dele
cation for Perkins. Their action is not
taken seriously, however, and it is
doubtful whether they will even go to
the convention and if they do could not
under any rules of fairness be given
any consideration.
Caucuses in Jasper and Poweshiek
have been concluded. They show Cum
minis will have Poweshiek without any
contest, while the result in Jasper is
regarded as pretty close, both sides
claiming it,