Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-05
CLOSE POLITICAL FIGHT IN CHAR.
IToN RESULTS IN coMPRoM-
IsE TO AID HARMONY
PERKINS WINS IN
POWESHIEK COUNTY
First Primaries In MuscatIne Result
in Victory for the Sioux City Can
dIdate-cummins Supporters Hope
full Of Carrying BIackhawk County
Adair County Is standpat.

Charlton, June ESPECIALLY AFTER
one of the closest political fights in
the history of Lucas county at the pri-
maries last night the representatives
of the Perkins and Cummins factions
met today and agreed that 1t was for
the best interests of the party to split
the delegation to the state convention
and this two leading gubernatorial can
didates will each be given 6 delegates.
1t is expected that at the convention
this afternoon this action will be rati-
fed. The Perkins people claim to
have carried the county by three votes
but owing to the fact that the vote
was SO close there were several good
chances for contests and 1t was con-
sidered best to avoid this. The vote
was 1860 for Perkins and 1857 for Cum
Minis. Following are the names Of the
nominees for the county officers:
For senator DR.. ]. A. McKlveen
For representative ....,.J. H. Darrah
For auditor ........ Geo. Wiltsey
For treasurer ...... Frank P. Wright
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For recorder ....... ......A. D. Gray
For county attorney, Lee Bartholomew
For county superintendent. ........
........ .......... Elida Brownlee
For coroner ........ DR.. D. D. Stone
For supervisor, list district..J. A. White
I'd district 5000. T. Hogue Roberts
Sd district .......... John Norman
For justice Of the peace. ..........
..E. H. Stone and N. B. Branner
For constables. ........
=. Henry Myrick and ]. B. wyland
Perkins in the Lead.
Des Moines, June 2.-(Special)-
The results of yesterdays caucuses
were as much against Governor
Cummins as those of week ago
when the anti-Cummins people took
the lead. The governor Is still in the
minority of the delegates and it
looks now that he is defeated
candidate The story of yesterdays
work is as follows: Adair county,
which went for Cummins in 1901, was
carried by Mr.. Perkins overwhelming.
ly. The caucuses selected one hun.
dred eleven and half Perkins dele
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minis. The fight in Adair has been a
very bitter one, the Cummins people
doing much hard work. Secretary Of
State Martin has put in the bulk of his
time the past two weeks in that coun.
| ty working for the third term candi-
date but he was defeated in his own
home city of Greenfield, which Cum.
Minis lost by 80 votes. The caucuses
in Villisca, Montgomery county, to Sc
lect delegates for the primaries were
one-sided affair, the Cummins PEG
pie offered no opposition and the %
delegates from that place were In
structed for Mr.. Perkins.
Was for Cummins.
These caucuses in addition to others
previously held make it certain that
Montgomery will give its sixteen votes
to Mr.. Perkins. Five years ago Mont
gomery was for Cummins. Audubon
and Mills counties will follow, which
will make the ninth district outside Of
Guthrie county and possibly one-hall
of Shelby solid for Perkins. In Lucas
county the contest was very SHARP
one in the primaries, but in spite Of
the fact that in some of the precincts
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Perkins delegates on the tickets Mr.
Perkins carries a majority OF the pop
ular vote and secured forty delegates
to the county convention to Sc fol
Cummins. In Poweshiek county cav
cuses. were held in Grinnell
II These caucuses were OF the
"Snap" order and had beer
called for June and afterwards by
orders from Des Moines were held las
night less than 4S hours after the pub
LEGATION of the call for the convention
Wins in Poweshiek.
J, In spite of the fact that every meth
[ cd known to Cummins politics was
taken advantage of Mr.. Perkins car
ried two wards out of three in Grin
nell. This it is believed makes /
certain that Poweshiek county will b.
.. for Perkins Poweshiek has seventeen
votes and it was for Cummins fivt
!, years ago. The result in Grinnell i!
, a loss of fifteen delegates for Mr.
) Cummins, since he carried each ware
in the city when he first ran for gov
ernor. Caucuses were held in the frs
and second wards in Waterloo las
night and 1t is claimed that Cum
, Minis managers voted about 200 dem
) ocrats. The Cummins ticket was sue
J cessful by a vote of $50 to 307. Nc
tice of contest was at once filed an,
the matter will be decided by tn
county convention.
Cedar Falls caucuses.
The caucuses in Cedar Falls, cit.
and township, will be held tonight an,
i the Perkins managers are very sar
guine of carrying them. This will of
set the delegates from West Waterloo
The Cummins people are making
) desperate fight for Blackhawk county
lsanatnr Garst WAS in the county 10