Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-04
CANDIDATES FILE
THEIR NOMINATIONS
Last Day For Filing Credentials
Finds All of the Candi-
dates In
THE LIST is a LONG ONE
All Papers Are Favorably Passed
Upon, Except Those of c. e. Beck,
for sheriff-Auditor Cornell Has
Referred Beek's Nomination Papers
to County Attorney Esermayer.

Saturday was the last uay WIen caH-
didates might file their nomination
papers for the primary election on
June 2. 1t was found that all of those
who had announced, or who had been
put UP by party conventions, had their
nomination papers on file. With the
exception of one candidate all the pa
pers Of the others were accepted by
County Auditor Erastus Cornell.
This single exception is in the case
OF. G.. e. Beck, a candidate for sheriff.
His nomination papers have not been
refused as yet, but Auditor Cornell
desires that County Attorney Eyer
mayer pass on it before 1t is accepted.
To Auditor Cornell there seems to be
some irregularities in the signatures,
also in the AFFIDAVIT made regarding
the correctness Of the names signed to
it. Auditor Cornell was not prepared
to say this morning whether this nom
ination paper would be refused or not.
All Parties Represented.
All of the four parties, the repub-
lican, democratic, socialist and pro-
hibition, are represented. None OF the
four. except the republican, has a
complete ticket for county offices.
None, except the republican has a
candidate for county attorney. Neither
the pronibitionists nor socialists have
a candidate for county superintendent.
The democrats have no candidate for
surveyor and the prohibitionists have
no candidate for coroner.
All Had Enough Signers.
All Of the nomination papers had
enough signers, the minimum number
required being, 2 per cent of the vote
cast at the last general election. This
required sixty-two for the republican
nominees, twenty-four for the demo-
cratic, seven for the prohibitionists,
and six for the socialists
List Of the Candidates.
The following is a list Of the cam
didates for county offices, according to
the nomination papers on file:
County Auditor--Erastus Cornell
and Benjamin Packer, republican;
Max Patton, democrat; J. III. Kinzer,
prohibitions; r. l.. C. Thomas, socialist.
County Treasurer ebert w. Stew
ems. republican,; William Shipton.
democrat; G. G. Kurtz, prohibition: T.
C. Roseland, socialist.
Clerk of District Court-w. M. Clark
and Frank M. Haradon, republican; j.
S. Darrah, democrat: F. Fl. Houghton,
prohibition; C. H. Condit, socialist.
Sheriff.. A. Nicholson, 7. c.
weatherly, W. H. Wilson and E. T.
Worden, republicans; Henry Welp,
democrat; F. G. Houghton, prohibi-
ton; ]. p. Johnson, socialist.
County Recorder-Mrs. Minnie p.
Allen, republican; j. A. Bryant, dem
ocrat: E. H. Buchanan, prohibition;
H. NJ. Thayer, socialist.
County Attorney. C. Caswell and
j. H. Egermayer, republican.
County Observation-Disclosures A.
Ford and Miss Mary e. Hostetler, re-
publican; F. H. Figert. democrat.
County surveyor-William Bremner,
republican; M. M. Dickson, prohibi-
ton; A. e. Paxson, socialist.
Coroner. H. Fry, and e. w. Jay,
republican,; H. T. Madrs, democrat;
Pauline Myers Townsend, socialist.
Member of Board Of Supervisors =
Elias Bueghley and N. O. Keen. re-
publican; George Putnam and H. w.
Savage, democrat; Lars Peterson and
r. r. RidgeWay. prohibitions: H. Burch
and James A. Corrigan, socialist.