The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-10-29
CERTAIN VICTORY
FOR MAJOR LACEY
A SURE WINNER IF HIS FRIENDS
PROVE VGlLANT.
STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE
A Poll of the State Indicates That He
Will Have Bigger Majority
Than Did Senator f..
=. Allison. .r
Lacey Headquarters,
Des Moines, Ia, Oct.


To the Republicans of Iowa:-Rep-
resenting Major John F. Lacey, repub-
lican candidate for United States
Senator from the state of Iowa, we
deem it fitting that the republicans of
the state should be made acquainted
with few facts in regard to the sit
uation.
The campaign for the nomination of
United States Senator has reached
stage when it is possible to forecast
the result with reasonable certainty.
Therefore the committee having in
charge the candidacy of Major Lacey
confidently announces to the republi-
cans of Iowa that from reports which
they have, received from each county
together with carefully compiled esti-
mates and polls, Major Lacey will I'M
doubtedly receive a majority of the
votes of. the republicans cast at the
primary to. be held for the nomination
of n candidate for United States Sens
ator.. in connection with the general
election on the Sd day of November
next.
In arriving at this conclusion we
have been governed, by carefully pre-.
pared, conservative estimates special
ly made for this committee by men of
long experience in political matters in
three-rourths of the counties of the
state, together with information of
reliable character from the remaining
;,,e -, he
session of the committee warrants us
in claiming the success of Major La
cey by a majority probably consider
ably in excess of that given Senator
Allison in the primary last June, and
1t leads us to urge the friends of Ma
jor Lacey in all parts of the state tC
increased efforts in order that the
victory may not slip from their grasp
We congratulate the republicans oil
Iowa on this apparent triumph of gen
uine republicanism and ask everyone
who believes in the justice of oul
cause to be certain to do their whole
dirty on election day 2-'l e"4.
How to Vote Primary Ticket. ~
The primary election will differ
from ether i, primaries from the fact
that in order to be afforded the oppor
tunity to, Vote for candidate, Tor United
States Senator to succeed Senator AL
lison, the voter must make a written
declaration of his afiiliation with the
republican party and his belief in the
principles of that party. There seems
to be in some parts OF the state some
lack, of knowledge relative to -this,pro,
vision of the Amended law. Every re,
publican, therefore, should remember
that it is necessary to sign such a de.
claration and he should also remem-
Der that it is just as much his duty to
mark the primary ballot in the square
opposite the name of John f. Lacey
and vote for him TOR United States
Senator as it is to vote for the
straight republican ticket.
The paragraph in the amended pri,
mary law governing the application
for primary ballot is as follows:
.,,...y Request For a Ballot. Peg,
,,(C( Any member of the party
holding a primary election under the
provisions of this act desiring to vote
for a.. candidate for the Office of Sen
ator in the Congress of the United
States shall make a written or printed
request of the judges Of election for a
primary ballot in the following form
Il request a primary election ballot
for the purpose of voting at this pri-
mary election for a candidate of the
..............p party for the office of
Senator in the Congress of the United
States. | declare that affiliate with
and am in sympathy with the princi-
pies OF the ............... party;
that 1t is my intention to support gen
orally at this general election the
nominees of such party; that I have
not enrolled with nor participated in
any primary election or convention of
any other political party since the
first day of the last preceding year"
Upon the presentation of such re.
gust it shall be the duty of the judges
of election to deliver to the applicant,
If a qualified elector, a primary cleo
ton ballot unless challenged upon the
ground that he is not a member of
such political party; and if challenged
on said ground it shall not be deliv-
cred to him unless he make oath to
the statement he has made in his re.
quest to be administered by one of
the judges Of election and If he make
such oath he shall be entitled to re-
ceive and vote said primary ballot;
provided that no person shall receive
primary ballot who participated in
the last primary election of any other
political party as shown by his en-
rollment.
Allison Men Are For Lacey.
From the reports received at these
Headquarters the committee is made
certain of the fact that the great mass