Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-10
Interest in Capital City Centers
in the Contest Prouty is Max
ing For Hull's Seat
DARING WOMAN SHOWS UP
Josephine Wilson Appears in Des
Moines and is Sought by Police =
Christian Church First to Place Ex-
hibit in Historical Building - State
Capital Gossip.
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Des Moines, June 1O.-Des Moines
has sunken to that apathetic state
that gives expression to its feelings by
saving: you can't beat Hull" Just
as we'll quit trying" and oh! Hull
will get it finally" When the people
secured the statewide primary cleo
ton law they thought they had gone
far to defeat the use of corrupt meth
DDS in party nominations. Now they
are not so sure after all.
The explanation of the open vault
in the county auditors office Is that
someone forgot to shut and lock II.
Bert Trout, one of the clerks. says
County Auditor Bernett told him to
leave it open at closing time as he
had some papers to put in. Bernest
SAYS he doesn't remember having toid
him ANYTHING of the kind, and doesn't
remember having either shut the vault
door or having left it open. Hulfs
friends are trying to minimize the I'M
portance of the matter. The poll books
were also found scattered about the
vault instead OF piled up in order as
they were left the night before.
1T is claimed that the open ballot
was opened before witnesses
for perfectly laudible purpose and
it is claimed. that the ballots on the
inside tally exactly with the records
on the outside. There are many other
claims and excuses for the open vault
door, some Of them more or less con-
flicting. but all of them are inclined
to make the people of Des Moines say
more than ever: you can't beat Cap
tain Hull"
At the same time the interest OF
the people in the fight seems to keep
up. This is evidenced by the fact
that the local newspaper that was
first on the street with an extra, tell
ing about the open vault door and the
broken seals, sold extras as fast as
they could be gotten onto the street,
almost till the edition was exhausted.
A curious discrepancy occurred In
Walnut township returns which caused
considerable excitement in political
circles yesterday. During the general
and preliminary examination of the
returns of the judges of election In
that precinct it was discovered that
one book returned the vote for con-
gress as Hull 90, Prouty 25, while the
other returned it as Hull %, Prouty IL.
The word went out that there was
gain of thirteen for Captain Hull, CIV
ing him forty-four lead. when the poll
book containing the entry Of Hull %,
Prouty 12 had been examined. But
later examination of the other book
disclosed that there was discrepancy
in the return.
Examination Immediately was made
of the tally sheets and these In both
books disclosed the fact that the ac-
tual vote in the precinct was Hull 22,
Prouty 25. This leaves peculiar sit
uation with regard to this precinct
which will form the theme for the
LAWYERS in argument to the board. Ad-
herents of Judge Prouty contend that
the tally in the two books should gov
ern.
III the Ole SeIlIlISdlC VI AGSoAti VI SAA0
Judges and the two tally sheets IN
both poll books be taken as the basis
for canvassing Walnut township when
the board reaches 1t Judge Prouty will
have gained seven votes in this coun-
.ty as compared with the unofficial
township returns formerly printed.
They gave Hull 30 and Prouty 25, in
Walnut township. The judges returns
in both books give Hull %. If Prouty
is given the % shown by both tallies
and returned in certificate of the
judges in the one book, instead OF the
twelve given him by the certificate in
the other, there will be net gain OF
seven for Prouty. And this was being
claimed by him last night.
Josephine Wilson, the Oskaloosa
woman Of scarlet reputation, who had
all the business and professional
women of Oskaloosa buffaloed to such
an extent that they all petitioned the
governor in her behalf, is supposed to
be some place in hiding in the city
of Des Moines. The woman is one
of the most daring in the state. When
finally the people of Oskaloosa got up
enough spunk to have her convicted
and sent to the penitentiary, the
"proninent citizens" over whom she
seemed to hold some kind of a club,
petitioned the governor to parole her.
She was finally paroled during good
behavior. but soon broke the conditions
of the parole and was ordered back to
the penitentiary. Then she disappeared
and the authorities were unable to find
her. Yesterday she suddenly appeared
in Des Moines and engaged an attor-
ney to go before the governor and try
and get her reinstated on her parole.
but the police We're promptly notified
and were asked to arrest her.
The first church denomination to
recognize it's early founders in the his
torical building of Iowa is the Chris
tian or Campbellite church. It has