Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-07
Cedar Rapids Caucuses Con-
trolled BY the Old Anti-Pro-
gressive Crowd
DETERMINES FIFTH DISTRICT
Representative Moore Defeats Captain
kepler and Will Be a National DEL
egate Rumored that Eek Senator
Penrose Will Be Selected in Spite Of
Tama's Other Candidate.
Special to Times-Republican.


unprecedented caucus attendance ane
after strenuous fight for a week. thu
old guard in republican politics which
| is standpat, ti-Cummins, ant. there
fore for Allison, carried seven out o
nine precincts in this city Friday ev.
ening. Representative L. e. Moore
standpat candidate for national dele
gate, will have an overwhelming ma
jority in the Linn county convention
over Captain Kepler, Of Mt. Vernon
the progressive candidate, and the
Fifth district will be controlled as II
always has been by the anti Cummins
crowd.
| However, the result was not achieved
without great effort as can be seen
in the vote cast.
| The First ward was carried by
Moore without opposition, giving him
three delegates.
The Second voted 1872 for Kepler
o26 for Moore, giving Moore 10 dele
gates.
lAC l. iaAA WVhl AoA XhopiC NiSh'Vp'
opposition, giving him 5 delegates.
The Fourth voted 60 for kapler, IS
for Moore and eight delegates.
The Fifth voted liz for kepler, 127
for Moore, and eight delegates.
The Sixth. first precinct, Was car
ried by kepler without opposition. five
delegates.
The Sixth, second precinct. was car
ried by Moore without opposition, four
delegates.
The Seventh was carried ty Moore
with some opposition, three delegates.
The Eighth was carried by kepler
With no opposition. six delegates.
Total result in the city Is 10 send Al
Moore delegates and II kerler dele
gates to the county convention. The
town OF Marion was nearly divided
With a slight advantage for Moore.
Congressional Issue Not Involved.
For fear that the personal popularity
of J. w. Good might be used to af-
feet the vote on the factional issue,
the standpat chairman of the county
central committee issued statement
which was endorsed and reiterated by
the Cedar Rapids Republican and Ev-
ening Times. The statement was as
follows:
THAT part Of the call for the county
convention which states that 1t is also
for the purpose of selecting twenty
five delegates to the Fifth colgression-
al district convention. which conven-
ton will be held in the city of Des
Moines on Wednesday, Mare, 49, does
1,a{ NJy.
Trewin and Mr. Good in any way
whatever That question VIII be set
tied by the primaries and not by to-
nights caucuses. The Fifth district
congressional convention at 0es Moines
Is simply to select two delegates from
the Fifth congressional district to the
national convention at Chicago. That
is all. 1t will have nothing whatever
to do with the congressional contest
in the Fifth district.
AZ w. BOWMAN.
Chairman Central Committee"
The Republican and Times insisted
volved in tonight's caucuses. Every
well informed person knows this. The
congressional question will come before
the primaries in June"
May Slap Progressives.
The result In Linn county now
makes it certain that the Fifth dis
trict caucus will be controlled by the
anti progressive crowd and Mr.. Moore
will probably be one of the nationa,
delegates selected. There have been
rumors that the ants would throw
their vote to ex-senator Penrose, OF
Tama county. notwithsta nding the
fact that the Tana county delegation
will support Frank Thomas, of Traer,
progressive for the honor 1t is as
sumed that Benton. Pat Murphy's
county. Cedar and Jones will send up
standpat delegates, as they always
have done.