Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-04
Victory i'm Marshall County a
Sweeping One in Tuesdays
Election
WILL HAVE $500
In Contest for United States Senator
ship cummins Will Lead TAFT by
Several Hundred votes-Arney Runs
Far Ahead Of Ticket-Returns Slow
in Coming in-ResuIts so Far.

With complete returns slow In COM
ing in but with a sufficient count made
to insure general results, Marshall
county finds herself lined up in the
right column politically, with sweep
ing victory in every contest. The entire
republican ticket is elected with good
majorities, despite the democratic gain
that was made here, as elsewhere thru
out the state.
Taft's plurality will be considerably
under that given Roosevelt four years
ago, but up to / o'clock there were
eight precincts lacking, including all
of the city with the exception of the
Second ward In the twenty precincts
heard from Taft had polled a total OF
2.9Q3 votes, to Bryan's 1.o27. a. plurality
Of 1876. The entire county gave Roose-
welt plurality of 1882 in 1904. The
total vote Of the twenty precincts heard
from is as follows:
Taft 2,09s
Bryan 1877
Chafin 80. 191
DebS ......... ............. %
Taft's plurality-1.s76.
Tafts n,ajority-1,626.
Carroll's Plurality 1896.
For the state ticket there are only
seventeen OF the twenty-eight precincts.
in, which give Carroll total of 2,165
votes. and White S69, plurality for
Carroll OF 1926.
Good Runs Well.
For congressman fran the Fifth dis
was expected of him by. his friends in
this county. There are only seventeen
precincts in for the congressional tick
ct. which are exclusive Of the four
missing wards OF this city, which
should greatly increase Goods vote.
The vote so far returned shows total
of 2,197 for Good, and SOC for Tracy a
plurality OF 1881 for Good.
County Ticket Elected.
Every county officer is elected by
about the sameI majorities, the pre-
cincts in showing but very little
In some townships, where
there were personal followings for GER
tain candidates. their votes run a little
ahead Of the others on the ticket with
them. east
Van Laws Good Vote.
The democratic claims on election
day, to the effect that they might elect
a senator. are not borne out by the
figures. Van Law received in seventeen
including the Second ward
Of this city, a total of 2.O69 votes to
Stanto1's, 923, giving him plurality of
i,146 The four wards Of the city will
probably show gain for Stanton. but
The seven remaining country precincts
will tend to Offset what Stanton may
possibly gain in the city.
Arney Runs Way Ahead.
Wallace III. Arney made a record
run for representative and
n seventeen precincts, as compared to |
,wenty for the head Of the ticket, ran
l97 votes ahead. Arney's vote in the |
seventeen precincts was $500, against
Smiths 912 a plurality Of 2.5ss.
cummins Will Have $500.
With four precincts missing out. OF
he total Of twenty-eight in the coun-
y, this county shows a probable major
ty Of $500 for Cummins. The entire
wenty- eight precincts in the June pri- |
nary gave Cummins majority Of L.
20 over Allison. Lacey's vote was 458
1nder Allison's, giving Cummins a
gain Of 1877 in the county. The vote
IN United States senator in the coun-
y, as far as had been returned to the
county auditor up to o'clock, is as
'ollows:
Precinct Gum MINIS I.anex