Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-02
MEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT
PRECINCTS IN COUNTY ARE
STATE OFFICIALS.
MAY HAVE TO MEET AGAIN
WITHIN PERIOD OF SERVICE
Several Contingencies Might Arise to
Require County Conventions to Sc
lect Delegates to State Convention
Effect on Presidential Convention
Discussed But Undetermined.
pectal to Times-Republican.


Des Loines, July 2.-Now that the
situation as to delegates has all been
worked out and by the close Of today
1t will be known what has happened
IN the respective counties. discussion
will revert again 10 the question Of
how, under the Iowa laws, the pre-
liminaries for the next national con-
vention will be arranged. Regarding
the delegates who were elected June Z
the law says:
The term of office of such delegates
shall begin on the day following the
final canvass Of the votes by the board
of supervisors and shall continue for
two years and until their successors
are elected"
1t has been the custom IN Iowa to
hold the state convention to elect dele
gates to the national convention either
late in the winter or early in the
spring of presidential years. 1t will
i certainly be held in the fore part of
1911 prior to June s. the date Of the
next primary election. When the call
IS issued for the republican presi
Dental election the 20, 600 present pre-
cinct delegates will be holding office,
will be. In fact. state officials holding
| legal right to represent the republican
party and subject to being called to-
gether at any time TO act for the party,
| Their terms Of office are continuous.
Some years ago the national COM
rnittee made an effort to so word the
national call as TO shut out primaries
but failed and then again Il was sought
10 include all legal methods of select
ing deiega ties so as not 10 interfere with
any state laws. 1t viii NOT be within
the power Of the national committee
20 direct that these 20, 900 delegates
of Iowa shall be ignored.
This idea was first disclosed by the
standpatters who gathered at the
good roads conference" and organized
the Jackson committee. There is no
doubt whatever that the extraordinary
zeal Of that committee in the expen-
diture of large sums of money to carry
the war into every voting precinct Of
the state was largely inspired by the
thought that they could forestall the
Iowa convention on presidential mat
ters by making the cam paign this year
rather than a year and half hence.
1t IS stated that in case Of any I'M
foreseen situation calling for spe-
cial election next year, for instance,
the precinct delegates would again
choose delegates to a state conven-
ton and make a nomination. If there
was a vacancy in the office Of COVER
nor a special election would be called
and the conventions might lead up TO a
nomination. At any rate it is dead
certain that the delegates who are now
in office will remain in office two
years.
Members of the prohibition party are
indignant over what they regard as
rather shabby treatment in this coun-
ty. They had a separate ballot and
filed nominees for county offices, and
a great many OF them voted the ticket.
But there was not printed on the bal
lots any place for delegates, hence no
delegates were selected, and at the
county convention today at the tenn
perance chautauqua it will be a good
deal Of a question who is entitled to
act for the party. But worse than that,
the chairman Of the county committee,
Mr.. A. u. Coates, yesterday received
from the county auditor a notice to the
effect that there was no nomination
mace 1Or caTClQdte IOr congress III lAS
Seventh district Just why the county
auditor should presume to settle a
congressional question and why he
should notify the county committee,
was not explained; but Mr.. Coates in
sists that there were in fact a large
number of votes cast for J. A. Mitchell
for candidate for congress and that he
was nominated OF course the re-
turns from some other county might
change the result But investigation
Of the records here showed to Mr..
Coates that Mr. Mitchell received re-
ceived but one vote in the county and
that in a precinct other than Mr..
Coates precinct Mr.. Coates vote ev
identity was not counted and he intends
to try to find out why. The record
for congress on the prohibition ticket.
three of thetn for Captain Hull. Tho
county auditor refused to certify that
Hull was nominated because he said
he knew he would not accept.
Senator C11nrn ins. since his return
home, has rested quietly at his office
each morning and in the afternoons
has gone to the golf links in the hope
of regaining strength. He is keeping
open house for his many friends and
Of course has been besieged every fore
noon by scores Of callers who want to
talk to him On various matters. But
his friends have sought rather to not
burden him width matters of local
concern and he has not taken any very
in -ooIitfcaJ affairs He