Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-14

COnGeoueO AIIa1T OI IN Al00 IN Lne MS.
tory OF the district. A total Of 1871
votes was cast by both men and wun-
en-. the women having the right to vote
on the tax levy proposstton only. One
hundred thtrty-seven women took ad-
vantage Of the opportunity to vote
and, incidentally. their names on the
poll books might have 70 be reckoned
with In the event Of . saloon petition
being attempted on this election alrho
this - not certain.
Abbott High Men il voes.
With the eve of election at hand and
no contest in sight excepting for the
director for the short term, not much
interest was promised In the school
election, furthermore than efforts had
been made in advance to get out the
anti-saloon vote to prevent any at
tempt at a saloon petition circulation.
Then came the announcement that two
union labor candidates. in the persons
OF George Patton for the long term.
and Roy II. Grimm for the short, had
been injected into the running. This
tended to stimulate the anti-saloon ele-
ment to greater things. and 1t was next
to IN imposstbiltty for busy man to
vote until later into the day. so crowd
GU W0S LILO pOulu8 EeoCO
L C. Abbot was high man in the
voting Tor director for the long term,
receiving Q tstal Of 1.119 votes. T. L
WAason. A0bott's running mate. re-
cetved total Of 1904. George Patton.
thesunion labor candidate. received ga
For tho short term B. F. Cummings
received s33. Dr.. George n. johnson
4s6. and Roy II. Grimm. the labor can
didate. a35.
" Tax Proposition Carries.
The proposition to levy q tax Of $4,000
for school house purposes. unlimited 20
the voters annually that repairs to
school buildings may be kept up. OUT
provide for interest payments on school
bonds. carried by q large majority.
The mems vote on director was
greater than on the tax levy, showing
that some did not take enough interest
in the tax levy DO vote for it. The
males voting for director totaled 1874,
while total Of 1,1ss voted on the tax
.evy. and twenty OF these ballots were
cast unmarked, leaving net vote of
LIS on the tax levy.
CT this 1.149 votes 672 were for the
proposition, and 457 against The twen-
tyballots unmarked make the total OF
1.l4S.
In the women's vote. totaling 1877. 121
voted for the tau levy, and II against
These were two blank votes among the
women's ballots. This made the total
vo4s for the tax levy 7s3, a. against
III. or q majority for the levy Of 323.
Ants Two 70 One.
The poll list committee Of the Mar
shall County C1tixens' Association after
having Sooked over the registration Of
tho school election and having checked
largo number Of the pages announced
today that the poll list contains the
nahnes q fully twice a. many voters
Who arc opposed to saloons as Of those
who would sign q saloon petition.
However. It IL very evident now what
would have happened had the anti-sa-
loon people not been awake and Or
ganased. Nearly every saloon keeper,
bar tender. pool hall owner and many
sfrest loafers voted at this school cleo
ton for the first time in their lives. But
stn1nge - Il may seem some Of these
very ultra liberals refused to vote for
the labor candidates. Their presence
w. not due to their love for . labor
ticket. They were there to get their
names on the poll list and two thirds
Of me SELDOM vote OF the city was reg
istpeed.
Early IN the morning the word was
passed among the liberals to cut Was
son, the onti-saloon man and ballots
began coming. in for Abbot alone
WAsseupo1 Wasson's friends went 70
wosk and when the Iowa Central shop
eS came ~ vote many gave their
spare vote to WATSON the result being
that the effort Of the up town liberals
49, almost overcome. the lead be-
twen Abbott and WATSON being only