Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-31
RECORD OF NINTH DISTRICT
CANDIDATE SHOWS HE CAN
WIN.
HAS LED WALTER ]. SMITH
IN VARIOUS ELECTIONS
As Candidate for Judicial Honors Green
Always Was PopuIar-With Full
Vote Green Will Carry District in
Special Election Next Week by Large
Majority.
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Des Moines. May S1.-The Ninth con-
gressional district of Iowa is normally
republican by at least 1000 or 5000
The proportion is about three republi'
cans to two democrats taking the dis
trict over.
The record shows that for good
many years the district has gone re-
publican and every county is republi-
can. The record also shows that judge
". r. Green. the republican standard
bearer, has been a mighty good vote
getter in that part of the district where
he hiss come before the voters. II also
shows that Ex-senator w. s. Cleve-
land proved last year TO be little
better vote getter than the average OF
the candidates who had preceded him
The congressional vote record as be-
tween republicans and democrats for
number of years is as follows:
19oo-Walter I. Smith, 27.155; S. B
Wadsworth, 2o,2o7; plurality, S,e4s.
1902-Smith, 2o9e7; G. W. Cullisoo.
1868; plurality, 1855.
1s04-Smitll, s7.21i; H. Wilcox, 49,
9o7; plurality, 1897.
1906-Smith, 2l,S63. ". c. Campbell,
1920; plurality, S,6l3.
190S-Smith, 23,215; r. c. Spencer.
1861; plurality. 1854.
1e1o-Snith, 1878; W. F. Cleveland
1876; plurality, 1,s4s.
1t will be seen that the republican
vote ran from about $1,000 TO $4,000
until last year when 1t dropped below
1900. The democratic vote was not at
its largest last year, as the democratic
candidate ten years ago received 1921
more than Cleveland got last year. Ii
Is certain therefore that the light vote
of last year was common to both par
ties and was a stay-at-hone vote and
not in any sense a bolt or change OF
part beliefs.
Judge Green has been a candidate
several times in the Fifteenth judicia
district so that his vote getting ability
Is fairly well shown. There are nine
counties in the judicial district the
same as in the congressional district
and the proportion as between the par.
ties is about the same.
Green's judicial Strength.
The judicial district vote, three
judges to elect, was shown as fol
lows:
1sss-Green, 2o.472; Smith, 2o,sso
ThorneIl, 20,69S; democratic vote from
1892 to 1903.
leo2-Green, 21,7s7: Wheeler, 1880
Thornell 21,510: one democratic can
didate receiving 1882.
1906-Green. 21,739: Wheeler. 22.3O1
Thornell. 22.779: one democratic can
didate receiving 14.s07.
le1o-Green. 20,5Ss; Thornell. 20,4o9
Wheeler. 90. 036: democratic candi'
dates ranging from 1881 to 1882.
There are seven Of the counties o.
the Ninth congressional and the FIT,
teenth judicial districts that are the
same. In these seven counties in 100:
when both their names were before
the voters. Congressman Smith re
ce;ved 17.271 votes and Judge Greer
17,444. In 1906 Smith received 1885
and Green 17.s07. In 1910 Smith re
ceived $3.50 and Green 1851. 1t viii
be seen that nine years ago Greer
had 173 more than Smith in their com
mon counties, five years ago Smith hat
244 the most. and last year Green re
ceived 1.21a more than Smith.
Stronger Than Smith.
-A comparison of the Smith an
Green vote in the seven counties 70
1902 and 1910 gives this result:
1909 1910