Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-26
TEN OF THE ELEVEN TOWNS IN
COUNTY HELD BIENNIAL
ELECTIONS MONDAY.
cLEMoNS FoRGETS ALL
ABOUT ELECTION DAY
Unusual Situation Develops in One
Town, Where Election Appears to
Have Boon Forgotten Altogether
Contest in Rhodes Election, Where
Result is cIose-ResaIts Of County.

Monday was election day in the
eleven incorporated towns of Marshall
county, and elections were held with one
exception. The exception vas the town
Of Clemens, which appears TO nave
forgotten altogether that Monday was
the day set aside by law On which in
corporated towns hold their elections.
W. J. CIemons the mayor, was not in
when the Times Republican called him
to inquire as TO why the election was
not held Other business men in the
town who were asked terrified the fact
that there was no election, but didn't
know why.
Some interesting situations de-
veloped as the result Of the elections
this being true particularly in the
cases of Rhodes and Ferguson. At
Rhodes the election of d. NJ. Ruth will
be contested by Mayor H. VI. Weeks,
who claims two ballots cast for Ruth
should not De counted. Ii ease &c Is
sustained Weeks will be elected by
majority Of / over Ruth. who. as the
case now stands, has / majority over
Mee.es
Al Ferguson Hiram Powers was
chosen mayor by ha ing his name
written in the ballots, which showed
the printed name of j. B. Carter. the
caucus nominee. Carriers friends think
there may be a question Of legality in
Powers election, and announced today
that they would submit the situation to
county Attorney DAILY for decision
The complete results in the elections
in the county will be found below:
Contest at Rhodes.
AS a result of Mondays election
there is contest for mayor a Rhodes.
SO close was the fight between D. VI.
Ruth and the present incumbent, II. VI.
Weeks. AS the vote stands on the
count Ruth, on the Citizens ticket
has 40. as against Weeks, independent,
80. Weeks claims that two votes cast
81 for Ruth should not be counted, and
in the event that they are not legally
cast votes Weeks election would re-
suit by one vote, SO tor SO. The two
candidates decided to leave the ques-
ton Of the ballots to County Attorney
Daily.
In the selection Of a council there
was no opposition, the full Citizens
ticket, which was headed by Ruth, be-
ing elected. The council as elected is
composed Of George Blink, A. F. Pike,
H. S. Buck, ]. W. Goodman, and H. w.
Neff. For treasurer W. A. Miles,
(Citizens), wins over J. C. Roebuck,
I, Independently, by a narrow margin
and by an equally close vote c. F.
Dewey, candidate on the Citizens tick
ct, was chosen assessor over J. c.
Ewing.
Scratch Mayor at Ferguson.
A somewhat unusual situation de-
: veloped in the election at Ferguson,
where there was but one ticket in the
field, headed by ]. B. Carter, the eau
Gus nominee for mayor. In the cleo
ton. however, voters scratched Carter
heavily, with the result that Hiram
Powers name was written in on IS
ballots, while Carriers vote was only
49,
Altf1o Carter doesn't care for the
election, and is willing to concede ii
TO Powers, friends Of the losing can
didate are not willing to accept the
result without first consulting County
Attorney DAILY and ascertaining wheth-
or Powers election is legal. Carriers
friends thought there might be some-
thing in the law that called for nomin-
election, and In this event Powers. not
being candidate. his election would
not De legal. When asked today by
the Times Republican. Mr.. Daily said
that if the question We're brought be-
fore him he would say that a voter
had the right, in an election such a
was held Monday, to vote for whom he
pleased, regardless Of nominees on
printed ballot. and that a name writ
ten in, and receiving the most votes
was duly elected.
The other candidates who won in
the Ferguson election were: Council
men, George w. Curtis, Jr., DR.. F. W.
Cowgirl, B. E. Finders, c. B. Martin
and Stephen Garrett: assessor, Oliver
Cum ;.lgham: treasurer, D. A. Miller.
A total OF SO votes, which is heavy,
was cast.
Patton Mayor Of Laurel.
A good natured and spirited contest.
which resulted in getting out practic-
ally q full vote. resulted in the election
of links Patton, candidate on the Peo-
Pies ticket, for mayor. Patton de-
feated Cecil Rogers, the present incum
bent, who ran on the opposition Citi-
zens' ticket. Patton received IS votes
to Rogers 9.
Other candidates on the Peoples
ticket were not as successful as the
head Of the ticket, and aside from
two councilmen on the Patton ticket.
the other candidates were chosen from
the Rogers slate. The winning candi-
dates for the council were Peter
Pfeifer, with 4S votes, and E. H. Sapp,
with 81. both on the Peoples ticket
and Edward Blackburn and Fred
Brown. with SO each. and c. F. Toedt
with %, all Of the Citizens ticket
Earl J. Paul, for treasurer, and H. A
Weissenburger. for assessor, both on
the Citizens ticket, were elected owe,
H. 6. F. Vessels and F. G.. Ward
Paul received 20 votes, and Weissen.
burger ~, az against Vessels 26 and
Wards 10. The defeated candidate.
for council on the Peoples ticket were
C. r. Buhrow, %: ]. c. Buffer, II: ant
Carl Sietmann. Is. On the Citizens
ticket l. w. Pence, with 20, and Her.
man willis, with IL votes, were de
= eeA8ed.
oeAbia h. Elected At state Center.
Alexander Dobbfn was reelected
0ifhout opposition for mayor in Mon.
IS. dhys election at State Center. But
liff1o in4ereot was manifested in the
seaoc4idG a1&ho for councilmen the yot-