Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-05
MOURNING IN OFFICES OF TWO
pEs MONIES PUBL.
CATIONS.
DEFEAT OF YOUNG AND
CLARKE CRUSHING SLOWS
Mingled Emotions in State House
Governors Office Not Especially Dc.
lighted With RssuIts-cIarks Head.
quarters Only Really Delightful Place
in City.
to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, June 5.-There are two
newspaper offices in Des AIoines where
whatever of JOY came from the election
was modified by two big failures. In
one it was the failure to effect defeat
of Kenyon, in the other it was failure
TO effect defeat Of Clarke. And as for
the farm newspaper offices. likewise
there were two where there was no
joy at ali, and one where it was all
JOY. The Homestead issued a special
extra supplement, containing the news,
and a big cartoon entitled Back to
Dear Idaho" with appropriate sugges-
tionS.
In the state house there were
mingled emotions The governors Of
fee was not especially delighted over
either the defeat of Young or the sink
ing out of sight of Proudfoot. The
labor commissioners office was still
hopeful but with waning expectations.
AS for other offices nothing unexpected
happened.
The only really delightful place in
the city was In the Fleming block
There was no gloom anywhere.
Senator McCol, on the eleventh floor,
took the matter calmly. i am very
much pleased with the outcome. he
said. The nomination of Governor
Clarke by such an overwhelming vote
shows that our claims were not at all
exaggerated IL IL u 5r.,; tribute ="
him personally and a compliment to
one who has always believed in fair
ard honorable conduct in public life.
He was nominated because the repub-
licans OF Iowa have confidence in him,
not by those having special interests,
not by any group or class of persons
but by all republicans. He was given
his big majority, which far exceeds
our expectations, simply because ne
was given strong support in every pre-
cinct in the state You can not point
to a spot in the state where he did
not run we'll. l want to thank the 10y
a! friends in Iowa. in every county
of the state, for their fine support OF
Governor Clarke. They may feel sure
that as a candidate and as governor,
Clarke will not disappoint them. He
made his ight ahirmatively. not by
fighting others but for himself, and he
will win the election in November in
the same way"
Progressive vote Impressive.
The feature of the campaign which
impressed so many persons was that
the vote, both forsClarke and for Ken
yon. was SO we'll distributed over the
state. Neither one can be said to be
sectional candidate. There is no dis
tinclion as to either one, in the matter
of river counties" or slough water
districts nor as to the old 'reserva
! til, oil; o<f
the map, nor as to north and south.
The surprise Of the primary was that
Kenyon carried SO many Of the coun-
ties in the south part OF the state where
under ordinary circumstances one hav
ing strongly lined up with the progress
sives would have had hard sailing. 1t
shows very plainly. SO all the politi-
clans are saying, that Senator Kenyon
made good on his campaign to capture
standpat votes. In fact, received the
strongest kind of support from active
young men who have in the past been
more or less allied with the standpat
faction. This was started in the legis-
lative session and is to be kept up in
the future. The same is true to some
extent with Clarke, who also in the
legislative sessions, attracted the favor
aligned with him.
| The majorities for Clarke were such
that il can now be seen he was at no
| time in real danger. Page county,
where the facticnal division is not
marked, came out strong for Clarke.
Cerro Gordo, a strong progressive
county, went for him heavily, as did
also Marshall. Hamilton, Butler.
| O'Brien and Sioux. On the other hand.
Jasper county, which of late has been
pretty much standpat, went strong for
Clarke, as did Van Buren,, Mills, and
| Cass. Dallas county gave Clarke an
enormous vote and also a fine compli-
ment to Kenyon. There was pleasure
in the progressive camp over the fact
that Clarke ran so well in Benton.
where B. Murphy made the fight to de-
feat him, and in Carroll where Hun
gerford was directing affairs; also in
Shelby, Jackson, Johnson. Winnebago.
Howard and some others where there
was personal fight against him.
The late returns showed up fine for
Chassell tho early figures were some
! what disappointing.