Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-01
PROBABLE LEAD
IN STATE CONVENTION RE.
DucED TO 10.
LOSS OF SCOTT COUNTY
CHANGES CONTROL OF DISTRICT
Second Probably Will Be for Taft
Five Offices That Iowa Women May
Fiil-TroubIe at Fort Madison Prison
Explained-Attorney Lee Returns TO
EstherviIle.
oecial to Times-Eepublican.

Des Noires Anr;I THE o,,come
of tho oo,ra,.;o S..
w. IA ne rs ''' low ~
IHe c.oses' point 1'r many Years On
less there are other UNEXPECTED
changes the progressive majority viii
~, - o,r fr,r - >, ,r,,.,,
tior.
ne Htott cotiftE situa''o'. ILLUSTRATES
no" the s'anapa'tefs nave hGsfep!s
seAteo matters tor enect. Ihe st1hd-
pat pap aH over tHe St't' E.htso
.:at re count? "e't over "e''''i'ie's
!ot laiN ana ihaS Il N's an "'e "aS
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iis'HS "eie 'i'sH s"'@ - No'''' = ~
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s'a ~ ''teIS =! an P'o''1' ,.'V
oi," I no -
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VT
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w = H. N'i' h'->
during the present week H.tes"
county conventions VIII ne hela.
eral other counties VIII holu lnetF
caucuses. BY the close OF the week IL
Will be possible n determine Almost
the exact strength OF the Cunmlns ano
Taft forces in the state convention al
Cedar Rapids. April -. Nv April All
but seven or ei2ht counties WI! nave
decided the delegate question el'her ny
convention or caucnses.
Both Cumn1ins and Iatt ieacerS I'D
the state are now predicting the coh'ro'
OF the state convention VII ne ma
ter Of TWENTY-FIVE or thirty Fo'.s @'lnt'
way II is believed ne many we hiat-
ter Of personal Following "lh a.'',''.il'
10 considerable in the SELECTION OF d@ie-
gates al large among lhf O.. ltI''
are not bound "itii"T . i7-1 ~
Minis by Instructions
Some of the Clinton county ca"cnses
will be held today ne rt'S'-l III nm
ton county, with twenty-five
TO name NH put ,...
as to the control OF the Secplia w. :
Taft leaders expect az ieasl NAN o. nv
Clinton deiesstioh' n lo -,..I,
caucuses SATURDAY lndlcare la.l VIZ
have the Iowa CONVENTION.
ries with Il the c"t!lFoi - w
uiSN- 80 " ~, r. ,,--a..-
Iowa the election OF iail
from the Second = alli'S' q ~!
Senator CumnlhS VIII !" 40 ~.
delegates TO the ha'ional con IN
when the Ihird o!s.'i''
choice in the cohsFf-7si''i con '-'+'
at Waterloo HutSoaS'
Following Is iiSt %
have not vet ne!d COM tfilio't> wa.
the DrosressiNES eSpecl 10 e''-
senator Cumnlns Aliai'!a ~ ''".'ei'
Carroll. Cedar 'erro ,5"rc"' ~
Chickasaw, Clay taTetle' 10. o.
Greene GrUndv Hamilton sro'ii'
Humboldt Jackson. hos<'''h' HarS,'ali'
Mitchell. NuscatinA. q tSrlen' fa!" -Ai'o'
Winneshiek and Worth
progressive column. senator 'nmnlins
will have a majority of ABOUT thirty
-otes in the state convention. mere
will be 1,+s1 delegates to the conEen-
ton.
Supporters Of President Taft put
portion of CLAYTON and clinton in the
Taft column Caucuses IN Iowa IDA
and Linn give those counties to the
president and Nonona will instruct for
Taft the Taft boosters saw
Counting Ida in the Taft column, ard
for the sake Of argument adding Mo-
mona and half Of the OsceIoa unin-
e+r,,c-ad delegation Of six. Taft would
h.re 90 ae1egate in the Eleventh DIS
trict Woodbury. already having IN