The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-03
CANDIDATES BEGIN
WORK IN EARNEST
Saturday Shows all Candidates
Working Hard and Manifestation
Of Interest Is Shown
For First Time.
THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET
Candidates for Different offices or
Republican Ticket Sure Of Being
Returned Winners o,
Tuesday.


! The last few days have shown a
marked change in the feeling in poll
tics BY this is meant the way the
candidates are working. Since court
adjourned, the officers who are now
in office have had an opportunity to
/ get out and mix with the voters and
have in this way overcome the work
q Ing lead which some of the other can
didates had secured.
4 The city seems to be just waking
up to the fact that there is an e.eo
ton scheduled for next week and
more political dope was heard Satur
day than any other day since the cam
paign started Candidates for all
local and county offices were on the
streets mixing with voters and creav
I ing an atmosphere of something doing
generally.
Old timers in the political life of
Lee county say that during the pres
4 ent campaign, there has been a mark
both parties, more so than at any
other time in the history of the coun-
ty None of them offer any eXpiana-
ton of the fact, but insist that it is
: SO. One thing is certain in Keokuk.
politics were not the subject of much
conversation until this last week
: when the realization that election day
was almost here brought the support
ers of the various candidates out or
their shells.
J. All the men whose names appear
on the republican ticket are we'll
J known to the voters of Lee county
and are asking for their support on
: the strength of their past record m
office or their ability to serve the
!, county in a business-like and capable
manner.
= The official sample ballot will be
printed in Mondays issue OF The
I Gate City.
The Voting Places.
Sheriff Crimmins has issued his di
!. rection TO voters as to the polling
places next Tuesday. Following are
the places to vote inside the city:
/ Il First precinct Ralph b. Smiths
vacated office, 26 North Fifth street.
i Second precinct Rees-McFarland
company's vacated building, % South
I Fifth street.
!, II Third precinct George Washington
school basement, 125 North Ninth
!. street.
Fourth precinct-1A. j.. Hickey's
e building, 226 B street.
(. Fifth precinct--Association hall, 314
North Fourteenth street.
i, Sixth precinct-W. H. Reimbold's
vacated cigar store, 1906 JohnaJr
/. street.
Seventh precinct car barn
I. Nineteenth and Bank streets.
The district, county and township
L. republican ticket is as follows;
For District Officers.
y For Representative in Congress,
First District
Charles A. Kennedy,
of Montrose, Lee County
For Judge Of District Court,
Ito fill Vacancy
D First District.
w. s. Hamilton,
of Fort Madison, Lee County.
g For State Representative,
e First District.
Gilbert Lee,
of West Point, Lee County.
< County Ticket.
3 For Auditor,
l. Albert r. Smith,
of Fort Madison
T. For Treasurer,
e Hiding w. Bensston.
n of Denmark.
! For Clerk District Court,
If c. B. Lake,
v of Keokuk.
e For Sheriff
C julius EIchorn,
a. of Fort Madison
"a For Recorder,
IL Ed. G. Vaughan,
10 of Keokuk.
~ For County Attorney,
% w. r. c. Kendrick,
lg of Keoknk.
= For County Superintendent,
u e. C. Lynn,
i'd of Donnellson.
For Coroner.
Charles A. shafer,
~ of Keokuk.
ID For Member Board of Supervisors 70
term commencing January, 1913.
ia John De Rosear,
OF Cedar Township.