Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-09
FAILURE TO ENpoRsE @HoME
CANDIDATE BLOW TO
u ASPIRATIONS.
COUNTY STRONG FOR CLARKE
IN INTERNATIONAL RACE
Resolution For Holden Would Have
Met With Dsfsat-Ne Effort Made
From Outside to Influence County
Against Situation in Seventh
District Peculiar.


Des Moines. March S-Seventh dis
trict county republican conventions
throw interesting sidelights on the drift
of things political, especially as to
state politics. 1t is recalled that the
three candidates for the republican
nomination for governor live in this
district, each in a county adjoining
Polk, and therefore presumably under
the influence Of the great politicians
here.
Much interest attached to the Story
county convention and word had been
received here that the delegations had
been picked especially in the interest
Of Professor Holden. 1t was supposed
that the county convention would en-
dorse Holden as the "home candidate"
1t was to be given out that Story, one
Of the strongest republican counties in
the state. was for Holden.
But the resolutions adopted at Ne
vada were conspicuous for their silence
as to Holden.
The fact is that the very best judges
of the situation in Story county, after
q thorough canvass Of the situation,
unite in declaring that Governor Clarke
will carry the county by plurality Of
from 1000 to 1900 over Holden. They
say he will carry every country pre-
cinct in the county. Clarke will carry
three Of the four precincts Of Ames and
has good cnance Tor the other one
Story County For Clarke.
The farmers Of Story county are not
for Holden in fact. In Milford town
ship, an agricultural community. the
farmers say that there is not one vote
in the township for Holden.
It was planned by. the Holden man
ayers to have resolutions adopted by
the republican county convention .fav-
orable to him, and on Monday they
started out on a still hunt to get sup
port for their plan. Then the republic
cans got busy and while the Ames dele
gates were picked by the Holden men,
they soon found that the Ames dele
cation was itself opposed in majority
to Holden. The anti-Holden men say
that II an effort had been made at the
county convention to endorse Holden
the resolution would have been de-
feated two to one.
Some time ago 1t was given out that
a Holden club was organized in Ames
with 200 present AS matter OF fact
the Holden people secured about us
names to a Holden petition. but at the
meeting there were just fifteen present,
including two Clarke men who went
out of curiosity.
The failure Of Professor Holden to
secure endorsement from his home
county is regarded as significant Of the
situation on governorship. Professor
Holden is the only candidate who has
maintained expensive state headquar-
tiers from which work has been done
directly for him thruout the state. The
situation developed in Story has not
been Influenced in the least from the
outside
The Dallas county convention passed
strong resolutions endorsing Clarke as
the home candidate, and 1t Is supposed
that this afternoon the Warren county
convention will also endorse Proudfoot
as the choice Of republicans of that
county. It is evident that Holden's
state organ has not converted very
many Of the republicans in its neigh
borhood.