Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-18
JONES, WILLARD FOR MAYOR;
LAMB, ALLARD, NICHOLSON.
HERMAN FOR COUNCIL.
RACE BETWEEN JONES
AND WILLARD CLOSE
Mayor Carries City BY II With 20 Per
Cont of Vote Cast Councilman
Lamb Gets Fine Endorsement-A'-
lard Standardization and Herman
Run in Order Named.

For ma yor-w. H. Jones and 1. S.
Willard.
For ColncIman-Dorr l.. Lamb, H
]. Allard, w. E. Nicholson, and George
Herman.
These lNere the candidates nomi-
mated Monday for the city election
Monday, March 81. Altho quiet, as
compared with the first primary held
under the commission plan, the voting
was fairly brisk, but still the vote
stood 512 under the first primary
A total of 2,2S5 votes was polled
yesterday for the four candidates for
mayor, as. compared with 2,747 two
Years ago.
Jones, Lamb, Herman Renominated.
Mayor w. H. Jones, and Council
men Dorr i. Lamb and George Herman
We're each renominated. Lambs en-
dorsement was particularly flattering.
considering the number of candidates
in the field. He received the largest
vote, 1895, of any of the candidates
for nomination. Mayor Jones was sec
ond high. receiving a vote of 1913. II.
y. <AlldIu was SeCUuu ILSI dIlOllS il1S
councilmen, as he received vote of
991. w. E. Nicholson was third in the
list of candidates for councilmen with
a vote of 976. l. s. Willard, Mayor
Jones chief opponent in the primary.
received 912 votes. George Herman
was fourth in the list of councilmen.
with vote of 1853, and the last on the
ticket in the point of votes received.
the latter the socialists candidate, and
O. D. !Ashbrook We're defeated in their
efforts to get on the ticket for mayor.
w. a. Brown and L. A. Hanson. Soc
ialists' candidates; n. w. Martin and
+. A. Placek We're likewise defeated
for places on the ticket for council
men.
Race for Mayor Close.
With only 20 per cent polled Of the
vote cast at the city election two years
ago. the race between Mayor Jones and
/. S. Willard was close. The former
led for denomination over the new as
pirant to the office by only Al votes
1913 as compared with 972. Wasem
got 1OS. Wiltse 100. and Ashbrook 80.
Wasems vote is believed to have
pulled from Jones because his candi-
Jones and its purpose was to draw
from Jones.
Nominees Lead is Large.
AS in the case in the contest for
mayor. the lead of the four who were
nominated for councilmen over the u,t.
successful candidates was very large.
The vote for the unsuccessful was:
Martin, 22O; Brown, SO; Hanson, IL:
4 nnly
small votes was the substantial vote
given each of the other four all of
whom received more than third
and in Lambs case almost onehalf of
the total vote cast
Both Sides Did Work.
The per cent of the Vote of the last
City eelction that was cast Monday in
dicates that friends Of most of the
leading candidates did some work 1t is
probably true that more concentrated
and organized effort was made in be-
half of Willard and Nicholson than
any two other candidates. This is
shown in the percentage Of the full
vote cast in the First and Fourth
wards. the home wards and the seat Of
the greatest strength of these TWO can
didates.
east in the Second ward. This was due
to the efforts Of Aliards friends to get
$out the vote for him. But no especially
organized canvass was made in behalf
of either Mayor Jones or Councilman
Lamb.
The Vote by Wards.
Sevsnty-two Per cent Of the vote Of
the city election OF 1911 was cast in
the First ward; 80 per cent in the Sec
ond So in the Third; 20 in the Fourth
and SO in the Fifth
Mayor Jones carried two wards the
Second and Third, while MilIard car
ried the other three. Jones lead Of 191
in the Second ward overcame Millard' $
majority Of fifty IN the First, sixty
one in the Fourth and fifty EIGHT in the
Fifth.
Jones Vote Two Years Ago.
Two years ago when Jones was
elected he carried the wards as fol-
lows:
Jones. Mohr.
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