Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-06
RETURN WILL be COUNTED AND
sENr TO STATE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.
Il COUNTY CONVENTIONS NEXT
e in ORDER ON PROGRAM
Meetino Of All Parties Must Be Hold
in Each County 70 Select Delegates to
State convsntions-Repu Have
Ono important Matter to Decide
Must Pick Candidate For Auditor.
Special to rimes-Republican.

DeS MONIES, June t-HeturnS Aou
counties will De counted and canvassed
at each county seat next Monday,
when more information will be obtain
able as to primary election results. 1t
will be another week, however, before
the state board meets to canvass and
declare as to various candidates. In
the meantime some interest will attach
as to preparations for the county con-
ventions. These must all be held on
Saturday. the 27th at the county seats.
Conventions Of the four parties will be
held. Delegates to state conventions
will be selected. and where district con-
yentions are needed they will be chos-
en-.
The democrats having settled all
their contests in the primary not mucn
interest will attach to selection or
their delegates. The same is true as
to the minor parties.
The republicans have one important
matter to decide-that of the state
senatorship. The vote for the candi-
dates showed little of anything 1t Is
certain neither one was nominated. In
the convention no attention will be
paid to the vote for each candidate. In
. fact the state convention can go out
side and pick up dark horse If
deemed desirable. But in this case 1t
is unlikely.
All fair-minded men admit that each
and every one Of the candidates for
state auditor is competent and either
one would be acceptable to most of the
republican voters. There can be no
very serious contest on the subject
Three of them are connected with the
state auditors office now. and each
one Of these has had experience that
well fits him for the routine duties OF
the office. Another has been county
auditor and Is of substantial expert
ence in all public matters and would
make a most acceptable candidate of
the party Another is city mayor
and a man familiar with public duties.
So no question will be raised as to
competency or worthiness If either
one Of the flve Is selected. 1t is prob
able that the choice will be the result
Of a give and take policy among the
candidates.
The tone Of the newspapers in the
state indicates that in both of the po-
httcal parties there is disposition to
lay aside the petty things which crop
ped out In the primary campaign and
to get down to real issues that divide
the parties. Those democrats who act
ed as IL they would go right off and
Join any old party unless Meredith was
the senatorial nominee are gracefully
getting into line for Connolly. Those
republicans who looked daggers at
Cummins and Clarke are accepting
the situation pleasantly and saying
they will stand by the ticket It's
long time until election day and much
forgetting can be done in the hot sum-
mer months
This is true, however, that as to both
the republican and democratic state
committees, they are ready to begin
the state campaign without further
waiting.
A. I. Urick, state labor commission
or, has gone to Nashville to attend the
national convention Of labor commits
sioners and factory inspectors. Efforts
in the direction Of uniformity in laws
and the application IF laws are being
made. A great deal Is being done. also,
to unity the system Of accounting and
reporting so that the labor statistics
will be of greater value.
Reports on the personal property
assessments in the various counties ct
Iowa are commencing to come into the
Office Of auditor Of state Tho first in
is Benton county. This Is the report
on the personal property assessment
and the additions to realty due to i'm
provements as there was no real es-
tate assessment made this year. But
these reports will show whether or not
the assessors and boards Of review
have maintained the standards set
year ago, when, for the first time. alb
solute uniformity was established in
the valuation Of classes Of personal
property.
The state executive council has had
to deal with one OF the old lake bed
cases left over from a previous admin
istration. In the case OF drainage Of
Rat lake, there were two farmers who
claimed right to 20-acre tract. as
each one had land adjoining it. They
appeared before the council and had a
trial lasting all one day, and that
evening the two men met and agreed
upon DIVISION dismissing their suit.
Governor Clarke will so with his
staff. accompanying the Des Moines
and central Iowa delegation, to the de-
partment encampment, G. A. r in Bur-
lington. starting from here Tuesday
morning. June, 49, The annual camp
fire. will be held on the afternoon Of
Tuesday and the parade Wednesday,
There Will be quite large delegation
go from Des Moines. for this city has
the candidate for department COM
mander in the person of B. c. Ward,
who will probably be elected without
opposition. Des Moines had three Of
the department commanders in the past
Given. Conrad and futile.
Traer News Notes.
Special to Times Republican.
Traer. June Crank Avery Of Bows,
and Mrs. Catherine Helms were mar
ried in Toledo on Wednesday. Thcy
Will make their home in Bows.
Misses Marie and Iowa Joles left for
their Wisconsin home the first Of the
week. They have been attending our