Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-22
ONLY so PER CENT OF lOWA'S
100000 VOTERS PARTICIPATED
IN PRIMARIES.
CLARKE SECURED HALF OF
REPUBLICAN TOTAL IN 1912
date For State Office Than Republic
ness or Profession of Each in Forth
coming Preliminary Contest.
,pecial 20 Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
| Des Moines, May 22.-When Cover
nor Clarke ran for the republican
nomina ton for governor two years ago.
with two opponents, he secured be-
tween AZ and so per cent Of the entire
$4,000 votes cast by republicans
About 5, 600 who voted did not vote for
governor at all. one of Clarke's op-
ponents received about 81 per cent of
the vote and the other nearly is per
cent.
! When John T. Hamilton also ran for
the democratic nomination for COVER
nor two years age, with over $1,000
votes, he received $4,000 votes, or about
A per cent of the democratic votes as
cast.
The high water mark of the republic
cans in Iowa was a vote OF ',Voo,
which mark ywasatMice reached. Once
the democrats cast $4,000 votes for
president There are 100000 voters in
Iowa. One-half of them have not
participated in primaries.
The democrats have one more can
didate for state office in their list than
/ have the republicans. They have only
one office for which there is no con-
test, while the republicans have three.
There are nine of the republican can
didates who are lawyers and five OF
the democrats. But the democrats who
are candidates have not had the ex-
perience in the public service Of the
republicans for obvious easons. Be
low is the list of candidates on the
opposing tickets, with something about
each one:
Republican Ticket.
! Senator
| Albert B. Cummins Des Moines,
present senator, legislator governor
4 lawyer
1 A. c. Savage, Adair, banker, legisla-
/ Governor
George ". Clarke Abel, lawyer, leg
/; islator. speaker OF the house, lieuten-
ant governor. present governor.
! c. G. Lee Ames, lawyer, district
! judge.
| ]. W. Rowley keosauqua. newspaper
publisher.
! Lieutenant Governor
| William L. Harding, Sioux City,
lawyer, legislator, present lieutenant
I governor.
/ ". C. Barber, Des Moines, preacher,
(! SUPERINTENDENT anti saloon league.
Secretary of State
William S. Allen, Fairfield, lawyer.
! legislator.
| Treasurer of State
! William c. Brown. Clarion, railroad
engineer, former member state board
/ Of agriculture, legislator
| Attorney General
| George Cosson, Audubo lawyer,
! legislator.
! Railroad Commissioners
Clifford Thorne, Washington. lawyer
/ chairman board.
Byron W. Newberry, Strawberry
Point lawyer, legislator, member bet
| ter schools commission.
Truman A. Potter, Mason City law
Yer.
! P. c. Church, Des Moines. lumber
dealer.
Chris Ottosen, Ottosen, inspector
| food department.
James II. Wilson, Des Mcines, re-
tired.
Democratic Ticket.
Maurice Connolly. Dubuque, manu-
| facturer. member congress.
Ed r. Meredith, Des Moines, pub
! Usher
J John T Hamilton. Cedar Rapids.
banker and insurance, former member
| board OF control, legislator.
Y. r NcGinnis. Leon, lawyer.
| Lieutenant Governor
Farley Sheldon, Ames, banker. ex-
| mayor. receiver for railroad.
| o. p. Myers. Newton, lawyer.
| Secretary of State
! George F. Smith, keosauqua, editor
/ State Line Democrat.
| John D Denison, Dubuque, lawyer.
| Auditor of State i@s
| George Phillips. OttumWa, former