Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-28
DEMO WHISKY COM BlNATlON
LAYS PLANS FOR CAPTURING
SUPREME COURT.
DEMOCRATS URGED TO VOTE
FOR THREE CANDIDATES
Primary Law ContsnnpIates Voters
Shall Express Preference in Primary
For Six, Three Of Whom Will 30
Elected in November-One Way TO
Meet Issue.

Des Moines, May 2s.-The wet issue
in the primary compaign for supreme
Judges has been definitely revealed,
with Salinger Thomas and Shankland
as the ticket of the democratic W hisky
com bine.
Following the sensational publication
OF the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
urging republican friends of Maurice
| Connolly to vote for him in the demo-
cratic primaries, comes the Davenport
Democrat with directions to friends of
B. I. Salinger, Frank S. Shankland and
Seth Thomas to vote for them, alone,
for nomination for judges of the SUI
preme court.
The nonpartisan judicial primary law
says that voters may vote for twice as
many candidates as there are places
to be filled at the primary and may
vote only for three. the number to be
elected, at the November election.
This provision has been construed.
generally, to mean that each voter at
the primary Monday should vote for
six candidates for supreme judge, for
instance. instead of only three.
To Vote For Three Only.
Friends Of the Salinger- Shankland-
Thomas ticket, however, propose to
PUNK their votes for the three alone.
and are urged to it by the Democrat
which is supposed to speak with au-
thority on the subject.
The presumption has been that the
three incumbent judges who seek re-
election would easily lead in the vot-
ing Monday. on the theory that every
voter votes for six candidates. But now
comes the Salinger- Shankland TIL omas
faction which will vote none of the
other four candidates but who expect
to reap votes from among their friends
who will vote for six.
Thus the Salinger- Shankland Thorn :
as ticket expects easily, not only to
be nominated, but to secure more votes
than any of the other candidates on the
ballots Monday.
The Davenport Plea.
The Davenport Democrat article fol-
lows:
For the first time the Judges Of the
supreme court will be nominated and
elected on a non partisan ballot.
THE names Of all the candidates
will appear upon the ballot at the pri'
mary without reference to their party
utilization.
1.-The purpose of this is that the
voter shall select the candidates con-
sidered most fit for the position with
out regard to the party utilization OF
the candidate.
There are seven candidates for the
nomination.:
IS. ". Weaver, present incumbent.
Scot NJ. Ladd. present incumbent.
"W. s. Withrow, present incumbent
"B. ]. Salinger, Of Carroll.
Frank S. Shankland. of Des Moines.
IS. F. Prouty, Of Des Moines.
Seth Thomas, Of Fort Dodge.
THE present incumbents are we'll
enough known so that a biography Is
not necessary. They have all been
members Of the supreme court for
some time.
B. ]. Salinger is a practicing attor-
ney at Carroll, and we'll known in
Davenport by reason Of mis- connection
with George W. Scott and Judge Theo-
philus in the practice of law at Dav-
export at one time.
Frank. S. Shankland Is best known
as the author Of the so-called Shank
land" bill for the secret ballot in the
obtaining Of consent for the sale of
intoxicating liquors.
IS. F. Prouty is thep resent con-
gresham from the Des Moires district.
Seth Thomas is a practicing attor-
ney at Fort Dodge.
'Mr. Thomas Is tho only enc Of these
who is member Of the democratic
party.
Six Of these candidates will be Sc
lected at the primary, and their names
will go upon the ballot for the fall
election, and of these each voter will
be permitted to vote for three, as that
is the number of judges TO be elected.
1T would seem that IL our courts are
to become thoroughly bipartisan. a.
least one democrat should, at this cleo
ton, be placed on the supreme bench,
and as Mr.. Thomas is the only member
Of that party who is a candidate, he
should be one Of those voted for.
1T would seem as if it were advis-
able for the voters at the primary to
vote only for three candidates.
The reason for. this. should be ap-
parent as by voting at the prima ry
for six. the effect Of such vote might
he to nominate the second choice Of
the voter instead Of his first choice.
The Democrat therefore advises all
Scott county voters to cast their votes
at the primary for the following three
candidates:
Seth Thomas, B. I. Salinger, Frank
S. Shankland.''
Ono Way to Meet Issue.
There Is open one way by which the
friends Of temperance and supporters
of the three judges at present seeking
denomination and Of Judge Prouty
could meet this issue. This would be
by resort to the same tactics, and to
vote for three candidates only, as the
"wets' propose doing.
Protection