Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-05-21
iowa CuESSERS
ARE ALL AT SEA
Primary Campaign Develops un-
usual Features.
DEMOCRATS IN REAL SCRAMBLE
Contest for Nomination for United
States Senator Wakes Warm-Fight
Against Governor Clarke = Seven
Candidates for Supreme Judge.

| Candidates for Supreme Judge.
Des Moines, May '1S.-By long. odds
the most peculiar primary campaign in
Iowa history is now in progress. The
Oldest guessers are all at sea. Nobody
knows just what is going to happen as
to some things.
| At present the senatorial situation
has taken the center of the political
stage. and, strangely enough, the Dem
ocratic candidates are arousing the
most interest. There is a lively fight
for. senatorial nomination between
Congressman Connolly and Publisher
q. I. Meredith
| While Senator Cummins made an
announcement last week of his candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
and A. G. Savage has been at work for
some time, there is really very little
| interest in the Republican campaign.
The fight in the Republican party is
over the nomination for governor. One
of the new features of the situation
this year is the strange situation on
| the judgeship. There are seven candi.
dates for supreme Judge and six to
nominate in the non-partisan primary.
| The only question is as to how large a
vote each one can get so as to get
good start for the fall election.
Attorney General Cosson declared
that the state will fight to the last
ditch in defense OF the law permitting
| the county attorney to file information
| in lea OF an indictment by a grand
| jury, which is attacked by the attor-
neys for Earl Jones, Corning musician,
who is seeking writ of habeas corpus
| in the supreme court. He is serving
five-year term for alleged kidnapping
| OF Grace Runyon.
| An investigation will be made OF the
alleged irregularities complained OF
by jones' attorneys. If Jones was not
given fair trial the state propably
will not resist to any great extent an
effort to secure new trial Tor the
| musician, it is said. However, il the
unconstitutionality of the law under
! which Jones was indicted is seriously
| pushed, the state will use every effort
| to preserve it.
Phone Men Lose High Court Case.
Telephone interests were defeated
in their third attempt to establish the
right in Iowa to erect telephone lines
through towns and villages without
obtaining franchises. when the su
preme court handed down an opinion
in the case of the East Boyer Telee
phone company against the incorpor
ated town of Vail. This was the third
time the case had been before the gu.
preme court. 1t grew out of the re.
fnsal of the people of Vail to vote a
franchise to the telephone company in
January. 1910. The company proceed
ed TO begin the construction OF tele'
phone line through the town, without
permission. The city took active steps
to prevent poles from being erected
Convention of Iowa Women.
The state convention of the P. e. O..
an organization of women which orig
mated in Iowa, is to be held here this
week, CONNIE ncing tomorrow There
will be probably 500 delegates, repre-
senting the various chapters OF the r
der in this state The convention viii
last until Friday noon and the pro
gram is filled with reports and discus
sions on the activities of women IL
various lines and efforts.