Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-14
TBv Ora Williams.

that great many OF the Candidates
\ for office will fail by the wayside un-
| less they are more careful as to the
| filling Of papers The last day for
fling nomination papers for candi-
dates for state office is April %. which
Is only Ave weeks away. The canoi-
dates for county office have ten days
longer. But the papers that are com
ing TO the office Of secretary OF state
are in many cases imperfect. For IN
| stance, one aspirant for office had q
number Of the sheets filed out with
names but the affidavit of the circular
| vas made out only on the last sheet.
! If the secretary of state wanted to
adhere strictly TO the letter of the law
4 this would have TO be thrown out. The
affidavits should be on every sheet
! separately AS a matter OF fact there
/ is so little trouble now in securing
I nomination papers thar the candidates
become careless. The candidates must
file statements as to their own qualifi-
cation and willingness to serve II elect
ed. 4 striking Illustration Of the pre-
vaiiing ignorance regarding the sim
plest features of the law was shown
here the pas, week when an explana-
ton was attempted in the state bull
candidates for state office in the new
party would get on the ticket. 1t was
solenlnly asserted that in one county
-Ringgold-there was a sufficient
number registered as voters of the new
party TO make up the required half Of
one percent OF the total vote of the
party. AS the party strength was Off
ciaily determined to be 1871. this
would mean $50 names on the petitions
FOR state office. And then. in total
disregard OF the laws Of the state. 1t
was asserted that all that was needed
Was Just one name from each of ten
counties But there are not nine other
counties where the vote run so low
as ten for the county. One per cent
OF the vote in al least ten counties Is
required
AS matters stand at present -here
will be no contest for the nomination
for justices OF the supreme court
There will be six nominated on the
blind ballots. and there are only six
known candidates. The three present
judges are Ladd. Weaver and Wfhrow
and all are in the race. The other can
didaIes are Ben Salinger s. F, Prouty
and Frank Shankland. There We're two
others who had done some feeling
around but decided not TO go in. Shank
land is an entirely negligible quantity
but their friends believe that both
Saiinger and Prouty will make
strong showing BIZ: II is not easy 70
make guess Is 10 what will happen
since all the candidates are republi-
cans and the doors are opened for Eot-
ing by members OF ali other parties.
Al all the school elections in wa
where school treasurers are elected
there have been volunteer candidates
and il has not been necessary 10
dragon anybody into running frr this
Office deapi.e tie requirement rs TO
paving interest on part OF the DAN!
balances. The school treasurer in DeS
Moines, for instance, turned in over
$4,000 last year interest on the funds
This is al the rate OF two per csns on
ninety per cent Of the balances The
banks have been glad ~ -sEy four per
cent for money. Whe7 the l-gis!atuIe
in its wisdom cut off, the schoo! treas
urer graft il was assehted that nobody
could De found TO fiji the offices and
ha ndle the money. This may be true
in some rural districts but il is not
true in the city Independent districts.
At last Il is being discovered here.
somewhat slowly bur surely, that the
sole purpose Of ,ilos, who a.; making
use Of the ,ame progressive" in con-
nection with partisan politics. Is 10 get
{" the goat Of A B. Cummins OUT of
revenge for the part he has played In
making progressive politics reality IN
the nation The local organ which has
given over columns and columns OF
space to exploiting the deeds Of various
"organizers" and agents OF the o1i
moose party. has meekly referred edi-
rorially 70 the fact that It has be-
come known at Washington. hence
conveyed in dispatches TO Chicago,
afterwards transferred TO Des Moines
by the scissors route. that II is really
George W Perkins, the trus: magna'e,
who is financing the bull moose move
ment in Iowa and II Is solely move
ment 70 wreak revenge on Senator
Cunanins. Of course this fact has been
known in the inner circles here. Sur
prize a. the discovery Is only feigned.
AS has been more than once pointed
out in this correspondence the whole
thing is being managed from wall
street According 10 the statements OF
O. K Davis and other agents OF Per-
kins who Rave been Gut here. as they
have caused them TO De published here,
what they want is some one 10 run
against Cvmmins,' and ne must be
one who will draw republican. not
democratic, votes. Because Frank =.
Stuart probably would have drawn
more democratic than republican votes
and because he didn't track right with
the pro- trust program decided upon cy
the financial hackers Of the anti-Cum-
Minis movement. he was bowled of the
track One who can be relied on to
obey orders will be the candidate. Mr..
Bashor understood the game when he
announced, right off the bat. tina. he
was going to have Joint debate"
with Cummins, tho how mon who are
running for nomination on different
tickets can debate before either is
nominated is not clear. m ~
a member Of the committee appoint
ed at the meeting held herein January
to advise as to the bringing out Of
candidate against Senator Cummtns as
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for United States senator, while
here this eek made the prediction
that there would be candidate in OPP