Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
OFFICE SEEKERS IN DIES MONIES
INDICATE MANY MEN ARE
OUT OF JOBS.
CITY PRIMARY ELECTION
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Six Candidates For Mayor Before
Municipal Primary and Thirty Seek
ing Places on City Commission
Some Liberal" But Open Town Is
sue is Not Sharply Drawn.
Snectal 10 Ttmes-Republiean.

Des Moines, March ll.-Altho there
IS new element n the campaign this
year the primary election on city on
Gals scheduled for next Monda! IS
a tDut as QUIET as one could conceive.
4 few political meetings are oeing held
and grea, deal of political work by
the candidates but there l. no excite
mer1 The fact that nom. lions arr
TO be made for municipal judges IN
crea ses the interest, out this is purely
a personal matter among large mum
Der of aspiranLA
There are seven canClda[eS Io1
mayo, and alderman. He went TO de-
have been almost Up 10 the last minute
looking for a candidate to oppose Mac
Vicar. But It IS readily recognized that
the whole six others viii have 10 60
pretty fast 70 get as many votes as
MaeVicar in the primary. The voter
vote for just one and there are I" -
to De nominated. whose names vii. g.
OH the regular ballot next month.
MacVicar Out Early.
John MacEicar came ou- early FOR
the nomination. He Will WIN easily.
in municipal politics. he has oeen
mayor and alderman. He wen = de-
feat some years ago because as M
man in charge OF the streets he in
sisted on doing TOO much improving.
Now the men who were opposed 20 him
are giving him support He = disposed
10 be domineering and aggressive n
office. but he does business His .Gea
AZ this time IS tia, the commission
aEan Is not being worked out as
planned. but that the mayor should be
ir1s fact the directing head Of the whole
business organization, and there should
not De complete parce!lEg out OF au-
thority.
Others who are seeking the aomtua-
ton are z. W Van Duyn. former Ia
Dor commissioner; / s. McCrillis. So
clal;sr; B. 2. Loos, z. R. Quick, l.. Z
Royal, and A. c. Wilson
Scramble For Council.
For mem bers Of the council four 10
elect and eight 10 be nominated there
are thirty candidates. IN the list ara
Fred German. J. L Myeriy and J. ii.
Leonard, Of the present council Ger
man is in real estate. Mye-!y IS spec
r.ator and lawyer. and Leonard IS
street car conductor. AL Will run WI!
again. Then there is Charles y"
Schramm and John l. Aanery, VINO
were on the first council under the
commission plan. Others VINO nave naa
off.c!a! experience are Harry Erase
who was coun- auditor; J. ". Jen-
ney, who was chief q police; and j.
". Budd, who has been county eng
neer Thomas Fsirwsathe-. vi" owns
the baseball club. is candidate and
vii! prove very strong. J. J. Conroy
mas been justice Of the peace. The
others on the list are mixed %: o.
local politicians with ambitions
There IL some inclination % REGARD
a group Of The candidates as liberia!
or disposed 70 wink az law violations,
and IN this c.ass IS included Conroy.
Fa!-wearner, Erase and some others.
But the line i not distinctly drawn,
A. the same time a vote Is u %
taken on ca ndidaIes tor Judge OF me
municipal court There are twenty
one Of them. Joe Meyer wbo vas sec
retar, % LGz 5=Ea.f. = al present po-
lice Judge and Z good one and ae -
almost certain TO De Oh the list V after
Irish, a long time court reporter. PROB
q bly, VIII rur quite well! Charles =
Wilcox editor Of the lode supplement
Is In the race and Will have strong
following. Homer F. Wood : 0lera II
ting oGice % .h= governor &3c : 60
Ing to get q III { vote. J. z Me-sh1n
ran for d.s-rtc- Judge last Tine ana
came close - = ."-l!g. Z :. II son
IS in the civ so..C.ip-- "tf!Ct l. }.
Frisk asks 20 Dc I-omot@d from j1E
tice OF the p"ac@ jo0. 80 &. :. 'o5ter
Tom Sellers. JOHN Holland and !,
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