Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
MANY CITIES AND TOWNS OF
STATE VOTING FOR MUNICH
PAL OFFICERS.
BOND ISSUE PROPOSALS
IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS
Special Charter Cities and Some Of
Commission Governed Cities EIeotins
u. Mayors and Councilman - Many
Towns Fail to File Nomir -;~n Pa
pore in Required Time.
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Des Moines, March N.-ACity elections
are being held today In cities OF tho
first and second class In Iowa and in
cities where the commission plan Of
city government is in force. In many
places, also voters are ballotfnS on
bond issue propositions, some OF them
for the erection of school houses, the
building of new public buildings. etc.
In Des Moines. the primary cam
paign was especially strenuous, and
according to reports this condition was
general thruout the state. Here, cam
didates were kept busy denying
charges Of alleged liberalism" hurled
at them by adherents of the opposition
and one successful contest and one In
junction suit marked the non- partisan
primary
Charges Of Irregularities and Illegal
registration and voting were contained
in a petition for injunction filed by
John B. Hammond. The injunction Pc
tition was directed against the city OF
Des Moines. and several city officials
and. it was charged among other things
that electors were not given suffi-
cient opportunity TO register and tina:
large percentage of the unregistered
vote was illegal.
The campaign for mayor here lies be-
tween John MacVicar, one Of the orig
inal boosters in Iowa for the commits
sion form Of municipal government, and
L. z, Royal. Eight cand!dates-of
whom four are to be eiected-are on
the ballot for election to the city coun-
oil -Four Judges of tho nav Des Mnines
municipal court are to be elected and
the voters will decide whether a city
garbage disposal plant is to be erected
and whether a local corporation will
be granted franchise to install a city
heating plant.
Cities Voting.
Cities. in Iowa, having the commits
sion form Of government which are
holding elections today include:
Burlington. Cedar Rapids. Des
Moines. Fort Dodge, Keokuk. Mason
City. Sioux City and Ottumwa-
Cities operating under a special char
ter are:
Davenport. Dubuque. Gienwood. Mus
catine and Wapello.
Other cities Of the first class are:
Clinton, Council Bluffs and Wster-
loo.
list OF the cities Of the second class
where elections are being held COM
piled by the secretary of states office
is as follows:
Abba, Algona, Ames, Anamosa. At
lantic. Bedford, Belle PLANE, Bloom
field. Boone, Carroll. Cedar Falls. Cen
terville. Charlton. Charles City, Cher
okee. Clarinda, Clarion. Clear Lake,
Colfax, Corning. Cresco, Creston, De-
corah, Denison. Eagle Grove. Eldon, Ell
dora, Emmetsburg, Estherville. Fair
field. Fort Madison, Grinnell. Hampton,
Harlan. Hawarden, Ida Grove. Inde-
pendence, Indianola, Iowa City. Iowa
Falls, Jefferson. Knoxville, Lake City.
LeMars, Leon. Manchester. Maquoketa,
Marengo, Marion. Missouri Valley,
Monticello, Mount Pleasant. Mystic,
Nevada New Hampton, Newton. DEL
vein. Onawa, Usage, Osceola, Oska-
loosa. Pella, Perry, Red Oak. Rock
Rapids, Sac City. Seymour, Sheldon,
shenandoah. Sisourney, Spencer, Storm
Lake, Stuart. Tama. Upton, Toledo,
Valley Junction. Villsca. Vinton. Wash
ington. Waukon. Waverly. Webster
City, What Cheer and Winterset
Towns Fail to File.
ia pi NlF-duE oil Oh tne cues, can
ddhtes filed nomination papers 1f-
teen days before the election date. as
required by law. But tn about 100 of
the towns the new law making the
filing date fifteen days instead Of ten
days before election. was not noted.
Following the instructions Of the
state department OF Justice, blank
ballots have been prepared in these
100 towns for the election today. vot-
ers may write In the names OF the men
desired for office, or stickers bearing
the names Of candidates may be used.
the department says 1t is expected
! that there will be more electioneering
than usual at the polls. in these cit
| les. but no real difficulties are ex-
pected.
Chautauqua at New Hampton.
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