Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11
VOTE ON PREFERENCE FOR
PRESIDENT LESS THAN IS
PER CENT NORMAL.
MARSH BEATS DUNN
FOR COMMITTEEMAN
ocratic National Convention No
Contests on Republican Tieket-vote
Very Light in City-Sixty-Tw Favor
Roosevelt For President.

! The first party primary at which
! electors could express their preferences
! for their choice for president attracted
! only the miidest of interest in this
! county and drew out a vote that vas
! less than % per cent of that cast "a.
! the last general election. The apathy
, shown toward the election in the city
was even greater than in the country
precincts
The election attracted a total vote
OF l,l46 for the choice for president in
all parties. with Marietta precinct
! missing. The vote in the city on the
same choice was only ie5. Lack OF
any contests Of Importance in the re-
publican ticket doubtless was respon-
sible in part at least for the light vote.
Burkett Republicans Choice.
With Marietta precinct missing tfe
Vote for Senator A. B. Cummins, as
choice for president, was 11S. II is in
teresling TO note. however, the vote
Roosevelt received. altho his name was
not on the printed ballots. He got
g.. Hughes received 5, and Ford got 4.
/ Taft and Root received scattering
votes.
Elmer j. Burkett, of Nebraska. was
the republican choice for vice presi-
dent The vote for him was 5Gl w.
Grant Webster OF Chicago, his oppo-
nent. received $50.
John T. Adams, of Dubuque. was the
choice for national committeeman on
the republican ticket. His vote was
.3i. while his opponent, John Olson, OF
Forest City. received S!!2. There were
no other contests in the republican
/: branch Of the primary.
Wilson's Vote 2S2.
In the democratic party where there
were more contests President Wilson
received a vote of 292 as choice for
president. Bryan was given a vote
OF !.
The real contest in the democratic
party was for national committeeman.
In this Wilbur G. Marsh, Of Waterloo.
was preferred over Edward 6. Dunn,
of Mason City. Marshs vote was 1871
and Dunn got los.
Marsh Delegates Chosen.
The entire list OF Marsh delegates
at-large 10 the national democratic
convention was chosen ever Dunns
delegates The Marsh delegates and
their votes were: Stivers, 1917: Con-
molly, POI; Hughes l4s; Meredith, lsl.
The vote for Dunns delegates was:
! Myers. 1874; Wilson, 195; Hamilton.
III; Meyer. 80.
The four alternates-a large TO the
national convention who were elected
were: Sheldon. 2p9; Hayes, $50: Web
Der. l42; t,ronin. ~. These are all
Marsh alternates with the exception OF
Hayes. who was on the Dunn ticket
Want Both instructions.
The puzzle presented in the way the
proposal on the instruction Of dele
gates was presented on the ticket
caused TO happen just what was ex-
p-cted The vote decides nothing Tne
reason is that both proposals carried,
and they are directly contradictory.
On the first proposal. Shall the dis
,rict DELEGATES 10 the national conYen-
ton be instructed by the vote OF the
state at large? the vote was yes. 6lS;
No. l72.
On the second proposal, Shall the
district delegates to the national con-
vention be instructed by the vote OF
the congressional district"' the vote
was yes 425; no, 25i. The result -s
that this county desires that the dis
tric. delegates 20 the national conyen-
ton SEaIl De ~ bcNA4 t--~
vote Of the state a: large and the vote
OF the congressional district.
The vote oD the progressive ticket
was very small, only l.. Half dozen
votes were cast on the socialist ticket
Many Considered Election Joke.
From all Indications many voters
considered the election more or less OF
q Joke. This was noticeable on seFerai
ballots where names of local persons
were written in as candidates for wee
, Tres dent. Names Of others for dele
gates. n precincts where they did not
, live were made q matter of record
There we're a great many spo,!eo
Fsilotg. indicating a lack 81 knowledge
On the part Of voters as to the marking
of their ballots Crosses we're marked
in squares opposite which there were
no printed names. and no names were
written in. Entire lists Of county con-
! ye-atjon delegates were written In in
stead of using the printed slips, and
then the voter failed to marx single
square.
In the Fourth ward one socialist
voter marked crosg opposite each Of
fee 20 be voted On and then wrote IN
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