The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-01
The PRIMARY ELECTION
Next Monday will Determine Who
are the Successful Candidates.
Democrats are all Good.

ton. On the democratic SIDE or tne
house there are no contests for the
nomination on the state ticket, and
the gentlemen whose names appear
on the ticket headed by that peerless
democrat E. T. Meredith for COVER
nor, will be nominated without oppo-
sition, and on the county ticket there
are but three offices on the democrat
ic ticket for which there are more
than one candidate, clerk of the
courts, sheriff and county recorder.
On the democratic county ticket
Frank A. CARRIER Of Center township,
a solid substantial farmer, who will
represent the taxpayers of the coun-
ty, will be the nominee for represen-
tative in the legislature, and the
probabilities are that he will be elect
ed at the November election over any
of the republican candidates who Sc
cure the nomination, there being five
republican candidates for the nomi-
nation, and it is hardly likely that
any of them will receive the required
IS per cent Of the vote, and the
nomination will have to go to the
county convention. The republican
candidates are c. c. Dye, of Lineville,
Grant Mallory of Davis City, w. \.
Poush and Chas. w. Reeder of Leon,
and B. NJ. Russell of Lamont.
County auditor Walter Osborn who
has filled this Office so acceptably to
everybody for the past two years will
be renominated by the democrats
without opposition, and he will be
reelected by the voters Of the county
again in November.
That sterling life long democrat,
J. A. Weldon, of New Buda township,
is the only democratic nominee for
county treasurer, and he will receive
the hearty support of every democrat
il the county.
For clerk of the district court,
there are two candidates on the
democratic ticket, Chas. w. Kelley,
of Richland township, and Clarence
Skinner, of Fayette township. They
are both clean cut, competent young
men, very popular in their home COM
munities, and no mistake can be
made in nominating either Of them.
They have made gentlemanly cam
vass, and the only question to be de-
cided is which one the voters believe
will be the strongest candidate.
There are three candidates for the
democratic nomination for sheriff,
John A. Fulton and E. w. Hamilton
OF Leon, and Charles r. Piercy OF
Bloomington township, and they have
all been making strong effort to
capture the nomination, and which
ever one is nominated is going to be
elected as the next sheriff of Decatur
county John A. Fulton is one of
the Lopular young business men Of
Leon, member of the grocery firm
of Gilman & Fulton. He is sterling
young democrat, and has all the en-
doWments to- make good sheriff.
He made the race on the democratic
ticket two years ago against sheriff
Lorey for his second term and polled
a mighty fine vote. E. w. Hamilton
is also business man of Leon, hav-
ing been engaged in the implement
business in this city for the past two
years, prior to which he was a farm
er. He is fine young man, and If
nominated will receive the support
Of all the democrats and many of the
republicans of this county. Chas. K.
P!ercy, the third candidate, is we'll
known by most of the people of De-
catur county. He is successful and
prominent farmer of Bloomington
township, and no man stands higher
in the community. He made the
race against sheriff Lorey four years
ago, his opponent being one of the
most popular men in Decatur county,
and he gave him "a close race for the
office. If nominated, Mr.. Piercy and
his friends are fir4 in the belief that
he will be electedlthis time.
For the office OF county recorder
there are two ladies who are candi-
dates for this office, Mrs. Mabel Judd
Arnold of Garden Grove, and Miss
Halle V. Moore, of Leon. Mrs. Ar
mold is daughter of the late Newton
Judd, was born and raised in Deca-
tur county, and for several years has
been employed as teacher in the
Garden Grove public schools. 1t is
said that if she is nominated there
will be very few votes in that part
of the county which will be cast
against her, either republican or
democrat. She is lady who COM
mands the respect and esteem Of all
who know her and she has been max
ing strong canvass for the nomina-
ton. Her opponent, Miss Moore, is
also Decatur county lady, daughter
of w. r. Moore of Leon, a life long
democrat She has been employed
for many years as a teacher in the
Leon public schools, and is very pop
ular in Leon. She enjoys a large
acquaintance over the county, and if
nominated will make a hard fight to
be elected Two more estimable or
deserving ladies could not have been
selected as candidates for this county
office, and either Of them can fill the
Office in manner which will be en-
tirely satisfactory to the general pub
lie. Each of them have number Of
warm friends who are assisting them
in their candidacy
County attorney Geo. w. Baker
has no opposition for denomination
for the customary second term. He
stands on his record, and everybody
in Decatur county knows he is one Of
the best prosecuting attorneys in the
state of Iowa. .. .a,..
There is no candidate for coroner
on the democratic ticket, and this
nomination can be filled either by the
voters or by the county convention.