Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
OPEN MEETING OF CITIZENS
NAMES CANDIDATES HEADED
BY /. c. ABBOTT FOR MAYOR.
JOHN |. BELL AND JOHN
c. CRELlIN FOR COUNCIL
Meeting Attended by 100 or More Bus.
mess. Professional, and Union Labor
All Three Selected Promise to Be-
come Candidates.

! Seeking an efficient municipal gov
ernment. an open meeting. attended by
loo or more representatives OF mer-
| chants, manufacturers, union labor
and professional and business men,
was held in the east court room
| Thursday night and endorsed L. c.
Abbott, for mayor and John I. Bell and
John c. Crellin councilman. BY a rising
vote practically every one present
promised actively 10 support this
ticket. y committee Of ten was ar
ranged to circulate the nomina ton
petitions Of the candidates.
L. {. Abbott is head of the retail
firm OF Abbot 4 Son. and a lifelong
resident and merchant of the city.
John L Bell was formerly in active
charge and was an officer OF Britain
& Co, for many years. John c. Crel-
lin is a union machinist, employed by
the NJ. &c St. l.. He has been promi
nent in union labor movements and is
former president Of the Trades and
Labor Assembly. In short talks each
doris ement and promised to become a
ca ndidate.
Committee Selects Nominees.
The meeting organized by selecting
DR.. II. \. Kinnan chairman and Robert
E. Johnson secretary. c. II. Van Law
outlined the purpose Of the meeting
by suggesting the need of an efficient,
businesslike administration Of city
affairs and the selection Of candidates
on which all classes could unite. The
suggestion was made that a committee
OF fifteen, compos ed Of three from each
Of the five wards, be selected by in
formal ward caucuses TO report to the
meeting a list Of candidates.
The result of the ward caucuses was
the selection Of the following COM
mittees:
First ward--W. G. Horne, John J.
Bell and L. E. Gaunt.
Second ward-Rcbert E. Johnson. W.
G. Chadwick, and c. II. Van Law.
Third ward-R. ". McCreery. E. A
Ford. and Charles Amblad.
Fourth ward-Dorr L. Lamb, John
Golwitzer, and c. II. E. Boardman.
Fifth ward-Charles Paulin, John
Pink, and Anthony Novotny.
Committee Reports Ticket.
| The committee Of fifteen chose r. w.
McCreery chairman, who reported the
ticket. In doing 50 Mr.. McCreery said
that he had lived long enough in the
city to remember the change from the
/. time when IL was split into east and
west and north and south factions, and
he was happy that it had been re-
united by the concerted effort and CO.
operation Of all interests which had
| been a very large influence in the ad
vancement and growth Of Marshall
| town in many ways in recent years.
He thought that the uniting Of all in
| terests on candidates who We're capable
of giving the city an economical, eff
| cient and progressive administration
was d most needed step and would
warrant the continued advancement OF
the city. The report of the committee
on the ticket was accepted with en-
thusiasm.
Argument for united effort and fol
efficiency in the city government were
made by c. Fl. E. Boardman ant
George II. Spencer, the latter in a re.
ply to Rev. o. d. Elicit, prohibitionist
and independent candidate for mayor.
Rev. Mr.. Elicit Objects.
After the suggestion had been made
that the most feasible way Of getting
an expression of the meeting was thru
the ward caucuses and committee
Rev. 0. D. Elicit got the floor. HI
questioned Van Law as to the LEGALITY
Of the gathering, which he described
as an effort to set aside the primar!
law for making nominations. Boil
Van Law and Spencer replied that NJ
attempt was being made to suppressed
the primary. but that the people hat
perfect right to come together ant
express a preference for whom every
they wished to support for city offices
Later Rev. MI Elicit obtained the
floor again and by attempting to do 81
interfered with the proceedings unit
the chairman refused longer to recog.
Dize him