Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-10
Close Contest in Prospect
in Nomination of State
Superintendent.
DELEGATES SHOW
NO REAL PREFERENCE
Support Of Four Candidates Apparent
Iy WeII Divided-Dsyoe's Friends
Point to Candidates Success in
Office, and Bars 6ackers Sec Good
Augury Of Victory in Plurality in
Primaries-Party Committees Named

parent before the state republican con-
Evention assembled in the coliseum that
close fight was In prospect on the
nomination Of candidate for state
superintendent Of public instruction.
Early today politicians could sec no
decided favorite among the delegates
as a whole and it was predicted several
hel!cts ~ouid be necessary 70 deter
mine the party's nominee.
Supporters Of A. M. Deyoe. Of Garner,
superintendent for the past three terms.
declared his record in office would on
set any serious opposition to a fourth
term. while this feature was looked to
by his opponents as a point in their
favor.
Point to Barr's Plurality.
Delegates advocating the candidacy
Of w. F. Barr, Of Des Moines. pointed
to his plurality in the June primary
as an augury Of the conyention's prob
able action, but made no prediction Of
the number of votes he would likely
get.
Friends of Frank D. Joseph. Of Man
chester. were declared to have said he
would go into the convention with 400
or moro votes.
2. E. McClenahan. of iowa City. was
said to be- relying on the SfndiTidual
support OF the counties Of the Second
district and scattered support from
split delegations in many other coun-
ties. f>
Choice Late This Afternoon.
Just when the final ballot was likely
to come was not predicted by party
leaders. but 1t was expected that bal
loting would not commence until after
5 p. M, and this probably would leave
the issue undetermined until o'clock
or after.
Congressional district caucuses oc-
cupied delegates in the hour preceding
the opening Of the convention, the eau
cuses selecting one member each on
the central committee and committee
on credentials, resolutions and perma-
nent organizations. Committeeman
named follow:
Central committee. First district. w.
W. Copeland. Burlington: Second, E.
D. Brigham, Iowa City Third. Lars
Bladine. Cedar Falls: Fourth. L. B.
Whitney, Decorah: Fifth. w. G. Dows.
| tCboi iNupioo, HoiNlli' y ASd ". LAuoclCA'
Abba: Seventh, Charles Rawson, Des
Moines: Eighth. J. w. Calvert, Center
viii: Ninth, Willis l.. Stern. Logan;
Tenth. B. B. Burnquist, Fort Dodge:
Eleventh. A. L. Whitney. Storm Lake.
Resolutions committee: First dis
trict, John ". Rowley. Keosauqua;
| Second Joe r. Lane. Davenport; Third.
T.. j. B. Robinson. Hampton: Fourth.
II. P. Hancock. West Union: Fifth. B.
| E.. Rhlnehart. Jones county; Sixth, ].
r. Powell, Ottumwa; Seventh, Prof. j.
E. Brindley, Ames; Eighth. State SEN
| ator Carl LeCompte. Corydon Ninth,
State Senator Clem f. Kemball. Coun-
Gil Bluffs: Tenth, John Hamill. Han
cock county; Eleventh, B. I. Salinger.
Sioux City.
The other two committees follow:
Permanent organizations: First dis
trict. Arthur Springer. Wapello; Sec
ond. j. .. 1tlseT. Muscatiae; Third.
George Arnold, Allison: Fourth. j. F..
Becker, Elkader; Fifth, r. p. Scott,
Marshalltown: Sixth, f. d. Rnyburn.
MontezuSc Seventh, A. NJ. Mccall,
T, Woodward: Eighth. Ed Sharp, Decatur
county: Ninth, Ed s. White Shelby
! county: Tenth, NJ NJ Head, Jefferson:
f, Eleventh. f. l.. Hogue, Blencoe.
! Credentials committee: First district
! r. II. Gardner, Fort Madison; Second.
+ IL, Ottens, Bellevue: Third. Herbert
HUFF, Eldora: Fourth, A. NJ. Fellows.
! Waukon;- Fifth. s. Yates. Upton:
Sixth. A. B. Alfree. Newton; Seventh.
NJ. L. Curtis, Knoxville; Eighth. Scott
Skinner, Union county; Ninth. Ed l..
Newton, Cass county: Tenth, Arnold
Rassler, Green county; Eleventh, s. NJ.
Elwcod, Sac City,
| War Declaration Cheered.
'The one task Is to win this wal
now,"--that phrase shouted by Gov
ernor w. L. Harding, in the keynote
address, brought the greatest applause
from the 1000 delegates assembled
! here today at the republican state con.
| vention.
Declaring the republicans in con-
gress had given whole hearted support
| to the administration in war. the gov
ernor laid down the following princi-
! pies:
First. win the war for the whole
1 United States.
Second, peace dictated by us afte'
an unconditional surrender OF the
enemy.
: Third, preparedness now for the da'
when war Ia no more.
I Governor Harding. Senator A. b
/ icumm!ns and former Senator i.afa y Il,
Young were cheered as they appeared