Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22
FOUR CANDIDATES IN FIELD FOR
NOMINATION FOR sEcRE.
TARY OF STATE.
ALLEN MAY SQUEEZE IN
IN FouR.coRNERED FIGHT
Ant, GOOD Roads Man Seeks to Reopen
y Old Fisht-Four Candidates Seeking
etats Superintendency Of Schools
laying Their. Lines Carefully and
cless Race 10 Probable.

Des Moines. April 32--Altho the gem
traf rutlic apparently is not particular
| " concerned in who the next safe of
fcers will be there arc a: least two
Jobs over which considerable Of a
scrap Is brewing. These offices are
that OF secretary of state andy state
superintendent Of publ; instruction.
There are four candidates fer the
republican nomination to each Ct these
jobs. For secretary CT sta:s those
seeking tho republican nomination fol-
low: w. IS. Allen. present incumbent;
Walter Ramsey. CT Belmond, clerk If
the house in the past two sessions Of
the Iowa legislature: C.. c. Pugh of
Des Moines. former newspaper pu olisk-
err OF Dallas county, and Charles A..
Hall ,,of Bedford, stata representative
from Taylor county in the Thirty
sixth and Thirty seventh general as
eembiies.
y, For state superintendent Of public
Instruction those out for the republican
domination are: A. Al. Deyoe, present
ncumbeDts Frank D. Joseph
present deputy: Professor Barr, Of
Drake Univerity Des Moinesn and p.
3. McClenahan, Of Iowa City, former
high school inspector under the state
board OF education.
In spite Of the fact that Secretary of
State Allen is seeking his fourth term
I is conceded that he will enjoy GER
ain advantages in the primary which
be would not enjoy in a convention.
Hall An Anti Roads Man.
NJ is known that Charley" Hall is
relying considerably on the old anti
highway commission crowd in the last
two sessions OF the legislature to help
hs:. =. occurring tie nomination for
secretary of state. Hall was recog-
nized as a faithful and consistent fol-
lower Of this element in the house. This
Element took credit for the election OF
Governor Harding, as did other ele-
ments in the republican party, and
darding's vote showed that practically
all elements and not any one in par
ticular elected him. But it is apparent
that Hall will by no means secure the
undivided support Of this element Of
his party.
AS clerk of the house Ramsey was a
popular man. It was generally under
stood before the last legislature ad-
6ourned that he would be out for Sec
Rotary OF state so he was thus the first
In the race and was assured of sup.
r6sk fgoml both elements in the house.
RSmExy il . newspaper publisher at
Be1mond.
C. C. Pugh has been making an ac-
five campaign. He was clerk Of the
courts OF Dalls county and was also
postmaster during his residence there
when he was publishing paper at
Abel
The four men ont for state superin-
tendent of public instruction have been
laying their lines as strategically as
possible in these earlier days Of the
contest. Supt. Deyoe who is out for
reelection was elected in November
1910 and went into the office January
1,-1911 During his tenure OF office-suc-
cessive legislatures abolished the cleo
ton Of state superintendent by popular
vote and then re-enacted practically
the same measure which had been
abolished.
Frank D. Joseph. who is out for
Deyoe's job has been deputy under
Deyoe since the present superintendent
took office. Dean Barr has been con-
nected with Drake University for many
years. p. E. McClenahan left his
work as state high school inspector
few years ago to take special work at
the state university.