Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-30
PARTY PRIMARY
WILL Be QUIET
LITTLE INTEREST BEING MANI
TESTED IN NEXT MONDAYS
ELECTION.
POLLS OPEN IN CITY
FROM 7 A. M. TO c A. M.
Most Of Places on Republican County
Ticket Are Being Contested - No
Contests on Democratic Tioket--War
Interest Overshadows All Efforts to
EnIven Campaien-The Tickets.

All indications are that the party
primary for which the stage is set for
next Monday probably will he the
quietest since the primary election
system was put in force. The war,
rho interest in the great battle on the
western front, and the attention given
to the many war activities have over
,shadowed most If the interest in the
primary, which has usually received
scant enough attention when there was
nothing unusual to occupy the public
mind.
! Candidates, however, have been
strGe, Cling thru a campaign of lack OF
! interest in effort to stimulate enough
/ thought to get out representative
vote-at least for themselves. Scant
/ efforts have been made by either
! party locally to wage a campaign for
either ticket Both parties will hold
county conventions Saturday, June %,
| in this city.
! Polls Open Until 8.
| In the city the polls will be open
| from a. m. to s p M. but in the
/ country anu SlIldlItT lo"llS liit PSti>'
will not open until a. H., but will
| close at s.
The candidates for the republican
nominations are:
| State representatives,. r. Howard
Liberty: r. P. Scott.
County auditor-George Enderley.
! Clerk of courts-G. w Gilbert.
Shoriff-R G. Goodale, j. K. Meek
! ms, Liscomb: Charles Sandvig, s. r.
Piper LeGrand: W. a. Starn.
! Treasures. NJ. Cause, J. G. Car
ter. D. S. Good.
County attorney-A. B. Hoover. B,
| o. Tankcrsley.
Recorder-Miss Nora F. Wilkey,
| Mrs. Elizabeth Patten.
( Coroner-Dr E. NJ. Singleton.
| SUPERVISORY. L. Wylie, Gilman
| (term beginning Jan. |. 1870; John w
| Long, w. H Jones, (term beginning
Jan. 1. 1920.
! 1t will be noted that there are con.
tests for the nomination of state rep.
resentative, sheriff, treasurer count!
attorney. recorder and for supervisor
for the term beginning Jan. 1, 1920 II
| the case of the contest for sheriff it /!
by no means improbable that this race
may have to be decided by the count,
convention. This is more than prob
! able. especially in view of the expected
light vote, which may fail to cas-
So per cent of the total for any one can
ddate. 1t is reasonable to presume
that probably all the other contests viii,
be decided at the polls.
In the state ticket Senator Kenyon
has no opponent on the democratic
ticket. Congressman James W. Good
OF Cedar Rapids. who is a candidate for
denomination heads the district ticket
Democratic Ticket.
| The democratic ticket from beginning
to end, contains no contests at all
Oscar j. Parsons, of Taylor township
is the party's candidate for nomination
for state representative. The rest Of
the ticket is:
County auditor-E D. Yount
Clerk Of courts A. T. Roberts
Rhodes.
Sheriff-Cl1arles Henry.
Treasurer. A. Turner.
County attorney-H. H. Craney.
| Pecorder-Miss Rose Brady.
| COroner-Dr. Grove w. Harris.
Supervisor - w D. Drew. Liberty
(term beginning Jan. l. 1919; M. c
keenan,, (term beginning Jan. /. 1920
Altho J. A. Turner. nominated fo1
treasurer. withdrew by notice published
in the Transportation, he did no
file a formal Withdrawal in the office
Of the county auditor, so his name will
lappear on the ballots.
! Two Candidates For Judges.
I On the non-partisan district judicia
ticket for the nomination of judges TO,
the Seven teenth district there are onl.
two candidates and two to elect. Botl
are the present incumbents Judges B
F. Cummings. of this city, and Jane
A. Willett, Of Tama