Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-24
POLITICAL SCRAP
BECOMING WARM
ONLY TWO WEEKS REMAIN FOR
CANDIDATES TO LINE
UP VOTERS.
cUMMiNs AND FRIENDS
BECOME. AGGRESSIVE
sroskhart imports Outside Help to
Make Special Appeals to Laborins
Man and Farmers Two Lively
Contests for Congressman in First
and Sixth Districts.
to Times Republican.


Des Moines, May 24.--An asgres-
sive campaign viii be waved by can
didates for state Office during the two
weeks now remaining until primary
day. which falls on Monday, June
~ The offices being the most hotly
contested by the republicans are
United States senator, governor,
lieutenant governor, auditor and
treasurer, with a considerable scrap
also for attorney general. The is no
contest for nominations among the
democrats. az is well known, their
candidates being without rivals with
Sir their own ranks. There are also
some warm congressional fights, par
ticularly in the first and sixth dis
tricts.
The illness of Senator Cummins
this past week has prevented him
from making one or two speeches
scheduled. hut it is expected he will
again take the stump this week. It
is also announced that his smar.agers
will enlist outside speakers in his
behalf, among them Ex-senator Bev-
1 eridge, OF Indiana.
It Is also known that outside work
Sers are active in Broolkhart's cam
paign. appealing particularly TO the
laboring men and to the farmers. The
4 Cummins- Brookhart contest Is re-
cognized as the most heated in the
state owing to the activity of union
s labor leaders against NCummins.
Congressional Scraps.
The withdrawal of Senator +. NJ.
Molsberry. of Columbus Junction,
from the race, leaves three contes-
tants for the republican nomination,
In the First Congressional district,
+ aolseen and Thompson. of Buriing-
ton. and Kopp. of Mount Pleasant.
Molsberry charges the prevalence of
graft in the campaign and gives
that as his reason for withdrawal.
In the Sixth district the. republi-
cans seeking the congressional noni-
nation are W. w. Epps. Ottumwa, J.
A Grimes. Montezuma, C. w. Ram
seyer, Bloomfield, and Robert J.
Shaw. sigourney.
During the closing weeks Of the
campaign the republican nominations
for state TREASURER, and for attorney
sgenerd Aass sdeveioped into .,izable
scraps
William Burbank Of Waterloo, s. out
for state treasurer against the pres
cnt tincumbent. Ned U. Hoyt, b send
ing out many letters attacking the
present system of depositing a,.tomo
bile funds. Treasurer Hoyt is meet
ing this criticism by saying that the
.depositing Of the funds is regulated
by the automobile law and not by
any system for which he is re-
sponsible.
sF A three-cornered fight is on for the
nomination for attorney general be-
tween Ben J. Gibson, Of Corning,
Herbert A. Hadley, Of Nevada, and
w. 7. Evans, Of Parkersburg. Gibson
! Is claiming southern Iowa particulars
~, while the northern half OF the
state Is said to be split between
Hadley and Evans
The recent prediction that the gov.
ernorship, lieutenant governorship
and state auditorship would probab-
" go to the convention still seems
to hold. With four contenders in the
ranks Of the republicans for each OF
sthese OFFICES. and every one OF them
with q considerable personal follow
ing. II Is believed that the chances
are exceedingly good for these, nom
inses being chosen In the conven-
ton, The contestants are:
For governor-N. e. Kendall, Az
bia; J. F. Deems. Burlington: Horace
M. Havner. Marengo. and Ernest F.
Moore, Cedar Rapids.
For lieutenant governor-yv wallace
! II. Arney, Marshalltown. John Ham
nlilL Britt: w. F. Moore, Guthrie
Center. and James NJ. wilson, Cen
terville.
For auditor. Frank Alber, Des
Moines: p. 8. Gose. Jefferson; Glen
g. Haynes. Mason City, and william
p. McLeland. Marshalltown.