Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-08
cAucUsEs AND COUNTY CON.
MENTIONS SCHEDULED BY
REPUBLICANS.
STATE CONVENTION
COMES WEEK LATER
Rank and File OF Women Fall to
Understand They Are Entitled to
Participate In Cauouses and Con-
ventions - Candidates For State
Offices Beginning to File.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April S.-The presi-
Dental political machinery in Iowa
will be in motion next week and the
week following. with republican
precinct caucuses held Wednes-
day. April IA. county conventions on
Saturday, the nth. and the state
convention to select the delegation
to the national conference to be held
in Des Moines Thursday, the ED.
In addition to the above district
caucuses in each of the eleven con-
gressional districts of the state will
be held previous to the state con-
vention OF the 22d. The democrats
will have state conference in De,
Moines on Friday. April 1s. Their
delegation TO their national conven-
ton was selected at the state meet
ing held here in February.
Women as well as men can partici-
pate In the presidential caucuses and
conventions. This was set forth in
the letter from Governor Harding,
printed Wednesday, and is known by
all of the active suffrage workers.
altho in spite of the publicity given
among the women voters have not
vet learned of this new privilege.
The precinct caucuses to be held
next Wednesday constitute the first
step in the selection OF delegates VINO
will represent Iowa in the national
convention at Chicago June 5. At
the precinct caucuses delegates will
be chosen to the county conventions
held the following Saturday. At the
county conventions delegates to the
state convention to be held at Des
Moines Thursday, April %, will be
chosen. Preceding the state conven-
ton district meetings will be held in
which deIegates to the state con-
vention. selected at the county con-
vention will participate. At these
district meetings or caucuses two
nominees for delegates to represent
the congressional districts in the
national convention will be chosen.
Two alternates also will be selected.
They can be instructed for a certain
candidate or not as the caucus de-
termines.
At the state convention there Will
be 1.O42 DELEGATES. The twenty-five
DELEGATES and twenty-five alternates
named at the district caucuses will
be passed or by the state convention.
The convention will also select four
delegates at large. This gives Iowa
twenty-six delegates to the big re-
publican gathering at Chicago.
Candidates Filing.
Candidates for state offices are
now fling their nomination papers
with the secretary Of state. Those who
| have already turned in their papers
are.
For rspresentative-Alva D. Long.
Delaware county: T. A. Ross, Ply
mouth: C. W. Eison, Wayne; D. M.
| Gibson. Osceola; F. J. Swift, Maquo-
ksta: Charles e. Boies. Indepen-
dsnce: W. c. Davis, Menlo; ]. 8.
| CARRIER. Floyd: William r. Blake,
| F'ayette
| For senator-Henry c. Adams,
Kossuth; Gus Gunderson, Fayette;
S. W. Klaus Delaware; J. c. Cal
houn. Van Buren,: j. K. Hale, Ana
mosa: w. W. Comstock. West Union
Fred S. Hoisteen. Of Burlington,
candidate for congress in the First
! district las aIea HE nomination
papers.