Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
Lime Springs.

u TOOTH" Such seems to he the policy
of the party which has for it's plat
form, "old fogyisln, old ruts and
backward movements" AS stated in
these columns some time after the
March election, the new corps of
town officers were for reform and
advancement" AT once they went
to work to verify their policy by pas
sing resolutions and placing before
the citizens to lie voted upon the
question, whether the town shall
bond itself for system of water
works or not"
i The matter was thoroughly consid-
cred and the plan explained, plan
SO feasible and so fairly able to be
carried out as to meet with the highest
approval
And yet this first attempt towards
an onward movement met signal
defeat last Monday at the hands of
the voters, many of whom should
blush in shame at their vote cast
under the circumstances in which
they were placed and at the question
able methods they used in their can
vass. We hold in highest regard
those who were opposed to our way
of thinking, act with deliberation and
cast conscientious ballot and have
for them nothing but the most pro-
found respect. But we do detest one
with no mind Of his own, who is SUBJ
ject to the influence of so called
friends" and those who will not
reason for fear they will startle their
slumbering faculties into new plane
of action that would put him on rec.
ord as one who had turned"
One of them remarked that "a wise
man changed his views but fool,
never.' This is indeed applicable to
great many of his party and they
have given good proof of his words.
He might we'll have added "and there
is no fool like an old fool.''
The defeat of the question was due
to the following:
/ Firstly: The old foggy element
those who have been here quarter
a of century more Or less, yet who
+ have advanced not single step for.
ward out of the rut of two and half
r decades ago. They have gone
through this living death so long that
f they cannot bear to see any efforts
Il made for Improvement. Like the dog
# in the manger they haven't the mean.
e mentally and financially to improve
and try hard to prevent others who
a desire to make something out of the
q town.
Is Secondly. A class of men in tcw1
d who know how to vote, but because
their bosom friends think differently
this offsets their views and they state
that they will remain passive. Ye
on the SLY they work against thei
g convictions and in the interest O
&c their friends by getting out votes 70
- them while they think others dom
\ know, and consider them passive.
r Thirdly: A class of voters so boun'
up in themselves that they fear
l. small expenditure will ruin thei
y prospects for life. They cling to
If dollar till the eagle screams. Thes
III are the ones, some among whom, n
le matter how they made their. money
!; cultivate the friendly feelings of thei
:. victims on election day in order t.
70 gain their vote.
,e Fourthly: Misrepresentation cut
ss large figure, too. Certain ones ou
canvassing for notes reported that
Or was the poorer class of people, tn
lg labcrer, the non-tax payer VIII
en wanted water-works and not th
- business men, taxpayers, an
., property owners. And yet the builc
lie IL ings of these same parties in the fir
oi- of one year ago were saved by th
III very ones who now want their r,
nd ward, not from close listed taxpaye
II. who thanks no one for favors reno
ng cred, but by the erection of suitab
al means for. future protection.
50 Filthy: A clan of residents wh
,m Su blindly follow one or two ''kingbee
no and vote as they dictate without gi,
ee ing the question a thought thel
IN selves 1t is curious how they ma,
ad together and are influenced by OF
he whose local interests are so small {
nd to cut scarcely any figure with hi
ID 70 personally how things go.
VIZ Well, the thing is done and now |.
Nv " them abide by it. When conlla.
vo ration of mighty strength and exte1
it's sweeps thro let them not cry out fc
lis protection" any longer and let the
At not blame the progressive elemel
,he who may stand aside and let tt
to flames play on and say. ut migl
Oh have been"
Lime Springs has been at q stan