Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-01
Our Legislative and Our County
Ticket.

The people of the AZ senatorial
district and of Howard county are to
be congratulated in the character and
moral worth of the candidates which
the fusionists and democrats have
presented for their suffrages this fall.
They are men well known in the CON-
munity where they reside, and are
justly respected for their integrity
and probity, and are without reproach
among the people. Justice, fraternity
equality before the law, are traits
which are prominent features in their
past, with assurance that from these
paths, they will not depart.
The evils that result from bad laws
have their origin from the choice of
weak or bad men as law makers. For
these evils the blame does not belong
entirely to the politicians, because
while they are few, the voting people
are many. The political schemers by
manipulating and controlling caucuses
through the various devises known to
them, and which are part of their
profession, often place in nomination
the bad and corrupt man defeating
the better man in caucus through the
neglect OF the honest men to attend,
and control these primary meetings
Before we can have good and lust
laws we must have good and honest
law makers, and before we can have
good and honest law makers, we must
nave voters with the independence of
character, the virtue and intelligence
IN exercising this highest right OF
citizenship to ignore and defeat the
schemes of the bad and corrupt, who,
through the methods pointed out,
have secured the caucus Endorsement
II the voters fail to use this power to
ue1eat the caucus nomination of bad
men, they have only themselves to
blame for the evils sure to ensue.
With these preliminary remarks,
we proceed to the individual character
and record of our local candidates to
which I'VE point with PRIDE"
d. A. LYONS,
The nominee for Senator is a native
OF the city of Chicago where he was
born September 5, 1851. Wien a mere
lad ne came with his parents to Iowa
locating with them in Burr Oak town,
ship, Winneshiek county, where he
assisted in clearing up grub farm.
He has good common school educa-
tion and took the commercial course
IN Drew's Business College. He came
to Cresco when 90 years of age and
worked for Strother & Conklin seven
years. In the spring of 1881, he went
into the machine business with R. j.
McHugh under the firm naue of
McHugh e. Lyons. In 1899 he pur-
chased the interest of his partner and
has since conducted the business.
During these years he has conducted
an extensive business with the farm
ers of this and adjoining counties,
his business relations with whom
have been such as to command their
esteem, confidence, and respect. This
nomination bears the Jeffersonian
test of '.honest and capable"
HON. j. j. LOWRY.
The nominee for Representative is
well and favorably known to all clas-
Sos of people in this county where he
mas lived from the days of boyhood.
AS Sheriff, business man and Repre-
sentative in the legislature he has
executed every duty and trust with
fidelity. He is largely interested in
promoting the productive Industries
Of the county, and makes safe and
reliable representative of the public
interests. The corruption at Des
Moines which has plundcred the pub
lie treasury and fastened a large I'M
constitutional debt upon the state,
our nominees for Senator and Repre-