Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-19
Mr. ]. D. Vail : Life. Long Demo.
crat, Says He's Republican
This Year.
Can Not Accept Unpatriotic Attitude
of His Party Hon. G. A. Turn
er's Proof Of Prosperity.
Prof. Curtiss Talks of the Beet Sugar
Convention Bank Stockhold-
ers' Duty.

licaH TICKET lnlS ran III L i've, SAID Mr..
John D. Vail, in answer to query this
morning. A statement of Governor
Shaw. made during his short stay in the
city today, to the effect that he had
been informed that Mr.. Vail would cast
his ballot for republican principles led
to the interview with the latter and he
unhesitatingly admitted the correctness
of the governors information. AS Mr..
Vail has voted-the democratic ticket for
many years, and is known as one of the
prominent party workers in this county,
this information was somewhat surpris-
ing, though not altogether so, as Mr.
Vail isSa man who does his own think
ing on public questions Continuing
Mr.. Vail said: II believe in keeping the
flag up wherever it has been placed and
do not favor pulling il down to please
few Filipinos, or any one else. say
settle the war in the Philippines first.
and then let congress decide as to the
disposition of the islands afterwards
have said all the time that would vote
against any one who advocated pulling
down the flag. Such policy would
whole world Asked how long Mr.. Vail
had voted the democratic ticket, he
said: We'll, my fathers father and my
father We're democrats. and have al
ways been, although twice kicked over
the traces. l voted for Lincoln for
second term and for Grant for second
term, and for almost exactly the same
reasons that am going to vote for Nc
Il a
my country. l think / am too patriotic
for that. When did make up my mind
to this effect? Well, when the demo-
cratic papers and democratic speeches
became so disgusting and embarrassing
| that l could not read them, began to
realize that my conscience placed me on
| the republican side of the question.
AS Mr. Vail is a prominent and success
| full business man and capitalist, his ac-
| ton will have weight with others. He
! is to be commended on the stand he has
taken, because it requires backbone to
| throw aside political beliefs and associ-
sations of years. AS Mr. Vail says, peo-
! pie should exercise a little common
sense in politics. He said further that
/ Wednesday he talked with four demo-
Gratis and one greenbacker, and all de-
I
kinley's policy. Mr.. Vail recently re-
! turned from Nebraska-Bryan's state
and says if the Philippine question is ur
/ in 1900 Mckinley will carry the state all
i most unanimously
Il can give you another result OF
4 prosperity" said Hon George a. Tur-
Iner the other day. AT the Moninger
NJ
Those on the ground willing to buy in
the notes of the purchasers did not find
lit very profitable field of operations.
because of all that amount time was
A asked for on less than $1,000 Farmers
and others have the cash with which
to purchase and prefer paying the cash
Ito giving their notes at s per cent in
terest. Two years ago this was differ
a ent. and at sales a which $4,000 worth
of stock was disposed of usually not
q over $500 in cash was paid in. That's
one difference between hard times and
s prosperity
There is just this one difficulty fot
the beet sugar industry in Iowa.. saiG
Mr.. C, f. Curtlss. director of the Iowa
Eexperiment station at Ames this
morning to T.-R. man while he was
in the city en- route home from Clear
Lake, where he attended the beet sugar
convention Wednesday. The difficulty
lis this: Iowa is such a good agricul-
tural state that her farmers are wei
satisfied with what they already hav,
and do not care to try any other man.
ner of getting rich. Even though thi:
be true he continued, there is NJ
doubt but that the growing of sugal
i beets would greatly enhance the valu,
of the Iowa farm lands, the prospect!
of farming and stock raising, aside
from the profits that would come di
rectly from The sugar industry.
I'VE had very fine and enthusiastic
meeting at Clear Lake" said MIR. Cur
tiss land the best part of it was tina
we had representative men from {
, great many Iowa towns, as we'll a.
Representatives from different business
| linens organizations, which would be
come interested in the project finan
cially Secretary Wilson was present
j as was also Theodore Hapke, of Pekin
: ILL.,, the man who built and operate
i 1.-THE factory recently established in tina
: city MIR. Hapke is the man who wa
i brought to this country from German.
5 by the Oxnards, the big beet sugar peo
: lple of Nebraska, and practically tn
t originators of the industry in this con
. yention, to raise and cultivate tn
beets. Professor Thomas Shaw an,
. Professor W. NJ. Hayes, of st. Anthem,
) Park, Mimi, We're also present, as wa
also Mr.. G. F. Saylor, special agent o
the department of agriculture, IL
charge of the beet sugar work. He dis
cussed principally the sugar produc