The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-03-28
MEYERS & TUCKER, Publishers.
It is Finished.

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For months past the REVIEW has had
as one of its steady purposes the expos
ure to the people of the Romans-Garv
gang and their Ubiquitous works. In
pursuance of this purpose we were
forced to deal in plain, language: we
were forced to show that the head was
no better than the tail of the combina-
ton; we were obliged to tear the mask
of hypocrisy and sham from their faces.
1t hasn't been a pleasant task. Its drawn
upon us all manner of abuse, invective
and hatred. which we have borne with
out complaining because of the end In
view.
The triumph of decency has come.
Yesterday these men were discredited
by democrats and republicans. alike.
The victory was sweeping and decisive.
The democratic candidates, good, hon.
est men all of them, were defeated ov-
erwhelmingly because they were damn
ed by the support of the Romans Gary
gang. 1t was the same in the school
election, when they sprang good man
as a candidate. No one had ANYTHING
against the candidate, but when people
saws the twins peddling tickets one on
one side of the street and one on the
other, they fairly swarmed from stores
and business houses, from highways
and by-ways to compass their defeat.
Thus has Denison redeemed itself
and the dethroned kings can lick their
wounds unhonored and unsung with
none so low to do them reverence.
People. democrats and republicans.
were tlled of ward heelism and bossism
and the fact that in the second ward
the vote was the largest ever known
and in the third was equal to presi-
dental vote, is proof that they were
terribly in earnest. They were tired of
their abuse of power and wearied with
the multiplication of broken promises.
The REVIEW does not claim credit
for this, it has been but the spokesman
OF the better elements of both parties.
and had it not had truth and right be-
hind it, all it might have said would
have been in vain.
The twins left the republican party
and joined democracy because it was
the majority party. They have shared
in its triumphs, but we fail to see where
they have contributed to them. In 1896
just after their apostacy the republican
vote was the largest ever polled in
Crawford county and in Denison yes.
terday, for the second time in its his
tory the democratic second ward gave a
republican majority.
by assuming all the leadership and
honors they have divided and disrupted
the democracy of the entire county and
have given renewed vigor to the ranks
of republicanism.
We confess that it is with pleasure
we write their political obituary, for we
believe the whole community has been
bettered by the last sad rites held yes
terday.
And now the Reviews task in this
direction is for the present completed,
we have dwelt on the unpleasant sub
ject long enough. So long as they were
imposing their dictation upon our citi-
zens, the dictates of conscience would
not allow us to cease our efforts to ex-
pose them. Now the REVIEW turns
with glad heart 10 other fields of duty.
and unless we f+el that the political
liberties and the bests interests of the
people are again endangered we shall !
leave them severely alone. These re-
marks are also intended to include the
pigeon and the other small-fry who
have been paid to do their bidding
With this victory in which the hest peo-
pie of Denison are rejoicing to-day the. |
REVIEW ends its campaign.