Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-05

MARSHALL
but they are not alone, they are COM
paratively few and no one can rightful-
ly complain of their decent gratitude.
In this connection veteran polti-
clan, not q federal officeholder or an
active Gear man either, observed that
he would rather be one of u family OF
five boys where the old man had four
colts to distribute than to be one of
two boys where the old man had noth-
ing on hand with which to reward in
dustry. Il would figure" he said. that
the boys that belonged to the family of
five. who worked the best in the last
harvest, would stand the best chance of
being rewarded" This Illustration
needs no diagram.
It Is astonishing how both sides in
this speakership fight continue to hold
out and keep their forces so we'll lined
up. The Eaton people have insisted, of
course, for two weeks that they had it,
and each day they have announced
that it was merely a question of wheth-
er or not they could hold their men
against the powerful pressure of the
Gear organization. While they have
on some days made gains. or got
members previously doubtful to de-
clare for Eaton, they have not raised
their general claim of AZ to IS. The in
side claim has not been as large as
that, and one cummins- Eaton man
al I,
for Eaton was 43. This includes three
to five Gear men who are now for
Eaton The effect on the senatorship
used by both sides to qualify their con-
fidencc in history-If there is any con-
stancy in man. as one Gear man put it
yesterday That is the whole question::
What will those men do who are conf
IDENTITY counted by both sides? Both
sides are engaged in trying to find out
what is the underlying influence that
moves these men; what would they do
if all current influences We're removed,
and what weight do these influences
possess?9 In short, 1t is a job of mind
reading, and the Gear people think
| from their long experience they ought
l9to be able to tell good pledge from q
| kind or evaSive word. But the Cum
| minis people have been learning fast,
and some of them are not such nov
lices, either. OF course. they do not
lclaim to have an organization so eNten-
| siya and deep-rooted as the Gear peo-
| pie have, and it is in this superb organ
4 ization that impartial on-lookers, stu
dents of the situation. have been re-
1 lying to confirm their predictions OF
Gear victory. They will vote from the
lheart," was the solution offered by one
of the smartest OF the Eaton men. HI
was thinking of the secret ballot.
One of the latest Cummins- Eator
moves was the production of ar
anonymous Illustrated four-page shee-
called The Rainbow Chaser 1t wa:
a scurrilous attack on all the Gea
people the authors could think of ant
4 for which no one had the courage to b
Irresponsible. 1 was quite generally dis
4 owned and copies We're hard to get
very likely they We're suppressed b.
some of the wiser ones.
LeMars will not be candidate for
Estate normal school. The building
have been transferred to u sectarial
college which will maintain Il strong in
stitution there. But there will be n
dearth of candidates when the tim
comes. There is a pretty genera
agreement that the first thing to do j
to get the schools established and lie
the legislature locate them afterwards
a bill to establish a school at any Ger
tain place would not stand any SHOW
ss*
Col. L. b. Raymond, of Hampton
and Dicl. Root. of Keokuk, We're eS
changing "reminiscences yesterda
l.about the republican state conventio
llof 1861. which they both attended.
was held in Des NIoines and the rail
ways We're mighty few then in Iowt
: -Four of us came from Hampton. sal
Col. RAYMOND, "and it took us thre
days ard half of hard driving to ge
here. day for the convention an
three days to get back. We crosse
the Des AIeines river at Cambridg,
There was no bridge and the river wa
high. The only way we could get acros
was 10 take off all our clothes. do thel
up in a bundle and have the drive
hold them up when he made the horse
swim the river. That was a hot cor
I NeNllOIl, lEc. tOuI part u liit SNsite Wa
: for j. b. Brinnell Tor governor. but h
was defeated by Samuel Merrill"
Representative solsol, of Cedar cour
ty. lined up for the Gear people on tt
: speakersnip last night and announce
that he woald vote for Bowen Il
speaker because his county WAS Ges
county and he considered it his duty
do all in his power for Gears interes
Mr.. Sokol was true to his trust again
q the strongest kind of influences eNerte
: to hold him for Eaton. He has bee
I claimed at times for Eaton. His al
' nouncement was similar to two othe
: made to the Bowen people during Il
: day, but the others cannot be given o,
: at this time.
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