Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-31
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West Bend, March 30.-That candi-
dates Cor city offices an receive the ems
Tire vote uf 4 city apd yet be neither
detected nor gel the coveted positions
WAS shown here Ill the election last
Monday. j. y Philips was nominated.
for mayor and George G. Schneider for
lrecorter at he regular city caucus.
Each candidate received all Of the
votes cast at the election, but AT about
Ithe time of closing Inc voting places III
vas found cut that he caucus officials
HAD failAd to legallY report such nomi-
nations. Hence these tears. 1t is as
sumed the old officers VIII hold over,
as their SUCCESSORS have not been le-
gally elected. 1t is especially hard on
Mr.. Philips. as he Was contemplating
Ia trip TO the Paris exposition on the
5aiary Of SIS q year he thus loses. In
Mr.. sehreiber's case the honor of the
office causes him more grief than the
I4oss Of the salary attached.
Some postmasters in Iowa seem ID
nave an idea they were elected to ae-
eommodate the people. They run their
business as II there was big profit III
! the sale Of 2-eent stamps or In making
hNictor the postotsiee is kept open ill 9
p. M, 50 that business men and others
lean get the evening papers the SAM
levening. Again ri Traer the postoftice
lis open at I a. m and mail ready for
delivery at hal hour. The same con-
! ditien exists at low8 Falls, Il is un-
necessary 70 ada IN these mentioned
towrs one hears many words Of rraiss
from the patrons If ne office. On the
contrary for n stranger 10 walk into a
ipostttice when thr mail has all arrived
during the right and to find the gen
a eral delivery window closed tin $50 q.
h m. white ths mail is being distrib-
uted. makes him wish this POSTMASTER
lcouid hear the general thankfulness i,
s.:s. .asaa s!sa c,;s postmaster get.
up IL the mornins
Some day, some time, we are going I,
legalize the primaries, that is. if tn,
primary system does not return To tn,
. convention plan before we get ready
Here are TWO cases showing the need o.
: action in this lire. The writer's votin.
place is in Grinnell. but he happened /,
be in Montezuma on the day of III,
primary. Was told he could vote any
/. where in the county so he cast a vet
at the county seat, twenty miles from
where he has his washing done" Ant
, while he MAS thus voting away from
home good democrat in Grinnel
voted in republican primary becaus
he Intended 70 vote for one man OF
the republican ticket" OF course thi
brother should be encouraged to TAX
the first step. BY standing up n
showed willingness TO be prayed for .
we shall soon have him at the mourn
I er's bench. and ultimately make a goo
e republican out Of him. Nevertheless
neither the writer nor the democra
should have the right to exercise sue
, rights.
The republican a Glidden who /
going to vote for Bryan this year, be
cause Mckinley has made such goo
times that ''he is unable to hire men t
work on his farm for less than S23 t
n s25 a month and found" has the sym
t pathy of farmers all over the stat,
The old story of such a case down cas-
s where the farmer told the hired ma
at the end of the season he had n
, money to pay him, crops so bad. etc
: and the considerable hired man offerin
: to take yoke Of oxen worth $3.50. an
bringing out the question from tn
farmer What will do next season?
n and the reply, Go to work for me an