Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOOKER-ON in IOWA
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For tho Times Republican.
Lake View, Aug. 10.-The present
program of the state fair officials app
parently suits outsiders. The idea is
| to have the whole business inside OF
the fair grounds. Whether admitted or
not, country people go to the state fair
| for fun, for good time. and II they
| also gain in knowledge by observation
and questions, we'll and good. So let
us have the circus in front of the
iamphitheater every afternoon. Bring
on your trick dogs and ponies. your
little rope performers, your jugglers
and balloon ascension. We want 1t
all included in the 30 cents we pay at
| the gate. And SO with the fireworks.
Have it on the fair grounds, free to sev-
erybody inside the fence. If the city
of Des Moines sees fit to get up an ops
position show. 1T is no more than they
have done before, for naturally enough
the business men enjoy the trade the
big crowd gives them. But all of these
dealers in everything the man from the
country buys will get full as many dol-
lars if the crowd goes over to the fair
will IL they go down to the river front.
In fact. they will get more, forti1a fire.
works being free at the fair grounds
Will save us from the country Who are
spending several days at the state fair
Just 90 cents more to spend in town
with the dealers in solids. liquids and
l3drN stuffs. And here is an imperative
need for the state fair grounds: great
| big, or several smaller hotels should
be erected by the management on the
4 fair grounds OF course the hotels of
| Des Moines will kick on this PROPOSE
| ton. But just the same / is called for
and needed. These buildings should
| be built after the plan al many lake
1 resorts. Porches the whole length on
each side of the buildings. A wide hall
thru the center and have each room
\ open on the porches and into the halls.
/ There is no need of clustering or finish
ing the sleeping rooms any mora than
is inexpensiNely done by board parti-
! tons. Such rooms containing he'd a
/ chair, wash stand and accompam-
\ ments can be filled by thousands of oc-
l cupants al % cents per head by & class
/ Of people who now home to near by
X towns rather than take their chances
i he crowded hotels in town. II is
4 not necessary for the state fair officials
4 to furnish such Il building or buildings
/ Let them be built and men will com
pete at a good rental TO run, such places
i for a Week on the state fair grounds
j Hundreds OF exhibitors that now sleer
lin tents or buildings will gladly hire
I. accommodations in such hotels lodg-
ing houses, And the right party who
will run such a hotel al 81 a day, three
4 good clean meals, a clean bed and bed
\ room, all on the hill, where even IL ii Is
4 hot in town twill be comfortable Out
on the grounds, can make a small bar
rel of money in just one week.
Il
4 The Sioux City Tribune offers its col.
umns 70 Governor Shaw TO announce
1 that he is not candidate for tbs
8 United States senate. Now the write.
4 happens 10 be in possession of q
straight tip that the governor is not {
1 candidate for the place formerly filled
4 by Senator Gear. Governor Shaw in
4 tends to appoint man for the shoe
Aterm and re-appoint him for the mex
y term, but ii must be a man who ca,
i sucreed himself by the votes Of M
4 legislature of 1902 The governor vii
require the most positive proof Of thu
4 latter part of this proposition before h,
slsstaits the lucky individual on his shor
Tor long term Cor the senate. But notice
the statement that Governor Shaw i,
4 not candidate for Senator Gears va:
sscant seat yet there is Allison. He is Il
Il be re-elected also in 1902 No on,
doubts that he Mill be. And then Ali.
slEson, having served one year of his mex
4 term viii then have a record of contin-
uous service longer than any living o.
dead man. he has got enough. He re.
q signs. Governor Shaw is elected by the
friends OF the grateful candidate who
a followed &c az And Allison. having re.
at$celNed his full share OF this worlds
4 5honors. can do no more than 10 advis,
his friends to work for Governor shaw
who disinterestedly stepped aside
land appointed 5 TO fill Mr. Gears for.
a ,ner position. thus closing the ranks d
Il disgruntled republicans in 1900. Now il
this comes from a public man in lowe
who Is very friendly with Governo
Shaw. He did not say that Governo
8 Shaw ever mentioned TO him his inten
tlons But this he does say, he think
4 >'' Aioa ''iitA " 70 SiilCeIe III saying ~
is not a candidate as successor to Sen
& ator Gear. He says he has talked witt
\ Governor Shaw on this question, bu
8 whether this Allison deal was snen
q toned the Looker-On will never know
Neither Will the reader see the name Il
print of the gentleman who has thu
got at the true inwardness of the sen
!, atorial succession in Iowa.
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