Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-17
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun
dreds OF Different Towns
and Communities.
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rHamnton Peeorr,ar

AAPAiSIt AOl1 SONeIIlOI III WHICH lioI y
bitter feelings have been aroused than
the present. Many intense partisans
seem to forget that whoever of the cam.
| didates now under consideration is nonl-
mated it will be necessary for all repub-
leans to support that man at the polls.
Those newspapers, especially, that have
dealt out vituperation with a free and
lunsparing hand to other candidates than
the one of their choice may possibly find
themselves in an embarrassing position
after the convention, as they may be
l5compelled to support a man whom -.ley
| have declared unfit for the place. of
course. this does not apply to those OF
our journalistic brethren Who ngh; rn-
tween the lines, or who MIKE no pre-
tensions to republicanisrn. But from a
| republican standpoint such a contest as
Is now being waged can but be hurtful
10 the party in the long run, and demor-
| alizing in any event. If we are 70 behave
1 all that the papers say or all that sclna
| papers say, the1e is no man WHO has
| been candidate for the governorship
| FOR the past month who is fit Tor he
| place. The truth is that there is not che
| o. those candif. ties in whose hands tee
administration of the affairs of our STATE
| rculd not be pa-sectly SAFE and there Is
| ilC. one of the Eumber who wouil NO.
| make an excellent governor. y II is
| there one amon, the number who would,
\ II called to the executive chair, fail to
| e's charge the iuties of the position IN
accordance with his own convictoEs of
\ right and wrong, and to what ne b.
\ lived to be for the best interests OF ,hr
| STATE. Among the candidates there is
| one gentleman who is an attorney for a
4 railroad-perhaps two roads. There are
4 attorneys for other railroads VINO are
| opposing his candidacy, and this is t, n.
gnNpected. But is II not the height III ~
onsistency for the advocates of this
candidate TO be branding other men WHO
Rave similar aspirations as the railroad
candidate? There is scarcely an attor-
nay of any more than ordinary abiIIt.,
/ l.: Iowa who has not at some tilae been
! Employed by railway. some other large
| corporation, but it does not thereby fol-
/ lev that such corporation owns III. man,
/ body and soul, forever after Neither i:
4 1t just or fair to assail every man Mho
is employed by a railway or other cor
4 Eoration as being owned by them, and
/ as unable to do justice between them
and the public. 1t is not fair to assume
i that those who support this, that or the
other candidate are actuated by an
/ worthy motives. We do not always
know ourselves why we prefer one can
/ didate above another, but the stroi z
/ probabilities are that We are just as
| honest in our preferences as we are in
our personal friendships, or our per-
sonal likes and dislikes. for which we
/ can not always satisfactorily account.
/ Equally absurd is the talk about the
machine" or "anti-macmne.n No po-
llitical party ever succeeded unless it had
an organization that could be likened 10
a machine. 1t naturally follows that
i those individuals in control run this ma
chine. Next year somebody else or some
| other individuals may in the contest aud
then the machine changes hands. But
republicans will do we'll to remembe.
that there are other campaigns coming
in the future and that 1t is poor party
policy to be furnishing our opponents
ammunition for their use in ti1sAs 10
! come.
DIES MONIES MAYOR GOES SLUM.
MING.
[Des Moines Capital.l
i Mayor Hartenbower is interested IN
/ the present war on the Illegal sale of
/ Intoxicating liquor more than the pub
| lie has yet known. 1t became known
/ this morning that not only had the
chief of police, Mr.. Mathis. his deputy,
! Pat Burns, and Sergeant Morris been
/ spying upon the East Des MONIES sa-
i looms, but even the mayor himself has
i taken night trips thru the ievee dis
I tricts looking for violators of the liquor
/ laws. Asked about the subject this
morning the mayor flushed somewhat
/ and finally admitted that he had been
/ engaged in the slum tour and that in
company With Mr.. Morgan, his night
i captain CT police, ne had made trip
/ thru East Dies Moines after ten O'Clock
at night and satisfied himself that all
Vas not we'll.
/ Yes 1 did make a trip with Captain
Morgan a few nights ago." said the
1 mayor. land l see no good reason why
/ as mayor of the city and in some meas
4 ure at least responsible for the conduct
of these places of business. should not
go and see for myself just whether
there is or is not any violation of the
law. Saloon keepers made as many COM
plants as church people. mean sa-
4 loon people who do not violate the
law Well | thought as l say that /
| would go out and look the town over.
/ don't intend to tell everything / saw,
/ but l saw enough to warrant me in
calling in the heads of the departments
and giving them the tip that things
would have to be done right We made
a tour of the saloon district of the east
/ side of the river.
Land, aren't there an awful lot of sa-
4 mons over there in East Des Moincs p"
linterjected the mayor.
zone place we saw man and woman
In fight and the woman rushed out and
asked the captain for Gods sake to
save her from the wrath OF the man.
Capt Morgan gave tho man u good talk
ling to. but could not arrest him, as the
woman refused to swear against the
man. 1 felt a little like / would like TO
be back In O'Brien county while the sin
and degradation was apparent TO all
around me. What bad world this In
anyway. Well. we kept on going around
thru the saloon district until midnight.
l kept in the background and Capt. Nor
gan led the way. We lodged in and out
cf the dark places as OF course did not
care to meet any one that time of night.
| We met number of the officers on their