Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-15
IOWA OPINIONS AND NoIss.

IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
The Fairfield Ledger declares thai
"the democrats made great mistake
! this year in choosing their candidate for
governor. He was not worthy the sup
port of good people and good citizens
and his election would have been dis
graceful thing. Thousands OF decent
democrats thruout the state drew the
line on governor
The Nevada Representative notices
that Representative Willard L. Eaton
o. Mitchell county, appears still to have
q clear field for the speakership."
The Grundy Republican INDUCES in
this philosophy: .schley is the latest
possibility for democratic candidate in
1904. Possibly they consider 1t the quick
est road to political oblivion. To be
mentioned and forgotten is all the party
can hope for against Roosevelt and
Schley naturally follows Dewey, his SUI
perior.'
II noticing that Charley Walsh. secre-
tary of the democratic national commit
tee, has given out an interview declar-
ing the next democratic nominee for
president should come from Missouri,
the Sioux City Tribune projects this in
quiry: If that is true. what's the mat
ter with Fred Lehman, who is the best
piece of presidential timber in Missouri,
who came from Iowa and would make
things dizzy in this state, who has never
been anything but right on the money
question and who is recognized as St.
Louis most able citizen?'
The Davenport Democrat observes
that Governor Shaw's Thanksgiving
proclamation reads just the same as If
Iowa had a bumper corn crop"
The Dubuque Times is inclined to fa
yor the introduction of voting machines
In an article on this subject it says:
The Twenty eighth general assembly of
Iowa adopted law creating voting
machine commission with power to au
thorize the use of voting machines meet
ng certain requirements and further
providing for an examination fee of $3.50
to be paid to the commissioners by those
submitting machines for inspection.
Under this act an effort was made to in
troduce the machines in Polk county,
ut %Ia he
objection. The state naturally looks TO
Polk county to make the first expert
ment, even if this be confined to ii single
precinct"
The Aigona Upper Des Moines be-
leves the election of Mr.. Cowles to the
legislature establishes for all time the
second-term precedent. and opens up for
future members from Kossuth as well as
for himself the opportunities that any
capable man must have to do credit to
himself or the county" 1t also thinks
..the one thing which this election settles
is that Kossuth has become very
strongly republican county. 1t is safe to
say that the normal republican majority
is not less than 1000, and If hereafter
the same energy is expended in a united
effort that has been this year is d.
vided effort we shall beccme one of the
stalwarts of the state"
In the opinion of the Wright County
Monitor the election returns do not in
dscate so much of an apathy on the part
of Iowa voters as was believed to exist
prior to the election. Eighty-five thou
sand plurality for the republican state
ticket isn't so bad for an off year and
demonstrates conclusively that the
common people are very well satlsfed
with existing conditions and favor az
continuation of the prosperity era.
The New Sharon Star suggests that
having thrown away his vote the pro-
hibitionist can now wait until the next
time"