Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-23
LOCAL COMMENT.

The city campaign has reached the
thinking stage and there is less talk of /
this and that candidate being a sure
winner. When the voters, begin to think /
they are quite sure to center on the
strongest and best equipped man for the
place. 1t is generally conceded that
Mr.. Sears, the republican nominee, is
gaining strength daily, at the expense
of some of the opposition independent
candidates.
The IT, r. has suggestion to make TO
the Commercial Club, and that is to
make Ed Sears secretary of that organ
ization when he is elected mayor. Mr..
Sears would have the time necessary to !
devote to the work, and with his past
experience in hustling for the upbuild-
ing of AIarshalltown, and with the con-
fidence the people have in him. the or
ganization, with that other hustler,
Head, working in harmony with him,
would grow and the results would bel
manifold. As secretary of the club MIR.
Sears would not seek to use his position
to promote his own interests
$50
1t is strongly lntimated that a portion
of the male population of the city has
been badly worried for fear the voters
would allow the school election to go by
default and and that the women would
bring out candidate for MIR. Lenno5s
place. Now that Mr.. A. G. Click has
become a candidate it is NOT probable
that the ladies' will question his fitness
or right TO the position. This year there
is but one director to be chosen, while
next Year and the year following two
are 10 be selected.
The figures presented by ex-super-
visor I. p. Marsh in his valuable COM
munication TO this paper on the road
question We're somewhat surprising. The
surprise was in the statement that in
Marshall county alone $4,000 are spent
annually on road Improvements. Mr..
Marsh makes he point that the time for
action has arrived-that we have leeia-s
aation sufficient to permit of systematic
work and an opportunity to obtain far
greater results from the expenditure of
that sum Of money. Mr.. Marsh assures
the farmers that an Increase In their
taxes i:s not necessary at ALL A fear Of
higher taxes has stood in the way of all
most every move to secure better roads
The council should put forth every ef-
fort to complete that sewage disposal
plant. Already there are rumbings of
discomfort emanatIng from the direction
of Tama City, and it is claimed that
dead fish are appearing in the river in
that vicinity. The Tarna Free Press
offers this hint: The Marshalltown au-
thorities, or those who have the matter
in charge should put an extra force of
men to work on the sewage disposal
plant. so that there will not much longer
be delay in disposing of the sewage
The disclosures incident to the letting
of the school book contract by the coun-
" board OF education present the most
lamentable and unfortunate situation
that has ever disgraced republican
county politics. The only men on that
board whom the delegation of for.y-six
rival book men did not succeed in cast
ing suspicion upon We're the county
superintendent, who was in hopeless
minority, and Mr.. Thomas Siaearer who
voted with the majority from no cues
IStionable motive. The notorious manner
Fin which a local citizen, not a member
of the board. but known among the
book men as Mr.. So-and-so's political
manager approached representatives OF
the book companies with his negotia-
tons for Selling said contract u the
highest bidder. explaining clearly his
ability to deliver the goods, has opened
/ the eyes of this communicate the dam
gerous presence of Tammany politics
I Within its midst. When it was freely
stated by various book men two days
| prior to the letting of the contract that
said contract would go to certain
company for the reasons named and
when on the Monday following the con-
/ tract did so go, the reasons previously
! given We're believed and no doubt re-
manned of the political managers. abil-
lily to deliver the goods as he declared
| he could. The whole affair is sad and
disheartening. The 7. r. regrets 1t be-
| You'd measure and refrains from telling
the whole story only because it is toe
late to do any good. and having no de-
| sire to further blacken the characters
already impeached by the damaging
circumstances the incident will be con-
| sidered as closed.
| The Reflector seems to be very much
disturbed because the T.-R. has deemed
tlt@I 10 ctiiHs ttttcHtIS-n TO several
very apparent conclusions to be drawn
/ FROM the statement of the financial con-
dition of the city. Itis apparent the
Reftectors soici;ude is more for Coun-
Gilman Charles Henry, who lisa candi-
date for reelection, than for the gener-
| al public, and that is why more than a
column of space of that papers curren,
issue is devoted to an attempt TO prove
that the T.-R. juggled the figures. II
1.-THE Reflector wishes to make a political
issue of this question. well and good
but the T.-R., when printing the figures
ldisclaimed its intention OF SO doing. But
Mr.. Henry, who has assumed the port
folio OF minister of finance of the coun-
lcil, accepted the T.-R.'s deductions as
| a personal reflection upon his financier-
ling, and the voters will be willing to
look upon it in that fight If he insists
they should do 30. Tits attempt TO ex-
cuse Mr.. Henry the Reflector garbles
the IRIS statements and figures and
goes clear beyond the matters OF mo-
lment. This paper simply pointed out
/ that more economy would have TO be
exercised during the coming year or
with the revenues at hand, the city
would be deeper in Me financial hole
than at present. even tho we will have
mo water extension expense to meet
This paper Is chided for dema nding re.
1 trenchment in city and county affairs
and overlooking the increase to be made
lin the school board lew hut Ar has