Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-09-25

in every way worthy of the man she
has chosen as companion in
lifes battles.
Tne Cat Is Out at Last.
Dennis O'Leary, editor of the Wood
Oine Twlner, being q new convert to
the Republican party, has let the cat
out of the sack in the following words
1--WE know there are good republi-
cans IN this and adjoining townships
who insist that it is the duty of the re-
publican party to advance republican
candidates for SUPERVISORS, and due re-
spsct is given to their opinions, but it
must be admitted that the sltuation
now is 9 little peculiar and cannot be
regarded as normal Rather than put
the county government In the hands of
little clique at Mo Vallev. Hall and
Gilmore voted to abolish the district
system, thereby throwing all the power
Into republican hands"
There you have it. This is jlst what
we have always contended. The speedy
change of the District Supervisor
System was m sde in the interest of q
section, and as they supposed, made 1t
sure thing for the election of the en-
tire Board, as the county has been for
some time, largely republican, and left
as it was it was possible to secure a
mixed delegation on the Board. The
strange part Of this controversy is to
lind some dem ,crats disposed to sup
port HALL and Gilmore, when the re-
publicans admit that the action of this
appointed board WAS In the interest of
part, and against what the Twiner
is pleased to call "a little clique at Mo
Valley" Well, Mo. Valley has some
100 voters, that ought to be consult
ed when q radical change in county
government is to be made.
Had O'Leary been a little older in
the science of the republican party, or
lived little nearer the fountain head
IN Logan. he would, like McCsbe, have
put his reason for supporting demo
crat for supervisor upon purely patri-
otic reasons, and disposition to ig
more party for the good of the public,
and not told the honest truth as to the
reasons why the change was made.
Is it possible that in county claim
ing 600 republican majority that it is
necessary for them to nominate dem
ocrat to secure honest men for super
visors. And yet more peculiar, is to
select the very two men who we're on
ly serving by appoint and not by cleo
ton, and on their own motion, struck
down tha District Supervisor system,
hoping thereby, no doubt, to succeed
to an election to the office to which
the republicans had appointed them to
fill vacancy. Isn't it little cheeky
to ask the democrats to support these
two men under thu circumstances?
1t will be very hard to convince the
people of Harrison county that all the
peculiar conditions of this change Just
happened without advice, and that no
understanding was had with those
two supervisors appointed to fill va
cancy dependent upon conditions OF
such change. The whole action smells
to heaven with the faint of corruption
The democratic party of Harrison
county has no disposition to elect bad
men to office. They are just as much
interested in securing good. honest and
competent men to position as any 9TH
er party can have, and just as strong
in their condemnation of dishonesty
and peculation, and are not in favor OF
electing any man for Supervisor who
is even suspected of intrigue or bar.
gain to secure nomination for any
office, nor can we be brought to believe
that there are but two men In the coun.
ty who are worthy the confidence of the
people for that or any other office; and
we cannot understand why the very
men who have always opposed Gilmore
are now so insistant on his nomination
to the office OF Supervisor, only upon
the theory advanced by OLeray, which
if correct, abs Dives every democrat in
the county from all obligation to vote
for him. Let us select men without
the least taiDtof corruption or bargain
and then we may hope for clean coun-
ty government and not until then.