Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-22
DEANS PATHETIC CASE
Every Two Years He Starts
Out AS Independent Candi-
date for Congress
IN THIRD DISTRICT
Pripatetic Candidate Has No Hope of
Success, Vet He Always stumps the
District in Behalf Of His Own candi-
dacy-Has Fine Education, But For.
tune Has Been Unkind.
Special to Tlmes-Republ,can.


Waverly, Oct. 22.-One of the pathet-
ic incidents in Iowa politics this fall is
the candidacy OF Ephriam j. Dean, OF
this city, for congress. He is an inde-
pendent candidate again this Year, just
as he has been III the past. For years
he has been a familiar figure in con-
gressional elections. He has been many
times among those who also ran. The
fact that he would receive less than 100
votes in the whole district seemingly
has had no deterrent effect on his fu-
ture aspirations with him, ano whether
he receives only one vote or a thousand
makes no difference. He does; the best
he can in walking over the district,
speaking on the streets in the open air,
soliciting contributions from his hear
ers, feeding on sandwiches and other
common pabulum, fit for the hot polloi,
but considered altogether too coarse
for a candidate for congress.
Mr.. Dean was here yesterday scat
stering his literature and posting bills
announcing his speaking campaign.
He will devote six days to speaking
and will aim TO cover the principal
points in the district. He said yester-
day that his speeches this year Will
have at least twenty pounds OF dyna-
mite in them. which, IL true, probably
explains why he prefers the open air
to a hall.
In the circular which the peripatetic
candidate is distributing along the
wayside, the highways and the hedges,
he counsels the voter to leave the cir
Gle alone and place cross in front OF
each man he wishes to vote for. He
claims IL men would do this and vote
for the best man he would carry at least
six Of the counties In the district. he
claims to have the only genuine, name
blown in the bottle. democracy, and is
going over the district asking men to
go over into Macedonia to nelp him.
With all his eccentricities, his oddi-
ties and his novelties in political econ
omy, Mr.. Dean has a fund OF inforHa-
ton that embraces almost every sub
iect under the sun. He reads Greek
and Latin like English and had the
rare opportunity of going to school
to Horace Mann, one of the most
unique and greatest educators the
world has ever known.
No man before the people and seek
ing their SURFACES has more varie-
gated or continuous tale OF woe to
tell than has Dean. His has been q
checkered career, more OF shadow
and sorrow than Of sunshine and JOY.
According to his story he has been up
against the rough corners OF life all
these days. but the thing he most
deplores is that the pre-
cious manuscript for book OF several.
hundred pages was wantonly destroy
ed, taking away. as he says, his for
tune, his hope OF political success,
and placing in his heart 81 great sor
row which time fails to surcease.
Mr.. Dean is not yet ready to give
a forecast of his vote in the various
which make up the Third
district. When the battle of the bal
lots is over and quietude, once more
broods over the situation, he will find
that he is no nearer the goal of his
no nearer the dome Of the
national capitol. than he has been be-
fore