Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-11

Offered.
o about the 80 per cent claim. He as
e serted again that MI. Binford's lette
a had never claimed 80 per cent of tn
Epeople to be in favor of the BOardma
{ site but in REPUTATION OF other claim
that had been made Mr.. Binford's let
, ted had claimed that 80 per cent Of tn
people We're not in favor of the publ
square site. ut seems to the Times
! Republican that Mr.. kirbys word ough
to have been accepted upon this mat
ter for it is highly possible that Sec
rotary Shaw could have mistaken tn
language Of Mr.. Binford's letter. Blu
the secretary's words MIR. Binford as
sures me that 80 per cent of the peopl
will readily sign petition for the othe
site" We're so definite that opposing
orators We're wont to use them with al
together undue severity.l
In defense Of their position Mr.. Kir
by said that they did not interpret Sec.
rotary ShaW's letter to mean tn,
Il Boardman site, that they had severa
sites to offer, including that of theil
friend, Fletcher, that they did not pro.
pose to campaign for any one site, bu
@
Main street site. He said that his
committee claimed the right to write
its own petition and conceded the same
right to the other committee. He then
said that he had lived In Marshalltown
a long time, had always been loyal to
| the interests of the town, but in this in
stance thought that mistake was be-
ing made in trying to locate this build
/ ing on side street. He did not want
to hide 1t. and did not believe its loca-
ton amounted to a nickel in commer-
| cial value.
Just before Mr.. Kirby reported Mr..
G. NJ. Lyon jumped into what then be-
came an arena Of debate by delivering
an impassioned charge against the site
favored by the public. It was not the
purpose of those who had called the
melting to indulge in debate for fear of
engendering i'll feelings. The meeting
had been called for the purpose Of hear
ing the reports from the committee Of
eleven and adopting resolutions that
should either reject or endorse the
work OF the committee and extend 1t
further authority. However, Mr.. Lyon
dropped spark into powder maya.
zine, with tie usual result.
Mr.. C. II. ID. Boardman made some-
what humorous reply to Mr.. Kirby by
asking that If the location of this build
ing had no commercial value as sug-
gested by Mr.. Kirby what are we here
for. daughter.) He then said he
thought the meeting a good thing for
he did not consider the newspapers a
very good medium for carrying on a
discussion of this kind, especially when
1t was more than possible that the very
fact that the presentation was made
thru the newspaper might antagonize
Secretary Shaw. He did not believe
that Mr.. Shaw appreciated the news
papers OF Marshalltown, anyway.
+ G. w. Makepeace then arose to say
that he had been induced to speak;
that he did not want to hide the post
Office under a half bushel. He wanted
1t to be seen.
G. III. Van Law then addressed the
meeting on the theme that if the citi-
zens are ever to be unified their inter-
ests must be centralized. Referring to
the negotiations between the committees
he called attention to the language of
Secretary Shaw's letter which uses the
singular terms either or the other"
whiting " use lIc pluIdl. lie prefer.
red to settle the matter by an election
which should admit women and all
adults to vote, for he thought that 1t
should be determined by the sovereign
judgment of the people.
DR.. H. L. Getz, in his characteristic
ally vigorous way, then made what was,
perhaps, the most interesting GRAFTON Of
the evening. He commenced by saying
that he was once postmaster under a
democratic administration, that he had
promised the community good service,
and he believed that the public would /
concede he had given as good if not
better service than any other postmas-
ter, before or since. 1t is true" said
the doctor Il moved the postoffice frof1 |
where 1t was to where it is. did 1t be-
cause of the unreasonable attitude OF
the landlord" He thought the building
should be on Main street. for IL any one
should ask him where the postofflce
was he did not want to be compelled I
to reply, Back behind the court house."
The public square site was out Of the
business channel, that there was more
building ground available southeast
for the city to grow. Then he took up the
necessary qualifications for central
site, stating that facilities for reaching
t should be NOS convenient. He knew
hat the street railway never would be
Quilt around the square, and he did not
want to compel the people going to the
oostoff1ce to get off the street car and
walk, and walk, and walk away out in
% the country. The public square site.
n his Judgment, was not central. He
knew that the sons of the fathers who
ire now trying to locate this building
80 shamefully and the grandsons, and
he great-grandsons would curse the
lct unto all generations. Yells here
Interrupted. The doctors talk was con-
tantly interrupted by remarks and cat
.alls, but the doctor stood his ground
nanfully.
Mr.. e. A. Harris then tickled the ris-
billties of the crowd by his good ma
ured way OF hammering his points
ZONE. He had listened to the argu-
nents Of the east end gentlemen that
he building should be on the car line ,
nd ON Main street. on Main street and ,
n the car line. on the car line and on .
lain street, etc. He had heard of the
DIV buildings and unsightliness of the
ublic square surroundings, but he had
ecently glanced down east Main street.
there he saw a few rows Of architect
raj beauties about six feet high He
r.