Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
A Persona! ,,ANPA|GN
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Prohibition andidate in the
Thirf - pared for Mud.
5. .eine Canvass
ATTACKS ON THE CANDIDATES
Entrance of the Catholic Clergy Into
the Temperance Work Thought to
Have Had an Influence on Hender-
sons Action Anti Saloon League
and Non-Partisan Temperance Work.

i DeS MONIES, sept. llJ.-1beV. D. ~
Earl, of Waterloo, prohibition candi-
date for congress in the Third district
speaking campaign next Friday with
a prohibition rally at Winthrop, in Bu-
chanan county. Mr. Earl had chal-
jlenged Speaker Henderson to meet him
| at that time before the latter's with
drawal and has now challenged Gov
Boies to meet him. He will speak
ia1one. AS soon as the republican nom
i;nee is named on Thursday it is under
jstood Mr.. Earl will challenge him to
Idebate, but of course, whoever he is
| he will not pay any attention to Mr.
Earl. From the letters written by Mr.
Earl and from his public utterances
lit is evident that he is going to make
a bitter personal campaign. He will
| attack Boies because of the latter's
connection with the defeat of state
wide prohibition and denounce Boies as
| in league with the brewers and dis
tillers, etc. He was prepared to make
on Speaker Henderson. Good judges
and among them good republicans, be-
lieve here that the prospect of cam
paign by Rev. Mr.. Earl In which the
latter would attack his political and
| personal record and especially take
pleasure in dissecting the personal life
|! of the speaker, had more to do with
the declination of the speaker to con-
!tinue in politics than anything else.
| A republican who last week spent some
! time in the Third district states that
the general belief was that Rev. Mr..
Earl, who is bright. man and courag-
Ieous and who is convinced that he has
divine permission to dabble in politics,
Ihas collected vast mass of informa
ton in regard to the speaker OF the
house, regarding his personal habits
and his life in the corrupt Washington
latmosphere, and was prepared to place
1.-The speaker on the defensive from the
start. While Speaker Henderson might
have been innocent of many of the
accusations made, he would have suf-
fered much embarrassment in following
up the constant attacks of third
party orator commissioned to make
mischief without regard to conse-
quences.
A significant thing in this connection
was the appearance at the last state
convention of the Iowa Anti-Saloon
league of Rev. Father Lenihan, of Mar
shalltown, who delivered an address
in which he told of the work being done
among Catholics for temperance. This
tn, fh1a n iSf -
state that there has been any SEM
blance of cooperation between the
tCatholic temperance workers and the
Protestants. 1t is the first time any
Catholic clergyman has ever appeared
lin state temperance meeting other
than one confined exclusively to Cath
olics. Father Ienihsn told OF the
work being done in strong Catholic
communities for temperance and how
the temperance sentiment is growing
within the church. He pledged cooper
alton OF the Catholics with Whatever
Of work the State AntiS Saloon league
might do for enforcement OF the laws
5cf the state and holding the saloon
Keepers to strict accountability. This
entrance of the Catholic clergy into
temperance work. and especially at Du-
ibuaue. is regarded by close observers
as having something to do with the
sudden determination of Speaker Hen
derson to retire He has always re-
lied largely on the support of the large
body of Catholics in his district and
with this support lukewarm there was
danger. The Catholic temperance
movement is worth watching.
The recent meeting of the State
Anti Saloon league, altho it was slimly
attended, marked a return OF that
LEAGUE 10 nonpartisan temperance
work. A year ago the league was rent
by dissensions because Rev. III. II.
Abrams, the state superintendent of
enforcement, had announced that he
wo.lld vote for the republican candi-
date for governor, A. B. Cummins. and
had declared his belief that Mr.. Cum
Minis election would result in no harm
to the present mulct laws of the state.
Mr.. Abrams having been yindlcated ne
was again reinstated as superintendent
At the same time among the resolutions
adopted unanimously at this league
meeting were the following:
I'VE are grateful to the general as
sembly of this state for important
legislation passed at the last session.
and respectfully urge the different leg
islative districts to organize early ana
return to the next legislature men Ia
YOrable to our cause.
THAT the next legislature be asked
to place limit, Of two years on the
mulct petitions.
we rejoice to see general AWAKEN
ing OF temperance interest among the
leaders of the secular press as SHOWN
by the numerous and discriminating
editorial discussions of the pernlclou
effects OF the drink habit, likewise tne
adoption of more stringent rules Dy the
great manufacturing and transporta
tion companies as to the use OF lntox-
icantS by their employees. We are en-
couraged to believe that time is ripe
for gospel-temperance-pl ce-pledge-slsn-
In campaign. and urge our members 10
take this matter I'D at once, ana make
the coming winter q memorable one IN
the history of temperance.
I'VE urge all persons having the well