The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-10-15
TWENTY GOOD REASONS
.Ayvoter of this County Sends Us
the Following Reasons for the
Benefit of the Leon Journal.


ticket should be scratched this fail-{Leon Journal
Oct. 8, 1908.
For the information Of the Rings
hired man we will endeavor to offer a
few reasons which may have escaped
him and which he would mot dare to
publish if they occurred to him:
First Because three men on the
ticket Stookey and the two Browns :
are boilers, and not willing that a ma
jority shall rule.
Second Because two of them were
delegates to the Cedar Rapids coMen-
tion which nominated Governor Cum
Minis, and, under the lead of Blythe re-
fused to make the nomination unani-
nous.
Third Because Capt. Brown swore he
would not vote for Cummins two years
aago and another man on the ticket has
since boasted that he did not vote for
him and will not this year.
Fourth Because Stookey said in his
paper two years ago that the Cumnlins
men all belonged to the whiskey ,ele-
ment.
Fifth Because Capt. Brown, acting
for himself and others, insisted that a
we'll known young republican must be
retired from the dcputy-ship in the
county treasurer's office and for no
other reason than that he presumed to
think for himself.
Sixth-Because the Ring opposed the
increase in railroad taxes which the
present state administration has brought
about.
Seventh the Rings hired
man said in the Ring Organ that "When-
ever they got ready to nominate a man
they just nominated him." which is true
of each Of the candidates on the county
ticket.
Eighth-Because several of the can
ditlates ride on railroad passes.
Ninth Because several Of the federal
.oifice4lolders put in more time serving
the interests Of the Ring than they do
in the discharge of the duties of the
Offices to which they have been appoint
ed
Tenth Because the Ring tried to de-
:. feat the present auditor of the county
because he insisted that the railroad
taxes We're not high enough, and would
not accept the dictation of the members
of the Ring, thirty-two of them voting
against him in Leon.
Eleventh Because the members of
the Ring refused to contribute to the
county campaign fund in 1902 because
the ticket did not have their tab on.
Twelfth Because the Ring set the
example of,scratching in the campaigns
OF 190a-2, and if it was advisable then
it ought to be proper now.
Thirteenth Capt. Brown,
acting ON Instructions from Burlington,
/ gave up the ambition of his life and
published q notice in the Ring Organ to
the effect that 81 am for Marion Il.
Stookey for our senator
Fourteenth--Because fStookey sent n
bogus telegram to Des Moines during
the senatorial contest between Cum
minis and Gear, i'm which he said Repre-
sentative Eiler had agreed to vote for
Bowen for speaker and Gear for sena-
tor. A statement which he knew was
absolutely false when he sent it.
Fifteenth Because Stookey tried to
influence the friends of Eiker in behalf
of Gear, expecting to receive as his re-
ward the local attorneyship of the C.
B.& @. railroad.
Sixteenth - Because the same Ring
that is now trying to dictate the poll
tics of Decatur county, defeated Bryson
Bruce, father of their present hired man
for the reason that he refused to sur
render the principles of life time and
z vote for local option.
Seventeenth Because Capt. Brown is
frequently selected by the 20" railroad
to represent it as arbitrator in matters
in which the corporation is interested
with citizens of this county.
Eighteenth Because Capt. Brown is
the only farmer known in Decatur coun-
ty who has sufficient influence with the
, '.Q' officials to enable him to get tun-
mel cut under the track to connect two
pastures. Or who has influence enough
to have a special train run to enable
him to reach the Chicago market at an
opportune time.
Nineteenth Because the people of
Decatur county do not want two men
elected to the legislature who will vote
for j. w. Blythe, General Solicitor of
the C. B. & @. railroad, for United
States senator.
Twentieth To sum it all up it is not
a question Of politics which confronts
the voters of the county but it is
whether-or not the most unscrupulous
Ring ever organized in any county shall
prepare slate weeks before the con
vention is held and farm out the differ
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