Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-03
MACHINE PRIMARIES.
rGrinnell Herald

| One hears some rumblings these
days chiefly thru the democratic
press OF the county about the machine
made candidates of the recent repub-
lican primaries. 1t is curious how
some people view things. The success
full ones are likely to be picked CATER
the primary as the ones supported by
the machine, even tho no one was
paign who could give even guess OF
| the outcome.
! Do the conditions which surround
the primary system make such a
charge reasonable? The machine If II
exists may make all sorts of bargains
but 1t can not deliver the goods. Peo-
pie vote as they please on that occa-
sion. The machine may make an
effort to get voters to the primary, but
at the last primary election the vote
was SO large that the voters as whole
expressed their preference by their
votes, not little coterie of machine
hustled voters.
But look at it from another stand
point. II the vote on Sheriff was n
machine vote. it was a machine as
large as the county for Mr.. Binegar's
vote was equally large everywhere ex-
cept in the precinct Of his chief OPP
ponent.
If Mr.. McMillen was machine cam
didate. the machine does not do bust
ness in either Brooklyn or Montezuma
for there the vote was adverse to
him.
If Mr.. Harris was a machine candi-
date, the machine was not working
well in Brooklyn or Deep River and in
many OF the rural precincts.
Does it not strike our democratic
friends as rather queer that the
machine was in such poor working
order that it could not produce two
garments from the same pattern?
WORKED AROUND THE WORLD.
[Register and Leader.l
j. r. Anderson OF Pomona. Cal, is the
guest of his sister, Miss Lulu Anderson,
who resides with Mr.. and Mrs. B. O.
Hanger at 1889 Tenth street. Mr. An
derson is the young man who gained
considerable newspaper celebrity some
years ago on account of his accom-
plishment of a working journey around
the world. He has just completed the
arrangements for the publication OF a
book describing his experiences during
the five years spent in his journey, and
it promises to be a very interesting
volume. While here he will visit the
Christian Endeavorers Of this city and
will probably deliver an address Mr..
Anderson relates many remarkable in
cidents of his remarkable experience
Starting from home with. as he de-
scribes 1t, capital stock consisting
of two hands and two strong arms
before he was long on his way he had
learned the BARRIERS trade and then
felt that he was fully equipped for his
journey. How we'll my trade served
my purpose" he writes, may be ans
wered by saying that after had trod
the soil of every state in my own count
ry, left New York with IS in my
pocket, belted the sphere with my foot
prints and arrived at San Francisco
with s65.''
His experiences during the five years
were varied and interesting. He was
barber on a cattle ship. then on pas
senger steamer; worked as a machin-
list in Egypt; was a janitor in the
Paris exposition buildings: from Ath-
ems. Greece, to Alexandria, Egypt. he
worked his way as a cook in the fore
castle; in Jerusalem he worked as a |
hotel hustler; his journey began in
May, 1897, and concluded with his arr
rival at San Francisco on January g.
1902.