Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-06
Carroll County People Start a
Boom For Their Fayorite
Son
HONOR THE IOWA SENATOR
More Than Thousand People Gather
at Coon Rapids and Unite in an Ex-
traordinary Reception and Testimon-
ial to Senator earst-Representative
coIcIo, of CARROLL, Makes Address.

Coon Rapids. Jan. Elf Carroll
county people had their way. there
would be a new gubernatorial boom
in Iowa before very long. With Sena-
tor Warren f. Garst, of this place.
as its candidate.
Monday night more than thousand
of the county united in an extraordi-
nary reception and testimonial to Mr..
Garst, who is about to leave for Des
Moines 20 take UP his work there. and
1t gave itself up to unbounded applause
when one of the speakers proposed him
as the next governor of Iowa. Follow
ing that speech there was much talk
along this line. and the suggestion
aroused enthusiasm everywhere.
Representative c. c. Colclo, of Car
roll, Mr.. Garst's democratic colleague
in the general assembly. was the
speaker who proposed Mr.. Garst as a
gubernatorial candidate. Mr.. Colclo's
address was unusual in that 1t came
from democrat in tribute to re-
publican. There were other speeches
also by Chairman Parkinson. Edward
Mcdonald, Ben Edwards and by Mr..
Garst himself.
In his address. Mr. Colclo said In
part:
He belongs to that class of polt-
clans VINO have a disagreeable and
unpleasant way of thinking for them
selves; he discharges every public duty
with heart and brain and has never
been circumscribed by party lines or
bowed the knee to the edicts of any
Political machine. The party trim
mer, the time server and the political
boss ali met with poor favor in his
sight. Developing along this line he
was advanced until today he stands
among the leaders of our state In
shaping and moulding public opinion.
Step by step, during his long years OF
service in the senate he has been con-
stantly forging TO the front. until to-
day he stands the unchallenged leader
in It's upper branch of the legislature
of The grand old state of Iowa. II was
to this class of men TO which our SEN
ator belongs that the poet Longfellow
had in mind when he said: The
heights by great men reached and kept.
We're not attained by sudden fight, but
they, while their companions slept,
were toiling upward in the night
Now, ladies and gentlemtn. permit
me to say, as a citizen of Carroll coun-
ty, that / trust the many evidences of
respect and esteem manifested mere
this evening. will not mark the closing
scenes OF our worthy senator's political
but that his past ach eve
men,s will orly prove stepping stones
to higher and broader fields of political
usefulness. Carroll county and the
state OF Iowa could in no way better
honor themselves than by advancing
our worthy senator TO the executive
chair. | can wish no fonder hope for
us all than at no distant day our sem
ator will be chosen TO rule over our
people and his good wife will be the
first lady of our fair state"
Mr.. Garst next addressed the gather
ing and thanked them for their DEM
of good will toward him.
He said among other things that he
would sooner stand we'll In his own
than be the governor OF
Iowa, and that his principal ambition
was to honorably discharge the duties
OF the office he now holds.