Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-02
LOCAL COMMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In this healthful community Monday
proved a poor day for doctors, and the
council will not receive free medical
advice at least for another year. While
| 1t was an off day for physicians, 1t was
good one for bachelors, and leap year
is not generally considered to have cut
much figure in the election either. The
council will have, during the coming
year, two bachelor members from the
Sixth. AS far as the T.-R. Is able to
learn by delving into the achives, the
present state of affairs has never before
been duplicated in the history of the
city. In thirty-five years Marshalltown
has had but two bachelor members on
her councils, and they served several
years apart O. p. Arnold was tho
first, 1SS1-S3. and T. c. Weather
ly the last, 1s90-96
Election figures In several Iowa cit
les OF the class to which Marshalltown
belongs prove very interesting, by way
of comparison, and indicate either what
Marshalltown has always claimed that
her last government census was far
from correct or else that she has made
wonderful strides in increasing her
population during the past three years.
In making comparisons conditions are
perhaps better equahzed this year than
they have been for several years past.
Contests that were very similar We're
found in the different cities, and the
vote tells the tale.
A glance at the figures shows that
TT. Dodge, which, by the last census,
exceeded Marshalltown in population,
cast this year at her municipal election,
total of 1886 votes, as against Mar
shalltown's 2,241, or 405 votes less than
We're cast in this city The fight against
the reelection of present incumbents
was the same as here, waged principals
ly on paving. Mason City, which has
been lauded to the skies during the
past few years. as having grown like
small boy with big appetite, with
municipal ownership of public utili-
ties proposition before the people, cast
a total of 1,43T for councilmen, S04
votes under Marshalltown. Boone, an
other city that is considered by many
in Marshalltown's class, was 72S votes
under Marshalltown's total, having
polled 1.513. Oskaloosa. which never
would. nor never WILL admit that She
is smaller than Marshalltown, cast 1877
less votes than this city, or a total Of
1,504 In fact, the only city of the same
class that equalled or surpassed Mar
shalltown's vote, was Waterloo, which
the last census showed to be a few
thousand inhabitants better off than
Marshalltown. With every nerve
strained to get out the vote, because of
a water contest, municipal ownership
against private corporation, Waterloo
cast 2,421 votes. $50 more than Mar
shalltown. Had this city had a con-
test in its First ward, as was waged
in the other five Waterloo's vote would
have been overshadowed, for the First,
the largest of the city, cast but 466
votes, out of a voting population Of
700
During the recent municipal cam
paign in Waterloo, in the fight of
those who favored the private owner
ship of water works as against munic-
ipal control, Marshalltown was cited as
a city where municipal ownership had |
been unsatisfactory. Davenport, with |
private ownership, was contrasted as
one having the best equipped plant and