Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-08

1 tuition. These included general as
sembly. The elected ones assembled
at Iowa City November Sd, organized,
and dulv inaugurated Ansel Briggs as
governor. with retinue of associates,
and then waited for action by congress.
The task was completed December
2Sth. The population of Iowa at the
time this election was held Is estimated
at 1O2.3SS, and the number of votes
cast was 1905. Land was then pur-
chasable at SLIPS per acre, payable in
land warrants worth rs cents or less of
face value. The population is now
Q. 500, OO0;! the voters number nearly
COG, 900, and land increased in value at
the rate of about 81 per- acre each
year ever since.
TT is WE'LL TO CONSIDER.
[Glidden Graphical
The Shercliffe Pollock diamond
robbery case continues ITO attract at
tention. The case is being prosecut-
ed by the jewelers. Protective Assoc
citation. Recently agents of Thomas
this association with an officer of $lS,-
Denison approached the president OF
900 If he would drop the pending case
against Dennison. This was the val
Tie of the diamonds stolen. The offer
was refused; $4,000 was expended
in conflicting Shercliffe by this asso-
citation and as much more will be ex-
pended in convicting Dennison If he
is guilty. People do net yet realize
what these significant facts really
stand how gamblers, thugs, thieves,
and venal voters are organized, con-
trolled, directed and often been made
decisive factors in the selection of
our highest state and national Off
GERS. In the summer of 1899 Thomas
Dennison organized and brought from
Omaha to Council Bluffs about as
motley an array of cutthroats as
could be mustered and marched them
from one primary polling place to an
other, paying them all at the rate of
two dollars per vote. The purpose
was to Sc secure the nomination of men
to the Iowa Legislature who would
support John H. Gear for the senate
against A. B. Cunnir1s. Tt succeeded.
What did Denntson expect in return !?
Protection from the operation Of the
law for his thieves and thugs when In
trouble That was all! The history
of the Shercliffe case reveals the
System" as resignated by Steffins.
These Dennison henchmen were
henchmen of Dave Mercer, congress-
man from the Omaha district Mer-
Ger helped Judge Hubbard get bill
thru congress of vital Importance
tn fhyryn tor Z lI11Nn r~H n
good fellow. He appreciated these
Mercer asked for the parole of Sher-
cliffe, Hubbard volunteered to use his
good offices with Governor Shaw.
His appeal Ito Shaw was model of
its kind. The gist of the whole thing
was that 1t would help Mercer to
hold the thug support of Omaha to
retain him in congress.
The important point in these mat
tiers for voters to consider is whether
or not it Is wise to permit systems"
of this kind to exist. Is 1t not high
time that we established higher
ideals in our civic life? We would
much prefer to see our governors
actions controlled by an intelligent
high winded, public sentiment rath-
err than by the needs and exigencies
Of crafty political manipulators ca
tering to the basest elements Of So
ciety. Office holders are bound to be
subservient to the men who have
made them off1cialsc. The proposition
thus resolves itself into question of
who and what shall be the dominating
influences in nominating candidates.
Shall we permit INSCRIPTIONS and sell
fish men to hold the balance Of power
in these matters? 1t Is worth while for
voters to ponder over these matters.
JUST DOGS.
iowa Falls Citizen.1
A dog Is usually the pride of his mas
ter and the curse of his neighbors. How
quick the average man will leap to the
defense of his dog! 1t has sometimes
been said that a poorer the man is the
more dogs he owns.
Dogs in these days are pretty well
distributed in society. Now here is a
fat little poodle, suffering with curva-
ture of the elongated end of the spine.
He has a pretty fair appetite for the
rear side Of the travellers pantaloons.
He is full of feas and occupies the
couch in the parlor. He is at once the
pride of his mistress and the curse of
the public.
And here is another dog, just yal-