Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-12
LOCAL COMMENT

Where was ii heard, only a fortnight
ago, that the republicans We're scarf
and that because a third meeting was
held I'VE" (the democrats) had them
goin" The ballots, at any rate, told a
different tale.
The local democratic organ devotes
two columns. under double scar
head, in giving the result and the
cause" of Tuesdays election. After
wading thru the figures of ancient his
tory ii would appear rs tho Tom
Taggart could have been quoted with
equally good result. and the cause
made more specific Mr.. Taggart says
that the cause Of democratic defeat
was lack of democratic votes.
The democratic eleventh hour cam
paign fund solicited by the democratic
party leaders Bradford and Henry, was
not much of a success financially,
but developed sufficient proportions to
enable the leaders to print few hand
bills for gratituous distribution on
election day. 1--WE must get out the
vote" said Chairman Henry. I'm his
profund way, when rebuked by good
democrat because he had resorted 10
such tactics. Another democrat de-
clared upon seeing the posters that the
party would lose 100 votes by them
alone, and it would appear from the
count that the roorback did prove q
boomerang.
The yellow posters--yellow in every
sense Of the word--were as despicabie
a piece of work in local politics as has
been perpetrated upon the voting pub
lie in some time. The men who take
upon themselves the work Of debating
the policies Of the party are always eN-
nected to resort to something low and
underhanded. in order to attempt to
gain some imaginary point. but it re-
mained for the issuance Of the libel upon
Marshalltown, and every class OF busi-
ness interests the city contains for the
climax to be capped. Business men
would not have felt SO concerned over
the statements made on the yellow
sheet had Mr.. Bradford and Mr. Henry
stuck to facts. but when the truth was
so distorted, and facts were entirely
lost sight Of those who have the inter
ests of Marshalltown at heart cannot
help but become Disguised.
The effort to defeat w. II. Jones for
supervisor was another subject that
called for the hand bill. and 1t proved
as weak in It's result as the efforts in
general on the part of the democratic
machine. Mr.. Jones ran below his tick
ct, to be sure, so did every other coun-
ty ticket, but his victory was made
even more satisfactory because Of the
opposition.
Another slap at the democratic
machine resulted In the vote for the
year in order to purchase additional
land for the county farm, which can be
purchased advantageously at the pres
ent time. The principal objection rails
ed in the efforts to defeat on the part
of Mr. Bradford and Mr.. Henry was
that "Nr. Jones wanted the proposition
to carry"
The general prosperity indicated by
the delinquent tax list must prove most
gratifying to every resident of the
county The list of delinquents Is only
one-fourth the size of last year, and In
two townships, Eden and Vienna there
is not a single delinquent Three oth-
ers show but one each, and another mas
but two. In the city there is also
gratifying decrease in delinquents ana
the majority of those shown are In the
special tax list where neglect anu
carelessness in settling for paving ana
sidewalk taxes, has resulted in deiln-
quents. There is no better indlca.'oh
of the prosperity Of a community IMAM
it's delinquent tax list.
The Baptist editor who crltlclses the
Introduction of Mrs. Fairbanks upon d
church convention platform as peihs
political move, exhibits a smallness Oh
spirit and limited vision unbehtune an
editor of anything Mrs. Fairbanks was
not running for office, neither olo .l,e
women Of that convention. the people
most interested in her appearance,
have any votes to be influenced one
way or another. Years and years ago
partisan politics made men so small
that editors would object to having the
public schools suspended when prest-