Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-02
LOCAL COMMENT

Those who are wont to censure a
preacher for cr;ticising municipal Off
GERS In his Thanksgiving sermon
should remember that applied morality
is legitimate subject for discussion
In the pulpit. The only requisite is
that the preacher knows thoroughly
what he is talking about. In the case
Of Rev. Doans structures upon the
policy and support of the present mayor
Of Marshalltown the unfortunate thing
is that Mr. Inglcdue seems to be MAX
ing strenuous effort to give the city
clean administration or at least one
as clean as can be enforced From a
prohibition standpoint he will never
be satisfactory since he does not wage
unrelenting war upon the saloons, but
he has acted consistently in reducing
the number and this is all he pro-
fesses to favor. Had the preacher Civ
en- the public officer credit for the
good that was in him in the same
breath in which he censured him, the
charge would have been fair one 1t
would also seem that the ministerial
union could be Of quite as much influ-
ence IL they would come around occa-
sionally and give a man like Mayor
Ingledue a word OF encouragement as
we'll as Of censure. The fact Is, a
preacher or a preachers candidate
could not be elected in Marshalltown
The majority Of the citizens do not
want what Mr.. Ingledue terms
Quaker meeting government, yet they
do want an Improvement over what
they have had in the past, and this
Mr.. 1ngledue has given them, altho no
man vas ever more viciously villif1ed
during the election campaign than he
was. The so-called respectable" ele-
ment threw away all claim they might
have had upon him. However, he has
tried hard to do right and is the kind
Of man who would try harder II he
had more help. Already he has won
the sympathy and support of many
a business man who fought him bitterly
at the polls. This newspaper believes
in having the urea cheers speak out in
meeting and jump on to things. That
is what they are preaching for, but it
also believes In tempering general
criticism with credits due, 50 as not
to make man feel that everybody Is
Jumping" on to him when he is trying
hard to please the public.
The people of Marshalltown are in
mourning for the pioneer who founded
their city and fought the frontier fight
for the start which has made it city
while other towns have remained vii
lagos. Few men have done more for
their towns than Henry Arson did for
Marshalltown. The early trials Of Mr..
Arson and others of the pioneers of
Marshalltown read like a romance, and
could we'll form the basis Of a historical
novel. Like the ancient Romans, who
selected the site and built the Forum,
he came across what he considered
the favored spot Of promised land.
He declared: Here will / lay my
bones" but not until his work was
done, over half century later, was he
called upon to respond to the final
summons.
Looking at Marshalltown today 1t is
difficult to realize what 1t was when
Henry Arson was riding night and
day by horse to Des Moines and Rock
Island thru bottomless sloughs and
swollen streams to make town on. the
spot of prairie he had plated. Fifty
four years ago ldSl JUNE, llefe was
not so much as log cabin to be seen.
He foresaw the possibilities and had
great faith in the future, altho he never
realized his fondest dream, that this
town might be the capital Of Iowa,
beautiful land"
Mr.. Arson, sturdy pioneer that he
was, not only used his hands and brain
In the interests of the town Of his Gre
alton, but his pocketbook was open for
it's welfare. Whenever the public col
lection box was passed he was not
only the first to give, but he was do
ing the passing. 1t is the man
IF Henry Anson's type whobuilds towns |
Ind helps them grow into cities. Other
men by the score have lived and made
more money for themselves than did
Henry Anson but they were forgotten
Is soon as the sod was green over
heir graves. There are men In Mar
,halltown today who are able to do as
much or more for their city, but no
public demonstration will express the
Iorrow Of their citizens when their
,ortege passes by. Individually they
nay live a more perfect life, socially:
they will fall far behind
his man in applied Christian ideals. !