Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-08


community. He is reputed to be the
! best man in Iowa for the job, and it is
the hope of everyone that he makes
good"
Since election there has been a great
deal of comment about the success OF
advertising in Il political campaign
and many are the jokes about THE
Big Chief and w. l.. Douglass, the
| shoe men who advertise themselves
| into office, but the interesting point in
the local incident is the fact that the
Marshalltown ad was suggested, order
ed and paid for by several of the Lead
ing advertising merchants on Main
street, and bunch of five personal
checks given in payment none OF
which came from the candidate him
self
| The election by the council of Mr..
! j. e. Mcdonald, as member from the
| First ward to fill the uneNpired term
of Mayor O. l.. Ingledue, appears to
meet with the approval of d great
many of the residents of the ward.
MIR Mcdonald was in no wise cam
| didate for the position. He is not
seeking political honors, altho for
number of years, in his old home, Ben
ton county, he was prominent in DEM
! ocratic state, county and district pol
! tiles. 1t can be said without the least
!! exaggeration that in this case, at least,
4 the office sought the man, and 1T was
| only upon the most urgent appeals OF
| his friends that MIR. Mcdonald con-
| sented to allow his name to be used
] as a candidate before the council. Mr..
Mcdonald is a young business man,
| and one who has been successful. Ills
career here began as clerk, and by
! attending strictly to business, and
carefully outstanding his savings, he
/ has built up a business for himself.
He will make the First ward an hon
est and conscientious member OF the
council, and those of his constituency
who do not know him personally, will
| learn to like him upon making his ac-
| quaintance.
/ If Mayor Ingledue will carry out the
good provisions of the billiard ordl-
nance, as announced in the news col
umns as being his intention, in serving
proprietors with notices that no min
| ors are to be allowed in billiard ana
pool rooms, he will have accomplished
something toward fulfilling his prom
Uses of reform administration. The
boy who hangs around billiard hail.
| smoking a cigaret, is not the boy VINO
is going to be selected by the business
! man as one to be trusted. Time is TOO
precious to be spent in this manner.
A boy need not participate in the
games to reap the evil influence of his
surroundings, for the atmosphere OF
most billiard halls is poison of Itself.
1t is here that evil associates are often
formed, and the next step for the lad
to take is the saloon and the brotheL
However, wise as Mr.. 1ngledue's ex-
ecutiye order may be, the first duty
toward the boy should be at home with
the parent No boy, properly super
vised, should have the time to loaf
around billiard hall. If he can't be
entertained evenings in his own home
or the homes of his companions he
should be at work doing chores. Ii
his school work does not occupy his
time he ought to be taking care of a
neighbor's horse and COW. If fathers
and mothers would realize that the
presence of boy loafing in billiard
hall is an exhibition of the parents
moor MANAGEMENT, something would
be contrived at home in the way OF
A work or play that would absorb his
Il interest and time. Why not go into
a chicken raising speculation with the
bow and keep him busy? Stake him
for the purchase of several COWS and
set him UP in business, get him job
tending lawns or send him to bust
ness college for an evening course at
hook keeping and shorthand; keep him
busy doing something. 1t is more i'm
portant than a college education.
The Burlington Hawkeye thinks that
i J. H. Egermayer's idea in publishing
his campaign expenses is a step IN the
right direction, and that the Marshall
town idea may help to elevate munich
pal politics. The Hawkeye says:
"Joseph H. Egermayer, one of Mar
shS,ltown's candidates for the mayor
alty publishes a sworn statement
showing the totals of his campaign ex-'
penses. His total expenses in one OF
the hottest campaigns ever fought out
in his city We're $3.50. With the ex-
ception of 1925 for a place in which to
hold a meeting, Sc for cab hire and
$1.7o for postage, the remainder all
went for printing and publishing
This is probably the first time
that a candidate in Iowa has pub
lished a statement of this kind. 1t
may become the rule. and it seems
step in the right direction. No doubt
some good men now refuse to become
candidates for municipal office in Iowa
because of the expense involved and
the manner in which a portion of the
money is expended. Publicity is a
good thing in municipal campaigning
as in other respects, and the Marshall
town idea may help to elevate munich