Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-10
EXIT SHAW.
TIowa Falls SENTINEL

While the convention of Wednesday
sung the requiem of many political
hopes, over none did 1t cast more
blighting shadow than that which
darkens the political future Of Leslie
NJ. Shaw. His political star has sci as
suddenly as 1t arose A small country
banker, he never had a thought outside
of money getting until the possible
success OF Organism threatened his
loan business In 1895 for the first time
he interested himself In politics and
made series of speeches full of earn :
estness but in no way above the aver
age, The following year Judge HUB
bard. then AT the head of the railroad
political machine of this state, in look
ing around for candidate for COVER
nor who would be subservient to the
Will of his corporate masters. hit upon
Shaw as the man most available. Ey-
cry railway corporation exerted Itself
TO the utmost to secure his nomination
The opposition was divided between
Parrot ana Funk and the result
sought was attained and Shaw nomin-
ated,
No man ever more implicitly obeyed
his master, nor more ahjectly licked
the hand that fed him than did Shaw
during his administration Of the Of
flee of governor. In his eagerness ia
do the bidding of the railroads the In
terests of the people were forgotten
and the Kisses which greeted the men
ton of his name in the convention OF
Wednesday was but public express
sion of the contempt in which he is
-. ~ Kit, Of Tnu
a candidate he invariably ran behind
his ticket in his own county and dis.
trict. Five years ago at the Cedar
Rapids convention. while every repub-
lican Of prominence was called out Tor
speech and cheered to the echo
Shaw, altho occupying prominent
place on the platform, was passed by
in sullen silence. He prevailed on the
good natured Allison to recommend
him for a place In the cabinet Of Pres
ident Roosevelt and his appointment to
the secretaryship Of the treasury was
the result.
From that hour his ambition has
known no bounds. In the very madness
of his egotism he aspired to the pres
idency ard began knitting every man
who was inmicable to his selfish In
terests. During the campaign just
closed he exerted himself to the utter
most in the interest of the corpora
tons BY falsehood he sought to make
1T appear that in this course he had
the Endorsement of the president, and
had the humiliation of the latter's ex-
posture of the falsehood almost as soon
as uttered. He ostentatiously gave II
out to the press that he was going to
Des Moirles to the state convention to
crush Cllmmins Like ward boss
HE stood in hotel Hobbies telling what
HE wanted and what HE would have
done. He occupied a prominent box in
the auditorium where the convention
was held in his egotism believing that
his greatness 90 would overawe all
opposition.
In an i'll starred moment the tenn
porary chairman in his speech in
dulged in panegyrical mention of his
name when starting from the delega
ton from Shaw's own county. but
spreading from delegation to deega-
ton of the representative republicans
of Iowa came torrent of misses
spreading and growing in volume un-
til the voice of the speaker was drown
ed beneath the avalanche. In the his
tory Of the party in all of the states
no man was ever so thoroughly repu-
dated by political party as Shaw has
been by the republicans of Iowa. While
the Skiver editor of the Capital ex-
presses horror that man who has
been honored with the governorship OF
the state should be thus Inundated
we waat to remind this pure minded
editor that he himself by his causeless
attack on Iowa's grand old man,
Governor Larrabee in the nights be-
fore the convention, paved the way for
this exhibition of the contempt of the
people for all corporation tools and
time servers. Eaeunt Shaw. Then
wrap thy little boomlet around thee
and betake thee to the shades of for
getfulness.