Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04

complete victory ever written upon
the folds of its flag" That will do
very well as imagery. 1t does not
represent the situation. 1t is useless
for the governor to forget what has
been said and what has been done
without being able to control the
convenience of other memories. What
has been said has been said. and
what has been done has been done
1t may be admitted the conven-
ton that nominated the governor
for third term was closely divided
Conditions are such that the most
brilliant and complete victory ever
written" is not reasonably to be
anticipated In this state this year.
1t is the fact that is to be confronted
The democratic convention to meet in
Waterloo next Wednesday will be
cheered by the fact If the republican
party in this state is to be harmonlzed
something more than desire for Offices
and food for personal vanity must
serve as foundation. A victory such
as the governor suggests can only be
won as result of hearty and sincere
cooperation. What is the prospect Tor
that? The inquiring mind is at once
carried to tine question of responsibility.
If the preconvention campaign on one
side or the other was inslncere, the
way of progress might be found by
unsealing the lips and opening the
heart to the humility of confession
Was there indeed an emergency?
Was the appeal to prejudice and pas
sion mere politics? Are men VINO
Y,rin
nomination now to be stamped with
high ideals if they will lay down!
Is harmony a good thing under one
leader and damnable thing under
another leader, both equally ellslple
to the work of writing on the folas
of the flag the most brilliant ana
complete victory the state has Known.
The flower of speech may be Disagree
able to competent nose.
Behind ALL" says the Des Moines
Register and Leader, there was the
recognition that there was nothing
to warrant division of the republl-
can party To be sure; there are
those who have said that from the
Inauguration of the war i'll the hfst
month of the year. But all the Tune
there was frenzied denial. The col
umns of the Register and Leader
have termed with epithet and broad
insinuation. Is there haste to sponge
the board. to forget at this moment
that love and confidence. the charm
of the family, were not ceaselessly the
guide to conduct and the sweet ana
tender prompter of the fuzzle heaa
at the Typewriter and the command
ing figure on the stump? teftaiils
let us not agree that hypocrisy IS es-
sential to good government.
There are republicans, now so called,
who will not be completely satlslleu
with an earnest God bless you, my
dear subjects-if you vote right! III
they were very bad unworthy before
the convention of seat in their faith
ers' house. by what alchemy have they
been made right, in the Twinkle OF
moistened eye, following the announces
ment Of the finding of roll call! was
it campaign of humbuggery? Is there
confession that there were cart loaGS
Of tommyrot, and that nothing re-
mains but to reach the dump with all
expedition? Is there to be a union OF
filters at the expense of the dear peo-
pie who were scared by imaginary hob
COLLINS. and who were sure the liber-
ties they prize were were about to be
seized by ruthless and merciless fiends
of corporation brand unlesa by any
peradventure there should be failure to
carry the caucus as the sitting mem
Der in the oil inspection service should
desire, if he knew what was written in
his own heart? The republican party,
surely, should progress to a higher
standard. Its most sublime purpose
should not be typrified in woodtick.
Its Hottest ideal should be something
better and grander than a commission
to sit on a pharmacy board and the
reward of a concoction strong enough
to float the song, ..Oh, How Dry Ami"
When the prodigal son came to him
self he started right off with a confess
sion. 1t might be we'll in this instance
and at this moment to commence with
a confession. 1t is little late, to he
sure, for competent confession to fall
in the line of executive function, but
it is not too late for republicans to
agree among themselves that they will
devote their energies, preparatory to
the struggle of 1908, to the task Of be-
| ina honest at the risk of losing the
teat.
| 1t is not altogether the best thing to
have harmony for the purpose Of pay
ing adequate respect to a November
| election and for the rest of the time to
chew red and yellow rags to the end
| that doubt may not be overmastering
as to the peril of reform under circum-
stances that arise as ghosts to brighten
| 81, 1nfn nf NIT a
essential need of harmony disappears
| with the essential need of public SER
| vice. Ii is neither important that one
| man or another should be governor,
| nor that one man or another should
have his mail addressed in care OF
the United States senate; but it is all
ways important that the best policies
should be upheld and the best possible
public service rendered thru the in
strumentalities of men.
| There is disposition to mistrust mo-
nopoly when it takes up the cause of
| HARMONY 1t wants to be let alone. 1t
would like a unanimous vote on its
side of things. In the struggle to es-
tablish itself as monopoly it pers-
pired, and there was some Indulgence
in improper language, and the iron
heel was given landing with view of
making cripples. The troubles that
peek around the edge and teeter on the
platforms of some of the large corpo-
! rations are the offspring of memory
and relation.
The journal greatly regrets that the
republican party of Iowa, by reason OF
disease of the blood, should be such a