Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-09

| the question of prohibition. Prohibi-
ton, as established in Iowa, was wrong
in that 1T was unscientific, violated the
rights of the individual and was incon-
sistent. 1t was unscentific in that it
undertook to change human appetite
| by legal enactment in making the sale
and not the use of an article a crime;
| it violated the rights of the individual
| by it's violation of the rights of prop
| erty in allowing men to own but deny
| ing the right to dispose of it by barter
or sale; it was Inconsistent in that it
| made Il crime of an act impossible
without two parties thereto, and hold
| ing hut one of the parties amenable
| to the lava sale cannot be made
| without a blyer, but only the seller
| was held amenable to the law. On this
| question, and for these reasons, thou
sands of Iowa republicans went to
the democratic party, voted with 1T
and elected it's candidates.
| Except for the action of the sincere
and honest democrats who left their
party and Joined the republicans in
| 1896, w. j. Bryan would have been
elected president over William Mckin-
ley. T.4ese democrats saw the error
of their party on the money question,
| and thought more of the honor of
their country than they did of their
! party, and joined with those in the
right to defeat it, and they succeeded.
In the light of these it is wise to con-
slider well the positions of all honest
| men on any question arising for set
Element by political parties. AT the
same time it is we'll to weigh care
fHlly all questions on which men differ,
witn the view of learning the right,
and when that is learned espouse the
cause of the right regardless of poll
tics or political parties. The right is
VIII 1t the country wants regardless
of the wishes of politicians. Politicians
to the dogs when the right and the
good of the country are concerned 1T
is only dishonest man who will
knowingly espouse the wrong for the
sake of personal political preferment
or gain-an6i such men are dangerous
and a menace to the public welfare.
sol.
MIR. PERKINS CANDIDACY.
[Sac SUM-
That Mr.. Perkins is loyal republic
can of the conservative type, brainy
and practical there is none to doubt.
That he possesses many of the quail
itications that would make him pop
! ular governor must be accepted. Yet
at this time there are reasons why
Mr. Perkins probably cannot get the
governorship without a fight. He has
shown in years gone by a tendency at
times to progressiveness, but since the
probability of his becoming a candidate
| for governor has been discussed he has
| been so exceedingly careful not to Of
| fend the old railroad machine element
of the party that suspicion, possibly
not we'll grounded, has sprung up that
he is the man wanted by the men who
privately curse President Roosevelt,
publicly sheer at LaFollette and Cum
MINIS, and wage unrelenting warfare
against railway rate regulation and
propositions for the abolition of the
] free pass and primary election legisla-
| ton.
| Under the circumstances it is not
| strange that some are not enthusiastic
about the candidacy of Mr.. Perkins. AS
| one who hoped to see Mr.. Perkins NOM
| mated with unanimity, the writer has
regretted to observe reactionary
| tendency in the editorial columns Of
! the Journal within the last few months.
Perhaps the political atmosphere will
| clear within the next few months. At
| present it would be a rash politician
who would promise Sac county to Mr..
Perkins.
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