Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-17
LOCAL COMMENT

The recent primary election of the
republican party in Marshall county
has served to illustrate at least one
thing, and that is that clean politics is
desired and supported at the polls
j. Ill. Esermayer won his nomination
at the smallest cost of any candidate
in the history of Marshall county pri-
maries. Mr.. Egermayer adopted the
method of hiring no paid workers dur
ing the municipal campaign, when he
ran Tor mayor, a year ago, and kept a
strict account of all his expenses, which
We're published at the close of the
campaign. He followed the same lines
In the primary campaign and in his
sworn statement shows an expenditure
OF but $15906, which covers the en-
tire cost Of Il two months campaign.
BY his figures Mr.. Egermayer has
proved that it is possible to be elect
ed to office without buying votes,
either directly or indirectly. He was
told before The campaign started by
men who had had actual experience,
that it would be impossible to secure
the nomination under $1,000 to $780,
Mr.. Egermayer spent only a little over
one-tenth of this sum, bought not a
single cigar before election or did not
hire carriage on election day. He
pressed into service his own horse and
buggy and this was the extent of his
free rides to the polls.
Another point worthy of considera-
ton in Mr.. Egermayer's candidacy is
the fact that he was in every sense of
the word an advertising candidate"
The largest single item of expense in
his list is $50 for nine announcements
in newspapers Other printed matter
cost him $5l.45, making in all s1O1 As,
or all but $3.50 of his total expense,
spent in advertising.
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In view OF the fact that Mr. Eyer
mayer has won his nomination fairly
talk of an Independent candidate al
this time can mean one thing, and one
thing only; namely, that the saloon
and disorderly element is afraid of the
nominee ana if that is the issue Mr..
Egermayer's success at the election
should be overwhelming in Marshall
county. Egermayer himself has not
posed as radical candidate. He has
promised to do his duty if elected, but
is not seeking an office as a means
whereby to wage war He is clean,
fair man, against whom no issue can be
raised except an unworthy one, and
if such an issue is raised it will be-
come the duty Of this newspaper to
publish it to the world with it's full
intent and purpose.
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Mr. Arney, too, can congratulate
himself. His was a straight issue be-
tween himself and about the best man
who could have run against him in
Marshall county. Each proved gen.
tlemanly toward the II other.
Mr.. Cornell won the reward Of faith
full service. He could not be consid-
cred a campaigner. Neither could his
opponent But Cornell had served
long in the auditors office as deputy
and got the. votes.
The supervisors were all good men
with little to choose between them as
to merit, hence geographical location
did the business.
Miss Hostetler won on her merit.
She smashed precedents, campaigned
like a lady and will superiGSind our
county schools two years more'oecause
she has done the work so we'll in the
past.
Sheriff IIutson won handsome en-
dorsement. but, oh, it was an awful
scare for few hours He thought
everybody was for him and 1t is true
yery few had any criticism to make
against him, but the other Fellow
seemed to, have bought hogs of nearly
all the farmers in Marshall county,
and n have made a close friend of
aYarv man with whom he did business.
Not everybody can do TINS.