Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-08

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ton with no opposition But the soldier
feeling was strong here also and while
the north half of the county Gncluding
Hampton) was for Mr.. Grinnell, Col.
Reeve, Capt. Clock and other ex-sol-
diers controlled the south half Of the
county and were for Col. Merrill. The
convention was so equally divided that
neither side could control, and Col
Reeve, Capt. Clock. the late ]. T.
lStearns and the writer were elected
the four, delegates-two for Merrill and
two for Grinnell Capt Clock and Mr.
sStearns remained at home, leaving
Col. Reeve and the writer to go to Des
Moines, trip Of hundred miles, and
and in as rainy and muddy a June as
we ever saw. 1t took three and half
days to go and the same time to. re-
turn as far as Hampton. Our COM
panions on the trip were J. NJ. Mols-
berry of Worth county and T. w. Card
and Tom Emsley of Mason City-all
now dead Col. Reeve made the trip
solitary and alone, in sulky-think
of that! He and the writer went thru
all of that to cast two votes that did
not count, and they might better have
paired oft and stayed at home.
There is no question but had 1t not
been for Mr. Grinnel's unfortunate ex-
perience with Gen. Rosseau he would
have been nominated by reclamation.
RAILROADS AND REPORTERS.
Dubuque Times)
A wreck occurred on the chicago
Great Western just west of Dubuque,
Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 O'Clock.
Local officials of the road to whom the
newspaper reporters applied IN the ell
fort to obtain information concerning
the accidentj professed ignorance or II,
and later complained that the story
obtained without their assistance. was
inaccurate.
The Great Westerns policy In such
matters is Numerically opposed to
that followed by the Illinois Central.
The officials of the latter road realize
that when an accident occurs the SEN
sible thing is not to deny knowledge
Of it. but to give the facts to the news
papers upon application. Mr.. Gllleas
ordained this course when he was SUI
perintendent of the Dubuque division,
with the result that the Central the
past twenty years has had little or
no occas sion to complain of inaccurate
or damaging reports Of accidents on
this division. When rumor OF
wreck on the Central is denied at head
Quarters the denial is accepted and the
rumor is not given publication. But
when trouble on the Great Western is
reported a denial at the local offices is
not considered conclusive.
YaThe Central by its policy prevents
the publication of exaggerated reports
calculated to damage the reputation OF
the road and make trouble at head
quarters for the local or division Off
Gals. The Great Western by its stu
pid policy makes unnecessary trouble
for the newspaper reporters and more
unnecessary trouble for itself The
accident at Dyersville a few years ago
serves as an illustration. The officials
at Dubuque were In position to give
the material facts as early as 9 p. M,
but withheld them, with the result that
a highly exaggerated and sensational
report from Waterloo was published
thruout the country. If this accident
had occurred on the Illinois Central
the facts would have been supplied
promptly from the division office at
Dubuque, and the picturesque story is
sued from Waterloo would have gone
into the waste basket. The Great
Westerns ostrich policy is behind the
times and cannot be changed too soon
to suit the interests of that company.