Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-22
Looker-On In Iona

Tama. Feb 22-"Now let thy serv-
ant depart in peace. For many laS
wears this scribe has roaned over Iowa
in search of '.harmony" but every
where he has found strife and diver
SIGN. And just when hope deferred
made his heart sick. he ran onto Har-
nony-Will the compositor please use
ca pital II for Tama county deserves
ito-When the TaIna republican coun-
ty convention met last Saturday. oh
such harmony prevailed. About te,
Standpatters in the convention. intend
ire to introduce an Allison resolution,
thought better of 1t. and it would never
have been heard of, except for this
notice And such harmony prevailed
in the selection Of delegates to all the
republican conventions, the standpat-
tiers did not even present the names OF
some candidates. Every thing was so
harmonious that the progressives feit
ashamed of themselves that the siand-
ratters didn't ask for something. What
a beautiful scene was thus presented.
Brethren dwelling together In unity
and peace-and harmony.
But there is one discordant voice in
the land Here's where Hisey-J. An
drew Townsend Hsey-candidate for
governor at the last general election,
lives Meeting him. Mr.. Hisey told the
writer that some men from Toledo
were urging him to run for congress,
as against Good and Trewin. of Linn
county. In the name of harmony, Mr..
Hisey was plainly asked not to run,
and for his indiscretjon the writer was
plainly told, that my mission IS not
enc of harmony, but to carry flaming
sword" AS it is more than probable
that Mr.. Hisey again "shies his castor
in the ring'-a la Shaw, the public
will be interested to know that at the
present time Mr.. Hi&ey IS following
tho practice of law. assisting some of
the attorneys here in he care of their
offices, meanwhile reading law. Mr.
Fisey at one time actually had H.
Erary of nearly 400 volumes. The I'm
ancial result of his last wheebarroW
trip was nearly $500, Ill Of which has
gone for charitable purposes, many OF
the boys here feeling at liberty to Dor
row of him nickle any time, and some
men that ought to know better, get
ting loans Of Twenty-Five and hfty
cents and forgetting to return 1t. MI.
Hisey has been practicing the iceWater
bath fad this winter. On many occa-
sions he has taken his bath in nearby
stream cutting hole thru the
ice for that purpose. and only till the
doctor nterfered did he discontinue
his ice water plunge. On the few oc-
IL int
Mr. Hisey has practiced also the bare
foot walk in the beautiful snow. Only
a short time ago he walked. bare 1901,
in four inches of snow, wheeling his
wheelbarrow. ten blocks. And the fact
that he has not had a cold this winter,
speaks volumes for the treatment.
The other day In Hampton, While
the writer was strictly mlnding his
own business, former county official
of Franklin county, a sharp, shrewd.
hard handed standpatter, said, IF it'll
do YOU any good to know it, I'm not
going to vote for Allison. I'm stand
patter but we had all we needed of this
one man business in the Gear eplSoue
No man so years of age can properly
do the work of a Urited States sena-
tor. I've no use for Cummins, and
won't say who | intend to express my
preference for but it won't be Alll-
SON."
In the Reinbeck depot not long ago
was an old man on his way to Water
loo TO attend the funeral of a brother.
The waiting passengers began talking
politics, and then said the old man,
I'm from Ringgold. For twenty years
down there my vote has not been
counted" are you a democrat" some
one asked. mo, sir was the reply,
"never voted anything but the repub-
lican ticket in my life. Every year the
Burlington crowd have sent out man,
and he has helped Two or three of our
leading citizens to fix up ticket for
us. The rest of US, on election day
simply voted at ratification meeting.
This year we're going to use the pri-
mary and let me tell you there are
more than twenty thousand republic
ans along the %" that this year for
the first time will have their votes
counted for Mr.. Cummins for L. S.
senator.