Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-01

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not win at a November election with
none but progressives on the ticket.
Here is the old idea of d division Of
the spoils, nothing more, and 1t Is one
of the particular things that the pro-
gressives are fighting against
In the fight the progressives are
taking the position that the holding or
public office is not right but a privi-
lege-a privilege to be enjoyed If a Cit
izen can find majority Of the voters
believing as he does They consider
shat it is a greater privilege for man
to remain out of office and hold con-
sistent opinions on public affairs and
a far greater honor than to trim his
opinions to catch the passing breeze
of majority votes.
Progressives for Square Deal.
They believe that the people should
have a square deal before the courts
and the legislatures and congress. They
believe that a court official and leg
islator or congressman should be un-
hampered in his vote by being under
obligation to any railroad or other cor
poration for his elevation to office.
They believe that when congressman
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appointments to j. w. Blythe of the
Burlington railroad for approval be-
fore making them, or before recon-
mending them to the president Whlcn
lis the same thing, the people are not
getting a square deal and that the cor
porattons are getting private audiences
that are not enjoyed by the people.
They believe that when the appoint
ment Of a federal judge has to be first
o. KID by railroad there is consld-
cradle doubt whether the people will
get their full Square deal' before that
Judge.
A Step Forward Tuesday.
The size Of tIlis campaigns victory
and the full distance of the advance
will not be known till after tomorroW's
primary election. Whether the placing
f another mile stone will mark periods
Of one mile or Ave is to be determined
tomorrow. But Iowa progressives real
ize this year as they have never real
ized fully before that they must place
some men in congress who will repre-
sent the people rather than the Bur-
lington railroad. They realize that
there must be men in congress who
will not have to be goaded continually
in order to get them to vote right on
railroad rate bills. They realize fur
thermore that there must be some men
in congress from Iowa after the next
general election who will be fearful
that the people will not get their rights
rather than that the railroads may lose
some of theirs.
But If they should win ever so
sweeping victory they will not expect
the railroads from that time on to take
hands off, When President Winchell
of the Rock Island can make speech
in Iowa promising to keep his hands
out of politics and follow it a few
months later by calling Economy
road at which the men are instructed
how to vote there is no need of in
dulging in false hopes that the rail-
roads have "been converted" Even IL
Ed Hunter is robbed of his old chief
asset, the pass, when he causes the
election Of Wilbur J. Garrison, his Of
flee boy, as secretary of the Des
Moines Allison club and hires force
of clerks and begins sending out let
ters and literature, there is no par
ticular excuse for any progressive i'm
agining that Hunter is not in politics.
Money Being UnlawfuIIy Used.
The Peterson bill is on the statute
books to prevent corporations using
money in campaigns and the primary
law is on the statute books to prevent
buying of votes but there is the best of
evidence that money is being used
right here in Polk county now to in
fiuence votes in this campaign but
ing a corporation manager bribe a
public official and the grand jury fails
to indict, what is the use Of causing an
arrest. Every effort has been made in
Polk county and elsewhere to prevent
the money being used Flies soon find
the vinegar barrel and the continual
stream Of certain kind Of political
flies to certain headquarters in Des
Moines Is too conclusive evidence to be
denied by anyone knowing the facts,
There will be an election in Novem
ber and the progressives must by this
time fully realize that the influence Of
the corporations and the standpat
newspapers at that time will be thrown
to the election Of the democratic can
didates wherever the democratic can
didate is susceptible to corruption.
1dentically the same fight is today go
ing on in the democratic party that is
being experienced in the republican.
George Rinehart and Jerry Sullivan Of
Des Moines, and other Bryan men are
endeavoring to clean up their party.
The corporations captured it two years
ago. The Bryan men are hopeful of
getting 1t back this year.