The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
T|NGLEY EDITOR
after HEPBURN,
Lauds Senator JaTnieson's Work
fer Better Train Service. !.


to put Independent men out of bust
ness. The people OF Tingley have
been working for six months trying to
get better train service from the Bur-
llngton railway. At every turn of the
road they have been met by Hepburn
leaders of the district in opposition.
Hon. Lewis Miles of Corydon, who for
years was Hepburn's district attorney.
appeared voluntarily at the hearing in
Des Moines against the change in
train service. H. e. Deater, the post
master at Shenandoah, appeared at the
hearing before the commissioners and
opposed the Tingley people. j. H.
Tedford Of the Record-News at Mt
Ayr, who with his son, H. H. Tedford
have been getting tavors from the rail
road and Hepburn for years, opposed
the asking for better train service
The opposition OF these men led w.
e. Burleigh, editor of the Tingley Vim
dicator and life long Hepburn man,
to get after Hepburn little for these
conditions. After he had done this,
the chairman OF the Republican coun-
ty committee for Ringgold county, at
the instance of the Tedfords of Mt
Ayr, surreptitiously circulated some
private correspondence between him
self and the Vindicator editor in way
to discredit the Tingley editor in his
community. They tried to do him in
jury, so that he would be compelled to
get In line. In the October l issue of
the Vindicator the Tingley editor has
this to say Of his condition and his
treatment by the Hepburn county
chairman:
"The Vindicator is the representa-
tive of the people of Tingley and the
north part of Ringgold county. We
have always endeavored to represent
them on all interests that we thought
were for their good and the better
ment Of this section. AS secretary of
the Tingley Commercial club we wrote
to Hon. w. P. Hepburn, Senator Jamt-
eson and other people along the line
Of the K. & w. road asking their as
s1stance and cooperation in securing
the much coveted new passenger train
east IN the morning. So far Colonel
Hepburn has not answered the club
as to whether or not he would help.
Senator Jameson answered promptly
and has been an untiring worker in
helping to secure the service, being
present at Des Moines Monday and
made one of the best speeches there
in favor of the new train. This is in
strong contrast with the ominous ST.
lence of Colonel Hepburn. The Vim
dictator editor has been Republican
nearly all his life, and expects to con-
tinue a member Of that party. We
have great respect for Colonel Hep
burn for his past services for the Re-
publican party and for his record as
soldier, but we have no respect for
him for the way he has snubbed the
citizens Of Tingley and the other
towns along the line of the X. & w.,
and that is all the opposition we have
towards him. In regard to the F. w.
Johnston subscription: Our friend
ship for him dates many years back.
We sent him the paper requesting
that he keep us posted regarding Re-
publican politics, and we would dis
continue it after election. He saw fit
to refuse the paper and also refuse us
political news after Colonel Hepburn's
visit to Mt Ayr. The letter we sent
him was written hastily, but we have
nothing to take back. We meant
every word of it. But no Republican
politician can dictate to us what we
shall or shall not say in the columns
OF the Vindicator so long as we are
fighting for the rights of the people.
If Colonel Hepburn wants our hearty
support he must not snub us. We
will meet any person half way in a
reconciliation, but that is all. We are
fighting for the peoples interests ire
spectlve OF party. We hear that all
the letters written regarding the train
service are being used to make DO
litical capital out of. It is said that
anything Is fair in politics, but we pre-
fer the unfair methods to the used by
the other fellows-not by us.
1t is evident that independence is
not to be tolerated by the Hepburn
LndcAine. lney Will inlet the death
penalty upon the obstreperous ones.
1t is the problem of shall the people
rule or shall the Hepburn ring rule in
this district. The Hepburn machine,
II we may judge by the desperate
tactics they are resorting to, are evil
IDENTIFY Of the opinion that this is a
live or die struggle. The people
should get wise to this situation too
and administer death to their ma
chine. The election of Senator w. D.
Jameson in Hepburn's place will ac-
eomplish that end. Will you stand up
with the Independent ones like Editors
Lucas and Burleigh or will you sub
init to the domination of the Hepburn
machine? Answer this question Nov.
8 in the election booth. Shall the peo-
pie rule?