Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-01
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Hampton, Feb. IA suggestion
made In this column that the &. & n.
| w. r. r. inaugurate a motor-car pas
senser service ON their system between
| Jewell junction and Tama seems to
have quite general approval from the
| citizens living in the twelve towns
along this line. TO this can be added
that the travelling men making this
! territory are still more enthusiastic
over the proposition. At present these
Knights of the Grip are forced 10 add
very much of their expense accounts
in livery hire. or else lose time that
costs still more These men and the
houses they represent route hun
dreds of car loads of freight every
year. and their patronage and lnilu-
ence is worth the while of any rail-
road company. large or small. Al tne
present time these men feel none too
friendly towards the G. *. \. w. X, X.
one flour man claims he can divert
seventy five car loads of flour in
Year. OF course. on this strip of ter
ritory he can only ship on other rail-
roads TO Tama. Toledo, Gladbrook. Gill
ford and Radcliffe, but he mentions
many other points where it Is only
matter of choice with him which rail
road gets the business. The {. & \.
w r. r. for many years has had the
good will of The travelling men, because
of accommodation in the way of good
train service on the main line and
branches They cannot afford now to
lose 1t by refusing better passenger
service between Tama and Jewell.
There's something doing in politics
up this way, and the initiated are not
on to the combination. A certain man
known to be Cummns man, and
who nurses an ambition TO go to the
legislature was recently visited bv
a leader of the standpat forces OF
Franklin county, and assured If he
saw fit to announce himself as can
didate, the standpat weekly of Hamp-
ton would not fight him, and speak
ing for himself and some others, the
visitor would do all he could to help
him in his canvas. The Niger In tho
wood pile is not visible. Why should
the standpatters of Franklin county
want a Cummins man in the next leg
islature? Perhaps brother Purcell can
explain the riddle.
The announcement of Mr.. Pickett OF
Waterloo. that he is a candidate for
congress in this district. also adds to-
the peculiar condition of political af-
fairs in this vicinity. 1t can be fairly
stated that Senator Allison has quite
following in Franklin county. The
old wheel horses are for Allison. The
colts for Cummns. Now Congress
man Birdsall has heretofore lined up
with the Cummins forces. but
there is quite general feeling that he
recognizes the standpatters have polit- /.
ical rights which he has, and does re-
spect. Burton Sweet is classed as a
standpatter out-and-o out He is sup
posed to be the Allison candidate. Mr..
Pickett is also classed as standpat-
ter The progressives are now asking.
have we got to vote for a standpatter
for congressman, or is there another
candidate yet to enter the field as an
out and-out progressive? ,Or does
Birdsall fill the bill? The writer of
this column has many times been asked
these questions. He gives it up"
on the epidermis of Senator Dolliver,
affords intense satisfaction to the pro-
gressives Of Cerro Gordo county. In
Rockwell last week many expressions
were heard to the effect that Prouty
had given Dolliver Just what was
to him" In this county the
"harmony" deal was once or twice
worked beautifully-for the standpat-
tiers Once there was man named
Blythe that lived in Mason City. He
was great on Harmony" AS it were 1t
was his long suit. And he played the
game as an expert But others have
got on and into the game. 1t has been
found out that in the harmony" game,
sneak lead was made.
even if such leads are not good form
in politics or cards. SO that now, when
Judge Prouty talks right out in meet
in" calls a spade a spade, is "brutally
frank" these Chmmins men of Cerro
Gordo are happy.
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