Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-14
GHOST Of HIS TYPE
LATE Young Can Not Escape the
Printed Record in His Own
Paper
HE FOUGHT THE PRIMARY BILL
Des Moines Editors Denial That He
Seeks Foreign Commission Accepted
But The Ghost Of His Type on His
Printed Page Rises to Recall His
Recent Record.
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Special to fines Eepublican.
Des Moines, Jan. 14.-Hon. Lafayette
Young, ST., has denied that he is
candidate for appointment as minister
to Spain or any other place or office
The story that lie was in receptive
mood to accept a ministerial position
was political gossip and Mr.. Young
denial of course is accepted as ending
all question on the matter.
In the same editorial statement Mr.
Young says: Il have always favored
the abolition Of the railroad pass; did
not oppose the two-cent fare law;
favored the primary election law, only
insisting that republicans who desired
to vote at the republican primary
should be previously registered in or
der that none but republicans should
vote at republican primaries"
In the Des Moines Capital of jan
Is, 1906, when the primary law was
under discussion all over the state
there is this editorial utterance: IN
Des Moines corruption came in with
the primary. Fifteen years ago in the
days of prohibition, when the men
whom Alderman Van Dyke calls the
liberals" were voting and acting with
the democrats, the republican caucuses
of Polk county were clean and free
from corruption. But since everybody
has begun to vote the republican ticket
thus enabling them to vote at the pri-
maries,, the primaries Of Polk county
have been stencil in the nostrils OF
honest men. 1t has been a question OF
might and not of right"
Under date of March S, 1906. the
Des lMoines Capital in an editorial un-
der the caption Sounds Like General
Weaver quotes Governor Cummins as
saying: "They say that you don't know
enough to vote directly for your can
didates for office. am willing to risk
it. They say you don't know enough
to choose between candidates for office.
am willing to risk it if Perkins is"
Commenting on this the Capital
says: According to the Register and
Leaders report the above are utterances
made by Governor Albert B. Cummins
at I4eMars on Saturday There Is
something unrepublican in the sound
of the governors words. Iowa repub-
licans are not used to that sort OF
talk by republican candidates"
Under date of Feb. IA, 1906. the
CAPITAL printed the letter by Secretary
Shaw to Senator Molsberry in which
Shaw attacked the primary election
law idea. On the next Day. February
is, the Capital editorially commented
on Shaw's letter with words of COM
and clipped certain para
graphs from the letter with evident
approval in which Shaw says that no
candidate for state office could be
for less than 100000; that
no candidate was known by more than
5 per cent of the people; that the idea
of the, primary carrying government
back to the people sounds we'll but
from the knowledge he had of primar-
les in other states 1t would take the
government out Of the hands of the
people. Shaw's letter was given to
the press by Senator Molsberry while
the primary law was under considera-
ton by the legislature and was well
understood to be for the purpose of de-
feating the law. The Capital approved
the Shaw letter.
Under date of Feb. 81 the Capital
printed an editorial under the caption
preparing to Steal the State" III
which the attempt was made to show
bhat the primary law was political
move.
It is true that on numerous occa-
sions the Capital printed editorials
starting out much as does one under
date of March Z, 1906, which starts out
with: 1.-THE general assembly should
enact law for the government of po-
itical primaries, caucuses and conven-
IONS" but diligent inquiry does not
discover that any particular primary
ever met with approval. The whole
light against the primary law with the
,ne exception Of Secretary Shaw, has
been to profess a friendly attitude to
he, primary principle but oppose every
aw. Secretary Shaw made the most
lirect opposition to the primary Of
my standpatter.
AS to the two-cent fare law the
Capital under date Of January 9, 1906,
said editorially: 1.-The two-cent fare
would increase travel a little at first
out would not maintain an increase.
The possession Of mileage book Isl
constant invitation to travel, in fact
| suggestion, and liberal sale OF
books would undoubtedly in
,rease travel. Furthermore the roads
would have some benefits from the
oss and destruction Of the books aft
IT their sale. There is no particular
complaint as to fare on the steam
for the reason that cut rates
ire so often made that people can take
advantage of the same almost any
month in the year. The low rates to
state fairs, expositions, conventions,
Etc., and the extremely low rates to
grand army meetings and the large re-
igious gatherings serve as conven-
ences for all the people when they
want to travel. The three cent mile
ate now covers practically the short
'ides for local purposes and in that re-
spect the rate is unimportant."
There is not at hand any utterance
# the Capital on the antipass law
md it may be that Mr.. Young as he
;ays, favored that law. The opposition
o the primary and other progressive
measures has most always been OPP
posed to the anti-pass law as vel and
he statement that Mr.. Young was OPP
posed to the anti-pass may have been
made in an unguarded moment be-
.ause of his known political affiliations
With others who were opposed to it.
md because OF the Interpretation that
lad been placed on his editorials on