Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-02
AWAY FROM The FACTS
Political Situation Shows Cam
paign Has DEPRESSED From
Real Issues
TARIFF QUESTION oBscuRED
That is the Real Issue, and Not Who
Contributed to Campaign Funds in
Election Four Years Ago-AppeaI to
Passions Being Permitted to Obscure
Great Question Of Tariff.
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lehawe no possible bearing on the'solu-
l-tfon of the great problems OF state
which will confront the administration
about to be chosen
While the vitality important princi-
pie that the tariff when reformed next
year shall continue to insure work for
American laboring men and good prices
| for farm products. should be receiving
| the careful consideration of the voters.
| their attention is icing detracted from
| this great main Issue by a petty, sense
/ less and Irrelevant dispute as to
whether the. trasts did not gel the best
OF it during the past four years because
| it is claimed that some men of wealth
contributed to the funds in the cam
ipaigns which elected Theodore Roose-
! veit president and Charles A. Hughes
governor of New York. II these men
did make such contributions with the
expectation OF obtaining Illicit favors
ii will need siio argument to convince
the voters that unless their senses are
so dulled by contact with the trans
uniting end sef the big stick, these pa
irons will be. more discreet in the ex-
penditure ofstheir money this year.
While the electorate should be care
fully and dispassionately considering
the records of the two men who are
standing in the linlelight as candidates
for the position of business manager
OF this great corporation of $90,0O0,OOo
Of stockholders, infinitely scrutinizing
what each has accomplished and the
consistency with which they have adj
vocated reforms, their capacity and
training for administrative work, the
voters are called upon to- listen to an
appeal to their passions and must be
bored with glittering portrayal Of
wonderful Elysium which will replace
THE sordid struggling and tyrannized
America when the dreams of demor-
racy shall have been realized.
At a time when the records of the
two great parties should be placed side
by side for grave. Judicial survey, In
order that what each has done while
In power may be carefully weighed to
ascertain which has the better claim
to the management Of affairs, the
stockholders are being urged to give
ear to a campaign of villifications and
abuse against the president of the ma
ton because after repeated taunts he
dares to come forthain the defense of
what he deems right and answer the
insinuations and inuendoes against
himself and his party Of a soured and
disappointed minority.
| A little more than four weeks re-
main before the election. If the demo-
cratic candidate for president and the
democratic candidates for congress can
CONTINUE to divert the public attention
| from the contentious which should re-
ceive the most serious consideration,
| their hopes of success will be strength
ened
If the limeligtt Of real publicity can
/ be turned on the record of democracy's
candidate for president, his relations to
/ the odious, Gorr1an-Wilson tariff bill,
! his championship Of free silver, his ad-
1 vocacy Of the government ownership OF
I railroads and his 1900 predictions that
Eunless the Philippines were immediate
/ Nv dropped, Uncle Sam in less than a
decade, would be Within the clutch OF
military emperor, if the Bryan of yes
t terday and the day before can De
4 shown to he the same Bryan OF today,
he can expect no mercy at the hands
of an intelligent electorate.
| Nor can the democratic candidates
flor congress hope to win while stand
4 ing on his platform as sponso for his
political sfallaeies of the past generation
and pledged to support him and his
chinerical legislation in the future.
4 aAs
. orn1n Will have
! oral arguments, before the state board
when it meets next Monday. Thlrteen
seeking liberation from the state pris-
| ons will have representatives or rela-
tives appear before the board to urge
| their claims and in many of these cases
| there will be resistance. The list fol-
Flows: ss
| Rainsbargers. Eldora, murder.
| William Toole, Sac county, murder
| Fred Hansen, Scott county, rape.
Elmer Smith, Muscatine, larceny.
| w. w. Eckman, Des Moines, rape.
| George Weems, Dallas county, MUIR
/ der.
M. o. Clemens, Hardin county, MUIR
der.
A. E. Agard, Marion county, man
slaughter.
7. C. Cox, Dubuque, forgery.
| Claude R. Porter, of Centerville, dem
ocratic candidate for the United States
senate, begins his active speaking cam
| paign, Oct 5. His first week has been
announced at the democratic state CEN
| trail headquarters as follows:
| October 5---West Liberty in the even
| ing.
October Gone afternoon and Ce-
dar Rapids In evening.
| October 7--Ruthven in afternoon.
| October S--Iowa Falls evening
i October s-Ackley evening.
October lO.--Webster City afternoon
| October 12--Pocahontas county, at
! ternoon and evening.
| October 1s:7---alie City evening.
| October 14-Manning.
@ sosden-,Asent Transferred.
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Boone. Oct 2-Mr. Henry Daggett,
who has been the faithful agent for
| the Northwestern Railway company in
| Ogden for the past three years, has
been: transferred from that city. TO