Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24
'GARST' 5 STRONG PIER
Lieutenant Governor Urges Re-
publicans to Support Whole
State Ticket
MORAL ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN
Election Involves Approval Of All Re-
form Measures Adopted by Repub-
Iican Party in Iowa - Conduct of
State Institutions and Educational
instruction Among FarmerA
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO lmeS-RepuDllCan
Jefferson. Oct. 24.-I4ieutenant Gov
ernor Warren Garst, under the auspices
of the republican state committee,
opened the campaign in the county
with an address last night in which he
urged all republicans to vote for the
whole republican ticket, state, national
and local. and especially commended
to his friends and neighbors Mr.. b. f.
Carroll, the candidate for governor. He
took occasion also to point out the
moral issue of the campaign as 1t re-
latas to approval or condemnation of
the, good things which have been done
under republican administration in the
interest of the common people and to
establish justice and equality
Mr.. Garst took occasion to compl1-
ment the republican party in the ma
ton on it's splendid record of achieve
ment and to give due credit to the par
ty for its admirable management of the
affairs of the state of Iowa. He pleaded
for vote of confidence to the party
because of what it has done and be-
cause of the work yet to be done.
In part Governor Garst said:
"And in speaking of the state want
to call your attention to the excellent
ticket and superb men that we have
the privilege of voting for this year.
The primary election law of the last
assembly was, In my Judgment Vlndl-
Gated to the fullest extent, and we now
have a ticket made up by substantial
maiorities of all the people who Will
do honor to us when elected. L want
especially to speak of the head of the
ticket, Mr. B. f. Carroll. present audi
tor Of state, man with large expert
ence. a man who has been found true
in every official position and who viii.
when elected, / am confident make
governor and give an administration
that will please the whole people OF
the state might with equal sincerity
inlorse every man upon the ticket, but
the very fact that these men We're
nominated by the republicans of the
state carries with it a moral and politi-
cal obligation on the part of those who
participated In the primaries to sus-
tain the whole ticket to the full extent
of their ability. And what / have to
say OF the state ticket is also true OF
the congressional and county tickets.
Iowa has been particularly FORUM
ate In the past. While we have had an
almost uninterrupted line of repub-
lican administrations we have had no
serious scandals. and in my judgment
there is no state in the union nor hnt
county of the state. whose affairs are
managed with such rigid economy and
painstaking care as this great state. 1t
is true expenditures have increased.
This is due to the condition of pros
perity brought on republicans justly
claim by the wise ninistration of ma
tional affairs during the terms of Will
liam Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt
administrations that have increased
the wages of the laboring men from 20
cents and $1.25 day to 50 and 500
day The state has made great per-
manent improvements, or as / prefer to
call them, great permanent invest
ments. Taken for illustration, our
three educational institutions. These
investments are not purely local. The
investment at Ames. running into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, may by
some be regarded as local investment.
but | am sure more careful investi-
cation will convince everyone there is
not a county, not a township, not
farm in the state, that is not a direct
beneficiary. of this investment. The in
vestment is not for this year or for
next year, but for all time; not alone
in the magnificent buildings. but more.
thousand times more, in the magnifi-
cent citizenship which Is a direct re-
suit of this work being done among
our people.
Why Soils Are Fertile.
II heard Secretary Wilson say few
days ago that investigation showed
that for thirty years there was
gradual diminution of crop returns per
acre in the United States amounting
to 6 per cent but in the last ten
years-and he attributed this to the
prevailing prosperity which has en-
couraged the Iowa farmers to make the
most Of their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has
been an increase of IA per cent. My
own theory is that thru agricultural
sion courses, the work of Professor
Curtiss in animal husbandry and
Professor Holden In agronomy and
those associated with them. and the
wide dissemination of knowledge thru
the agricultural press and in other
ways, this magnificent increase has
been brought about.
what is said Of Ames Is largely
true of Iowa City, the greater univers-