Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-07
"Tom'' Mooney Elected to Head
County Association, With
Power to Name Staff
GOOD ON DEVOTION TO COUNTRY
Republican Candidate for Congress De-
Iivers Fine Address on Closing Day
at LeGrand-van Law, Judge Park
or, Rev. c. w. Mecord and Others
speak-The Program.

vi LIE IhaTSnal county veterans as
ISOLATION, which closed at LeGrand
Thursday after two days session.
The rain had been such as to prevent
threshing. and while this kept farm
ers' work back, it enabled them to
large numbers, accompanied by their
families. There was large aggrega-
ton OF vehicles hitched outside the
meeting place. and while the folks at
tending had a good time. Dobbin did
also. as he was just as care-f free as
the folks he hauled to the grounds.
The veterans held their election in
the afternoon and chose Thomas
Mooney, Of Gilman, as head Of their
organization, giving him power to Sc
lect such officers for other vacancies
as he chooses, which he will shortly
do. Gilman, Mr. Moneys home, was
also selected as the place of the next
meeting.
1t was fine day for the concluding
program, for it was not oppressively
hot and everybody enjoyed the ex-
cellent program which was provided.
Among the speakers Of the day were
Hon James w. Good, of Cedar Rapids,
republican nominee for congress ia
the Fifth district, Judge J. NJ. Parker,
C. H. Van Law, republican nominee
for the state senate, and Rev. c. w.
McCord, pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
Good on Devotion to Country.
Mr.. Good spoke on devotion to ones
contry and referred to the material
development of the nation, the change
which has been brought about in the
shape Of enormously increased produce
ton of wealth, the change in popula-
ton and the change wrought by the
influence OF politics. He cited the fact
that the promotion of educational and
charitable institutions had kept pace
with the increase in wealth. He said
it is the primary duty OF every citi-
zen to obey the law for only by obed-
fence to law might we hope for the
working out of the best results IN any
community. He made an argument
for law enforcement and said all men
should consider that they are subject
to the law the same as their neigh
bors, and liable to it's enforcement
without exemption. He declared that
the Roosevelt administration will go
down in history as one of law en-
roreement, asserting that the min
istering of the law against the poor,
MS Disseminated from the rich, is not
the question Coincidence to the law Is
the primary demand that is made on
avery citizen. he he rich or poor Mr..
Good declared.
Parker in Rem. niscent Vein.
Judge J. M. Parker talked in rem
iniscent vein, referring to the past N
an appreciative way and referring 10
the community as it was in days gone
by. He spoke particularly on his ex-
neriences as soldier when he
marched with Company F, in the days
OF 81. and said that each military
company in the army considered itself
a. little republic The men We're knit
together by companionship and conn.,
dence in one another and their world
was practically confined to the fellow
ship Of the men in their own company.
Each company considered itself great
power and had almost unlimited con
f1dence in It's ability, and 1T was this
spirit of loyalty and faith in each sep
arate band Of soldiers which made the
army so powerful and Of such fight
ing strength. Each man knew the
name of every other man in the com
nany. and If the roll was called ana
a mans name was omitted in the re-
cital every man would note the error,
the attention Of everybody would be
Immediately called to it, and the mans
name called. Judge Parker dWelt with
emphasis on the need of bringing to
bear on the young generation the i'm
portance Of the consciousness OF ooll-
cation to citizenship and the prepara-
ton of the young people OF today IN
order that they might creditaoly meet
the problems which will confront them
as they go thru life.
An incident which occurred during
the address Of Judge Parker caused
some interest and amusement Whlle
he was speaking the whistle connected
with the culinary department blew for
dinner. Judge Parker stood not on the
order of his stopping, but stopped at
once, in order that everybody might
eat, and Immediately after dinner
completed his remarks.
Van Law on Current Problems.
Mr.. Van Law in his address, dWelt
on current problems which confront
the citizen of today to be worked out
and said that the present generation
had just as great matters to thresh
out as those which were produced in
the issues of the civil war and which
faced the veterans when they emerged
from the conflict. He said that prt-
marily they resolve themselves into
industrial training as we'll as intellect
ual training of the rising generation.
1t was as much our duty in this day,
he said, to train the hand in the ex-
ecution of some useful occupation or
trade as to cultivate the mind and
literature and art and refinement of
tastes Corollary to this training OF the
hand and head is the moral education,
which must always be reckoned with
in making good citizens. The per-
petuity of our institutions and main
tenance of law and order depend on the
qualification Of our citizenship and
their elevation to high moral, intellect
ual and industrial standards. The
present generation in working out this
process of development Of good citi-