Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
T.-R. Secures Signed Statement
From Him Defining His
Position
BILLY SUNDAY CUTS FIGURE
Stanton Believes That Tony Knew
What He Was Talking About When
He Gave the Saloons Such a Bill of
Characteristic Views 40 To Alder
men at Large.

A good many people have been won
dering whether Jim Stanton would run
for mayor In the spring election. Then
when 1t was known definitely that
town to be here on election day or
thereabouts the wonder was "How
would that affect Stanton's candidacy ?"
So the T.R. has secured from Stanton
signed statement. and here 1t is:
Editor T.-R: Already people are be-
ginning to talk about the city election.
am only interested as regards to my
self Several people have asked me to
become a candidate for mayor, but
have obstinately refused for two or
three reasons. In the first place find
the fellows who are asking me to be-
come a candidate are of the same gang
who took delight in singing me last
fall. when l ran for senator. In the
second place don't propose to let
any set Of geisers make a Billy Bryan
Of me, and again, II I am not good
enough to be senator, I am not, GER
tainly not, At for mayor. l have al
ways believed In letting the office seek
the man, but I have been waiting for
thirty or forty years and haven't had
any office chase me up yet Last fall
stood on my dignity, and said II the
people want me will get there, while
my opponent went after the office for
all 1t was worth, canvassed every
quarter section in the county, and you
all know how 1t terminated.
Let the Office seek the man, is hol-
low mockery and a fraud.
Another man sprung an old chestnut
on me after the election. While try
ing to sympathize with me he said:
Jim, you were beat, but your princi-
pies were right, and I would rather
be right than be senator" told him
he was way off. would rather be
senator, then II I was wrong I could
get right afterward.
There is another old chestnut which
has fooled me all my life: "Quick sales
and small profits" 1t is a delusion and
snare. I have made 1t my business
motto for twenty-five years, and never
made a dollar while have seen mer-
chants all around me get rich who took
for their motto: "Quick sales and big
profits"
see Billy Sunday Is going to come
for sure. am glad Of It. always
admired Billy as a ball player, and If
he is as good preacher as he Is bail
player want to hear him, altho hear
some opposition to him. People say he
takes too much money out of the town.
have heard the same thing about
shows. That is an old fool saying,
o,l, rrff tho M
keep 1t rolling They get money out Of
old buffers any one else couldn't find
with search warrant.
see Tony Psenicka says our saloons
are well regulated and live strictly up
to the law. I believe this is so: first,
because 1 believe Tony is a man Of
truth and varacity, and, second, l be-
lieve nobody is better posted on how
saloons are run than the slick, we'll
fed alderman from the Fifth ward.
Some people, after they found I
would not run for mayor asked me to
run for alderman-at-la told them
/ didn't know there was any, but II
there was one, it was the fault Of thu
present city administration, and it was
their place to corrall him and lock him
up, but don't believe there Is an aid
erman ait large, for he couldn't long
escape two sleuths like Mike Clark and
Bill Nicholson, who are always on the
lookout for criminals, especially If
there was a reward offered fof their
and capture.
If l ever go after an office again I
will go after it right. I will chase 1t
up one side the county and down the
other, and I'll catch it too, unless 1t
can travel faster than Frank Bene-
diets horse.
I hope have made myself plain and
If anybody, after reading this, under
stands exactly where I stand on the
great questions occupying the public
mind today, wish they would come
in and tell me, for I confess don't
know myself. j. e. STANTON.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Wohlheter,
of Gearing, who have been visiting for
a few days with Mr.. and Mrs. August
Swanson, former residents Of Fearing,
who are now living in Bows, were in