Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-01

against Trewin. The labor paper al
Cedar Rapids, endorsed as the officia
organ of union labor at the OttumWt
convention in 1906 is supporting MIR
Good with headlines two columns wide
If wage workers in this city feel that
am running somebody or owning some
candidate, they must admit that the
officers of their stare Organization hav'
my rings in their noses as well. The
charge l.; not only ridiculous, but ar
insult to full grown men who choos.
to earn their living by the sweat Of
their brow.
l have been acquainted with MIR
Trcwin's political record for fifteen
years. | believe that there was a day
In Iowa politics when legislatures and
nominations were very largely con-
trolled by powerful political attorneys
employed by the railroads; that
money, passes and appointments to Of
flee were used to perpetuate this
power, and j say calmly that 1t is my
opinion that Mr.. Trewin, when in the
legislature, chose to serve these men
instead of fighting them. His record
was so well known that in 1901, when
Mr. Blythe and Judge Hubbard, the
political bosses of the day. swore VEN
geance on the movement which Mr.. A.
j b. Cuninns was leading, they selected
Mr.. Trewin for their candidate. He
! was their kind of a. man, and l OPP
! posed him then as | am doing now.
Men will have to choose between the
two candidates, and there is not one
man in Marshall county who can say
truthfully that l have asked him to
vote for the candidate l favor.
/ This same sneer Is presented to
men in regard to Allison and Cum
Minis. believe that there has been a
movement on in Iowa for better poll
tics, and that Cummins has been used
by the men who believe as do to lead
their campaigns. l know that Mr.. Al
lison is SO feeble in the weakness OF
his old age that it Is a disgrace to
make him run for denomination. l
believe that he is being used by men
whose sole object is to defeat Cum
Minis and the movement he leads.
have admired the kind OF leadership
In Iowa which could enact 2-cent
fare for everybody and take away the
pass that actually bribed somebody
have admired the man who would veto
merger BILL even when a powerful
friend pressed it. I have endorsed tn
law which he wrote making 1t impos-
sible for corporations to be organize
in Iowa with watered stock. credi'
his leadership with the. law whici
gives every man the opportunity To
cast his own ballot for nominations I.
q primary, and with the law which.
prevents corporations contributing
money to campaigns. Cummins has
done these things in seven years, and
can not find single one of them
even recommended by Mr.. Allison in
fifty years l am not willing to call
Cummins an office seeker in the face
of this record.
Men like Hon. George A. Turner,
Wallace Arney both Mr.. Van Law and
Mr. Ingledue, the chairman and the
secretary of the county central COM
mittee, and every member OF the board
of supervisors are Cummins men. 1t Is
an insult to every one of them and
to the intelligence of every voter to
say that run" these men. l believe
that more than two-thirds of the re-
publicans of this county will vote for
Mr. Cummins and not one OF them can
say that l ever asked him to vote that
way.
| had a long talk with a close per-
sonal friend during this campaign. He
is going to vote for Allison. He admits
that l am in position to know many
of the inside facts in politics which
he does not know but he thinks that
l am blindly enthusiastic for Cum
minis. Yet this man has confidence In
my business judgment. E(e says that
ann honest, clean and intelligent l say
that in this political controversy, II
he does not feel sufficiently informed
himself and if he is afraid that come
body is going to run" him, he must
make his choice between being in
tluenced either by a newspaper like
the Times Republican or by poll
tician like F. G. Pierce, who is one of
the leaders of the opposition. If he has
informed himself and then wishes to
vote for Allison he is doing only what
a great many respectable, intelligent
and well-meaning standratters Will 90
rightfully in this campaign for all men
can not be expected to agree in poll
tics
AS to the charge that MIR. Van Laws
candidacy was inspired by me or that
he was once a standpatter AND
chopped" at my request, both are false
Mr. Van Law has gained somewhat OF
a local reputation for his "bull-head-
edness." He announced his candidacy
without ever so much as; a word being
said or written between us. Mr.. lngle-
due did discuss his candidacy with me
long before and the Times Republican
had then done more for Mr.. Ingledue
in his public career than 1t ever did Tor
any other man. Mr.. Van Law has
taken part in Second ward caucuses as
a Cltmmins man for seven years. he
went to a state convention as Cum
Minis man in 1904 and was chairman
of the delegation. He is a man of abil-
ity and exceptionally clean life. The
position of state senator is one worthy
of the highest type of citizen we have
and there was no reason on earth why
the Times-Republican should support
Mr. Ingledue at Van Laws expense
and both men were told that the news
paper would not engage actively for or
against either of them. Some things
have been said in this campaign which
seemed to be untruthful attacks and
the T-R has endeavored to correct
them but there has been no campaign
ing for Van Law or against lngledue
1t does make me angry to have
to meet these unpleasant personalities
in our politics, but presume that the
man who runs a newspaper must sub