Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-30
A LAST WORD TO THE VOTERS
Brief Reasons for Independent Vot-
ing and Brief Sketches of the
Democratic Candidates.


The Democracy of Howard county
has again placed before the electors
for their suffrages, a list of candidates
every one of whom, if elected, are
thoroughly well qualified to perform
faithfully, competently and ilnpartially
every duty required by the office for
which he or she is named. 1t is good
sign of the times, that all over this
country, north, south, east and west
that political partisanship is on the de-
cline, and the voters, instead of blindly
following the commands of their party
leaders and whip-crackers, vote as their
interests and judgment dictate.
THE PLAIN DEALER has repeatedly
said, and now reiterates, that county
officers are employees of the people of
the county, and their duties are to
conduct and perform the business of
the county assigned to their respec-
tive offices, and no man Is justified in
claiming that the office he seeks or
for which he has been nominated be
longs to him. The Office should seek
the man and not the man the Office.
but in this county, owing to the pre-
ponderence of the republican party,
nomination has generally been equiva-
lent to an election, and in the contest
for selection at caucus or primary, it
is not always the better qualified man
who secures the coveted nomination
On the contrary, in a~minority party,
the nomination is rarely sought, but
candidates eminently competent and
because of their fitness for the offices
to be filed are induc ed to acc eot nomi-
nations. AS a result of this condition,
Howard county has never had an in
competent democratic official.
Every taxpayer in the county is or
should be, interested in an economical
and capable administration of it's bust
ness affairs, and should use the same
care, SO far as he has the power to do
so, in selecting public officials-his ser
yants-as he would in his private bust
ness. And we assert that each and
every one of the Democratic nominees
for the county Offices are men whom
no employer would hesitate to engage
and are justly deserving of the conf
dence and support of voters regardless
OF their party affiliations.
FRED E. WHITE
For governor, the voters of Howard
county must choose between two men,
White and Carroll. A brief compare
son of them may serve to set our read
ers right on their choice. White is a
farmer. man of great industry, high
morals and sincerity of purpose, with
characteristic German thrift and econ
omy; patriot who fought for the
Union for three and one-half years;
student who would bring to his Office
one of the best stored minds in the
state on subjects pertaining to the well
fare of the people of the state. Car
roll is an office-holder and politician,
chosen by factor of the republican
party which has always opposed the
tariff and reform railroad policies
which have been insisted upon by the
democrats and the progressive repub-
licans of the state. Which man will
work the better and do the most for
YOU? If conscience and intelligence
rules your vote next Thursday, White
will receive your vote.
M. f. GEISER
For representative in congress, if
you wish Mr.. Bryan's policies enacted
into law, there is but one man for
whom you should vote and that man is
M. E. Geiser Mr.. Haugen, in the last
congress, failed to heed the call of
President Roosevelt and the people for
remedial legislation; he submitted to
the rule of Speaker Cannon, the
creature of the trusts, the arch-stand-
patter of the country. Does he give
any promise or assurance of voting
against Cannon for speaker in the event
of his reelection? Has Congressman
Haugen given any assurance that he
will work for revision of the tariff
downward? Mr.. Haugen has opposed
the guaranty of bank deposits. If you
want relief from the trusts, revision of
the tariff downward and guaranty of
bank deposits, vote, for NJ. E. Geiser.