Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-24

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the remotest corners of the state but
the remotest portions of the United
States Long may this good work con-
tinue.
| And Cedar Falls-There's an insti-
| tuition which in it's work of turning out
| efficient teachers is increasing the val
| ne of our schools all over the state.
! When one contemplates the sum OF
twelve million dollars used annually
| in school support in Iowa, and when
one realizes that the returns from this
| Investment largely depend upon our
corps of teachers, it is apparent that
in every possible way the standard of
teaching should be raised, and it is
unfair to charge this as an expense OF
the state. 1t should rather be regarded
as an investment Of the most sacred
character.
Moral Issue in Campaign.
1T has been said there is no moral
issue in this campaign. Very much of
that which forms the basis of the
current argument relates to business
matters-to wages, to prices, to main
tanning prosperity. But I cannot be-
| lieve the American people fail to dis
Germ back Of all this an issue which
is more important than all else. There
is involved in the political contest of
this year the approval by the people
of all those measures which have been
taken with the view to reimbursement of
/ the relations between men in all phases
| of life and establishing higher moral
| plane for all the business affairs of
| life.
| I'm short, we have made mighty
strides in the direction of establishing
as the everyday rule of conduct among
men the principles of the Golden rule.
! We are called upon to decide whether
or not that advance has our ap-
| prevail
When the standard bearer of our
party declared that it would be the
! business Of the next national admin
istration to clinch the high moral
standards of the present administration
at Washington, everybody knew just
what was meant. And there is not one
among you but that will admit Sec
rotary Taft is better fitted than any
other American to know just what
those high standards are. what steps
are necessary to complete the work.
and how to accomplish the reforms
needed to perfect what has been so
well begun.
! "a vote for the republican ticket is
/ a vote of Endorsement and approval
! Of the splendid reforms which have
been instituted under republican ad-
ministration in the nation.
while that is true of national at
fairs there is an exactly similar moral
issue in practically every state of the
union. We find it very prominently be-
fore the people in New York state.
where one who had the courage to go
| forward along right lines is today the
! special object of attack from all those
who cantingly sneer at reform. We find
| it in Indiana where the struggle to
! advance has met with many obstacles.
We find it in Illinois and Ohio where
! the people have been slow to move.
! We find it In Kansas, in the Dakotas.
! in Nebraska, in Wisconsin, in New
, Jersey and elsewhere.
| "But we also have the same Issue
here in Iowa we refer with pride to
what has been done by the republican
party in national affairs in recent
years We know that a great forward
stride has been made and we seek to
have this fact recognized and credit
placed where it belongs. We know the
flag has been placed high on the ram
parts and we demand that it shall be
left there or moved up to a higher
place We are moving forward. and we
appeal with justice and reason for a
vote of approval of those policies
which have commended themselves to
all liberty loving people.
Party Work in Iowa.
And we cannot overlook the fact
that here in Iowa the republican party
has in recent years, supported and
sustained by an intelligent people and
given the strength of moral courage.
done quite as much for the cause of
good government as has the party in
the nation, or as in any other state OF
the nation. Indeed the. republicans Of
Iowa may fairly claim that their party
has here been just a little in advance
of the party in the nation. In fact I
feel very usre that a dispassionate
consideration of the record of our
party in Iowa, which is after all only
another way of referring to the polit-
ical history of the state, will convince
anyone that the moral issue involved
in the campaign in Iowa this year is
as important as that in the nation.
ut is for this reason that | appeal
to you, my neighbors and my friends.
to vote the republican ticket in Iowa
this year--that you may show your
approval of that which is being done
to bring our laws into harmony with
our moral precepts not only in the
state. but in the nation want you to
commend rather than condemn what
has been done, and to commission the
republican party to go on with the
good work, to continue the reforma
ton along conservative and sensible
lines, to clinch the good that has been
done and to make permanent and en-
during the advance steps that have
been taken.
"There never was a time in the his
tory of the United States when it was
more important that the people should
stand LOYALTY by their servants and
give hope and encouragement to all
those who while recognizing that ours
is the greatest nation on earth be-
lieve that there is yet work to be
done"
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