Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

ocrat. Ii you had been republican
| you would have been elected hands
| down. Jim, it's time you came across.
| We will devide the loaves and fishes.
| We will treat YOU right" Then he laid
| his hand affectionately on my should
| err and said Jim, come into camp, you
are too good an Indian to be off the
reservation" l looked up into his face
shading my eyes with my hand to pro-
tect them from the glare of his dia
mond and said Frank. 1 don't know
how the republicans would receive
me-" Jim" he said. they would well
come you with open arms They would
kill the fatted calf They would put a
ring ON your hand and shoes ON your
feet and then If you wanted to run for
office you would be so far ahead of the
fellows who had been republicans all
their lives that they couldn't telephone
to you. Look at George Galarno. myself
and n dozen other old line democrats
In this building all holding down good
jobs. Look at your own county. l don't
know any of them but I'll bet dollars
to doughnuts that half OF your leading
republicans are renegade democrats. u
couldn't help but see the force Of his
argument but I quietly pressed his
hand and walked out In the corridor
saw a sign on a door Senate
Restaurant and feeling hungry
started to go in but was stopped by
big black tip taker who told me only
senator's and their friends were adj
mitted there. ] told him i was a citi-
zen of Marshall county and a taxpayer.
He said that mada no difference. this
restaurant was only for senator's and
their friends. | told him / ran for SEN
ator up in my county last fall but was
defeated He said that made no differ
ence that / should have been elected
told him / thought SO too but the peo-
pie thought otherwise. | saw there was
no use arguing with the big black Hot
tentot; there was onlyone thing for me
to do, that was 10 so and ask VanLaw
to dine with me. / started back for the
senate chamber and then changed my
mind | said to myself I'll be darned If
III fill him up on porterhouse steaks
and poached eggs and toast while he Is
pumping into me what he is going to
do for his constituents up in Marshall
county," so | walked out of the build
ing and down a side street or two when
! saw sign reading Dinner with
soup Is cents" As | had been in the
soup since last fall / thought it would
do no harm 10 throw a bowl into me.
opened the door and Went in.
How quick a man can come down
the pole. Here i was only last fall a
candidate for senator and today
munching u Lucent meal | thought
this Is democracy with a vengeance
swallowed my meal as soon as posi-
BILE and then started back to the CAPT.
toll
1 wanted to call on the governor. I
years. long before he became prom
inent In state affairs. AS I opened the
door the governor came forward, APP
parently glad to see me- He led me 20
a soft seat and said. "Jim i am glad
you called Sit down. want to talk to
yoou. I hear you were defeated for
senator up in your county last fall.
and / was really sorry to hear 1t. but
Jim, if you had been on the republican
ticket YOU would have been elected"
told him / had heard that somewhere
before. / didn't care so much for be-
ing defeated but there were some re-
form measures / would like to have put
thru the legislature. He said. Jim.
what are their purposes? 1 can hep
you?" / told him If / had been elected
i would have introduced a bill for the
regulation of the banks that would