The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-16
II Paws to BE a Democrat.

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II Pays to BE Democrat.
Des Moines Capital: 1t used to be /
fashionable in Iowa to say that the
lawyers who did the business in the
various county seats were always I
Democrats for the reason that the Re-
publican lawyers were wasting their
time, their brains and their energies in |
politics there is much truth in the
assertion.
Suppose that f. NJ Hubbell had
been a young Republican lawyer in
Des Moines forty-five years ago instead
of young Democrat lawyer. His am
billions might have drifted into the
channels of politics. 1t would only
have been necessary to have followed
/ the crowd because the crowd drlfted
toward politics. But Mr.. Hubbell was
Democrat. Or, at least. he had that
! impression and acted upon the suppo.
sition. Thus his political career never
existed. He had none. The result
was that he saved his money; built
one railroad outside the city; gooo
railroad in the city; union depot;
big life insurance company, and finally
succeeded in acquiring most of the de-
sirable real estate offered for sale dur
ing the past twenty-five years. What
would have happened to Hubbell had
he been a Republican? He surely
would have wanted to go to congress
Republican lawyers have nearly all
wanted to go to congress.
Consider the late ]. S. Polk in the
same light. Iowa never produced a
greater man Intellectually than Polk
He was Democrat. Or, at least.
made himself believe so. Suppose j.
S. Polk had been elected to the legis-
lature; had aspired to be lieutenant
governor and afterwards governor. II
he had done these things he would not
. have been builder c. interurban rail-
roads. He would not have left behind
, him great career as business man
/. nor would he have left a fortune to
!. his family.
When the future historian makes UP
!, rlis records he will call the fifty years
of Iowa history up to 1905 The Poll
;. tical Era" During that time politics
appeared to have been the goal which
attracted men of ability. The failure
: of Iowa to develop commercially is II
a large measure the result OF her PEG
pie being SO absorbed in politics tina
:, other lines of human endeavor were
!. forgotten The sons of farmers were
- taught that they must aspire to con
. gress. Young lawyers gave up tlei
: practice to conduct political campaigns
:: Merchants, like the late Senator Geal
:. turned to politics to the neglect G
:, business. And tais was not the wors
- Men learned to hate each other for n
y other reason except that they stood !
each others way politically Polite;
enemies made business enemies, an
thus communities We're divided b
feuds into factions. Men were M
dreaming dreams of the future of Tow
~ in commercial sense. They WEI
~ dreaming of the game of polite
There is something about politics TIL
dwarfs a mans business instinct
After a man has served in polite
offices he is spoiled for regular bus
~ ness. Naturally he has turned b
- hand and his intelligence to weste
lands. He has never thought of man
featuring because OF the close apple
). ton required. While he was engag
in politics the detail business was ia
IN. Ell by others.
~ We ask our readers who are famili
BILE WIN iowa his'oi ~ 'nooe ehihbs
not true?
We ask the reader If he ooes not
aid lieve that these conditions have h
400 something to do toward sending G
on young men to the west? WheneN
If they have gone from Iowa with tn
orv Iowa training they have INDUCED
avs taste for poiltics. Al nome III 10
tty they might have prospered in busin'
and helped to make this great sta
Iowa ought to be state of homes mi
ne: that at present. The proposed wat
TO way system and the necessity for b
eet ter public roads are themes worthy
ing any mans consideration.
hen We want to call the young man
the Iowa from politics to business.
Isle Iowa soil needs intelligent men in
the control and management. There
uds countless channels of usefulness OF
in the business world in Iowa.
Suppose We forget politics and &C
rm- work.
and Republican young men should
est. leave the banks and all the legal b
do ness of tae state in the hands of De
ont Gratis.
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