Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
STANTON 5 POLICIES:
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Would-be Statesman Reports
Doings Of a Day at
Des MOines
DEMOCRATS GETTING FAT
DEMOCRATS GETTING "a
Sits in Scat of Senator From Mar
shall and Finds That 1t Fits Perfect
Iy But Real Owner Makes Him Give
1t UP = Calls On tho Governor With
Tax Reforms.

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many times to the T.-R. that state
house affairs are not adequately re-
ported in its columns. He even sug-
gests that this newspaper should Sc
cure different representation at Des
/, Moines, so upon the occasion of a re-
cent visit of his he contributes re-
port which he thinks outlines the ideal
| he has in mind. 1t follows:
Editor T.-R: Being in Des Mones
on business, l thought ] would make a
visit to the big capitol building on the
| hill AS l entered the big building of
the senate chamber, where / presented
myself at the door. l was Informed
that / could enter only on the recon-
mendation of some member. I called
for Senator Van Law. l thought Van
would not turn me down, altho he had
"stung" me pretty hard last fall.
was not mistaken. Van came forward
with his Abe Lincoln smile, and at
once invited me to enter. He escorted
me down the aisle and offered me a
seat beside him. l asked him to let
me sit in his chair as / wanted to see
how it would fit me. He hestated at
first: acted as II afraid | would not
give it up; but on my promise ! would
not try to hold 1t, he let me sit down
in the senator's chair as the member
from Marshall county You can't
imagine how much ! felt at home
Van tried his best to make my visit
pleasant. He pointed out all the prom
inent members, frequently mention
ing himself, and told me of the Won
derful work he was doing for his con-
stituency in Marshall county: the bills
he had introduced and the other meas
ures he was advocating for the benefit
of the people / listened to his eulogy
of himself for over an hour. Atho he
seemed to try and make my visit as
feeling he was enjoying the office
which I ought to hold, so bid him
good day and walked out.
AS 1 looked around, | saw sign
which said Auditors Office" Know
ing my old friend John Bleakley had
been elected state auditor ] made up
my mind to call on him. never con-
sidered John an intellectual giant, but
he seems to get every office he runs
for, while j always get left. He GER
tainly must be smarter than 1. AS
entered his office 1 heard familiar
voice say: Hello, jim and John came
forward to welcome me. l had hardly
spoken a dozen words to him when !
again heard Hello, Jin." and our Old
friend George Galarno rose from be-
hind a desk. and came forward to greet
me. I was astounded to find him hold
ing down a soft" Job, when ! knew he
had always been a democrat l said
"TIello George; when did you get to
he n republican He said "Albout
wear ago. I found there was no money
in it for me to be a democrat, so l
switched, and here am, republican.
at $1,000 a year" He said, Here is
another friend of yours and Frank
ALDER rose from soft" seat, and held
out his hand to me-
If was astonished before was now
dumbfounded l had marched IN many
a democratic parade with Prank when
he was a coal hauler and as poor as a
church mouse Now here he was hold
ing down one of the best jobs in the
capitol, we'll dressed with a diamond
in his shirt front as big as Lima
bean. / said Frank what does this
mean?" he replied Jim. ] tried democ-
racy for years and almost starved to
,leath then switched and here l ann
a republican with good job. You were
defeated for senator UP in Your county
last fall just because you were a DEM