Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-31
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Greene, May 31-The reading pub
lie has very quickly taken up the con-
troversy between Gov. Carroll and Mr..
Cownie. The published statements OF
these public men have been more than
usually carefully read, read thru, and
today there's a waiting condition for
more DEVELOPMENTS. Many times one
hears the expressive words somebody
| has lied" And Notwithstanding the
closeness of the state primaries, there
| is less disposition to line up with the
standpatters or progressives, than one
would expect. One thing to prevent
| this line up, is that in some way Cow
ME has had the reputation OF being
| standpatter, while the standpatters
could hardly claim Carroll belonged to
| their ring" his nom commital attitude
| on all public questions favoring that
| impression. OF course this was pre-
vious to Garst's coming out as can
| didate.
| However. all agree there must now
| be an investigation of facts and fig
ures. AS one man says if CoWnie's ac-
tons, speeches and relations 10 the
girls school at Mitchellville, are what
\ arrOil Claims anu 1oNlie ueiieS'
there's a way to prove which man has
| lied That's the word one hears. If
old man Cownie has been indiscreet
! more than indiscreet the public wants
ito know you know" If Cownie as an
individual member of the board sold
diseased cattle TO the Omaha packers
! and there was not general orders or
acquiesence by other members of the
| board, there's a way of finding it out
! This remark has been heard several
! times. IF Cownie is the kind of man
/ Carroll claims him to be, he has man
aged successfully to keep his public
record unimpeached for twelve years.
/ If Cownie backed up eN-Superinten-
dent Fitzgerald in his immortality and
drunkenness, witnesses can easily be
found 70 prove il.
! On the other hand if Carroll is en-
gagged in spite work. if he is only Civ
ing 10 the public half truths and half
facts. the same public wants to know.
Carroll, no matter what the outcome
is has injured his political chances for
the governorShip. One pronounced
standpatter in Shell Rock today. one
that reads and commits the Capital to
memory, said positively he would not
vote for Carroll. Doesn't think Cow
ME is that kind of a man" And Cow
ME has many friends among the
farmers, that will vote against Carroll
unless all that he charges against
/ Cownie is definitely proven before the
| primaries, June Z.
Along on this division of the c. r. I.
& P Railroad the telephone system
has been installed. The writer is told
! the train dispatcher is using the tele-
! phone all the way from Cedar Rapids
TO Minneapolis. An illustration of the
utility and convenience of the telephone
was shown at Manly yesterday. The
way freight from the south arrived
nearly out of water, and the engineer
found the tank al Manly empty He
called up the train dispatcher and the
! train dispa tcher and the waiting pas
sengers in the waiting room of course
| heard half the talk and correctly mag
! ined what the dispatcher had to say.
/ They talked back and forth for half an
| hour. Could they fix the pump? Could
| they run to Northwood where there
/ was water? Could he cut off his en-
CINE and run to Northwood ahead Of 90
!, and get back before the passenger ar
rived The outcome was a tele-
! phoned order written out and repeated
back to go to Northwood.
| These are the days when the candi-
dates for county offices are very busy
seeing the dear people. They are ev-
| erywhere, on trains. in depots. and no
tells and one hears daily and timely.
IF you are not pledged should like
your vote and influence" There's one
thing about this personal caucus of the
voters that's a mighty good thing. The
voters see and meet and hear talk from
| the candidates they are to elect to fill
the various offices. If some "chump'
starts out to be county something, he
Is doing the voters favor by show
( ing himself and talking himself to
practical death. OF course the good
fellow, the mixer" has sometimes the
advantage over the other candidate for
the same office, but as rule the peo-
pie are not deceived by the blarney
act. The bad feature is the expense
that comes to all candidates from
canvas Of this kind. Many candidate
spends three months in time and 300
to 500 dollars in car fare, hall bills. CT
CARS and livery hire, and from the be-
ginning doesn't stand the ghost at a
chance Every days work on his part
gives the other candidate votes. But
If he stays at home "lis country
doesn't call for him" Just the same