Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-28
Outside Point of Vieuy.

| The recent primary election in llli-
nois in result Is almost enough to make
one lose faith in our present form OF
self government. Here We're a score or
more of candidates for the legislature
seeking ''vindica tion" at the ballot DON
| Men whose record in the last .eSisla-
ture was that of the worst. Governor
Deneen travelled over the state show
ing their corrupt practices. Colonel
Roosevelt refused TO sit Al the table
With Lorimer. the head and front Of
the machine that runs Illinois politics.
The Chicago dailies Kept up an unceas-
ing warfare on these men, telling the
voters what these men had done in the
/, legislature. Never was more strenu-
! Gus campa ign. Decent men all over
Illinois got out and worked 70 prevent
these men from succeeding themselves.
And Vet many % these candidates We're
'vindicated.' were renom!nated by
their fellow citizens.
A preacher in Chicago last sunday
took the result OF this primary cleo
ton in Illinois as a subject tor his SER
mon Hear him ask:
What. then. are me lessons we learn
from our primary election?
y. The cumulative vote to- legisla-
tors must go from our primaries
Thieves are seldom divided. decent men
often.
80 \ long campaign Of education
must % entered ir;o 10 get ou. the de-
cent vote
g. a candidate backed BY a machine
good oy bad-is worth more than TWO
candidates backed by the north pole
and me east wind We must create
machine.
4 Mere piety VIII not win in a game
with purses and politics. Personality
Is strong element. Not the sins but
the persona! magnetism OF the Jack
pot men Won them votes.
The devii with his strong PERSONAL
it,. would stand more chance OF being
e.ec-ed gatekeape- OF heaven than
saint who lacked the personality to win
man 70 his way Of thinking and ballots
10 his way % voting
Il IS ;in7e for ,nen who ara honest.
who have personality. who have sue
ceeded in handling and winning men.
who are making a success in other
lines. II j time for these nlen-as
Roosevelt and Hughes have done-,o
step OF, from their busy. selfish life
and offer themselves a candidates be-
fore the people"
That's good outside talk. even i i
does come from the pulpit. And vet
: does no. quite cover The case. The
reason why these men go back 10 the
legislature IS because Of the low moral
tone OF the voters Of Illinois. this, Of
course, implying such de-noralized vot-
e-s are il the majority The same
mental condition OF the voters OF New
York KEEP. Tammany in power for
years. The same turpicude enables
Just such crowd Of politicians TO
handle the city governnen, Of Phila-
deipAia. San Francisco until the last
election was similarly controlled by
ne worse element. Its a mental con-
DIXON exactly the same as that of the
south and is attitude toward the COL
o-ed man. Cuba mas liz national lot-
-e-y and Spain i,s national pull hgh.
for me same reason. Our referred 20
preacher SECS me need Of q campaign
of education for -he voter But with
such eminent teachers as went before
ne pAople - Illinois TWO weeks ago.
TOW seeing The result, wasn't casting
pearls before swine"
Us no wonder when close observers
% our system Of self governman see
ne conditions prevailing n these
places Il these United States, tia. they
lose faith n popular sovereignty Are
We capable Of governing ourselves.
IN fac isn't Il true that The moral
,one of our cities IS much lower than
100 years ago OF course many ot Us
car give the reason for X, or think NE
can. We mention the vast number Of
foreigners nov new voters in these
cities. Reasons, many OF them. can
be given Bur are we 70 go on this
way? Naturally. there's a spasnl of
resorEn going ovsr the country. There
IS different moral tone concerning
graf" and a.. mat goes With H. Cor
porati3n are waking up 10 the fact.
hat The indtytdual is liable Il he s.
one Of the corporation tina. openly defe
the law. Bg- in the matter Of popular
elections especially in our cities. and
for ina, matter We need not go out of
Iowa. nor a thousand miles from home
% see the vo-ers delibera tely put in
power. men whose public record is
disgrace not only 20 themselves but 70
the city that places them al the head
Of affairs