Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-07-14
AN EARNEST PLEA
FOR WHOLE TICKET
Made BY The Atlantic Telegraph
Which Is A Strong, Progressive
Republican Newspaper.

We quote the following editorial at
length from the Atlantic Telegraph, not
that we agree with all it contains, but
in order to emphasize the plea made for
the whole ticket. The Telegraph says
The Whole Ticket bids fair to
be the republican party slogan through
out Iowa this fall. Both sides Of the
recent primary fight are going to have
something to swallow The only stand
pat republicans who will not be decent
and take their medicine are those
grafters who want nothing ont of poll
tics but spoils and are willing to have
the party kicked into the middle of next
week if they cant and run it bag and
baggage. The only 'progressives'
who are going to kick over the traces
are the democrats who are not republi-
cans at all. Democrats have been try
ing for the past five years to get ut the
head of republican councils. They have
adopted various routes and numerous
subterfuges They are this fall to have
the republican party of Iowa and the
nation and are willing to join hands
with all other republicans of the state
and nation for a straight ticket" or
they should be relegated back to the
house from which they silently stole
away in the hope of financial gain or
political glory.
The straight ticket means a lot in
r. l.. d. AIn.y
jor Lacey the arch standpatter hopes to
beat Nate Kendall for congress in the
sixth district. Major Lacey should get
into the game; work for the straight
ticket or declare himself democrat, a
bolter and unfit for the republican pre-
ferment. The major IL sour old rascal
and has lot to swallow but If he is q
republican in all that the word means
he will get into the battle for the whole
ticket.
The progressives of the state have a
pill to swallow in Governor Carroll.
Not that the governor is not good tim
Der for the office. As man he does not
need to be apologized for. As a repub-
lican he has been too vacillating. He
has made good many republicans on
both sides of the family fracas angry.
1t is however necessary to support Car
roll He is the republican nominee.
He heads the state ticket and to begin
to scratch at the top means TO scratch
all the way through. This the republi-
cans of Iowa cannot afford to do ut the
fall election. The republican organiza-
ton is absolutely the only vehicle
through which Iowans and sof the
entire union for that matter will ever
secure the righting of their wrongs.
In county affairs and in congressional
affairs the whole ticket" should he the
watchword. Congressman Walter |.
Smith has secured the republican nomi-
nation for congress. The Telegraph
opposed to him. This newspaper
however recognized his ability and posi-
lively announced and agreed before the
primary that it would support him II
| he were the nominee. This Is one news
paper that keeps its word good. 1t is
not republican newspaper by seasons.
1t has never i'm its forty years OF history
been a democratic newspaper. No
populism or anarchy has ever disgraced
It's pages. 1t proposes to keep up along
this line all summer. The Telegraph is
honest enough to say that one reason
we want the whole ticket in the state
and i'm Cass county is because there are
some progressives on the tickets men
toned and we don't want to see them
slaughtered. The standpatters ought
to be Just as honest. We can haye a
great republican family reunion at the
polls this fall by electing the whole
ticket from top to bottom.
There is no treason to progressive
republicanism in the declarations herein
contained There is no sacrifice of
principle. There is no promise to quit
fighting for what we believe to be right.
An honorable compromise is no disgrace
either to the standpatter or the pro-
gressive.