Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-18

whole system is wrong '-Colonel Ell
hoeck, OF Des Moines. president.
Such were the keynotes sounded al
the mass meeting in the interest OF
1he German-Ame Liberal -Al!i-
ance of Iowa held IN this city Thurs
day evening.
The conference in This city Of the
state officers and executive. board of
The German American Liberal Alliance
came 10 a close Iate Thursday after
noon. The sessions were behind closed
doors and the actual proceedings
carefully guarded secret.
All that the officers or delegates
would give out was that the meeting
was for the purpose Of devising plans.
branches ttruout the state Of the ALI
8nce, 70 enlist co-opera ton ana in
terest in the associations work and in
augurate a state wide compaign ana
push It with unrenitting yigor until
the next election. against constitutional
prohibition and III favor. ultimately, Of
local option.
Political Phase Not Disguised.
Apparently no attempt i being made
II disguise the fact that the purpose
a he euce : political and Us
ry NARY aH5ae lie thorough organiza-
Jr e 5b-la -1nen. OF the state.
As aef step -= campaign. follow
trg a5S7-- Guy and city organiza-
c5osl. ~ forces are 70 be nlarshale6 !
for the .,rs- lection campaign, =.
with The end in view u securing the
nomination Of candidates for he legis-
IaJure who are in avowed sympathy
with the liberal movement as against
prohibition. These matters ana others !
pertaining 10 the work which the ALI
ance has set out 70 accomplish. occu-
pied the sessions held here, the routine
OF which is Insignificant.
The Mass Meeting.
4 fair-Sized crowd. representative Of (
the liberal element Of the city. gath /
cred in the east court room Thursday 4
night pursuant 10 call Of Councilman /
George Herman. Of the Fourth ward
who presided over the meeting The
speakers were COL Joseph Eiboeck. Of
Des Moines, president of the alliance: &
Mayor IngIedue; Max F.athberger. II
Dubuque. Of The executive committee:
Charles Sass. 81 Dubuque, treasurer,
and Christ Grobe. OF Manning, secre- 4
tarv.
Colonel Eisoeck said he regarded
prohibition a a great evil. and that Z
the whole system is wrong, against
which the German Americans are un- Y
alterabIy opposed He said there we're
100000 German people in Iowa. with a
voting strength of 10000, and that if
they could command the votes If the
liberals Of other nationalities, they
would carry the state. Il
Mayor Iugledue said he was not sur
rrisa,l that our German friends should
rise up ard revolt al What has been
done in Iowa The last general as
senbly.'' he declared. should make any
honest man blush They have made
suffer 7 agree with what Colonel II
Eiboeck mas said. I could not go across
the street and take a glass Of beer
without FIVE men would have me prose-
cuted for drunkenness and ousted
from office" He declared he was
for law enforcement and pointed 4
to his administration Of the past FIVE
years ana the fact that he had reduced
the number Of saloons from twenty
three 70 twelve as proof.
AS the hour was late il vas decided Il
not 70 proceed with the organization of
local alliance at this meeting. and a
motion prevailed that committee of
three be appointed by the chair 10 Sc 4
lect candidates for officers and prepare
constitution and bylaws, to report
at an adjourned meeting to be held in i
TWO weeks. \. Psenicka as chairman. II
II. F. Sundell and D s. Good were
appointed as this comnftte. II
III
HELD FOR HORSE STEALING. II