Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-05
Local Comment

Tuesday We vote and -oGay He should
be willing % consider carefully all OF
The details Involved in the exercise OF
me franchise. We must decide whether
We want The republican Candidate or
the dem ccra-ic candidate to~ governor
Of our state: whether ne wart 70 send
20 congress . republican who believes
in me principles Of protection while
tavo-trg ne revision u al, schedules
down 70 the point Of minimum p-o.ec-
lion needed for ting continued prosper
.ty 0. American Industry or a demo-
c-a- who believes IN Destroying pro-
.ac.:ve tariffs which il practice has al
ways brought disaster. We ms. de-
eide whether Ne WIN vote for -epuh-
Lean candidate for attorney general
WHO is determined 70 enforce the laws
Of the STATE and has the ability 70 an
fore. them % FOR the democratic can
Gdate VINO has plblic.r stated ina.
certain laws had better he Permitted
. sleep ard VINO has no evidence OF
ca pacit:- % DO he WORK % n attorney
general I. accident and criminal de-
sign or -hA part ~ E e.ass Of .o-ers
should pace him there w must de-
eide whether We viii vote Cor -:7e re-
publican candidate tor railroad COM
missioner clifford Thorne an able
fearless LAWYER. Who would always be
guardian for manufacturers -er-
chants and farmers in freight rate con-
t-ov@-s;es or for the democratic can
dida-e for whom the railroads are so
letting woes in order TO beat Thorne.
Th=se are -a@ Alternatives that mus,
be considered on the state ticket.
Locally there ara many most import
ant matters 0. public concern. II the
first place as each voter approaches the
election judges 10 request his ballo. his
name will be recorded in the poll books
and when the city election arrives ii
the spring ne MAY lose his vote by the
mistake 0, the clerks IN putting his
nau7a down with the wrong initial or
m.sspeiled. The success ot the saloon
attorneys III striking hundreds of
names off the rs-nonstrance petitions
which mad been bona dde!y signed but
which, dld not correspond 20 the pecul-
lar errors and mistakes in the poll
books should remind every voter Of the
necessity OF seeing 20 it that his name
Is recorded correctly as to spelling and
initials II ne does not ne may think
I that ne car vote al the spring city
election only to find some other fellow
name registered at the street mum Der
OF his residence. The iousinesslike way
TO do would be to hand a business card
or self addressed envelope to the cleo
| ton clerks when voting.
| As to the candidates for county Of
fces the entire republican ticket de-
serves election. Many OF the candidates
had OPPOSITION within their own party
at the primaries but everyone OF them
vas fairly nominated and the rules OF
the game dem and that the voter ac-
qu!esce in the will Of the majority. II
is true that objections which obtained
against candidates in the primaries
obtain still, but the issue now IS a
choice between republican and demo-
cratic candidates as alternatives, and
There IS not one republican candidate
on the county ticket 70 Wnom oojec-
tons might reasonably be raised but
who il opposed by democratic candi-
dates also Objectionable. A study Q.
alternatives will help to straighten w
many wobbly republican if he viii
but set his intelligence to working.
This study OF alternatives is particu-
LARRY applicable to certain anti-saloor