Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-07
Local Comment
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cilman-at-la large. is favored for mayor
by many Of the building tradesmen but
he has not definitely decided to run.
E. T. Austin. an employing printer. is
also much talked OF as labor candi-
date and w. E. Nicholson. city marshal,
has excited political gossip by his re-
cent application for reinstatement in
the carpenters union but he refuses to
admit that he intends to run for mayor
or councilman. D. s. Good. councilman.
has threatened to run for councilman
under the commission plan.
On the other hand there has been
talk of a citizens movement to place IN
nomination a ticket Of highly COM
petent and honest men but nothing has
come Of it, Mr.. S. w. Rubee's name
was mentioned for councilman to have
charge Of the streets and. public
grounds but Mr.. Rubee says that UNI
der no conditions whatever would he
permit his name to be used. The names
Of Supervisor e. B. Zines. DR.. w. s.
Devine, Ex-Supervisor W. H. Jones.
and Ex-Councilman Merritt Greene
have all been mentioned but none of
them are candidates as Yet according
to their own statements. There is
group Of men who have suggested the
name Of Mr.. L. c. Abbott for mayor
but Mr.. Abbott says that he will not
run and the name of w. w. Doolittle
has also been suggested. II the field
should be sufficiently complicated and
split up by a large number Of entries
Ex-Mayor Frank Pierce would run for
mayor. He says that he is looking
around and if things look favorable
he will run" Such men as George
Turner and c. H. Van Law have stated
definitely and positively that they will
not run under any circumstances.
George Herman. councilman. smiles
and replies Wait until see what is
doing"
The facts are that this city is facing
a crisis. The next administration must
be honest and efficient or inducement
will be extended for men to move
away. The placing of the city's gov
eminent in the hands of three men
involves a trust equal to that held by
the board of directors OF the largest
bank or largest factory in this city.
Men who would not be thought Of to
go on the board Of a national bank
should be discarded from trusteeship
Of half million Of public funds. 1t is
to be hoped that our people can arise
to full consciousness Of the voters re-
sponsibility this spring and it is to be
congratulated that those who have
been determined to oppose saloon Pc
tition Of consent have very largely
agreed that in the city election they
will be willing to let the result OF the
petition govern the attitude OF the
commission for or against saloons.
It Is now known by careful checking
Of the poll lists at the primary election
last June. at the special commission
ton last fall that saloon petition will
fail in Marshalltcwn so the new in
corporated company may never have
anything to fight except illegal selling.
At least one saloonkeeper says that
they will not even try TO circulate 4
petition.
The Waterloo bunch. who came here
to boost for an anti-saloon movement.
are remarkable set Of men. Big
manufacturers, bankers and merchants
with all OF their daily newspapers
against them. still they arose OF their
own inspiration and opposed saloons as
an institution that hurt their town.
Fifteen years ago Marshalltown had
more population than did Waterloo.
Today these boosters have a town just
twice our size in population and we
have grown some too. The only ex-
PLANTATION Of the Waterloo way is that
her business men have nerve. They
are not afraid OF the devil nor holy
water much less the loss Of trade. Note
that out Of 80 bankers only IL would
sign for saloons, and out Of % real
estate men only 20 would sign for
saloons while out Of p dry goods mer-
chants only would sign for saloons.
These men knew what was good for
business and for real estate values and
the manufacturers at the head Of the
anti-saloon association knew what was
bad for their men. They knew 1t when
all OF their newspapers were against
them.
And that reminds one Of the way
Waterloo has beaten US in its use Of
building and loan associations. Mar
shalltown has one which Is growing fast
but It should grow faster. The annual
meeting Of It's stockholders will be held
at Mr.. p. L. Hayzlett's law office Nom
day. Jan. is. at which time an i'm
portant amendment reducing the num-
Der OF directors from fifteen to nine
viii be proposed. This meeting should
be largely attended Furthermore it
Is time we had another building and
loan association organized. Waterloo
has four associations collecting for
savings purposes last year three-quar-
ters Of q million dollars which when
loaned out built 500 men houses and
the result was that 1880 acres were
plated in new additions to Waterloo
during the year 1910 alone.
It IL not the purpose Of THIS column
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