Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-06
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Rockwell City. Jan. ca hurried
trip last week over the Illinois Central
from Webster City to Sioux City
brought out a very considerable ex-
preston OF opinion in Iowa Of Judge
Kenyon for United States senator.
Half dozen state senator's and rep
resentatives were informally inter-
viewed and many more heard from.
this by some OF their constituents.
Several progressives from the men-
toned locality, members of the legis-
lature, it is said, will cast
their first vote for Byers, Funk
or Smith. but if no choice on
first ballot will then vote for Ken
Eon. one senator told the writer he
should do his duty as II progressive by
voting for Web Byers. but after that
he felt that the choice of the party
should be Kenyon. One representa-
tive who will cast his first vote for
Funk was free to express an opinion,
that with Kenyon in the United States
senate, the state wide fight between
progressives and standpatters could
not would-come to an end. At Sioux
City, Christmas being Sunday, Uncle
George" could not he interviewed. but
the editorial cvolumns of the Journal
show continual admiration for LATE.
On the way back at Sac City their was
general feeling that Ryers should be
the choice of the legislature. Sac
county is nothing if not intense and
Web Byers as an out-and-out pro-
gressive just fills the bill.
All of the above came from the poll
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rank and file of the party are not EN-
thusing" to any great extent over the
selection of United States senators.
Curiously enough even the rank stand
patters are not Young men. No joke
intended. Several standpatters wished
that Carroll had named George d.
Perkins for the position he gave to Mr..
Young And not for years has the
writer heard so many republicans wish
this fight between the two wings
would end. Perhaps this was the
Christmas spirit Of the week showing
of the last election are still fresh in
mind
One car say with no dispara cement
to other Iowa cities. that Sioux City
only is the iobbing trade growing ire
lnendously, but their big department
stores are wonder Cities OF 100000
people have few larger retail stores.
one of these stores had $50 clerks dur
ing holiday week, and has regularly
over 800 on the Pay roll.
There's continuous performance
here between the saloons and the Anti
Saloon League. One of the daily pa
pers is now openly lighting the Anti
Saloon League. claiming their active
work is that of graft, and that some
named officials have cleaned up over
$1,000 by prosecution and prosecuting
the saloonkeepers. They even have
spasms of virtue in Sioux City. The
latest was the order of Commissioner
Whitley stopping the whole business
of slot machines and raffles OF all de-
scription. The punching out Of spots
on the card to get box of candy was
stopped even before dealers had UNI
loaded their stocks.
Not everybody knows that Sioux
City has an anti prohibition preacher
who gives good reasons for the faith
that is in him. However, majority of
the other preachers differ from him and
do not hesitate in mentioning it.
Last but not least as a warning to
all other cities that propose to adopt
the plan of putting the names of the
streets in the cement sidewalk cross
ings-don't do It, There was just
enough snow. ice and mud last week
in Sioux City to cover nine-tenths of
the street names, and tenderfoot
from the country districts could hard
ly find out where he was at" They
have such a good system of street car
service, and an equally large number
of steep hills that every body rides
in the street cars if going one block off
Fourth street. and when a stranger
starts out to walk mile or so he gets
lost every time. The system of street
naming in cement crossings has result
ed in children growing up almost In
entire ignorance OF the names Of any
but the more important streets and
some grown up people the writer was
forced to stop and ask the way home
didn't know much more. The commits
sion form of city government so far
seems to be a successful one. They
should recall their syetem Of street
naming and have one worthy Of
busting, growing city of $4,000 people
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