Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-01
INDEPENDENCE. PAPER TAKES
ISSUE WITH PRESS.
Defends Candidacy Of r. e. Leach
and Recommends Him High
~ a. : Man.

~ a. MAN.
The Independence Bulet1n-Jour-
nal Of i. last week contained
the following article comment
ing on recent article which
appeared in The Press in reference
to the candidacy of R. p. Leach
against Congressman Chas 2. Pick
EFT:
"The Manchester Press IN referring
to the candidacy for congress OF R.
E. Leach Of this city seeme TO have
been misinformed to come extent as
to the facts. In the statement
made in his behalf in this paper 1t
was, said: ''He is opposed to the so
called reciprocity bill and Mges its
repeal at the earliest possible mo-
ment. He believes in the iowa
idea and the republican Platform OF
|19OS.' Ii this position ID "inconsts-
tent" he has the consolation OF
sharing it with Senator's LaFollette
and Cummins and majority Of the
republican members Of the senate
and of the house
ut is not "a cheerful plat,tude' to
say that all people should obey the
law; one TO the great evils Of the
day is that the attempts TO force
those in control OF great corporations
to obey the law by means of fines
seem to be futile.
Gas for the Union veterans we can
say that Mr.. Leach ia above making
"a cheap bid or any bid Tor any
,ote. The truth is that he has; al
ways shown great interest IN their
welfare, and for years has refused
any compensation Tor his services IN
making out their pension papers OF
| in preparing affidavits or. otherwise
assisting them to get pensions. H
takes pride in being able to state
that he has been an active supporter
Of Senator Cummins. who shares
with Senator LaFollette the leader.
ship OF the senate.
"The statement that he is IAN un.
successful lawyer has no foundation
His practice here began in 1894. Al
ter the death OF J. S. Woodward, OF
the firm OF Woodward & Cook, he
formed partnership with J. e
Cook under the firm name Of Cock
& Leach, a firm that for ten year,
stood second to none in this city in
success and volume OF practice. Upon
the admission OF Roy "A. Cook to the
bar he formed with his father the
firm OF Cook & Cook, and Mr.. Leach
united with r. J. O'Brien, the firm
being Leach & O'Brien They wera
together four years, and during this
time Mr.. O'Brien was county attor-
ney.
"The firm had large business and
Mr.. Leach handed to John Garfield
Of this city a check for the largest
amount ever received net for himself
by any man in the state OF Iowa for
personal injuries. A great deal Of
money has been invested by the peo-
pie Of this county in accordance with
his advice, and no person who fol-
lowed it has ever lost one cent Of
principal or interest. He is an able
lawyer and an unusually careful one,
and no question has ever arisen as
to the meaning or construction o.
any will, contract, or other paper
drawn by him. The court records Of
this county show the volume Of bus
ness, entrusted to him during tn
fifteen years of his practice here.
"He has never posed" as one of
the progressive leaders Of this. county
but while some others confined Their
activities to introducing speakers and
going to conventions he has hired
teams at his own expense and
brought voters to the polls to vote
for progressive principles He hos
acted as secretary OF our county con-
mittee.
Mr.. Leach has never sought or re-
ceived a nomination for mayor of
this city, and therefore the state
ment that he was defeated at an
election for that office is an entire
mistake. He waas appointed by the
council to fill vacancy caused by
the death of c. F. Herick, and &C
cepted solely for the purpose of Sc
curing pure we'll water instead Of riv-
err water for the waterworks of his
city. During his administration there
was put in a system of wells adequat.
for all fire purposes and for ordinary
service at the same time, so that the
city has since had pure water. Hay-
ing accomplished this, he very gladly
agreed with R. G. Swan to support
him for the nomination next made,
and the action Of the caucus was
unanimous and in accordance with
Mr.. Leach's' wishes, and he seconded
Mr.. Swans nomination, and suppor,-