Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-30
HOWARD RANN, STANOPATTER.
SAYS CANDIDACY IS
RIDICULOUS.
NO COMPARISON BETWEEN
CORN EXPERT AND CLARKE
Holden Declared to Have No QuaIifica-
tions For Office Holding - Candi-
d.ev an Attempt to Farm" the
Farmers and Encompass Defeat OF
leading Candidate.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times-Repubhcan.
Manchester, Dec. S0.-An exceedingly
pointed and strongly written analysis
8 of the political plot back of the Hol-
den boom appears this week in the
Manchester Press, edited by Howard
Ram, heretofore inclined to take the
standpat view of things.
He writes editorially in the Press:
The premise upon which the Des
Moines Register and Leader bases q
plea for the gubernatorial candidacy
of Professor Holden is a precious bit
of moonshine.
THE Register and Leader says the
time is ripe for an all-1owa move
ment. 1t complains that the sup
ply of turkeys and ducks grown in To-
wa is falling off and that the produc-
ton of beef cattle is diminishing.
Therefore it would have Iowa elect a
governor for the purpose Of stimu-
lating these and allied industries, on
the Supposition that Iowa, almost pure
ly an agricultural state, is anguish
ing in the dumps Of agricultural de-
preston.
why not come out in the open and
sadHnit that the Holden movement .
s3ostered by politicians who do
not hAo<sserge Clarke of Abel and
who conceivsSs1.s the only way to nre-
vent his nominatfo~Aa.~ bv throwing a
sop to the farmers Of -n>statea
Professor Holden has no cs>u+ca-
't1one' for public office which arepes
common to thousands Of Iowa citizens.
he is as totally unfamiliar with iesis-
1attye procedure, as devoid of actual
experience in governmental practice,
as any one of ten Thousand we'll
meaning citizens of the state. He is
a corn testing 1heorist who has new
er had the business experience Of
the average country merchant, and
yet it is seriously proposed to make
him the administrative officer for
great commonwealth, with its mani
fold interests, its tremendous resources
and its grave responsibilities.
Compare Mr.. Holdens equipment
for this high office with that of Lieu
tenant-soyernorCla level headed.
sagac.cus and experienced public Off
Ger, who is thoroughly familiar
with every department of the states
activities, a man of practical business
judgment, sensible, substantial and
clear-sighted. The duties Of an Iowa
governor are not agriculture or rural.
= It is not necessary for him 10 be an
expert as to the best time TO test
eeed corn or the patentee of devices
to accomplish thar worthy end What
Iowa needs in the governors chair is
sound business sense, clear bust
ness judgment and an intimate &C
Quaintance with every phase of hel
varied interests. George Clarke does
not yield to Professor Holden or any
other Iowan in loyalty TO Iowa and in
devotion to the best ideals OF the state.
He is enquipped for the office Of gov
ernor, both By training and experience,
as few men have been in the states his
tory, and he has as large a sympathy
for its agricultural industry as any
man who makes his living from it.
The farmers Of Iowa are not going
to disregard the essential qualification
of business ability when they choose a
I governor. There will be no stampede
to Professor Holden or any other CO
1ege professor, no matter how amiable
his theories. The governors office is
business office. not a place for the
exploitation Of new and untried
theories Of government or the evolution
pf fanciful propaganda.
s 1T is going to be difficult matter
q 10 farm the farmers Of Iowa into a
political campaign for the benefit Of a
few disgruntled leaders,"