Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-11
Or. e. r. oRuWELl MAKES GOOD
a. GOVERNING HEAD OF
hls.cITY.
HAS MADE MT. VERNON
A REAL "seoTLEss TOWN.
Clean Streets and Alloys, New Sewer.
age system, and Little Breaking Of
Iaws-No Saloons, No Whisky Drug
Stores or "0iind Piss"-oeuwseil Pro.
fsrs caueusss to Prayer Meetings.

every time in order to not only be at
the caucuses myself but give every
other man q chance to be there We
can afford to let the women run the
prayer meetings once in a while"
These were the words Of DR.. E T. Cru
we'll tho preaches-mayor OF Mt. Yer
non. Iowa, who IL at tho present time
presiding elder Of the Cedar Rapids
district Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and faithfully and we'll dis
charging the duties Of that position.
At the recent meeting Of the Mt. Ver-
non council the contract was let for o
complete system Of sewers to cost $751;
900. This work had been undertaken
by other mon but they failed In the at.
tempt to carry 1t to a successful con-
summation.
Two years ago the people OF Mt
Vernon wanted to run him for coun-
Gilman but at that time he was not In
"a condition to take tho position even
were he elected to 1t. Last year his
name was proposed to head tho ticket
At first the preached took It for q Joke
but few Of his friends went to work
and he was elected by q large major
ity.
Working For Model Town.
Upon assuming the Office he went to
work to make the town . model one.
according to q preachers view Of this
word. and he thinl1 he has fairly sue
ceeded-in fact he thinks 1t 10 the
model city Of the west. He has sue
ceeded In not only getting but heopinS
tho streets and alleys clean. proper
cutters put in, sewerage plans made.
and accepted by the council. This u
a little Of the sanitary work.
Clean Town Morally.
On tho moral side. there is perfect
the preacher-mayor's strongest sup
porters come from outside his denomt.
nation. There are no saloons. the
druggists are without permits to sell
intoxicating liquors, there are no bind
pigA no shipping In Of liquors. no
drunkennesa. no gambling placeA no
dance halls, no regular theater. no pool
halls and not slot machine. Mayor
Gr,1well believes that while some Of
these things may not be harmful IN
themselves they lead to harm. He also
Is Of the opinion that mayors are
largely responsible for the things IN a
community that make It easy to DO
wrong and hard to do right
Believes In Common Sense.
DR.. Gruwell believes that even
preacher should be the possessor OF
what 10 termed on the market conn
mon SENSE" and should be q man that
10 broad enough to look at matters
squarely and fairly. According to his
opinion he can SEQ no reason why q
preacher should not be as good ser
want in an official capacity an any man
in the business or professional lie
He believes In preachers being active
in politics and holds to tho opinion that
they can be Of more vital influence II
they take hold Of official life and do
some effectual work in It. Mr.. Gruwell.
AZ presiding elder Of his largo and Inn
portant district, goes on his rounds
regularly. On his district this year
there have been 1900 conversions and
the doctor IL a continual inspiration to
his preachers. He never permits his
religious duties to interfere with his
political duties. and vice versa Every
citizen of the United States. no matter
what his vocation. should be an Amer
lean citizens and his profession should
not deprive him Of his rights as such.
and one Of tho most sacred rights 10
that Of the franchise.
A Native ct Iowa.
DR.. Gruwell comes from Hugenot an
cestors. His people in this country
were Quakers. He was one Of tho FIRST
to break away from this religion and
Join the Methodist Episcopal church.
He was born IN 1864 in Cedar county.
At tho age Of q he was married. Soon
after tho birth Of his drst SON he
moved to Mt. Vernon and attended
Cornell Academy. from which he was
graduated and then entered the college
and came out with . masters deGreA
He specialized in oratory. He never
took Q theological course He entered
the ministry at The age Of ~ and has
been stationed at Coggen, Oelwean.
financial agent OF Cornell
College. and then district superintsud-
ant. He IL O man held in very high
regard by all. who know him.