Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
Looker-On In Iona

Dows. April 30.-Altho he was moth
ing but a country merchant in a small
! Iowa toWn-not-here-he put on all
the airs of what he supposed John v.
Farweil would do. He had a railing
! built around his desk on an elevated
| platform and held court there every
day. AS many as eight or ten travel
| ing men would be standing around to
| have a word with his majesty. He
would deliberately open his mail and
even answer some letters all the time
| knowing Dick Jones wanted to speak
/ to him two minutes and make the next
train II h;s wife "'phoned up" to or
!, der some meat for dinner, he would
stalk by the boys waiting to see him,
go on to the Butcher shop and order 10
cents worth of steak, and on the way
back stop and talk ten minutes with
some one on the street corner. There
was no question, he was real mean"
| to the travelling men. A clear case OF
big head and the boys all knew it.
| Well he had a fire, his insurance was
not all paid, and ne finally accepted"
a position on the road for Coffee. Spice
| & Co. whole sale grocers. Nextown
| Now came retribUtion. All Of the
| travelling men on his territory, put
! their cstrmers "nexL' to the new sales
man for the Coffee, Spice & Co. When
he called on a merchant and said good
morning said merchant remarked
"how are you and went down cellar.
| At the next place the buyer said
nothing we need today" and went
over to the postoffice. Another mer-
chant at his desk very busy, had no
| time to look at his samples and
walked across the store and began CIV
| ing another travelling man good
order. The next dealer did not buy
goods of Coffee. Spice & Co.." and be-
gan to read his daily paper. And so
| on Every travelling man had his
friend in business in some town and in
three weeks they froze him out. He
gave up his job and went west. All this
| happens TO be true story and not in
the least exaggerated.
Returning delegates to the state con-
vention. those Of the progressive stripe
return home good natured and tell
their constituents how it all happened.
1t amounts to this. I'VE met the
enemy and we were hizen." There's a
general expression that Taft will not
| four delegates at Large. and even II he
is nominated he won't be elected, SO
what difference does it make? The pro-
gressives are pleased that the stand
patters are on record as against presi-
dental primaries and the pension Dill.
| In at least a dozen counties the writer
hears of the do-nothing policies OF the
leaders in the progressive ranks. But
! A~{~ 1vIa YV
the county seat, lives one Of the best
workers among the standpatters. In
Greene is q postmaster In the same
line and in Shell Rock there lives an
other good one. Now these three men
selected in different parts OF the county
some mighty good men for delegates
to the state convention. WHAT'S the use
of keeping up this fight, vote for Jones
and let our DELEGATES have a free hand
at Cedar Rapids. And 1t was 90 free
that Butler county voted for Taft, al
tho candid standpatters admit Butler
county is Cummins county. Franklyn
county is another illustration, altho 1t
has more standpatters. In both OF
these counties men ambitious for place
on the state, central committee. or to be
delegates to the national convention
were used by shrewd stAndpat politi-
clans as q means to an end, and that
end was a Taft delegation to Chicago
Still the game was played fair, that Il
as fair as the game can be played and
there are few sore spots today.
| sas
Many claim to see politics In Johr
Cuwnie's seed corn article published
Just now. the primaries only . few
weeks away. Leaving out the possible
1political aim and effect this much Is
fact, Mr.. Holden is far from being {
d favorite candidate With the farmers
4 C1,ns Gle g has no use for his scientific
plans and theories and seriously oDJec
, to his assumption Of superior knoWl'