The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-08-28
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b., Years and years ago, before thu
Crawford County Agricultural soci
ETY. was divorced from Denison on thu
grounds of non-support, one of the
features of certain fair was a grea
walking race. The small boys were
,Dn the job before the gatemen, as
usual, and the center of attraction
was the oval track prepared for the
afternoon event.
It did not take long for the sports
10 organize a boys race, fifty cents
was the purse, the distance one mile
the contestants were a boy with a
nose and shoes several sizes too large
for him, and another lad, tow headed
lad, trif1e taller than his competitor.
Round and round they went, lap af-
I Ter lap. 1t was long mile. The
sports cheered and laughed and the
boys ploughed along with excited en-
.ergy. The little fellow won by nose.
Perhaps that was what did it. The
pot was divided, thirty-five cents to
the winner and fifteen to the loser.
But that did not seem quite fair to
.Ihe two boys so they went out and
spent that fifty cents together for pea
nuts and pop and popcorn and other
pleasant delights.
j. i !
Even that was not the first of the
friendship which has existed for a
lifetime between F. w. Meyers and
Alfred Wright. They have worked
land planned together, they have work
ed and planned apart, for time their
Interests were opposed, but no man
ever heard them speak an unkind
word of each other and through all
the years their friendship was un
broken
T%t~"'t ~s"~|' + !. 4
Some few years ago Mr.. Wright
became enamoured of A. B. Cummins
WTnen he knows him as we'll as we do
knows more of his hypocrisy, his sell
fisiness and his utter disregard for
his solemn promises, he will get over
it, but that will come in time. Mr.
sVrjght's ability made him one of the
leaders of the progressive faction in
sthis county, but he played fair, so fail
indeed, that standpat convention
aacquiesced in his reelection as coun
-ty chairman, as judicial chairman, as
congressional chairman and all the
other ctrairmen rolled into one. In
TACT ii WAS the motion of F. W. Meyers
!; that made him such.
Xfter the Chicago convention, Mr.
Wright, without thought that Meyers
was to resign and that it would have
anything to do with the succession, an
rnmrnced publicly and repeatedly tha
he would under no circumstances joir
"A third party movement or vote fol
Roosevelt, whom he heartily distrust
ed, that he was a republican and be
lieved the election of Wilson would bt
a national calamity, and that, while
he had hoped for the nomination o
Cummins, he was ready to vote ant
work for Taft.
This expression, made utterly with
out hope of political reward, removed
the only objection which the stalWar
republicans had to Mr.. Wright's ad
vancement. When Mr.. Meyers decid
ed to resign it gave him and the othe
stalwart republicans of Denison pleas
ure tc recommend Mr. Wright for thu
office. He had already been recon
mended by Woods, so the appointment
ought to be highly satisfactory to al
the republicans of DenisOn.
Mr.. Wright has fairly earned tn
office from a political standpoint Few
men in the county have given NOR
time and effort to republican com
paigns and few men have been more
effective. As county chairman for sew
seral years he was tireless in his Ell
forts for the entire ticket and in spite
of factional differences he has Away!
been loyal to the party. He was
firm supporter of Judge Conner during
all his campaigns and he has Away:
been straight and fair in his politica
yelations.
No one would have opposed hin