Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-09

LETTER DEFINES ISSUE
TO BE THE PoSToFFlCE
Boardman Wrote to aft Offering TO
Deliver Marshall County in Return
for the Postoffice Appointment tor
Mcfarland Their Committee Now
Lc.l iesu. Up to Catch Voters.

AS usual when such politicians as
Messrs. Boardrlar and Pierce lead q
contes, tonight's caucuses are sought
to be confused by injecting a local is
sue. A circular appeared today ac-
dressed 10 every one, democrat, re-
publican ana what-not who s!gned the
petition for NJ :. Mcfarland for post :
master telling them that II they WI
vote for Tai, delegates the president :
advisors viii deliver the poSSoT--ce 20
Mcfarland The scheme 70 confuse ana
fool the Curn-2!ns or the Roosevelt r.s--
who signed mcfarland. : psIlt-o- 5 - :
parent
Those conversanr with local politics
have expected this th:ng for some Tine
as il has been pretty e1era--y AI.eS :
-nat Pierce and Boa-c-Ta1 nave pesl.
seeking political power, They seq
non me Mcfarland candidacy as Their
opportunity
Roardrran's Letter.
The cat was Let oI-l o. The bag sons
weeks ago in g letter which III. bos.Es'-
man wrote 10 Sidney 4 Foster o. -
No;re, arch s.a2dpac-e- ard wtl-c-'
Vas Forwarded - Foster . ne o-szS-
5a-- copy cs which was given oaI
sror7 -b- executive Offices at WASH
3ng-oa ana returned 70 -te T-R
!, tbs letter III. Boa-drr1l-- exposed
his hand when Re wrote:
.-Tna- an driving az = this. az
-,A particular o5t=c- 0. this .eIte- Is
"a make this suggestion:
- van u see a TAFT 6a,ega-i' 50
- -. STATE convention from Marsha. :
county. ~ the present tine ms
frr,ras.s.z,e IS against \ 3. -1-Eza 4 4 :
1.aFo-letra or anyone else
..7t ~ ros-ofE.ce appointment Is Helo
=, ,,r1t, after he rexc state co--Tet- ,-- ION
NrFs~,a..5's friends can ~ i1alucsI -
get busy, 49,
eration il viii mean r2uca IL LOW .
T-ris is worth thinking about
81 want you 20 see that a corr.
view Of this matter gets % me ~.
Mace. You know where staF1-- " "a
little have done was gao % 40
49,, -psr Ia,sr in a lerter directly
"a rht. president a copy Of which y as
~ e,iTsn ont from the executive Of
fices at Washington. Boa-dTnan wrote;
III the appointment Of postmaster
* DELAYED untn after the state conFen-
zion much would be accomplished fo'
a TAFT delegation from this county.
Would Sacrifice Mac.
Thar Mr.. .Boardman was reaching 10!
control OF the county primarily Wlt1
the postofTice as 2 means TO his enc, i
evidenced BY his willingness 10 let De
vine have the appointment proVlaec
Devina would deliver q TAFT delega-
tior. In this letter to Taft after tell
~ how Deyire and his friends had
been unfrien6ly to Taft, he writes;
we could overlook ali these things i;
Taft delegation could be obtained
from Marshall county, and the Times
Republican and Devine can accom-
nlish this i they wish 70 DO So
The whole tenor Of the correspond
ence which is quite voluminous, is -o
capture Marshall county away from
the proSressives by means Of the post
office issue and thereby use progress
sive votes 70 defeat their own princi-
pies By holding up the loca! issue as
blind.
At no time has Taft promised to ex-
change & postoffice for delegation
and it is probably not in his mind or
else the Boardnan letters would not
have been given out. on the other hand
politicians believe that f politics IS 70
control, his appointment OF & postnas-
ter in Marshaltown. the PRESIDENT :
campaign managers would insist upon
placa1ine, the progressive vote with ap-
pointments rather than handing them
out to those who are bound 70 vote for
him anyway The scheme IS q clever
ruse in politics, characteristic Of the
artists who planned il