Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-29
NckIk' TIE GUToisTS AROUND.

kCklk TIE EUIQiS7S AROUND.
/ Below are two letters which so far
! in explaining themselves, and the ac-
cite Young in organizing a good roaCs
movement which might be made ad
/ junctive to purely political purposes
! when the time came. The first is from
the president Of the Iowa State Auto
mobile Association using the station
cry of the association and reads as fol-
lows:
Affiliated with t he American Auto
mobile Assertion,
Iowa State Automobile Association,
Presidents Office,
Des Moines, May 90, 1912.
Dear SRI know how deeply inter
ested you are in good roads. 1 know
how much it means to the automobile
interests of Iowa l don't very often
take an interest in politics, but when
we have a friend that can boost the
good road cause, 1 believe we should
take care of him Lafayette Young is
the present president of the Iowa Good
Roads Association. For the last few
] ' tuTS mas ueNOlSt HIS wv II liIiIc, IiIoU7
! sands of dollars and all the energies of
his paper. the Des Moines Capital on
behalf of good roads. He originated
and promoted the first of our trans
state highways, the river to river
road If he is chosen to the United
States senate, he will be able to WELD
| a tremendous power on behalf Of the
good roads OF Iowa l think that the
/ J,o i'm
their own interest TO cast a vote for
| Senator Young on June 8.
! l am we'll acquainted with Mr..
! Young personally He is one of the
genuinely big men of the state and in
! the five months he served in the SEN
ate. he established national reputa-
! ZION. He is the friend of the automo-
/ bile men. In addition. would consid-
er il a personal favor if you would
| do some hustling in his behalf
Most faithfully yours,
! Iowa state Automobile Association.
W. Z. MOVER,
President.
The other is from Gus Michel, SEN
/ for member of the firm of Gus Michel
| & Son, merchants at Rockford, Iowa,
and director in the Rockford Brick
and Tile Company, in reply to the
above letter from the president Of the
automobile association. Mr.. MichelIs
understanding Of the purposes OF the
Iowa Automobile Association differ de-
cidedlv from those of its president and
/ LATE Young. He explains:
Rockford, Iowa, May %, 1912.
Mr.. w, E. Meyer, President Iowa
Automobile Association, Des Mo'nes,
| Iowa.
Dear sir:-Am in receipt of your
iletter Of the 22d inst, in which you at
tempt to use the influence of your OF
fee as president of the Iowa State
| Automobile Association for political
purposes by asking me to do a little
| hustling for Lafe Young for United
states senator. I want to say this TO
Won: DO not believe that the auto
mobile owners of Iowa are fools
enough to pay any attention to so silly
a letter as this one Of your is. Per-
sonally. if had been supporting
Young, 1 believe your letter would
have driven me over to the other SIDE
7 don't believe the automobile owners
are going to take any political orders
from YOU at all simply because you
happen to be in a position to use the
Iowa State Automobile Associations
stationery to help LATE Young get into
the United States senate. I don't be-
lieve your letter will do any good. ON
the other hand I believe it will harm
Youngs cause, because / believe thal
the men of Iowa who own automobiles
have sense enough to resent your at
tempt to influence them one way or
another.
Yours truly.
GUS o. MICHEL.
?. S-If I am not mistaken, this
mr1. Lafe Young. is the fellow who
wanted to narrow up the highways and
make the farmers pay for the extra rod
of land in order to get money to pay
for good roads. oh yes, this man Lafe
is sure a friend Of the farmer.
MICHEL.
Mr.. Michel is properly resentful OF
tha attempt to order the vote of mem
ibers of the association. It is part of
itbe program laid out when Governor
Carroll prostituted the good roads
injecting at Des Moines by making il
the occasion for standpat conference.
lit was manipulated in every way pos
lstble to political purposes. The river