Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-12
Looker-On In Iona

Crinnell. Dec. 11.-This town n
Poweshieg county will offer the voters
at the next primaries an elaborate
no,itical bin of fare. Even the most
fastidious will find on 1t something 10
suit a faded political appetite. AS a
progressive republican, Mr.. L. =.
Cessna. a well-to-do farmer. is a can
didate for representative. At one time
a democrat, then a republican ana no"
? progressive republican he has many
friends in every party. unless perhaps
the socialists. He wants to go 10 the
legislature to do some active WORK LUZ
agricultural Iowa. j.
Then Professor OIL
Iowa College. He has made pubic an
nouncement of his candidacy for rep
resentative as a republican, n gives
his platform. Il covers every gooo anu
needed thing in every party s anu
present. The voter h a fails to hno
his ism in the professors platform
wants to look twice before declolns
how to vote. But somehow there's an
impression abroad. enormously or otn-
erwise, that the professor is a SOCIALIST
and while Grinnell republicans take
much stock in socialism, h a Is some
of it, they are not yet ready to wear
the tag. And there must be- something
unorthodox in the professors social
ism, for the socialists, so the writer is
told, will put a full socialistic ticket
in the field. That's not all. Nearly
everybody in Grinnell Is a prohibit
zionist, this statement including many
democrats. Now it will be the excep-
ton if the prohibitionists fail to have
a full state and county ticket at the
next primaries. Last hut not least this
year, the democrats will put up a can
didate for every office in sight.
One leading democrat said to the
writer, referring to the mix-up, that's
right, you fellows go ahead, make the
muddle as bad as you can" n there
was ghoulish glee in his tone and
words. The democrats At present are
not mentioning the name Of their can
didate, but by the grape vine special
this scribe hears that they are NOV
ing heaven and earth" to get Dr. j. r
Lewis to come out as thee andidate. So
far the doctor will not listen to the
voice of the tempter. But they present
this argument to DR.. Lewis: IF we
can not win this year we never can
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get many votes from their party, as
he left the democratic party at the
time of the free silver racket and still
has many friends in that party. Then
Professor Ganaway, if as many
claimed is touched with socialism,
strange to relat is opposed by nearly
every socialist " town. To make con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED, Ex-senator
Spaulding, a strong republican, favors
the election, that is many say so, of
progressive Cessna for representative.
Mr.. Spaulding will again be the repub-
lican candidate for senator unless Keo-
kuk county brings out a candidate.
Ed Brand Is going to vote against
Cummins for United States senator
and three or four other progressives
will do the same" And again, by the
grape vine route, the state organizer
for the progressives has been here Ito
get John Patton to run for United
States senator" On the county ticket
its an ope secret that the progressives
will fail to nominate candidates for
some of the offices, because "the re-
publicans will put up SOME men Just
as good progressives as we are" Mean
while such good republicans az W.T.
Rayburn and w. T. Moyle, who voted
for President Wilson, don't know
where they're at 80 some Of the critics
say.
Gentlemen Make your bets on
Poweshiek county.