The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-10-15
Candidate for County Auditor.

AS their candidate for the office OF
county auditor the republicans of Ma
haSka county have chosen a young
man of estimable character and one
who by hard work as deputy gained
an acquaintance with the affairs of
the auditors office, such as is poss-
essed by no other candidate, Roy f.
Rowland-and he is as well qualified
and deserving of the office he seeks
as any candidate on the ticket.
Mr. Rowland is a genuine Mahaska
county product, having been born
August 7, $780, on the farm in Mon.
roe township, near Rose Hill, where
all of his life After attending the
district school near his home he came
to Oskaloosa and completed the com.
mercial course at Penn College, also
later graduating from the Business
College in this city. When he had
completed his school work he went
back to the farm and labored there
until he was appointed deputy audi
tor of Mahaska county in 1905. He
came right from the farm and took
up his work in the court house under
new official, and without the assist
ance of second deputy to assist him
in his duties and to teach him the
business Of the Office, he applied him,
self to the task before him and mas
tered it. When it came to making
out the tax books he did the worl
successfully without making blunders
which necessitated some of them be
ing copied over again--as has recent
iy been the case in the same office un
der a different administration. Fol
much of the time during the three
years in which he served as deput!
he handled practically all of the bust
ness transacted in the auditors of
fee, and was never guilty of making
any mistakes or blunderS OF much
consequence.
To one wholly unacquainted will
the duties of that important office
the success which Mr.. Rowland met
| with may not be considered as much
of an accomplishment as it really
was. But let it be remembered tina
the custom of new auditors for man!
years had been to employ deputies
experienced in the affairs of the office
who could direct them in the trans
actions of the business, while Mr.
! Rowland was not only new at the
work himself, but went into the Office
under a new administration. Recent
Iy it may be known that a similar eff
Tort was attempted, but it was soon
found necessary to employ secOnC
deputy, and a republican who haC
| had long experience in the office, tC
assist in dispatching the affairs. But
Mr. Rowland's success was possible
CO. P,,I h,r ~
| work He disposed of many thank
less jobs without any hope or eXpec
tation of immediate reward or com
pensation, but with the aim of max
ing himself efficient in the work anC
conversant with the duties of the Of
| fee so that he might be qualified to
acceptably fill the office of auditor in
case the voters of the county should
ever favor him with that honor as a
reward for his faithful service as dep
uty. And that he was efficient and
capable cannot be denied. Any re
| Elections upon his connection with
proceedings, which can in any way be
construed as unlawful or loose and
unbusinesslike, are unfair misrepre
sensations. For Mr.. Rowland has
never been auditor and never receiv
ed the credit for the good work he die
as deputy, but now in the closing
days of the campaign his opponents
for the office of auditor and their pc
| litical associates are placing upon
him the blame for all the fault they
can find with Office while he was iden
titled with it.
| Mr.. Rowland is a member of the
Masonic order, the Elks, the Knights
of Pythias lodge and several Other
fraternal societies and has a host OF
warm personal friends. He is known
to be clean and upright in his private
life and we'll worthy of the position
he seeks. He is a republican from
start to finish and has always Loyalty
supported the whole ticket and he
should receive the support of every
voter of the party at the polls No.
yember Bird, and should be elected to
the office to which he aspires with a
handsome majority.