Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-17
JUDGE LEES MISTAKE.
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Judge c. G. Lee OF Ames has FORM
ally announced his candidacy for the
republican nomination for governor OPP
posing Hon. G. w. Clarke and in doing
So his friends and admirers in this
vicinity and over the state are con-
WINGED that he made a. mistake. He
has made the mistake Of Listening to
the politicians who seek merely to de-
feat the governor the politicians who
have placed their own aims and desires
ahead of the party. He will not win.
Judge Lees platform" embraces a
number of points in which he differs
not so much with the governor as with
the party in general. For what he
considers the mistakes" of the party
he lays the blame at the door Of the
governor. For the useless laws that
have been passed by legislatures in the
past and for the failure. to pass other
laws he considers should be passed
ne would have the people believe that
the governor was wholly responsible,
In brief he believes that he should be
given the chief EXECUTIVES office in
preference to a man against whose
honesty. integrity and ability his most
radical political enemies can say moth
ing.
A, the primary election Judge Lee
and Editor Rowiey viii both be defeat
ed and George Clarke will be named
as the republican candidate for gov
ernor He will be chosen because the
rank and file of the party know him to
be good governor rather than good
politician. because they know him to
be honest and sincere. deep student
and big man.
SAME, OLD GAME.
rDes Moines Register and Leader.l
Councilman Myerlv. defending his
course in holding to as ceat in the
city council while promoting parti-
san candidacy for congress. cites
the instances of Judge Prouty's cam
didacy for congress while sitting on
the bench, and Mr.. Frase's recent can
didacy for the city council while draw
ing his salary as county auditor.
Mr. Myerly must remember rha,
whatever may be said Of the pro-
prieties in the cases Of III ,ce prouty
and Auditor Erase, they were both
had been elected as party men, while
he Is holding a nonpartisan office tc
which he was elected by nonpartisar
vote.
It will be easier for Mr.. MyerlJ
and his friends to appreciate the sit
uation If they will turn it about ano
picture Judge Mathis, or some Other
democrat, using a nonpartisan persona
I Endorsement In republican city Hkt
Des Moines as leverage 10 GUST re.
publican in 4 strictly political contest
II Mr.. Myerly is permitted 60 use
! - At 80 M r,Si1 a q
stepping stone to a con9ressiona
nomination. and to control his enor'
nous patronage for the purpose .
promoting q partisan candidacy. IN.
Des Moines plan will have developed
| into q far mare dangerous politica
machine than the old city government
ever was.
But the problem is not Mr.. Myerly'
alone. 1t is the problem Of every mem.
her of the city council who Will be hell
responsible for the use Mr.. Myerly pro
| poses to make of his department:
Mayor Hanna and Councilmen Mitchell
Leonard and German can not escap
their share of the responsibility.
BACK OF THE BOOTLEGGER.
! Huntington Hawkeye.l t,
Other Things OeiH8 eQu1Is oVc1yOOu
respects the law abiding citizen an
has the opposite feeling for the fello'
who tries in every way he can I
evade the law. Human nature resent
j the attempt OF one class & people
yet an advantage over another. Tn
LIQUOR traffic has lost much OF publ
sympathy 1t once had, and nigh
still have because Of unscrupulou
methods practiced BY some manufac
turers and dealers in alcoholic beveE