Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-13
LOCAL COMMENT

Monday is the date Of the biennial
municipal primary election, when the
voters will be called upon to nominate
members of the council. One Of the
two candidates for mayor SO chosen
will be elected at the election two
weeks hence; two Of the four candle
dates for the council will likewise be
chosen. The three men elected will
handle the business of the municipal
corporation of Marshalltown for two
years.
In making choice for mayor the
voters have five candidates before
them; for the council there are eleven
candidates. 1t is therefore incumbent
on the voter to think seriously before
marking his ballot; to vote the way his
conscience dictates to be the best for
the interests Of the big business OF
managing city. To care for the busi-
ness interests Of city successfully is
no boys play. AS a manager for some
big private business enterprise man
is paid for ability and brains. The
same qualifications should apply In Sc
curing men to manage Il city. The
business looked after by the elective
heads Of a city government is a trust
and should be so considered by the
men who are chosen. The offices were
not created for personal eggrandize-
ment nor as political stepping stones.
Let us realize the seriousness Of this
election business in going to the polls
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long years we will have to put UP With
the results Of any mistakes that are
made by a lack Of voting properly. We
should comprehend once and for all
that we are stockholders in 100000
that we are going to elect
directors Of that corporation and that
these directors are going to spend our
In choosing them we should
weigh carefully their business abilities.
what they have displayed in the way
of sound business Judgment in VEN
lures that they may have been inter-
ested, In work that they have been en-
gagged, or in the administration Of
public affairs. Men VINO have not made
successes Of their own affairs are
poration in making its business sue
CSScAul. LII JULIET "OTOS, leL US use
some Of the good judgment we expect
in others in selecting the men who are
going to handle our money. II we do
this we will not have anything to re-
greet after it is too late to remedy the
What has become Of the councils
good intentions to let paving contracts
early-"this winter" as the news re-
port read-in order to get advantage Of
4 low price in material? The resolu-
tons were good, but it seems that they
have not been realized to their fullest
extent. In the meantime other Iowa
cities have been busy letting contracts
on low market and getting ready for
work as soon as springs opens. Cement
Is now rs cents per barrel higher than
it was in January.
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With news from all parts Of the
telling Of indescribable road
Of rural mail carriers being
to give up their trips. and
rural schools being closed-all because
roads are so bad that travel is impossi-
BILE, 1t is hard to realize how farmers
in southern Marshall county could
have signed petition to the legisla-
ture censuring the present good road
law. Until it Is known to the con-
trary, most Of us will be charitable and
believe that, for the most part, the PEI
titioners did not know what they were