Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-10
ROAD LIE NAILED.
[Des Moines Capital. ]

The long looked for better day. in
politics appears TO be some distance
away. Here is the Atlanta Journal, Of
recent date claiming the unrivaled
prosperity Of the country to be due to
legislation enacted by the democratic
party. Every intelligent man knows
=! that the present prosperity in America
! is due to the Europeons war. The same
paper says that the new currency sys-
tenn has made panics impossible. While
intelligent men know that the new cur
rency system Is on trial. The new
tariff system is On trial also. The war
has prevented it's having any demon
stration.
Democratic newspapers are not alone
IN their misstatements in regard to
politics.
The republican convention of Appa
moose county, Iowa, adopted the fol-
lowing biased statement:
BE it further resolved that We
gracefully bow to the will of the re-
publican majority in the primary cleo.
ton, in the nomination of WI Har
ding, of Sioux City, for governor, and
E. r. Moore, of Cedar Rapids, for iieue
tenant governor. men who are capable
and qualified to give business ADMIN
istration Of affairs in the great state of
Iowa. Men who do not trim their sails
to meet the passing breeze but men
who would guard the expenditures Of
money raiser by tax, so that the man
who owns a little cottage on the hill by
the village side would be benefited just
the same as the man who rides in his
Limousine on the special highway built
with five hundred million dollar road
bond as advocated by the Hon. Z. t..
Meredith in his per-conventio.l
speeches over the state
The above resolution is unfair to.
wards those whom it endorses and to-
wards those whom it condemns. 1t over
praises republicans and misrepresents
democrats, Mr.. Meredith has never ao-
vocated a five hundred million dolla.
bond issue No one has, advocated
such bond issue. Mr.. Norris. editor
of the Times Republican at MARSHALL
town, has advocated the wis dom. Of is
suing bonds for the purpose dfstakinY
advantage, in advance, of the taxes
that we are from year to year paying
Mr.. Norris never proposed an increase
Of taxes. He has only advocated an
ticipating taxes as counties do. when
they build a court house Mr., Mere
dith is All advocate of good roads ann
Is spending time and money on the JEFF
ferson Highway. He is public spirited
young man who has made his own way
and il he is to be beaten in his race
for governor, he is entitled to be hon.
orably beaten.
The Appanoose county convention
as factor in government had no right.
to over praise two republicans and fol-
low that up with a most absurd attack
upon one democrat.
People have been in the habit OF en-.
cusing misrepresentation in politics by
saying with as neer, well, that is poll
tics; anything to win 1t is time such
morality were eliminated.
Men are heard to excuse brutalities
and atrocities by saying. 20, we'll, that
is war; when it is not war. & ~
The great big republic, if it is TO.
exist, must have more manilness In
politics. and more striving for the
truth. No man with the widest expert,
cnce, covering period of years, can
comprehend or believe that the people
Of Iowa could be SO deceived in regard
to important public questions as at the
present time.