Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-07

to an ending without having righted
yourselves into a policy OF the complete
Americanixatipn of America. And that
policy means, among other things, that
every boy and girl growing up In this
land shall be taught the American Ian
guage and in that language be taught
something about the American govern
ment, and taught in such a manner that
It will result in the love OF America and
OF things American.
The Americanization Of America is in
reality more vital than anything else,
except the winning of the war itself,
the direction of Americanizing our
selves.
SHORT SIOUX CITY'S DISGRACE.
[Sioux City Tribune.1
When the city campaign was on the
Tribune said if Wallace M. Short was
elected there would be trouble. And
here 1t il double. AS candidate he
had much to say Of invisible govern
ment" and here 1t is lin our midst" "
romping around In the entrails Of Of
ficialdom like peristalsis after purge.
There was nothing like 1t under the
administration Of his predecessor
against whom the dispersion was cast.
OF course Short Is an accuser in
this instance too. but there Is corrob-
orative evidence now and 1t cannot be
forgotten that he Is as responsible
for Hamilton as II he had appointed
him. Preliminary to the city primary
and preliminary to the city election.
Mr.. Short and Mr.. Hamilton fought
shoulder to misunderstanding each
others sorrows, sharing each others
Joys" When questions were raised
during the campaign about Mr.. Hamil-
toms reliability Mr.. Short was en-
resentful Of the aspersiops
cast and vigorous in defense Of his
colleague. He vouched for him at
many a meeting and In print, and de-
manded support OF him in vociferous
iteration.
Now Mayor Short says: About two
weeks ago. while Mt. Hamilton and l
we're at lunch together. Mr.. Hamilton
told me that he would have supported
Mr.. Lyle II Mr.. Lyle had been willing
to put up the necessary money. Mr..
Hamilton went on to explain that Mr..
Sammis had Kicked in the necessary
dough and he was going to support
Mr.. Sammis."
According to Hamilton's admission,
he was 10 pay out the dough" to those
who worked for It.
There are several significant things
about the foregoing extract from MT.
Shorts formal statement The con-
versation in question occurred about
two weeks ago" II Mayor Short ---esl
man Hamilton 1t is strange that he
waited two weeks before breaking
with his shocking friend. Councilman
frankness in telling the
mayor what he had been doing and
was trying to do. would shock most
inside Of two weeks Was
the dinner at which the hold-up was
discussed an every day affair or did
Mr.. Hamilton take that time and
means to shock his colleague?
Mr. Hamilton could not naturally
have expected Mr.. Short to wait two
weeks for the sequel 10 such a con-
versation, nor could Mr.. Short reason
ably conceive Of Mr.. Hamilton not
showing him how the money was
receipts Of the men who
got their share Of the spoils Of office.
Prior to the city election. the
Tribune did not hesitate to express the
belief that Short and Hamilton would
be unsatisfactory public officials. It's
opposition to them was not because
union labor was supporting them. but
was rather born of desire to protect
the honest iaboring forces against be-
Ing discredited, and the city from
being injured. Union labor in Sioux
City Is not backing Mr. Hamilton now.
many of its best men did not back
him in the campaign, but it will be
many years before this episode from
ts final success is forgotten. The re-
call petition started by the union meat
cutters is start in the way OF re-
quotation. but it will not be forgotten
that the whole stock yards influence
backed Hamilton and Short.