Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06
NO STRINGS TIED To
KENDALL CANDIDACY
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR RE-
SENT5 UNFAIR ATTACKS BY
HIS OPPONENT.
SUPPORTED BY NO GROUP
EXCEPT IOWA FARMERS
Herring Avoids Joint Debate and
Hies to Remote Part of State to
Resort to Cox Level of Campaign
ins--kendalI Promise. to Promote
Law Protecting Innocent Investors.
Special to Times Republican.

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Special to Times Republican.
Tama. Oct. 6.-Hon. N E. Kendall,
republican candidate for governor
aroused great enthusiasm by his ad-
dress here and the republicans are
greatly elated over the meeting held.
Among other things, Mr., kendall
said:
About three months ago the Clay
County Fair Association arranged u
Joint discussion between Mr. Herring
and me to occur at Spencer on Sept.
rs. i appeared In response to the ar
ranSement, but as usual Mr. Herring
failed TO attend. He alleged that il
was impossible to adjust his sched-
ules to the engagement because. |
assume, the ninety days allowed him
was too limited a time. But, | am
just advised that on that day in the
city of keokuk, about as remote a
point as possible from Spencer, he
sthallenged' me to tell the full story
of the meetings at Hotel Slavery one
and two nights before the republican
state convention, and the influence
brought to bear to make me the
nominee. This is exceedingly easy.
There We're no such meetings so far
as i am informed except an occasion
al conference of the farmer delegates
who discussed the govcrnorship
thoroughly. end determined to give
me their support: a decision for
which was apa am more grateful
than can express.
Mr.. Herring is reported to have
said further: i would like Mr.. Ken
Gall to tell something of the work of
the. present administration in con-
Hectionsw with securing the nomination
for him. This, also. is not difficult.
If Mr.. Herring has any information
whatever concerning alignments pre-
ceeding the republican nomination he
knows that the present state admin
istration did not favor me in that
contest. but supported another candi-
date for the ssovernorship. Republi-
cans who attended the convention,
and republicans in Iowa generally,
are entirely familiar with what
transpired at the convention. They
knew that my candidacy was pre-
scented upon my own responsibility,
without assistance from the factors
which have been influential the past
few years, and that was nominated
sbya the untramhle led action of the In
dividual delegates upon the floor OF
the convention.
No Strings to Candidacy.
Mr.. Herring is further quoted as
G wiz, i J,.f
voters to support him as the politi-
cal heir of W, l.. Harding OF course
this is mere claptrap, and Indicates
the extremities' to which the indie.
pendent candidate on.-the democratic
ticket Is forced. The more intelligent
of Mr.. Herring's friends must exper-
fence sense OF humiliation that he
has ydegenerated to the Cox level OF
political campaigning. II / am elected
to the sovernoIship l shall be under
no obligations whatever to any man
or group of men, in office or out, but
shall be under the most solemn
contract with the people Of the state
to furnish to them clean, economic
and efficient administration OF their
affairs. There are reforms which
would and must be inangurated
The Blue Sky laws designed to pro-
tect the public from the flotation Of
fraudulent securities. has been DEM
onstrataa. to be. inadequate to effec-
tuate the purpose for which it was
enacted, One Of the first duties to be
perforncd Ebg the new administration
will be to SO rewrite and strengthen
the statute SO that innocent investors
may be secure against the mere
promotions schemes which, operating
in every prosperous community. have
plundered the people and disgraced
the state. If I am elected, pledge ev-
cry energy I possess for legislation
of that character. REINFORCED by
penitentiary penalties to insure its
observance. No man can despise
more thoroughly than any betrayal
of public trust for private profit or
the employment of public office for
private sain. Any official in Iowa,
high Or low. guilty of that infamy
must Immediately be scourged from
the public Service. The administra-
ton of the states affairs must be ir-
reproachable, and it will be ire
prodcHSple IL tic fepupiicdn liChet 10
successful in the approaching cleo
ton. Every candidate on that ticket
is so pledged by his record and by
his character. The republican party
is no more responsible for whatever
Of crookedness may have developed
at Des Moines. than is the democrat
ic party responsible for the post-of-
flee embezzlement the other day at
Orange City. No public official of
Iowa, If can prevent it, will be con-
nected with or allow the use Of his
name in the promotion of any en-
terprise subject to official action or
renewable by the executice council.