Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-07
HAYS VISITS IOWA.
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN o. RRPUn.
LlcAN PARTY MAkss PLEA.
Urges Ams-lssnisr, a. First Duty u
Every cltizsn--Laros Number o.
Republican Leaders Attend Party
Conference In Dss Molnss - Each
District Represented BY Women.
Special 20 rlmos Republican n.


pes Moines. Jan, '.-kepuh'iean
lea dc-s from all parts Of Iowa were
among those present to greet National
Republican Chairman WIN n. Hays, In
Des Moines. Tuesday. and hear his
addresses. Chairman Hays spoke TO
the men at n noon conference ~ the
Hotel Fort Dos Moines, to the women
In an afternoon conference and at q
hg public meeting in the evening.
Yesterdays gathering was unusual
in that the women OF each congress
sional district in the state who are
OF the republican faith We're present.
District chsirmen In attendance were:
First district. Mrs. A. T.. Glasier, Fort
Ma olson; second district. DR.. Gene
We've Tucker. davenport: third dis
trict, Mrs c. +. Pickett, Waterloo;
fourth district Mrs. Irene Bell, Ma
son City: fifth district, Mrs. Jennie
Berry. Cedar Rapids: sixth district
Mrs. J., A. Dewitt, Osltaloosa: seventh
district, Mrs. Frank Dodson. Des
MONIES; eighth district, Mrs. III. FL.
Carter Corydon: ninth district, Mrs.
c. G. Saunders, Council Bluffs; tenth
district. Miss Edith Prouty, Humboldt;
eleventh district Mrs. f. ]. Stason.
Sioux City.
Candidates for governor and lieuten-
ant governor and for state offices
were on hand. The gubernatorial as
pirants Included Nate Kendall, Attor-
nay General Fl. NJ Havner. Lieut.. Gov
ernor Ernest r. Moore and j. +.
Deems. State Representative w. F.
Moore, OF Guthrie county. and state
Senator James Wilson. % centerville,
wore among the candidates on hand
ont for lieutenant governor.
y -e,---. Hays Pleads for Patriotism.
(. II, plead, for patriotism in peace as
we'll as in war. I insist that we have
not merely that patriotism born OF ex-
trenlitfes, which burns In the souls of
men only when their country Is In
danger. but the patriotism OF good
citizenship ct the fireside. the p!ow,
the mat. IN low places and i'm high
places, In season and ont of season.
moves men and women to make their
country's welfare their own business
and in proSsic times of peace Interest
themselves continually. in the prac-
tcal politics of their community. Good
government can be attained In no 9TH
err way"
Thus did Chairman VIII II. HAYS. Of
the republican national committee. ex-
hort his hearers at the Coliseum here
last night to take an active part in
the solving, Of the political problems
OF 1920, which the country is facing
He declered that the republican party
offered to men and women alike the
opportunity for full political self de-.
termination. sS
There is no twilight zone In poli-
tics" ne declared Fright Is right and
wrong Is wrong and the snme strict
standard Of morals, equity and justice
must obtain as In any private bust
ness or professional matter. When we
get our politics ENTIRELY on this basis.
when we live our patriotism daily, we
will do a citizens full duty and not I'M
til then. ! repeat have no use for the
individual who Is either too busy or
too good to help. He has no just COM
plant to make no matter what hap
pens. He Is riding on another's ticket
Il have an abiding faith that there
will be an awakened sense of civic
duty as one of the by-products of this
war. Hundreds of thousands of men
and women who had no INCLINATION and
thought they had no time to take the
slightest interest in their government
have arisen in the most splendid spir-
1t and have unselfishly carried the
burden Of the war work. IF some small!
part Of the same interest In their
country can be maintained. If some
small part Of the time they have been
giving shall continue to be given by
them in thought and action to the
business of their country 1t will bring