The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-07

THE DEN1soN I
I;about the boy who would use his bonus
Ito help reconstruct our country and the;
world so much now needed, refuse to
lpay him, his just due for the reason
that some other boy would squander
his? When they left us for the battle
fields and the cantonments we prom
Used them the earth, the grain waving
in the fields and the herds in the pas.
istures as we'll as the birds flying in the
air, In fact we promised them all that
the earth contained If they only would
save civilization from the approaching
storm. :
| You have returned victorious and
you are now given notice that you
should not NEEDLE in politics, unless
you vote as they direct and then that
vote must be cast for the straight re.
the men on the ticket be constant law
breakers. My answer to them is
straight out from the shoulder, Get
thee behind me, Satan" mean that
type Of politician who would have you
and forget those heroic boys who
went out from this county, Freml, vii.
kins, Heiden and many others, whose
bodies lie Wondering in the graves in
southern France. Never, never shall +,
SO long as am in my right mind (they
say am now only about two per cent
Ithere) shall I fail to WELD my weak
arms in their defense. Neither shall I
fbe brOwbeaten by them into keeping
my mouth closed in their support
whether am right or wrong in advo-
eating that recognition. All that we
who stayed at home promised them
Lee <~s II ns,I
for one serve notice upon that type of
politicians at this time and in this place
that I was born in a part of this 1coun-
try where towards don't live, thatSty
Of politician Is the man who was In our
midst and who thought it would be |
popular to say ''That fellow he is pro,
and that fellow. he is pro-" and now
when the smoke of battle is cleared
away we find that 99h per cent of that
ture. ...
A short preface of what your duties
are. Your duties will run about as fol.
lows: To do the best that is in you that |
the laws Of Iowa and the ordinances Of
our beautiful, city of Denison within its !
corporate limits are observed to the let.
ter, regardless of race, color or station
in life. ask you to bear with men
when 1 request you to always endeavor |
to have the law and ordinances OBJ
served and respected in a kind and hu.
name manner. Always carry with you |
an abundance of sunshine and distrib L
ute it in large quantities where it will L
do good in your work. Don't arrest,
only hold in custody, those who break /
the auto laws Of the state and the city /
ordinances by giving them until furthe, l
notice a written draft where and when /
to appear 1t Is unnecessary for me to /
say to you, mix brains with your acts /
so far as it is in your power, and reason /
with the law, breaker and if at any |!
time you are in doubt as to the guilt or /
innocent intentions Of the party whom
you have halted. give the benefit OF
that doubt to the common people, If
YOU know him to be such. The common
people must be above the average ~ Z
one of good intentions or the good Lord
would not have given us IS common /
people out Of every 100. and they, being K
so largely in the ma ority, it seems on
ly fair that they should be given full L
benefit of all reasonable doubt.
Be of good faith that this honorable l.
council will set your compensation at
a fair and equitable amount. L
After having had read to you the fore l.
going preface, do you still desire to
take the oath of office? L
The mayor then asked the council TO +
confirm the appointments, as made, and
this was done without a dissenting vote. L
Judge Hutchinson was asked to deliver 1
a. talk and he replied, stating that he
was glad to be present at such a meet
ing; it was something out of the or.
binary; in fact he had never heard of a
similar meeting at such time. IA He was 4
sure the ceremonies as carried out |.
could not fail but be helpful and spoke.
of the charge given the
newly appointed marshal.
The meeting adjourned and many of
those present came forward and con,
the new officers and the ap,.
pointees, after which the council metI
and proceeded with the regular month";
ly meeting. ms tifatsit s.e,ti0I
$3.50 Meeting Of New Council
The new council was called to order I
by the mayor. all members responding
as being present. The mayor took Oc.I
casion to announce a few of his stand
ing committees, naming as auditing Il
committee Councilmen D. =. Voss, Q.
named as a park commission Council.
men Clark White. Mrs. Oscar Lehman,
Mrs. Mark Wright, Mrs. Carl Richard.
son and Mrs. Spencer Heiden. Thel
mayor will also be member of this
For Sunday amusement
censor committee Councilman D. E.
Voss, Rev. VIM! Frese. Rev. Gable, Johr
F'lahive and Miss Sophia Bale were
named.
A petition was presented by john
Woodruff ct al, asking that the road
vest of the city between the Illinois
Central and the Lehfeldt farm be re-b
,aired at once, and asking that a COM