Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-30
TndEs REpuBL1cAN MARsHALTowN IOWA OCTOBER 80 1920

the state to be flooded Is filled with
assertions and instructions. without
q shadow Of support. They have pub
lished in their democratic and semi
democratic press many speeches
supposed to have been delivered by
Mr.. Herring. but not delivered at all.
They have successfully suppressed
statements by Mr.. Kendall, made in
public addresses, relating to issues
about which the public has a right
to know.
The democratic side Of the contest
Is directed almost wholly from the
outside. A corps OF from twenty to
twenty-five paid workers Is now in
Iowa sent here by disappointed po-
litical dictators who oppose Senator
Cummins solely because he stood
true to the interests of the whole
people. The plea is for republicans to
be independent" while democrats
are partisan. They ask some to
scratch" Senator Harding: others
to scratch" Senator Cummins: 9TH
ers to scratch" Mr.. Kendall. They
rightly regard every scratch" as a
wedge driven into republicanism. a
crumb Of comfort for the rock ribbed
and rankly partisan democracy.
Herring ISLANDERS Iowa.
OF Ill the officers for state office,
the democratic coalition advertises
only one Is honest enough to clean
out the state house." The merit Of
this claim may be discovered by his
most recent record In the cleaning
out job. It was only discovered a
short time ago that subordinate
official at the state house had enter
ed into secret arrangement by
which Mr.. Herring was able to Sc
cure, for the use Of his private BUSH
ness. confidential information OF such
value to him and as against his
competitors that he was willing to
pay large sums therefore. The
moment it was discovered that Herr
ing was corrupting subordinate Of
fcIal the latter was given a chance
to resign, and no sooner did he sever
his relations with the state than 1t
was announced in the Herring
organs that Mr.. Herring had en-
ployed him as just his kind Of a
man. II the democrats are going
into the renovating business they
should at least offer an operator
whose fingers are not already ,soiled
Mr.. Herring advertised himself as
one who never opposed woman suf-
frage; but the only time the amend
ment was ever submitted to a refer
endum Of the people, he bitterly OPP
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ing all he could to secure It's adop-
toin. Their newspapers are directed
to distort Mr.. KendalPs plea for
school improvement into an attack
on the school system; and at the
same time Mr.. Herring is proposing
to all but destroy the educational sys-
tenn at the top by abolishing the
state board Of education. Mr.. Herr
ing ISLANDERS Iowa in the matter Of
vital statistics, and seeks to brighten
the women with the grossest false
hoods about Iowa law on marriages
and inheritances.
No Weak Spot on Ticket.
The republican ticket is good from
top to bottom. There is no apology
for one man upon It, No support is
asked for 1t because of prejudice, or
selfishness. or class interest. or re-
ligious differences or with demagogic
pledges Of reform and tax jugglery.
Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge are splendidly equipped for
the high offices for which they are
offered, and above all else they are
for America first
J Senator A. b. Cummins is man