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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
4
An Iowa election in November will test genuine Republicanism in the state. The piece laments voting against conscience and critiques political maneuvers, mocks the god-squad, notes attendance at a Masonic Lodge gathering in Des Moines, and comments on national politics and White House influence.
The piece laments the closing days of Iowa's primary campaign praising spectacle while criticizing caretaking candidates and campaign reliance on mock sunshine. It notes Democrats influencing Republican nominations under the current primary law and urges voters to learn a lasting lesson from the experience.
The paper notes Howard J. Clark carried Anita by a small majority in the recent U S Senate primary, calling the result a moral victory and a sign that voters may grow wiser after examining their own interests free from prejudice.
Voters in three Iowa senatorial districts last Monday ousted several incumbents whose records favored costly highway muddiness. The piece criticizes public road spending and pillories lawmakers backing wasteful road projects as political nuts to be cracked.
The article notes a light vote in Monday's primary election, with only about one third of precincts casting ballots. It argues that this tepid turnout shows many citizens are not engaged in county, district, state, or national affairs.
The Eye Man reports Angelo's Comedians are killed for all next week and a tent will be pitched in City Concert Park for the performances in Anita.
The paper opposes an eighty five million dollar highway bond until the voters statewide approve it by direct majority rule. It also argues alleged American exiles returning as socialists or anarchists should be sent back to the country that recognizes their politics.
Earl Smith former Anita boy and brother of Mrs H E Campbell won the Story county Republican nomination for County Attorney carrying Ames by two to one and the county by a large margin. The piece notes Iowa highway issues and calls for rain to boost crops and mentions light primary turnout with comments on local social events and visits by Frank Burkhart and John Blake.
A stray editorial dig and puzzling hostility surface toward the Record editor without substantial cause. Social items record visits by Mrs Fred Bell and son of Griswold, Bruce Townsend in Cass county liquidation, the Nelsons of Lenox visiting F A Black family, a sale of an oil stove, Mrs G M Adair returning from Iowa City, and Royal Neighbors hosting a Kensington with refreshments at the Victoria Hotel parlors.
The City Council met in regular monthly session Monday night and transacted the business on hand.
The passage suggests President Coolidge may need to adjust his stance on the World Court and League of Nations to counter mounting opposition and push his policies through. It frames the issue as a potential shift in his views to overcome broad resistance.
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