Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-19

free the hope Of the oppressed. and
wherever Il 10 assalled, ct any sacrifice
1t will be carried to triumphant
peace You may refine arguments, you
may invent phrases, you may pile on
ridicule and abuse, but the president Of
the United States who holds that posi-
ton. holds position which is impreg-
nable. Wherever the American flag is
assailed, at any sacrifice 1t will be carr
ried on to triumphant peace. That is
the declaration OF the president, the
policy of his administration, and the
fixed purpose Of the people OF this coun-
try"
/ One Of the Dubuque Telegraph's Jokes
is that the nomination of Mr. White by
the democrats meets the Jeffersonian
requirement that the place should seek
the man." It was case OF hide and
seek to escape being put up to be
knocked down. Mr.. White. during the
convention, was very much in the frame
of mind of the humorist during the civil
war who was willing to sacrifice his
uncles and cousins on the altar OF his
country.
Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince Of
New Mexico has a collection of over L.
600 stone idols once worshiped by the
Pueblo Indians.
A single foundry in New Jersey, 1t is
said, casts annually $4,000 bells for the
farmers and about 1000 for schools.
churches. engine houses, etc. 1t is es-
timated by a foundryman that at least
4 900 are sold every year in the country
to tillers Of the soil and breeders.
The Washington Post suggests that
Mr. Bryan might resort to doctors
|certificate in order to get out Of that
lcomplicated Kentucky muddle.
4 The Sioux City Tribune (gold dem.)
I does not cheerly adopt the democratic
ticket. In a two-line note full of signi-
ficance it says, 1.-The Tribune will con-
tinue to eXpond the TRUTH" from which
1t is inferred that 1t does not take kind
~ to the thought of expounding Iowa
democratic heresies.
The absence of Uncle Horace Boies
from the democratic convention this
J. year leads the New York Mall and Ex-
press to believe that he has decided tc
flock by himself this year.
e Bradstreet's review notes that the
r trade situation gathers strength as
summer wanes."
|
1t may be that the two democratic
factions in Kentucky, with their two
e state tickets, will become so enraget
: against each other that they will turr
Il in and elect the republican ticket. Thi.
0 would be frightful spite work.
A Georgia lyncher has confessed ant
the bow OF promise of the millennium
spans the southern sky.
al The return of Walter Wellmans ex
. petition from the Arctic region. If i
gives the people nothing more of tn
north pole region than his brilliant let
= tiers in illumination of what he saw an
N experienced, Will be a distinct gain.
. FRED WHITES CANDIDACY.
Ottumwa Courier: New that Ere
n White has put himself once more in tn
public eye by accepting the democrati
IS nomination for governor there Is littl
!, doubt but that some of his record Wi
: be recalled to mind. This will be un
e pleasant for Fred, because it will max
his defeat even surer than 1t is at pres
C ent The part of his past that Will b
can editors Is his congressional life, an
y particularly the occasion when he mad
d his famous speech advocating the aboli
q ton OF the navy. Many times befor
this campaign is over will Fred hav
cause to rue the day he ever wanted I
, haul down the stars and stripes fror
m the high seas. He will be reminded tina
- had the speech which, his friends boast
ed, was translated into six differer
ie languages. produced the desired effec
IN the great American nation would hav
or last year been at the mercy of such
~ little power as Spain. This is only on
of the unpleasant memories that wi
ie be recalled to his mind. Long before til
IN list is exhausted he will wish that whe
g he opened his mouth to speak he ha
~ been able to see a few years MO til
future.
20 Atlantic Telegraph: Governor Shaw
IN majority over Fred White two yea
be ago was 29.s76. We trust Mr.. White wi
not spend any great sum Of money
the campaign this year
~ Davenport Democrat gold dem.
IS Frederick Edward White has bee
cs again placed at the head of the dem
"a cratoc state ticket as the candidate f
governor. MIR. White Is an honest. sci
as made, Woodworking man, type
n thousands who have dug competen
ay out of the soil OF Iowa. He has lar
mental capacity as well as harden
arms. He has had public experien
and his personal character Is above +
e proach. He is as good citizen Of Iov
]. as Leslie NJ Shaw -. In anoth
+ place the Democrat says OF the pla
BID form: with the exception of the ope
ing declaration for money that is b
10 ing dishonored by the nations OF I
earth, and the endorsement OF a M
-. who has been repudiated by the vote
~. of the country, the democratic platfor
is one Of the best ever offered the ele
u u tors of Iowa. There is far more in
me to fight for than there Is in the repu
is lican surrender to jingoism and the I