Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-18

this place, bought 757 hides. for which
he paid the sum Of $467. Doubtless our
most tirnid citizen never thought that
Isl gators could be found in this lovely
county's creeks, swamps and mudholes
in the short space Of three months
time" AS many are aware. the alli-
gator hide makes one of the most dura-
BILE Of leather and one of the prettiest'
for ornamental work For this reason
it is possible that gator culture may be.
encouraged hereafter.
Now that the tickets have been named
and the issues are made up in Ohio the
republicans are confident Of victory this
fall. Mclean, the democratic nominee
for the governorship, does not have the
healthy support of the cheap money
people. He is not regarded as heartily
loyal to the silver cause, and, being a
man of wealth, is not in sympathy with
the masses. More than all, this Is year
Of republican dominance and the G. o.
F. will win.
When it comes to the manipulating of
county convention the value of the
trained politicians help is made forcibly
apparent to Mr.. Cummins.
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Another exhibition of Bryan's pecul-
lar talent at adroit phrasing was given
in Chicago Saturday when he said that
rings are put in hogs noses not to pre-
vent them from eating or getting fat,
because that was what was wanted of
them. but to prevent them from de-
stroying more than they We're worth.
The purpose Of this government should
be to put rings in the noses of hogs
The prohibition people many rejoice
at the victory of their friends in Audu-
bon. That town will have to go dry now
for some time owing to judicial de-
cision declaring the petition to be inn
perfect.
The Osages are probably the richest
people per capita in the world. Each
one OF them-man, woman and child
has 900 acres Of good land and receives
$50 from the government four times a
year. Uncle Sam may have treated the
red man harshly at first, but he has
been more than just to later generations
that have yielded to his mandates.
Was it for moral effect that the Des
Moines Leader put the following head
over the news items referring to Agui-
naldo's refusal to accept BRIDE
Leader Refuses To Be Bribed?" The
similarity in terms made it a catchy
head all right.
We all thought that Cummins would
score a victory in Cherokee, In fact it Is
even yet hard to understand the full
meaning of the instruct ons, but in the
unequal struggle of organized against
unorganized forces the superiority of
| the former again asserted itself.
The car famine this year promises to
exceed all presidents. 1t is good sign
but mighty disagreeable one.
The Register would have US believe
that the senatorial preference of Black
hawks nominee is yet doubtful. but we
imagine that had they heard the pro-
ceedings in Senator Mullan's law office
as the deal was fixed up even the Reg
lister would be willing to concede at
least one Gear vote.
lSUN ON MONETARY LEGISLATION
New York Sun.
/ The newspaper editors, the pollti-
clans, and the bankers, who demand
the passage by congress next winter of
an act declaring that the obligations
of the government shall be payable in
/ gold and gold only, will find out pretty
soon, if they have not done SO already,
THAT compliance with their demand is
mot SO simple and easy a matter as they
supposed 1t was but that it involves
the solution of difficult problem, the
"details of which they, hitherto, have
not taken into consideration.
BY the obligations" which they wan,
to have declared payable in gold only
they apparently understood only
the bonded debt and legal tender notes
lof the government; but the word, ETY.
mologically and legally, if far more
comprehensive. 1t embraces all debts
due from the government to its credi,
Itors, and any bill. therefore, which at
/ tempt to effect the purpose desired
would have to specify distinctly the OBJ
lligations TO which it was limited. Th,
4 moment the limitation came up for de
bate in congress. the objection woulf
be made to it. that it created an unjus
4 discr minatlon between classes of cred
J. itors and for that reason 1t would b.
I sure to be rejected. II, in addition, i
should be proposed to make the notei
!, of the national banks also redeemabl.
in gold only, an amendment would a
once be offered and adopted. putting
bank deposits in the category, on tn,
ground that bank note holders are no
: entitled to a preference over other banl
creditors; and then the whole provision
would be voted down.
N What the advocates of the new ac
most desire, however. Is to take ava.
, from the secretary of the treasury tn
option which he now has, of paying il
standard silver dollars the interest OF
the public debt, and of redeeming tn
government notes in the same kind O
money To effectuate this result tn
act will have to be plain and explicit
No doubtful language will suhA-e. /
must be distinctly declared thai
although the silver dollars al.
legal tender to the govern