Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-01

superintendent of tickets with great
credit to himself was a candidate for
the nomination for the house in the
Humboldt Pocahontas district The
other directors have all had plenty of
political experience and two or three of
them are credited with ambitions.
The fair seems likely to be put on its
feet in good shape this year. 1t VIII not
get any money ahead; no state fair
ever accomplished anything of that
sort. But it will pay its bills and be in
excellent shape for next year. Treas
urer Ellyson says the gates We're opened
this year with practically no money
owing at the banks and if receipts are
not disappointment today and tomor-
row there will be no difficulty in paying
the purses, premiums and all expenses.
Including the cost OF extensive repairs
and new buildings on the grounds.
The state al large will doubtless hear
from the celebrated populat ton discus
sion between Fort Dodge and Waterloo
before the end of the week. The other
day the Minneapolis & st. Louis rail-
road, which runs through Fort Dodge
made a change in the plan of operating
its trains. which takes fourteen people
away from that town. with their fam
lies. The wall of woe that arose
through the columns of the Fort Dodge
newspapers was something awful The
loss of these fourteen families is re-
garded as especially serious at this
time, because it Will undoubtedly be
made the basis OF a claim by Waterloo
of the larger population. The two.
towns are getting ready TO fight to the
finish for the lead in the census of 1900.
The state census of 1895 placed Fort
Dodge just enough in the lead to make
everybody in Waterloo mad. They
charge that the Fort Dodge people took
a Sioux City census. The Fort Dodge
people say nothing, but point conlpla-
Gently at the figures. Both towns have
been growing since, and they will be
neck and neck in next years count.
The democrats of the state are evil
dently doomed to disappointment in
their expectation that the soldiers OF
to come home and talk anti-imperialism
the last few weeks of the campaign.
The letters that have come from aol-
The Fifty-first went mainly from
southwest Iowa towns. Des Moines,
which sent two companies, is about the
only town represented in the regiment
which is not from the southwest corner
of the state. A great number of people
have been here this week from the
towns which have companies in the
regiment. They all give the same tes-
timony. A newspaper man from one of
the towns said today:
The best testimony I have seen on
the Philippine question is contained in
letters from our boys, not written for
publication. in which they agree that
the Filipinos are a treacherous race and
that they are not ready for self govern
ment. l predict that we viii have a
good representation of the soldier boys
taking an active part in the campaign,
provided only that they get home in
time. and that they will all sustain the
administration. The point which has
been the most convincing with me. and
on which they all seem to agree, is that
the great majority of the natives do not
want TO be given their freedom at pres
ent. They say that the substantial ele-
ment of Filipino citizenship. the people
who have any property and substantial
Interests and are sufficiently intelligent
to appreciate the dangers of rule by
such an outfit as Aguinaldo's. do not
want independence. They fear that it
would mean an insecure government,
harassed by factions and torn by revo-
buttons, under which the country would
not be able to make progress. They be-
lieve that America means to do well by
the country and that the ultimate best
interests of the islands will be served
by the acceptance of American govern
ment. No, l am satisfied that the sol
der testimony will not be helpful TO the
democrats