Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-06
ANDERSON FOR GEAR
Friends Of the Representative Say
There Is No Doubt of His
Preference.
Supporters of Tedford for Binder Say
Prentis' Position Will Not
Affect Him.
Comment ON the Polk County Insane
Asylum The New
Omaha Line.

Des Moines, Dec, S--Mr. Charles Lyon
of Warren county, prominent republi-
can. says there is no doubt whatever
about the position of Representative
Anderson of that county on the senator
ial question, or that he has positively
stated that he will not vote for Mr..
Cummins, Notwithstanding Seventh dis
trict ties. They do not bind him, for
reasons that have been previously
stated and are we'll known. The story
given by the Cummins people in ex-
planation of his absence was that he
had gone to Colorado with his wife. The
fact is that his wife has been dead three
years. He is in Colorado, but he went
in way that leaves the Gear people
no doubt of his position, of which they
were thoroughly informed before he left.
Recently the Capital printed a special
from Harlan saying that Webb Byers
was going to have a contest, and giving
the details. This was the first publica-
tionfof the item. The Capital had a
scoop. \ few days later, however, the
Capital denounced the story as fake,
and accused the Gear newspaper bu-
reau at Des Moines'' of having sent it
out to injure Mr.. Cummins. 1t looks like
''seein things at night
The friends of Howard Tedford insist
that the position of Representative
xyil1 y,elya :.
Mr.. Tedfords candidacy for state
binder. No opposition has developed
against him, anyway. His friends de-
clare that the Prentis incident will not
make a ripple in the Eighth district.
The smallpox scare up in north
western Iowa has resulted in an epi-
demic of vaccination in tha part of the
state. Young and old, rich and poor,
townspeople and countryfolk, all are be-
ling vaccinated by the hundreds and
thousands and the physicians are not
able TO keep up With the demand for
their services in this line. Little sub
lscares have occurred, on Which physi-
clans have 'risked their regulations
ion both sides of the question whether
or not a certain case was smallpox.
These have mostly been wisely
ated reports of the existence of the dis
ease in given localities are continually
being set in motion to frighten people,
especially the teachers, the children and
their parents.
The disagreeable story published by
the state board of control about Polk
county's 100000 insane asylum shows
that it is not always the best looking
buildings that have the best manage
ment, though this institution is ranked
among the best in the state, of the
county institutions, and the board has
said that it is. But where patients are
required to battle, four in the same
water and are confined in dungeons,
with nothing but a bedtick, like hog,
and left locked in rooms together With
out any attendance, and where medical
attendance is something regarded as
ornamental and really almost a super
fluous luxury, comes near being an in
stitution that needs to feel the strong
hand of intelligent modern inspection
and regulation. 1t is hardly conceivable
that the legislature, when it learns the
truth in detail about these horrible in
stitutions. will fail to turn light and
water into them and purify them and
provide for the protection of the Infor-
ltunate inmates against further abuse
and neglect.
o. J. Laylander of Cedar Falls the
well-known educational leader likes a
ljoke as we'll as anyone and has started
some good ones on the rounds. Here
is enc of his best, at the expense of
Iowa club women" The scene is a
Chicago department store. Enter two
Iowa village club women who had
passes to Chicago to do fall shopping.
They inquire for the cloak department.
How who wears diamonds and has a
bass voice. bids them Walk this way"
They toddle after him to the lower end
of the department. Arriving there, he
suddenly faces them and asks: What
bust?" Why" remarked the stouter
one, II didn't hear nothing
The influence of the State University
is felt in Iowa City in more Ways than
one. In barber shop sign is dis
PLAYED over each chair announcing that
I'VE disinfect the razor every time we
shave YOU" And they do. The razor
is boiled for an instant, just as if an
important surgical operation was to be
performed with the instrument and it
must be rendered absolutely germ free.
This rule would save good deal of
disease and pain if generally adopted,
but it is doubtful if there is another
barber shop in the state where it is
done. The students. studying about
germs. create a demand for this sort of
thing.
The fact that the 1llinos Central has
nut sO-pound steel rails on it's new line
from Fort Dodge to Omaha is regarded
as pretty good evidence that the bust
ness to be done overithat line is assured
and that it will be very heavy 1t is
no experiment and no guess work, but
a sure thing. The greatest precautions
have been taken in securing unques-
toned title to every foot of right Of
way, and the whole thing has all the ell
ements of stability and confidence that
could be given to it. That there is a
safe understanding for through busi-
ness can hardly be questioned. 1t makes
the Illinois Central much more of afac-
tor in the western railroad world than
It has been before this line was built.