Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-25
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1t is not definite enough, favors too
much the rich ana powerful, and opens
the door to corruption. Such, at least,
was the verdict OF the eminent Japanese
lawyers who for nearly twenty years
sifted the laws of the world to find
code suited to their country.
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Ex-Speaker Reed has announced that
he will continue to reside in Portland
until October, when he will make his
headquarters at the Hotel Manhattan,
New York, in order to attend to his law
practice. His family will join him in
Gotham later In the fall, when he will
lease an uptown house. The people are
still very much interested in Reed, de-
spite his retirement from the public
service.
The Washington Post declares that
the democratic party can take one of
Col Watterson's warnings every morn
ing before breakfast without SO much
as blinking it's eyes.
The Des Moines Capital INDUCES in a
very satisfactory review of Iowa poll
tics. After noticing the disposition of
the democracy to dodge the 16 to sill
yer issue and to expand itself on anti
expansion the Capital says: THE OPP
position supposed that the people could
be excited and made to believe that sup
would change our form of government,
and that before a great while we would
have king. The king is not looked for
now, certainly not this year"
Minneapolis is soon to have an auto
mobile factory. A company with capt.
tai of s250OOo is now being formed and
the horseless carriage will be more in
evidence in the west than ever.
The ST. Louis Globe Democrat char
acterizes the recent trust conference in
that city as Seven governors and fiz-
zle.' 1t declares that the thirty eight
governors who We're absent have reason
to congratulate themselves-that "it
lplainly contrlved as democratic trap
| 1t closes it's review with the statement
that THE proceedings yesterday. with
the exception of Governor shaw's adj
mirabe address, do not deserve serious
lanotice."
| The commissioners of the District OF
Columbia have decided to equip the
| fire department with forty bicycles
and have firemen designated to uss
| them.
Transports have been provided t.
! take 29,91S men to the Philippines, the
last ship leaving San Francisco by No
vember 1. The daily landing of fresh
regiment in Manila for a long period
will tend to make the Fiipinos wonder
whether the dry season isn't productiv,
of a great many showers.
Allaway notices that one of the re-
markable features of recent slump il
/ stocks has been the absence of finan.
4 cial failures. Never before he says, die
! Wall street go through such experience
without having grave stock exchange
{ complications. Though many stock
have fallen from ten to twenty-five
points there has not been a failure. TIL
significance of this is that Wall stree
Itself is stronger now than hitherto, an.
that though prices can be knocked dow
stocks are now held much less eXten
n sively on margins than ever hitherto. Ii
other words, they are in strong hands.
1t is understood in Washington tina
LII President Diaz, of Mexico, comes t
the Chicago festival President McKin
, ley will invite him to visit at TIL
. white house. Uncle Sam can afford I
be thus courteous to his neighbor.
/ Alan Arthur. the son of the decease
president, is rarely seen in New Yorl
He travels good DEAL but makes hi
. home in Paris, having apartments nea
the Arch of Triumph, not far from tn
. residence of James Gordon Bennett. II
. is man Of wide culture, an accom-
plished linguist and a most agreeabl
: gentleman. His fad is driving fourth
!" hands, and he is recognized as one {
r the most skillful whips in Paris.
The G. A. r. men have decided
take part in the Dewey parade. Poss
u bly, Governor Roosevelt's effort for the
: INSPIRED them to join the column. 4
8 any rate they are now willing to figl
: for Roosevelt.
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d A SPECIMEN DEMOCRATIC
SPEECH.
New York SUM-
hi The Hon. Fred L. White, the dem
: cratic candidate for governor of low
!, is growing purple over imperialisr
which he makes the sole issue of h
= canvass In speech at Davenport la