Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-14
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For the Times Republican.
Hampton, Nov. 13-The Chronicle, in
"a late issue, gives the following figures
which are suggestive. The vote for the
last fourSyears in Franklin county Is as
follows:
1896. 1897. 1885, 1899.
Republican vote.....2 437 $50 $50 ], 743
Democratic vote..... S94 700 466 461
To show how figures can be made to
lie. read the following reorganization:
First the republican vote in Franklin
county in 1899 was 700 less than four
years ago: therefore this county has
gone back on the &. o. p. Again, the
democratic vote of Franklin county in
1893 was only little over half what it
was four years ago; therefore the dem
ocrats here are repudiating Organism.
Again the total vote of Franklin county
in 1899 is only two-thirds of that cast in
1896; therefore the population has fall
en- off in the same ratio All of these
statements are figuratively true, and
yet there isn't a word of truth in the
whole business. excepting the figures
themselves, and figures don't lie.
The Looker-On happened to come in
just at the right time. Agent Ridgway
was told by the night man, who was in
formed by the drayman. that the ex-
lprassman said that that trunk which
had been in the baggage room several
days unclaimed was emitting terrific
it;,,
and the possibility of "a trunk sensa-
ton" Perhaps some medical students
were shipping cadavors as baggage
Perhaps some innocent child had been
murdered ard the discovery of terri
BILE crime was at hand. Only a strap
held the cover down. The circum-
stances demanded an opening of that
trunk. In the absence of the locals of
| the Hampton papers the T.-R. man
was the official reporter of the unusual
proceeding Of opening a passengers
trunk. The lid was raised and wom-
idress covered the contents below. The
night man got the stove poker. the
! drayman put on some heavy gloves,
| Ridgway held his nose and at the end
| of the poker in the gloved hands of the
drayman the dress was lifted out. The
offensive smell was more so. The
gloved hands Che didn't propose to get
blood poison) then lifted up shoes. an
old apron, q picture frame, hat box
and down in the lower left hand corner
wasa large head of cabbage!
One OF the board of control few
evenings ago told the writer that Mr.
/ Larrabee could always tell when the
board was doing good work by the
newspaper pounding they received. The
| idea was ii they We're inactive there
| would be no adverse criticism. There's
/ something in it. Now the public mus,
know the board is saving the peoples
money when the wife OF one of the off.
lcials of state institutions apologized
to a guest by saying This coffee Is moi
of the best quality. for the board is now
furnishing us with coffee at cents pei
Ipound!' Again under the new system
1.-THE board actually gets right into the
4 true inwardness of things. The writer
lis told that one of the board was in al
institution few evenings ago and as
sisted the servants in waiting on ths
table. He told the inmates then ant
There, IF there is anything wrong witt
this food let me know now. children
I am one of the hoard OF control, ant
if they are not giving you enough I,
eat let me know now Don't be afraie
to speak out. i Will see that no harm
4 comes of it," And as not one of tn,
wards of the state complained it Seems
to be fair evidence they like Scent cot
fee. These same children actually nat
a lot of mixed candy last Christina
that was brought for cents a pound
land not one of them kicked! They Xix
glucose and why not use up the prod
ucts of big Iowa mandatory? Un
der the old wasteful, extravagant plal
these children We're pampered with su
gar candy costing to 10 cents pound
while the officials at the expense of tn
state drank coffee costing from 20 t
% cents pound.
Meanwhile Judge Kline is visiting a
, of the county asylums where the coun
ty takes care of its own insane. Here
a member OF the board who takes moth
ing on hearsay. He will in this feel
find abundant evidence to justify an
4 action of the board or to furnish tn
] legislature facts IL additional legisla
: ton is needed. Certain critics Of tn
j proposed pearl button industry. me
: who are trying to lug this question int
politics. should remember the judge
!. a democrat, and when the board DE-
. cides on measures eney consider for tn
!. best interests of the stale they are geI
! ting a one-thlrd democratic Opinio
and two-thirds republican. In oths
. words, at present there area"no pol