Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-15


The most significant event of this /
week in politics WAS the withdrawal OF
Fred Blake Of Fort Dodge from the
speakership contest. There is no doubt |
Mr.. Flake ct zone time hoped TO be Sc
llectell as the Gunllnns candidate forI
speaker He at least expected that the
l.Cummins strength would be divided
between him and Mr.. Eaton. Mr. Blake
had served one term. IS Mr. Eaton mad,
/ and his record as a republican is longer.
He came To Des Moines several weeks
ago to get some heio from the Cumnirs
people His candidacy had been long
announced and he had high hopes Of
success. but he was told that the honor
was not for him He was not the man
Mr.. i.siton mad been selected and he
would be the only one allowed TO enter
/ the race or 10 acquire any strength IN
Hat. atleast. Still Mr.. Blake persisted i'm
Ihis candidacy Until he found that the
e-uianlins psople had taken away his
i strength, So as he expressed himself
I yesterday: II have simply quit | have
inot withdrawn in favor OF any one I
lido not want TO go into the papers dis
4 cussings my position. have simply get
lout .f the fight and that is all there Us
isto IT,, The Gear people were greatly
II surprissd at his withdrawal, and did not
& credit the Cumnlins claim that he had
,ldra -srls In favor of Mr. Eaton. When
y thev learned that he had withdrawn
Ewifheut prejudice they We're not so
much surprised Mr. Rlalle's withdraw
stal does no, change the situation. as he
) had. at the time of his withdrawal. but
!; Elit,le support Whatever his strength
J l5noay have bes,n thrse5er four weeks ase.
5 Both sides are confidently claiming that
they have votes enough to nominate
their man. and vet both sides are not
5 missing any chance of bringing in new
: Istrength.
/ At am not sure but the heavy losses
some of us sustained last winter viii be
beneficialin the end. !" said Stlas Wilson
The well-known hortieuturist of CAS-
county. SIT has had an excellent effec
e in many ways 1t has weeded out no
: onlv the weak and unreliable varietie:
Of fruits and shown their worthlessness
i but 1t has had the same effect upon bo
d gus nursery men They have sin7pl,
d heen stamped out and only the reliabl'
: ones are left. The loss was heavy 70
h some of us, but think we can bear
s in view of the good results attained.
snnt eulbertson of the Industria
Home for the Bind at Knoxville. say
n that his institution is in better condttol
d now than it has been before for som
! Tine The broonls which are made b
: the blind people are nov being soid eS
e cIusivelv to the state institutions tha
do not manufacture brooms, and 10 tn
,e custodian of the state house. The price
paid for labor arc not quite as high, bu
T. the balance sheet of the institutio
n makes better appearance in conse
le auence. IT is hardly possible for the in
,e stit,,tion employing blind labor in com
natition with the seeing labor to be
IN having institution. but With competer
,e management it is now approachin
= self-support nearer than it has hereto
ed fore done.
Dr. F. NJ. Powell. superintendent {
of the institution for feebleminded PEI
"a sons at Glenwood. will spend the wintt
,a IN california for the benefit of h
. health. This is the first vacation thf
pr. Powell has taken III eighteen year
during which time he has been at Il
al head of this institution The doctor h;
of Won a national reputation as a specia
as list in his line and his contributions
r.. the literature of the science to which
nj has devoted his life are among the mo
valuable that nave been made.
If
ms The insigniicance of the competitic
nv of convict with free labor may be mo
a effectively shown by a single statemer
81 Reliable statistics show that more lab
is employed in the manufacture of boo
and shoes than in any other industr
but the entire product of convict lab
he in this industry is only fifty-four on
ng Ihundredths of / per cent of the enti
on output of the United States. In a
lother industry the proportion would