Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-20
IOWA PRESS coMMENr.


handsome vote.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Oskaloosa Herald observes that a
night raid on a hospital is the latest
means employed by Aguinaldo to con-
vince the world that the Filipinos are
capable of establishing and maintain
ing a civilized government.
The Atlantic Telegraph alludes to the
Des Mones Leader as the most anom-
alous thing in the way of journalism in
Iowa, for the reason that il purports to
be gold standard paper and yet sup
ports Fred White for governor. The
Telegraph also regrets that any Iowa
newspaper should reduced to the ex-
tremity of likening of the forefathers
of the American nation to the men be-
hind the Filipino rebellion. as the
Leader is doing.
Anyway says the Sioux City
Journal, sit has been demonstrated that
Mr.. Bryan went into politics in the first
Eplace for the money that Was in IT..
The colonel has declined all requests to
discuss the matter since the publication
of his letter to Mr.. Morton hence his
own statement as to Whether or not he
has changed his mind in the meatime
cannot be secured. Anyone who would
l,;. s,,,.,;,ss,. -, ~, r-,,l;a,
/ from Mr.. Bryan and who would be
willing to go about it little indirectly
might writefor his terms for an address
ianytime between now and election day,
tor afterwards for that matter.
In discussing trusts the Algona Upper
\ Des Moines sees thai the difficulty
4 with the trust problem is two-foid In
the first place the trust is nothing but
a plain corporation OF large dimensions
In the second place the injurious eff
fects of such large corporations are a.
yet speculative and not real. 1t is diff
ticult 10 tell how TO stamp out bis
monopolistic corporation withou
stamping ont at the same time all othej
corporations. And 1t is difficult 70 tel
& which of these big corporations ma.
prove to be ruinous monopolies unit
through their operation either labor i
oppressed or the consumer robbed. A
long as the trust pays good wages am
sells low enough to prevent competition
the evil does not come so closely HON
10 the public"
Every vote for the democratic par
/, ty is a vote for Aguinaldo, for Agui
naldo says so. and he is the Georg
Washington of the Philippines and q
course cannot tell lie,' remarks tn
Council Bluffs Nonparel.
The Ottumwa Courier thinks q
would take a good deal of paper t
catalogue the names of the youn
!, Americans who have recently bee
/, named in honor of the hero of Manil,
In few short years we shall hay
!. Dewey Smiths and Dewey Joneses o
= every street corner.
The Davenport Republican notice
that the yellow interviewer is M
printing anything Dewey and Funsto
: say since these two fighters are {
home and ready to defend themselves
$ The Newton Journal says: I'm
( speech at Sigourney some years az
}, Fred White made a most bitter attac
o on the Catholic church. It's priests ar
IS practices Father Nugent was presel
e and denounced his utterances. No
IS Fred is travelling over the state endea'
n orng to induce German Catholics
a. vote for him. OF course (?) they'll {
: it,"
q The Iowa City Republican observ
n that democratic papers put on Tor
= faces and make the charge that Il
'e price of tin and of structural steel h;
risen. Likely enough-the price of i
'e Dor has risen right here in Iowa Cit
lie Whenever the demand for anythin
= whether tin, labor or steers on o.