Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-09
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II MA lltntrls hmm
that Adolphus Frederick Hubbard did
as to that Of governor of Illinols-that
lit Is not such q difficult one to All.
Mr.. Hubbard had the frankness to tell
1llinoisans that he did not think they
would be hard to govern, no how.
Admiral Dewey has expressed himself
to the same effect, only more gram
matically. as to the ease with which,
Americans can be governed. Adolphus
Frederick Hubbard got $50 votes
How many will Admiral Dewey get If
he runs as a no-party candidate or as
q third party canddate?" asks the
Tribune.
The mountain labored and brought
forth mouse. The clouds worried and
brought forth a sprinkle, after being
fortified by two days of Weather predlc-
ton and two of east wind.
Members Of the Colorado delegation
IN congress want a soldiers home es-
Itablished at Denver or within Ave
miles of that city, Friday Represents
tive Shafroth introduced a bill giving
the board OF managers of the Home for
Disabled Volunteer soldiers permission
TO locate a branch home at that city
on a tract of land of not less than 100
acres The bill appropriatcs $3.50, 600 for
building the home and including the
grounds surrounding 1t. The construc-
ton of the home must begin within six
mouths after the ,adoptionsof the meas
|Irr. All honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors who served in the war OF
the rebellion and Spanish war, who are
disabled by age or disease and are in
capable of earning living, shall be
admitted to the home.
Mississippi expects its new capitol 10
he ready for occupancy When the legis-
lature meets in January. 1902. II. is to
|cost sl,0O0,O0o.
The acquittal of Olga Nethersole was
followed by the return of sSapho" to
the stage In New York, and there is a
sort of endemic of the play turnout
the country. Any experienced stage
hack can sit down with the book and
turn out the play in a day or two.
The Detroit Journal calls attention
70 the fact that many Intelligent and
fair minded men differ radically OH the
question whether Briton or Boer is in
the right in the present conflict and II
names two such men. both Americans.
as an illustration OF the faat. n timely.
Julian Ralph. the newspaper core
spendent. who is strongly pro-Englist,
and Webster Davis, who is Just as
strongly pro-Boer The New York
ting, for the sake OF argument, that
these Two men are equally unbiased
and equally capable Of forming a jndg
lnent on the question, the Inevitable
conclusion would be that their testi-
many makes for neither side, as they
+ like the same figures in an equation.
The pro- Boer bias of the journal, how
ever. prevents 1t from seeing tbs. and
IL sums up BY; saying that the position
taken by MIR. Davis must go far toward
confirming the pro- Boer sym pr,hies Of
.A.nericans.' But would 1t not be jus,
as fair to say that the posi.io taken
I5by Mr.. Ralph will tend to strengthen
I.Anerican pro-Iinglish sympa thies ?
And If not, Why not2"
| The Philadelphia convention hall for
1.-THE republican national convention OF
hume 10 Will seat ii.70s persons, assfol-
flows: Delegates, 92s: alternates. s2S:
l.stase. 464; behind the STAGE ., 2262:: pres
502:: side. $685. and galleries, 1920. The
Ilasirepubiican national convention was
Eheld in Philadelphia twenty-eigh
years ago. The ticket then nominated
was overwhelmingly successful, as tht
one TO be chosen in June will be.
i, is estimated that fifty lives tav,
been lost by the Texas floods. Inces
san. rains and a comparatively fla
Iscountry are responsible for the condi
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tions that produced the disaster.
Generally the opinion is expresse,
4 that It's a coed time to go to Europ
lie see the grand Paris exposition. and !,
|5geod time keep away to avoid TIL
4 crowds.
4 When Dewey was asked whether h
WAS a democrat he hesitated an,
I, thought q moment before replying, bu
. this ought not 10 be laid up agains
him. If one is not a BrSanitea NJ
&. Dewey is not may be hard to locat
himself in democratic camp, for a
i anti Bryan, democrat is just as likel
4 nowadays to round up with a vote 20
Mckinley as amy other candidate. /
is stated In the Washington Post tina
Dewey had told friend AT Savanna
!, that Il am not republican, and a
another time Rad assured SenatorProc
!, tor, on the other hand, that he ha
been a re publican all his life and woul
/, be until he died.
:. THE JUST DEWEY" PARTY.
New York Tl'ibune.l
Admiral Dewey has added apprecia
D bly, to the interest OF contemporary pol
j, itics. The proejctionsof a new and I'm
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