Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-07
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The cyclone season is also producing
a bumper crop.
David Bennett Hill will carry back
that tag, II am democrat, and still
fool the public as to his real position.
Turned down and defeated at Kansas
City, he is in good shape to seek the
seclusion Of Wolfest's Roost.
The London press treat Bryan as a
blatant demagogue and expect his de-
feat.
In five days Gov. Roosevelt Travelled
1000 miles and spoke forty one times in
forty towns. AS a Rough Rider he dis
tances all competition.
Mary Elizabeth Lease compares the
Kansas City convention to a menagerie
OF political animals, gathered together
by the hunger of office. I'VE have"
says she. ";he lion and the lamb. the
tiger and the mule. the tierce-braying
Pettigrew and the aged bell-weather
Weaver from Iowa and a whole cage
sful5 of tigers. whose sleek. tawny hides
and Wcll-coNered ribs Indicate that
they are willing that the other animals
should fight over the bones, provided
they themselves get their share OF the 4
meat
The news from China continues to be
of Intense interest and uncertainty.
While the safety Of foreign represent
atiNes is hoped for the worst is feared.
Our government has recalled five
regiments from Cuba and Porto Rico
and ordered them 70 sail at once for
China to protect our national inter-
aests.
The Chicago Times Herald declares
that with the mad faulty that courts
Destruction the democratic convention
at Kansas City has rejected the party's
only chance of electins president
this year. That chance lay in accept
ing the opening presented by the re-
publican party when it removed Theo-s
dore Roosevelt from the sphere of his
usefulness to New York. The Times
Herald shows that there are over one
million Germans in New York. This
would indicate that there is a vote in
New York state which is Influenced by
considerations of the German preju-
dice in favor of honest money of about
100000. This vote has been rejected by
thrusting 10 to / into the forefront OF
this campaign, where ii will remain in
spite OF all the rhetorical tlourishcs
about other paramount issues
The quarterly disbursement of pen
sion money unlucks large amount of
funds this month among the plain peo-
pie.
The Salt Lake Tribune says the Utah
farmers are also complaining Of the de-.
struetionof their crops by the dry, hot
weather Of June in localities where ir-
rigation is not in use.
Ex-senator David B. Hill went to
Lincoln and Kansas City for thu dis
tlnet purpose of modifying the none
tary utterance of the convention. In
this he failed. He Threatened TO carry
the contention into open convention.
but did not. He could have had the
vice presidential nomination ,s the
leaders had permitted the convention
10 be stampedcd to him. ii was evt-
IDENTIFY his resentment over the free
silver declaration that led him 10 de-
cline TO be considered d candidate.
The democrats at Kansas city de-
nonnced 'militarism. bnt the kind
that Uncle sam maintains temporarily
enables him 10 send a few troops Ia
e'hinaSin the hope of reseuing our citi-
ze:is. and the absence OF such militia
risrn' would be equally scored by the
popoerats.
Republicans are as much satisfied
with the Kansas City ticket as demo-
Gratis It's of kind that will make
their task easier in November.
Four boys died in Boston last week.
! from loekjaW arising from cannon
! cracker and blank cartridge wounds re-
Eceived during the Bunker Hill scelebra-.
ton OF June II.
democratic paper. the Louisville
ceurier-Journal, says: Cotton went
ITO 10 cents last week for the first time
since 1921. The old partnership Of sil-
{ f YER '.e, wheat and cotton seems TO have
been smashed to binders. :
Think Of where The puny is to issue
viii be after four months political
contest between the forces of sound
money and silverisn!
One little sideshow at Kansas City is
In danger Of being overlooked. The
free silver republicans also nominated
Bryan for president, and declared for a.
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