Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects as
Reflected in the Iowa News.
papers.
The News of Iowa From Hundreds
OF Different Towns and Com.
munities.
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sunset picnic, pleasant social time
ana return. When some distance past
the Friends meeting house the rickety
condition OF the wagon caused halt
and some of the boys went back to the
nearest telephone and ordered another
rig from a livery to take part OF the
crowd. Then the start was made anew,
I put before a mile of the road was coy
cred one of the wagon tires, loosened
by the dry weather, came off and
there we We're" Not to be beaten by
this, the boys borrowed a farm wagon
and finally reached the classic Skunk
about IL p. m. Then baskets were I'M
packed and the hungry outfit did not
leave many fragments.
GREAT SENATORS HAVE BEGUN
YOUNG.
fAlgona Upper Des Moines.l
If any republican We're asked who are
the most influential men in the senate
at present he would probably name AL
lilson, Asdrich and Lodge. Allison en-
tered the senate at IA years of age. AL
drieh at 40 and Lodge at A. Mr.. Cum.
minis. who is talked about as a young
mar" III Iowa. is older than any of
them, while Mr.. Deliver. if he should
be sent to the senate, would be older
than either Aidrieh or Lodge. If any
republican should be asked what Iowa
senators have taken a commanding
rank distinctivey as senators he would
undoubtedly name Grimes Harlan and
Allison. Grimes Was chosen at 43 and
Harlan a So Harlan was leading the
administration forces and making his
great speech in answer to Sumner while
still considerably younger man than
many who are now proposed in Iowa as
a successor 10 Senator Gear
Governor Shaw approaches the
senatorship as he did thesS State univer-
sity presidency he will in a friendly way
draw a dead line a It somewhere near 80
years of age. A few men have gone to
the senate after they had passed 80 and
made great records. Senator Hoar was
81 and Henry Clay was 81. But for
every one who gained recognition after
he was 50 two can be named who We're
under 49, while the honor roll of the
senate is filed between the ages of 40
ard 90 Take the great senator's of the
period just past, Blaine. Garfield. etc.
Window at as Garfield at 40, ingalls, at
40 and Benjamin Harrison at AZ. Just
preceding them Bayard entered at 40
and John Sherman at 36. Among the
great slavery struggle senators were
John p. Hale, who entered at 40. Sal
mon r. Chase at Al, ri, B. Anthony at
A. Seward at * and Matt Carpenter at
10. Daniel Webster was A when he
came to the senate. and Calhoun re-
signed the vice presidency to enter the.
senate at SO The great bulwark Of the
silver cause in the senate for thirty
Years has been the experience and
standing Of Teller OF Colorado and
Jones of Nevada tbs former entering
the senate when 46anl the latter when.
49, Among the coming men today is
Spooner4of Wisconsin, who MasSchesen
at A.
TIE senatorial slate is entirely clean
in Iowa. Whether Governor Shaw APP
points or calls upon The legislature to
elect tlleregi is no reason why man
Should not be chosen who possesses all
tbs publications. for a great career.
The Upper Dss Maines does not have
Congressman Dailiver solely III New,
altho il believes that ne measures more
nearly up to the situation than any one
comparatively Young man be chosen.
There are hundreds of men Who can be
named who will be- entirely creaitable
senators. but If the state warts to
maintain commanding position in
Washington the list Will be speeGIiy3re-
1duced@to a few. and out of these few no
one Will be taken who has passed that
period Of activity which with the aver
age man lies on the nsar side of so
years Of age A man can be named
from Iowa who will be recognized at
once as a permanent addition to the
senate With a long period of usefulness
ahead Of him, With experience that
warrants accepting the largest spon-
sibilities. and With capacities for public
service which win win recognition in
the great places of our national life.
Why should not Iowa send that man?
NEGROES FOR THE ISLANDS.
davenport Republican,
y Because of race pref go sextant
in the south and the arbitrary aets Of
the democratic leaders Of that section
there is a movement on foot among
the colored people to seek employment
and homes in Hawaii One large Ha-
waiian plantation at JSohala ia shipping
400 negroes from Louisiana. The plan
tation VIII pay their expenses and give
them $50 month. II enough men can
be secured the owners of the plantation
VIII dispense With Japanese labor. If
this experiment succeeds, other planta-
tion owners in Hawaii will ship thou
sands of colored people from the south.
1t appears that the proposed move
ment 10 employ negroes originated in
recent strike of the japanese laborers
in the GLANDS The plantation labor in
Hawaii is done by japanese and Chi
nese. There are about 10000 OF those
Aslatica in the islands, In the proper
ton of equal numbers of each. The new
laws making Hawaiisa territory of the
United States Went into effect on the
s14th of June and on that day, 1t APP
pears, the entire ] Japanese labor popu-
satiun went out ON q strike, demanding
that the contracts entered into should
be cancelled. This was done and new
contracts were asked for, with an in
crease of wages. The figures varied on
the different islands. In come cases $50
q, month, with house. food, wood, medi-
CHG. etc, was demanded. So far as can
be learned, this figure wac not given
Y anywhere. but we're erect
ed all over ats from 3ts toAS22