Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
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writ.en for the rlnes-Rspubllcan.


written for the Times Rspubllcan.
II goes without saying that the com-
pany q young man keeps Is q sure in-
dication OF the character OF the man.
There was a time when the daily pa
per a man subscribed for indicated pos
ttively his political belief. But that has
passed. The cheapness OF the modern
daily makes It possible for man with
the small income to have for his daily
perusal all sorts of daily papers. And
syet this man has a favorite paper,
When you find out which one he
..swears by then you know the man
Know him politically. You are ac-
quaiEteds at the same time with his
guage and his entire mental makeup
This not referring to papers specially
made up. To be sure IL man has a
horse paper lying on the table it is safe
to assume he is interested In horses. Sc
with a poultry paper He is sure to be
an authority on hens The Voice la
beled with Henry Jones name pro-
claims that Henry does not favor the
saloon. The Iconoclast in q mans office
suggests few image While the Phiiis-
tine indicates hands for and against
him. The Congregationalist in a pas
scnger's hands in the car may be taken
regularly by a Baptist, but probably
not. The New York Clipper possibly il
being read by a minister. but tho
lschances are it was paid for by a barn-
ltstormer Leaving all this out Of the
|Sdiscussion let US get back to the daily
paper which gives the news, which has
daily matter concerning all subjects u
| is the daily paper, and the manner OF
Handling the news, the prominence
Egiven to one or more OF the subjects thu
\ special weekly handles almost exclu.
lssively, that indicates the character Of
1.-The subscriber.
To illustrates: John Jones "takes'
1.-The Daily Trimmer. This year the
/ Trimmer scents republican success. i
las .independent" in the sense that i
only mildly attacks the administration
1t strongly supports hard money. but
leases its independence by being agains
expansion. In a prohibition state it !:
against the law. When mulct law i:
\ put inthe place of it. then the Trimmer
4 opposes that plan. The legislature be.
ling strongly republican, 1t is in dut,
bound to mildly oppose nearly ali PRO.
lpased legislation. Still to save a repu'
tation for independence few non
1 politically passed laws are approved
On the national questions Of the day i
lis keen to notice republican mistakes
and then the independence of tn,
Trimmer is shown b. big scare head
and italicized editorials,
4 Now John Jones becomes the secon.
edition of the Trimmer. He does no
know it, but his opinions, his expresse,
4 opinions, are the arguments of tn
Trimmer, given to the world in Ian
.guage not so ornate, frequently I'm
grammatical. lacking, even the logic o
A the editorial effort of the Trimmer
sometimes even confusing in the appli
4 cation, but still all in all what tn
4 Trimmer has said. The rnonlentou
question of ladies removing their hat
lin church is "independent ly'' handle
l5by the Trimmer. John Jones is so sur
isthat the Trimmei. Is right that he re
a fuses to buy new Easter hat for Mr.
J. Homes John is for or against the cru
Isade against the soiled doves in Cir
a than as his daily is for or against j
a And our friend Jones' about two das
latter his oracle has spoken, knows til
u right or wrong on every subject unde
the sun. If you doubt these assertion
Gallon Mr.. Jones. He lives next doc