Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-22
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Charley Henry; and Thee Bradford,
the dictators of the local democracy,
bition rally was q democratic side
show.
Those who have nothing else to do, or
rather those who will do nothing else
except stand on the streets and talk
politics. are becoming more and more
persistent. The other day when a
citizen was run over by q street car and
fatally injured group OF twenty-five
or more men was engaged in q red-hot
debate within 200 feet OF where the ac-
cident occurred The crowd was in plain
view and people gathered from all di-
lrections. but the curb-stone politicians
never budged until 9 O'clock, when they
became hungry.
New York lawmakers must have a.
very poor opinion Of the intelligence Of
the average county clerk. A letter was
received from a New York court Official
the other day asking County Clerk Bull
lock for the records in q certain case.
The clerk was asked to affect the docu-
lment. and further to make an oath that
the signature attached was not only his
own, but that he knew his own sigma
iture when he saw it. Deputy Clerk
Cammack. who has spent q number Of
years in the clerks Office. said this was
the first time demand Of that kind
ever came under his notice.
There ought to be no opposition
whatever to the proposed ordinance
providing for street car Tenders on the
Marshalltown line. This question has
been agitated before. and; two weeks
ago movement was made to have an
ordinance introduced. The street car
company would escape an occasional
damage suit with this equipment added
to their cars, and to the Z. r. 1T appears
that it would be nothing less than busi-
ness foresight to 80 equip them without
them to do so. While tenders
do not always save a life when a.
collision occurs, they do in majority
of cases, and doubtless Joel Head
would have been alive today had the
Marshalltown cars been provided with
these inexpensive adjuncts. One citizen
I is not far of in his deductions when he
says that our cars, especially in the
winter months when snow knives are
provided, are simply electric war chari-
0ts.
The T.-R. is not ready to concede, as
Councilman Harris contends, that the
stone pile Is an expensive luxury. For
the past year or more the city has been
infested with an unusual number of
tramps and hard characters, but as
soon as the railway improvements in
this vicinity are finished thenumberwil
grow less and will be reduced to the
minimum If the stone pile is main
lstained. It will not only act as a cure,
but as a preventative, and DR.. Harris
Twill certainly concede that the ounce
and pound and preventative and cure
Theory is correct.
When. President Mckinley hears OF
this he will probably cease his efforts to
obtain reflections Grandpa I. w
Harrison declares he Is going to vote
1for him. Not since he cast his first bal.
Hot for presidential candidate ant
Ivoted for William Henry Harrison la:
IGrandpa Harrison voted for the win
lining candidate for president OF these
limited States. He was born and bred
la democrat and is still democrat and
ihoping for democratic success. and he
believes he can contribute to Bryan's
success by voting for Mckinley and
thus bring about the latter's defeat. Mr.
| Harrison will soon be so years OF age
land says this may be his last vote
Those who know him best say he viii
Ihave no regret if he votes for Mckinley
and the latter wins
Uncle Jesse Hole who is somewhat
]older than Mr.. Harrison, also cast his
first ballot for William Henry Harrison
hut has been voting the republican tick.
let ever since and proposes to do so thi,
year IL he lives until next November
land there is every indication that hi
will.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
lsaloonista. who are taxed for every
4 public undertaking, were neither asked
/ for nor volunteered contributions t.
Ihelp defray the expenses of the prohi.
4 They have an interest In such gather
4 ings. however and several were attent
live listeners at the gathering on the
5court house park.
Mr.. E. NJ. Wentworth. who Is clost
observer of things political and wht
travels extensively thru Iowa, says TIL.
4 democratic claims Of Bryan convert,
from among the commercial traveller
4 is all bosh. He says that when "a hal
dozen travellers get together and tall
A politics 1t is found that perhaps one o
the six either knows OF, a Bryant,
among the commercial men or ha
heard some one say that he was told tina
Mr.. So-and- so was going to support tn,
democratic ticket. This is the extent o
the basis for the popocratic claims.
"A young man. OF this county, VIII.
thinks the young ladies OF this vicinit.
lido not compare with those Of Oskaloosa
made another grieyous mistake Frida.
land applied to the county clerk for |
marriage license When the paper