Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-16
ERROR SEEMS Fatal
Not Likely Supreme Court Will Ac.
cept Remley's Construction Of
Titus Amendment
Seems Probable That Constitutional
Amendment Will Be Techni.
cally Construed
Principal Trouble Will Come From
County Omcers- Rosa Hads-
psth's Little Book.
pecial to Times-Repubiican.

Special to OI1HeS-RepubI1cans
Des Moines. Nov. 16-There Is no
doubt that If the alleged blunder in the
clared to be the law by the courts, the
state, county and township officers who
were elected this fall cannot take their
places next January or any other time
unless the incumbents resign or they
are elected again two years from now.
It is plain to every one that if they |
were not elected to take their places in [
January, 1901, they were not elected at |
all. The belief that the amendment |
will be literally construed is gaining
among lawyers and students of con-
stitutional law and history. The thing
is so plain that it is hardly likely, not
withstanding the opinion Of the attor-
ney general to the contrary, that the |
supreme court will venture to upset a
constitutional provision by going to the
extent of presuming that the legisla-
ture and the people of the state meant
exactly the opposite of what they said.
I In the case Of the state officers and
all others who have political ambition
there will be no trouble. Tney will re-
sign tnd permit the appointing power
to put in their places the men who We're
elected this fall. But wherever there
is a man who feels that he has about
reached the end Of his string politically
or who has been defeated and is to be
succeeded by a man of the opposite
party-all these men will hang on, see
ing in the two years addition to their
present terms more than they could
possibly hope to get by reslgning.
Rosa, HuGspeth Is a young woman,
now enga aged in newspaper and literary
work in Omaha, who was formerly en-
ployed in similar occupation in Desf
Moines. She has recently published a
short novel called In the Market
Places, {" which Is described on the title
page as "a few chapters concerning
Carolyn Anselm's journalistic career"
The book appears to be an autobiog-
rapl1y, telling of the struggles the
writer had while battling with the cold
and unappreciative people af the city
of Des AIoines The book is highly in
teresting to those who are familiar with
1 the real personages described therein.
4
characters under the names given them
Land in one or two places the name in
the story is made almost Identical with
the name of the person in Des Nfoines
/ who is aimed at. These are the per-
sons whom the author wished to ma ke
4 sure of hitting so that every one could
see the point. Not many persons IN Dts
AIoines who We're unfortunate enough
have been missed in the shower of
yitriol with which she has covered their
poor regulations. Miss Hudspeth ap-
Il pears to have kept books on the people
with whom she came in contact and
4 charged up to each one a greater OF
less amount of pain inflicted upon the
4 said, Miss Hudspeth. and in writing her
a book she has commenced at the top OF
!. this list and faithfully checked off each
name after having sent a hot shot after
that person. 1t must be- admitted thai
she hit the mark nearly every time
N altho occasionally the victims were
J. rather too severely hit. In at least on.
]. instance she combined the weaknesse.
and vices of two persons in one. blend
/ ing them so that it is difficult to recog
!. nize the individual atall times.
j Not only individuals, but organiza
2 tons, associations, clubs especially
} come in for a liberal share of the au
thor's sarcastic desnunciation. She i
especially severe upon the institutio,
!, once known as the Christian Home 70
!. Self-Supporting Women, now known a
the Business Women's Association. Sh
!. has drawn a caricature of this institu
: ton which, tho in some respects ii ma
have been merited at the time of whic
: she writes, is extremely unfair an
!. libelous. The theory upon which thi
! dreamy young woman has proceeded i
!. that all organizations Of women for tn
! Accomplishment of philanthropic pur
: poses are bad and ought to be externli
mated because some of the women ar
s not as strong intellectually as the
might be and because they are give
/. over TO some Of the vanities and hypoc
]. rices of society as it exists.
f In fact. Miss Hudspeth is essential
n populistic in her work. She seeks /
S find only that which is bad and rarel
o sees anything good in life or in peopl,
: She imagines that all men, and espe
e cially women. are liars and hypocrite
p She gives no credit marks, but man
+ long, black ones.
e AS far as her story is concerned.
y IS not strong one. It is chiefly mad
Eup of sermons, speculations an
"roasts, particularly the latter. Tt
writer has given vigorous expressio
: I, to many good ideas. Her championshi
= of her sex and righteous resentmei
- against wrongs inflicted upon strut
y Cling women, the recital of the dangel
= that beset young girl struggling for
living in a large city-all these are we
done. tho perhaps necessarily som,
h what exaggerated. If Miss Hudspe-
u would, take a few literary temperan,
" lessons she would greatly improve h,
/ work AS it Is her little book is ii
tensely interesting to the people WI
know whom she Is after.
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Attack on Judge Mcpherson.