Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-07
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For the Times Republican.

the published letters Of the Iowa con-
gresham and Senator Gear, In the
Iowa dailies on the Porto Rican Ques.
ton. have resulted In reaction of
|opinion. on: the part OF many Iowa re-
publican voters. This largely from a
class of readers OF the papers
who form opinions more from head
lines than from close reading on any
subject. Add to this the other class
Who Know beforehand that any action.
OF republican congressman is bound To
be right, I. e., the king can do no
wrong. men Who are willing to admit
IN advance that our congressman know
more about national questions than
members Of the Iowa legislature and
1t Is now a fair statement that At leust t,
half of our republican voters will be
satisfied IL the Is per cent duty be-
comes law. The debate in the United
States senate has been read, and De-l
peiv's and Spooners speeches also have
rcconciled many who heretofore OBJ
posed such duty against Porto Rico
More than any one factor in producing
such change of sentiment, is The rel
posary.
y
And in the minds of many this, tern
porary" clause begs the whole qn estion
" by such time limit 1t Is admitted
that our plain duty commences In
1902, well and good. Then the ouly di
ference between the Iowa cong essme, Il
and his constituents is the where? This
latter phase of he question Is only 4
question of policy. One thing this d..
bate and these publishedsletters of our
congressman has brought out more
clearly and that is where TEN men
sixty days ago, claimed the Porto Rico
citizens had all rights under che ils. q
now only one man SO argues. Thc
other nine have become convinced ct.r,-
gross has the power to give suith riisi,.s
and until congress acts. what rightA 4
Citizen OF Porto Rico has car only Nd
determined by the president or Lis
the military 20veilnr
sof Porto Rico. And some of these n(en
ccnceding the power of conikress Ia
be absolute in all matters concerning
the government OF Porto Rico, san
cling TO the idea that Porto Rico is Ian
titled to free trade with the. United
States, and say that congress shdula
enact a law al once giving them si,ch
free trade. Such men quote freely f4om
Mcklnley's message. and say that how
is the time to net. That this quesl am
has tremendous hold on the pe{,n,e
is shown by the continued discussioln Of
the subject by all classes. Al no tin,e;
during the past 10 years have our Iowa
delegation In congress been as FAR
away from the people as during he
past 80 days.
Before this is in print the Ave lmi,e
ii' mi law VIII De Klllfd. some le1tlous
iiihsiu l ol we university ma se iaiimed
that Iowa City was no worse or uet. q.
than other saloon towns, and havej IAN.
en- the Look er- On to task for pulitzer.
ing statements of men who havJ ner-
Ssonally Investigated the coadtiJn Il
affairs in that college town. Isefok W Tho
S !. ca me UP n .he mousse tt:'s ION owing
a I Pa 'tcsh,l aaaleu Aprli =, WIS sehY ont.
1t comes under the head OF neNig.
Mayor stebbins is aetermi1 "a Ia
stop@tie wholesale v!olations the
mulct law. Yesterday morning his
court vas busy scene. Thona{s wal
was fined to the full exten; If M dr.
dinance for selling liquor illsgflilv an
election day. The fire and easts
4 s52.S5l We're paid. James s[;rady
and james Lodge w.erJ arr
5raigned for selling iiquoi, On
Sunday and on pleading guiitI we're
fined $50 and costs, mai king, s52.st in iii.
charles SchHinn was also rrested
Thursday morning for sunday 1nenir,r
but no hearing was held. as ON AZ the
witnesses for the prosecution Il ont al
town. The trial is set for ne,tt ,rnes-
day In the open court y).ster1lay
~ orhlng IN mayor. instruct ed the city
osiicers 70 arrest an persons FUND in
saloons after 10 O'Clock at gil They
VIII pt' placed IN jan arg tired the mex,
morning Y hafr the 81 orainal nee. In
sliuctio!is We're tst also also siNsn toi stop all
safes after tne hours 70 elo jse The
mayor is fully determined toIsstop the
|arrogant violation OF ths. law
When the delegation fof urorninen,
clti2ef's OF iowa CITY visi ted De.
MONIES 10 influence m { nlber of the
Legislature against the iiEe nile lir,l,
law, did they mention tha. liauor was
sold on election day, thSit sa 1nnns were
open on Sunday. One travd ,inp mar
living in Iowa City told the n ,cokar- =,
lthat ali saloons were Closed =, Z, I,
at 10 o'clock. The ma yjt,r ii sxida,, q,
on a false clue? q
Perhaps the writer runs d,n,o" :, IS,
of the dry goods box oraj, Il, . /,
Others do. Certainly IL. has ms :, = ], 4,
tired, very tired manY ,i,nds. ~ !, 4,
leloquence. For this !sr,ecir1l 81 t,,, ii,
Isome. He has a weak ness ffar cow, T.,
down to the depot to SIDE ,hd. 3, - com.
lin, and an Interview stnMEtI tans nc, y,
1.-The money and expatnsioh o,,a.tior
Just now the trust is the n,,rar,,,o q
Iquestion, and the Iowal popt ,,ist e 49,,
\ his job. But the Ft,tssburgI Nave d. !
friendly way. is WilliME to- },nrnish rin
more copy, and the wtiier liz 5aI.o M N
ling to do something iin this ljna. i,r,h,
next time he opens Vp ini mo dann
ask him IL he agrees WITH tbia 4,
excited populist editor SAYS. nThe -
ltopus IL becoming a3arndd ana, dos
operate. 1t has burned !ta br;fees no
hind 1T, and having Illaced 40 hana i,
1.-The pillow, will not ptause untii N In,
either bound its chains 4 ron,4 10 y
lbeen forced to shed il $ stben,s l.loi hin,
land retire into Its hole. Thare a. IN,
| tHitis VIZ oAtlopus IN isn't done yet.