Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-02

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leader in national affairs is such as to
enable him to discuss policies from the
most Intelligent and rational point OF
| view. 1t affords him the best bppor-l
tunity, too, aof showing the many weak
points in the cause of the opposition
and of riddling the charges of mllitar-
ism. imperialism and other spooks COM
jured by the vivid democratic magma Z
/ tions. Cousins is intensely practical as
we'll as scholarly and is one of the most
| Interesting of the many campaign
orators in the field. He speaks at
Montour tonight.
| At Norton, Kas., says an exchange, a
woman got religion and decided that
she must not wear jewelry. she gave
her gold watch and chain to her hus-
band. He took it downtown and bet 1t
| against another watch that Bryan
would carry Indiana. You can probably
deduce lessons from this from several
points of view, but the most vigorous
one will be about foo" husband.
1 President Kruger of the Transvaal.
| will arrive at Syracuse, Sicily, next Sat-
urday under protection Of a Dutch war
5ship, according to the Dutch consul
There. His fight from the field of ac-a
j8tion is a confession of the hopelessnessl
iof the Roer struggle.
Thus far Mr.. Olney is the only one of
4 the Cleveland cabinet who has declared
L tina .ftats
/ Wilson is opposed to Mckinley, and
wrote a letter denouncing he foreign.
policy of the administration, but friends
lwhe have seen him recently say that he
does not intend to Vote and willata no
ipart in the campaign. Some of Mr.
IOlney's former colleagues are very
fcaustic in their criticism of HIS letter,
land intimate that il was a bid for the
presidential nomination in 1904.
The crowds hat greeted Roosevelt in.
Kansas We're the greatest that ever at
TENDED political meetings in that state.
This fact is suggestive of the trend of
political thought IN that state as the
result of3the great agricultural prosper
lily that prevails there.
- 3%5 @sar So
Last. year Montreal shipped CSC, 900
barrels of apples, 10 Europe: the year
l.sefore, $4,000 barrels. From present
| appearances this years shipments Will.
be at least twice as large as last years.
The Chicago Dry Goods Reporter
takes an altogether hopeful view of
| western trade conditions. For the west
ern merchant" it says, the surest
| promise OF a prosperous winter lies in
the continued high prices of farm pro-
ducts. Wheat shows a persistent ten
| dency to remain close to SO cents a
lgbushel. and corn is selling at 40 cents.
| With such prices, or anything like them,
/ there can be no question about the buy
! ing powers of the agricultural popula-
ton The crops are nov out of danger.
land they are abundant in quantity. No
political or industrial uncertainties can
change the fact that the owners of these.
crops are prosperous men and Will be.
liberal consumers of everything handled
during the next eight months at least"
The nomination by republicans of
Il Matter G. Jones. of Galveston, for con-
38sfessS inspires the hope that he vii. sue
Ecsed Hawley. republican incumbent,
/ who declined. Jones is mayor of Gal
/ weston ard mas been bringing order out,
ot chaos, and is held in high esteem BY
1 The bushes 50 clement.
Our colorea people, gays The Mobile
!, Register, have, borne their part in the
4 noble work Of helping to6reIieve the dis
Etress' of the sufferers in Galveston. Not
4 a few of them have contributed money
lto the relief fund. and last night, upon
l their own motion, they gave highly
icreaitable and we'll attended entertain
/ .nent in Princess tneater the entire pro-
cseds to go to the same fund
4 Despite the boyy of "militarism' and
I the specter of imperialism the public
debt Mas decreased to the extent of six
millions of dollars in September.
Tie New York Herald predicts that
4 Mckinley viii receive not less than 25S
4 electoral Votes and gives Bryan l6s II
4 classes Idaho. Indiana and Montana,
i With tWsnty-one votes. as doubtful
Even should isrsan carry these doubt
\ full states, together With Illinois. West
Y Virginia and Delaware, he would have
I.only 2222 electoral votes. or five less than
ia majority. Hence If elected he would
j also have 10 carry New York.
4 .0oss.ysyst.,.xs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES