Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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For the Times Republican.

\ For the Times Republican,.
Lake City, Sept 3.-The evident at
tempt of some. of the politicians to make
1 the question of amending the state con-
4 stitution in regard to biennial elections
| one of politicsis far from satisfactory to
| the people of all parties. 10 them II is
of little consequence how ii effects the
chances of A, Is or G for the United
States senatoiship. Even the demo-
cratic party which generally can be
scounted upon to do the wrong thing at
\ the right time, knows enough to let this
biennial election question severely alone,
| lie. q q a party measure for or against.
| Ut can. be assumed that II Will carry
even II Wiseirepublicans work against
| 1t, tor $500, 600 in tax money saved in one
year appeals strongly to the large or
4 small tax payer. AS an object lesson
lownns have noticed that many other
states have adopted the biennial election
system, and public matters seem not to
suffer because certain state officials are
not elected each Year
There s a curious phase of humanity
| that showssitself when the right kind of
an event occurs. One day last week
Conductor Hockett of the G.. & N. W.
railroad concluded the time had come
for his annual vacation. So he started
for Clear Lake, himself, family and
friends leaving Toledo intending to
board the iowa CentraA north at Clifford.
In some way no orders We're received at
Clifford that thee. & n. w. had pas
ssngers for Mason City, so the Central
train pulled out of Clifford before the
Northwestern arrived. and Conductor
h.ti
iroad platform from 1923 a. in. to $3.50 y.
m. Now. all of us have had similar
IeNperinece and the public gives US more
or less sympathy. but this same public
seemed to rejoice over Hocketiss mis-
hap. No. that isn't it, No one has 1t
in for Hockett. The public was pleased
| that conductor had got left. They
had been there. as they thought. some
Tunes by a conductor failing to report
| passengers, for the c.. 81 n. W..or some
conductor pulling out when he had re-
lceived such orders. Hence these tears of
JOY.
He's alive yet, still travels in Iowa.
sells T---s. but ought to cell Windmills.
-Four Years ago the writer and other
sufferers could not read in the cars or
]sleep nights at hotels because he occu-
| pied all of atp0rtion Of the earth with
\ his Voice, proclaiming the disaster that
would come to travelling men. hotel
keepers, merchants and farmers unless
/ 10 to Mas adopted and Bryan waa
ieleeted. He has forgotten that he said
TURNER'S would get low prices for grain.
Isthae interest would be IL per cent, that
farms would sell for $50 an acre. and
| that the money power Mould make la
| borers work for % cents to dollar a
iday. All this unless Bryan was elected.
/ Then everything would be lovely and
bthe#g goose hang high. But now its a new
lseng. its Imperialism and trusts. He
leads' all Of Bryan's speeches, and the
4 Chicago Chronicle. remembers all he
can, iIiHcnts the other part. and again
The yawps. Its, a free country. and no
zone feels likes ANSWERING IA TOOL accord
ling to his folly, so the travelling men
ldisgustediy listen, and wonder Why
smith, Brown, Jones Il Co. keep such a
4 d. fool on the road.
Have you got any of those cheroots
i 3 for a nickel" I'm going to the en-
shcamnment at Chicago. and when ain
5E.a@ay from home always, have a good
tltinle. don't ever keep tobacco on the
tfa.tn when In at home, Wife don't like
Hat in the house, and II isn't safe ia
4 smoke around the bar. Haven't got
4 'en! Well give me the best > cent cigar
lin the case, never stand on the expense
when I'm travelling. Now the writer
lis giving here almost the Identical
4 words heard AT a lunch counter last
Iweek. Inquiry showed that the speake,
A WAS Well-to-do Iowa farmer. Owned
4 100 acres we'll stocked and paid for Has
la family of grown up children. but has
"a good time" when he gcaa8 away from
home. Gets reckless and smokes 3 foi
a a nickel. And moralizing the LOCKER
a Ion. wondered why this farmer had tc
4 go away from home TO have a gooc
4 time. Wondered If his wife was boss,
land wouldn't lei him smoke at home
4 Or was 1t because he was too con
a founded stingy, to spend cent hi
could save Wondered If he run the
a farm on the plan of raising all he could
selling all he could, feeding the hog.
\ what he couldn't sell. and eating wha
the hogs would MT touch. And then sons
lone said he could buy and sell three o.
four travelling men. Probably true
travelling men have their good time a
home.
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