Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-20
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The Hon. Grover Cleveland has not
formally declared for the Philadelphia
ticket. but he has advised correepon-
dent TO vote according to his conscience
and Informed patriotic sense. !"
Mr.. watterson said OF Mr.. Bryan In
's6: He IL . dishonest dodger. He - q
daring adventurer. He ip a political
fakir. He is not of the material OF which
the people Of the United States have
ever made president. Nor is he Of the
material Of which any party has ever
before made a president"
Kansas boast of potato field forty
miles long on which an average crop is
200 bushels an acre. 1t is estimated that
this years harvest will come close to-
1000 carloads.
There wasiunce a woman whose hue-
nd's business kept him in the city
ling the summer says Harper's Ba-
Among those habits of his which
80 proposed to reform was that of go-
ing away on little trips on Sundays. 1T
is,iot a suitable occupation for the Sab
bath she said, "and against my princi-
Pies" So the man stayed at home and
read the sunday papers. or this, how-
ever, she disapproved. 1T is declaring
intellectually" che said. and. besides. 1t
is against my principles. So the man
gave up the Sunday papers and sat and
nlaI ,lt III sl,t., IN
permit very long. 1T is an unwhole-
some habit and an expensive one" che
ssaid, besides, ii is against my princi.
pies. On the next Sunday the man pur-
chased ticket to Manhattan Beach,
and left his home with cigar and q
Sunday paper in his hand. Sunday ia
a hard enough day without 80 many
principles he said. So she lost the
chance of reforming him. This fable
teaches us that man was not made for
the Sabbath.
Mr.. Bryan declares the farmers can
not be deceived by reports of prosperity.
No. indeed; they know the real thing
when they experience it. M
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The party which will not allow the
constitution to follow the flag thru the
Carolinas. thru Mississippi and Texas,
has no occasion to distress itself about
the constitutions Journey 1000 miles
across the sea- From republican state
platform. New York.
Just now when coal importationk
from America are most promising the
fear Of home fuel famine is troubling
consumers.
Another crisis in Chinese affairs may
be precipitated by the determination Of
Germany to demand the punishment OF
Chinese officials responsible for recent
me peace negotiations, thus joining
England and other powers in what
might prove Il prolonged war. The be-
lief is growing in Washington that IL
the United States liz forced to a speedy
decision as to the German proposition.
ut may resort to direct negotiations
With the Chinese government. and,
having settled its scores With the, GOV
eminent. withdraw from China. giving
notice to the powers Of the arrange
ments made in order that they should
remain in full force and unaffected by
any settlement the allies may make.
/ This would go far toward restoring
peace with China and avoiding any en-
l8tangling foreign alliances Such a So
luton is almos too good to hope for;
ye our relations with China ars such
that we are certainly favored nation.
lis already noticea Bile that the demo-
cratic campaign is being conducted
lstrictly on the is to1 principle-siateen
ismissta tements TO one truth.
/ George Alfred Townsend Death
the Well known newspaper correspond
lent, pictures Bryan as Giant Despair
1 shaking dead mems bones at pilgrims
! for $500 an hour. and calling contsmpo-
irary times nicknames from the cavern
lof his cement Tipped mouth. He
thinks the democratic leader would be
Just about in his element in seminary
where the realities are not taught.
4
II is recalled now that the amount
COLLECTED for the Hometown flood suf-
ferers was s2.915, 346so. AS Galveston
suffered greater loss the needs arc
4 greater.
1t is the opinion Of Congressman
HaWley, ono the representative bust
ilness men, that ii will require S. ,OOOOot
Il to put Galveston on her feet again. Thi,
does not mean that this sum will come
4 anywhere near res toring the city to hel
4 former condition, but that 1t vii! take
that sum 10 relieve the city from thu
d distress of the storm, to remove th<
Eruins and to do what is right for tn,
living. The number to be aided Is va,
riously estimated at from 5000 to $4,000
4 Official returns show that JEFF Davl!
was elected democratic governor O
Z. Arkansas by a plurality OF 1886. II
d 1888 Jones was elected governor by AZ.
q 1888; in 1896 he was elected by 55,2sS plu
q rality
!, In his letter Of acceptance Governol
Roosevelt we'll says that this aontes