Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-03

property was r18htfulty thelfo. Instead
the abstractor found these parties had
never had title to the strip Of land. and
that in reality property owner on an
other street who had bought the rear
end Of an adjoining lot was the owner
thereof; also that the latter did not own
Q like amount on the opposite end OF the
small lot he purchased. as he supposed.
Therefore there is a desire all around to
straighten the tansle and II 10 presumed
the alley will be opened as a result.
ss4e
II the diagnosis OF two physicians IA
correct, people who do not smoke will
BIZ encouraged to do SO, in order to be-
come immune from nicotine poisoning.
A citizen who recently served as MEM
Der Of the petit Jury was unusually sus-
ceptibie to the fumes Of tobacco and be-
came very sick when in a room where
others were smoking. House the aver
age man on a jury, however. and he
must smoke or become 1T subject for
an insane asylum, and this particular
Juryman suffered as consequence from
the indulgence Of his companions. He
complained to the court ana asked that
an order be made preventing smoking
in the jury room. The court simply
suggested that the jurors should have
some regard for the feelings OF others,
and let 1t go at that. After court adj
tourned the juryman who could not
stand the smell OF tobacco became ill,
was afflicted with boils and his contli-
ton was such that an extended stay at
Colfax was advised. And all OF his
trouble resulted, the doctors said, by
nicotine poisoning, caused by absorbing
1t into his system while serving on the
jury. AS jury duty is something every
citizen is liable to be compelled to per-
form, the non-smoker may become adj
dicted to the habit for self-protection,
unless some wise medical man perfects
q virus that he can be vaccinated with
and thus escape the i'll effects Of nico-
tine.
The temperance crusade at Melbourne
has reached such stage that the local
paper of that town has taken the matter
up and demands that halt be called on
the Wholesale Issuance Of search war
rants and the resultant expense when
there is not SUFFICIENT evidence that liq-
uors are to be found.
It is now only few days until the
delegates from Marshall county, along
with other counties viii be casting their
votes in state convention to select re-
publican nominees. The campaign on
the governorship has been q long and
very bitter one and the T.-R., never
pursuing voiceless course on any pub
lie issue. has seen occasion to saylmany
caustic things. However, it has tried
to make clear that none Of Its structures
have included the character of the mi
nority opposition against Mr.. Cummins
that exists in Marshall county. Three
weeks ago in an editorial replying to the
Clinton Herald the T-R attempted to
make clear that 1t respected such sin
cere opposition to its favorite candidate
as existed among prohibition republi-
cans in this county, that it conceded to
them the same honesty OF opinion and
purpose as II demands others to concede
to Its editor. The opposition the T.-R
despises is the villainous class Of cor
rupt bosses who will use the great pow
err Of q political railway, furnish special
trains, barrels of money, father anony-
nous, lying circulars and prostitute the
newspapers they own to the base pur-
pose OF slaughtering candidate against
whom their only objection Is that he is
too honest to be used. On the day after
the county convention the r.-R. admit
ted that there were five delegates chosen
who did not favor the nomination OF Mr..
Cummfns, but since Marshall county
has always been able to compromise It's
differences and present a united front
At state convention with a solid vote
the T.-R. reasoned that these ave men
We're not going to make monkey Of
their delegation and stand out against
the other twenty. In the two months
past the T.-R, has received no informa-
ton to change its opinion and Marshall
county's twenty-five votes have peen
estimated as unit vote for the candi-
However, for fear the heat Of the cam
paign or the severity Of the. T.-R. g lam
guase against the corrupt and villainous
fight that has been made against Mr..
Cummins may have been construed, in
spite Of US. to include the prohibitionists
in Marshall county, we wish to state
positively that the T.-R. never 50 In
tended, for 1t desires to concede to every
honest man right to individual opin-
ion. II these five delegates should stand
out against Mr.. Cummins, as they have
a right to do, 1t will be none OF the T..
RS business to interfere. There are in
this county few rascais who have felt
the lash of a fearless newspaper, and II
Is to correct the mischief making of
these men that this explanation is made,
even tho 1t be but repetition OF re-
marks made before.