Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-31
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
The Keokuk Gate City truly says:
Every prohibition vote cast in Iowa
will be half vote for the democratic
ticket and in favor of the extension of
the saloons to every community in the
state, including those where prohibition
can be and is successfully enforced.
No intelligent, thoughtful prohibition
list will deliberately defeat his own
purposes in that way"
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Besides
kicking the state printer cat off the
steps the Marshalltown Times Repub-
lican threatens to spill the milk. To
all this torment Pat Murphy simply
intimates that he would scratch harder
il he knew how, and that he would
yowl more if he had more time.
According to the Fairfield Ledger
zone Iowa democrat declares that his
party is making campaign on state
issues, another that it is fighting it's
battle on national issues. Both are
wrong, because it is not putting up a
fight of any kind. Here and there over
the state there may be a little scramble
for some local Office, but that is all.
The Des Moines News declares, the
Legislature of Iowa never did a better
stroke OF business than when it rassed
the legislation creating the collateral
inheritance tax. The legislation was
in the direct line of tax equalization"
The Des Moines Capital observes that
some of the people who lay. the greatest
stress upon being temperate in all.
things are the most Incorporate critics
il the world
And now 1t turns out" observes the
Washington Press, that President JET
terson dined with niger at the white
house. and invited him also to Monticel-
10, one Benjamin Bcnneker. who was re-
inarkable for his attainments in mathe-
mates. especially in astronomy. besides
being linguist of note Benneker's
mother married full-blooded African
slave"
The Burlington Hawkeye thinks that
"if Illinois adopts double taxation 1t Will
be liable to the Kansas classification.
Complimenting the Iowa supreme
court upon the large number of cases
disposed of during the term just ended,
the Keokuk Gate City pronounces 1t "a
hard working body and deserves great
rraise for its earnest efforts to keep up
with the increasing volume of business
that comes before it. In point of ability.
| too, 1t will compare favorably with any
supreme court the state has ever had
Sutherland Courier: Not much iis be-
| ing said about redistricting the state at
the next session of the Iowa legislature.
There will doubtless be some opposition
10 any change being made. But we can
see no really good reason why there
should not be change in congressional.
senatorial and representatives districts.
There are glaring inequalities In the
present arrangements of districts.
| 1t would be great injustice to this part
CT the state to allow the present districts
Ito remain for another ten years. BY
| that time it is altogether possible that
the Tenth and Eleventh districts would
each be almost or quite twice as large as
| the district with the least population.
| The Council Bluffs Nonpareil peril
nently says: IF you find yourself bored
1 by being reminded of the coming cleo
ton and the necessity of doing your
duty at the polls 1t is evidence that you
need boring. No man can afford to be
SO Indifferent as to feel nettled at hav-
ing his apathy disturbed. 1t is your
government. and if IT is not the kind Of
u government that suits you it is your
own fault if you do not try to make 1t
better"
E j. L