Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES E,: ,slg1lssDe
LOCAL COMMENT.
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There are hundreds Of people IN Mar
saalltown who ride on the street cars
who do not yet know the rule of the To-
cal company that cars stop only on the
tar side of he crossings rtsrsecting the
liEe. Ii is a frequent Sch, 70 see men,
women and children, laden withsbundlss
side of II street. neeessitating a lively
scramble 20 cross the street when the
car does stop and trying the tefnpers of
The rule is one generally adopted in the
Iclties and the public must become edu-
Gated upsto it.
The girls are having their day One
physician OF the city who has otficiated
lssi the birth Of eleven infants during
1.-The past forty days reports that nine OF
this number were girls.
| The T-R. correspondent al Des
Moinss was in error the other day in
1.-the figures he gave from the board Of
control report on county farms having
Hospitals forsthc insane connected there
with The figures for Marshall county
were left out entirely and those Of
Mitchell county ubstitutes. thus cred
ting Marshall. county With county
lfsrm OF only eighty acres, two insane
4 and ten pauper wards, When in fact his
isccunty has 240 acrsS of land. forty
seven Insane patients and thirty ght
poor The insane 8wsie brought TO the
county farm a few years ago when The
state hospitals were oSsereroMslesi Mar
shall being one of those counties to
make special provision for caring for
the incurables. The erroneous iigures
might lead To the conclusion that this
county was negligent OF its unfortl-
mates.
1 There was at first opposition to the
repubican movement fer party ticket
j IL the election thru fearsthat the scheme
4 was being engineered in the in,eissts OF
1 q certain individual. So far as the
I T.-R. has been abe to learn this was
not the case altlo the adoption of the
1 plan will prDbably bring sur several8
iaayoralty candidates and perhaps aspi-l
rants for other offices that would rot
! have entered the free fDf-siii fght.s
/ Now that it has been decided to
| nominate ftlll city ticket. an
| the republicans of the city should
cooperate and should accept the
| yerdictof the party at the primary I'M
| less the party should MAKE mistake.
end selecta weak and incompetent man
| and the demociats< concentrate ON a
better one It is not the idea Of the re-
! rubicans to secure the election of re-
publicans in each and every Instance,
but TO encourage the best men Of both
when they are elected, nave some one
the conduct q city affairs Ii the move
Iiaent will accomplish all these things.
something will have been gained by
Itfose who favor greater economy, lower
taxes and clean administration whose
actions are above suspicion.
| 1t is intlnuted that the democrats of
The city will ignore the republican par
lty movement and will take no action
| towards placing ticket in the field, at
l.lsast this year. Had the plans been
l!s:arted earlier they would have been
lIcompeiled 10 recognize the existence of
q party ticket There are always enough
g mocrats hungry after office, however,
10 make UP an independent ticket. and
whatever the democrats may decide to,
| Go in the coming election will make lit
\ tie difference OIL the campaign situation.
4 William Allen Whit, III his adj
nlra'hle essay on the Tanrnany hose,
1 Croker, observes that Whenever a pu-
i ltticaf boss feeling secure in his power.
| begins 10 talk he discloeesi his sha low
ness of thought and untitness for posi-
| ton. This truth Was exemplified in
last evenings caucus, when our local
! boss, during the course OF his remarks
i in opposition TO the drawing OF the par
/ ty line in city politics. stated, that you
/ all know cities as large as ours are al
ways liberal towns ami your republican
! candidate, since republican candidates
are always reform candidates, will be
defeated by an Independent who pan
| ders to the laboring men who like their
glass of beer. etc" The effect wac
electrical. That body of as. representa-
| tive men as vas ever convened in this
| city fairly gasped at the franknsss of
/ the confession They had heard Mayor
| Pierce's critics say that Pierce de-
pended upon the rabhle for his support.
| but they wsre not prepared to hear Mr..
1 Pierce himself admit that the reason
4 he allowed houses of prostitution to-
1 flourish unmolested and gambling ma
chimes and gambling joints to run wide
open was because he gained votes by 1T
Mr.. Cummings was quick to take the
4 opening With a remark that an official
/ who raised his right hand before God,
swearing to enforce the lawe, ought t.
h. sc manhood enough about him to do
1T. SUCH roar of applause as fol-
lowed was an inspiration to good citi-,
zenship.
Theoretically the course adopted by
the caucus was wrong. AS MIR Benson
related, osher towns where partisan
politics in municipal affairs exist are
sick of the system, but in MARSHALL
town the theoretically ideal system
1 likewise has failed and a change be-
came desirable me fact tina. il is a
change promises an Improvement and
for that reaeoi, the plan is desirable.
! We may expect in the years to come to