Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-24
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.

as REELECTED IN the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
PECULIAR LIFE OF A REcLUsE.
lValley Express.l
Oliver Boyd is the name OF a reclIse,
living six miles southeast of Des
Moines, whose lfe's history would no
doubt be thrilling and romantic if
1T could he obtained. He owns forty
acres of virgin soil which no piow or
spade is permitted to desecrate, save
one little putch he devotes to the
growing of pumpkins turnips and a
few such things as he can eat He
d"ells I'm II hole in the ground, reach
ed by means of Il trench on the north
east corner. which has been his
continuous abode for the past fifteen
years. The habitation is void of fur
niture. not even bed or any bed cloth
ing encumbering the place. He sits and
sleeps on the ground. and as twilight
comes on meditates upon the things of
the past. which he tells to no man, or
lies down to peaceful surnber. He has
no lamp or candle, but does all his
reading by day, which is considerable,
as he is we'll supplied With daily pa
pers. The Wild grass growing on his
little farm land he sells to his neighhors
and thus obtains sufficient funds to
supply his meager wants. He keeps no
animals or fowls. not even a cat dog
or chickens. A little patch of timber
on the southwest corner of the place
supplies the fuel which he carries on
his back diagonally across the forty.
What the secret of his life is remains
a mystery. 1t may be love affair,
misplaced confidence or only n desire
to commune with nature: at any rate
1t is the foundation for a good story If
investigated more fully
THROWING THE, GAUNTLET.
Red Oak Republican,
If Mr.. cummirs is nominated for gov
ernor at Cedar Rapids on Aug eth the
most extraordinary victory in the his
tory of Iowa politics will have been ac-
complicated Des Mones News
Better remember the old adage not to
count Your chickens before they are
Matched. The cummins hen may be set
al Cedar Rapids but Matching time Will
come along in November when the votes
are counted al the general election. and
we have a scr. of an idea that some of
the eggs from the village and rural dis
trictS Will not hatch.-Shenandoah Sem
tinel.
The last of the above paragraphs,
from the esteemed Sentinel gives ex-
preston to the thought that seems up
permost in the minds of those opposed
to Mr.. Cummins 1t implies a threats
declaration that If the large majority
of the republicans in Iowa persist in
their efforts to nominate Mr.. Cummins
and succeed III doing 50. then let them
beware We. of the minority, will pro-
coed to knife him. Well either bolt him
outright or extend such feeble support
as to render our unwilling aid vaiueless
~ is not necessary to state that this
attitude of the anti-Gurnmins crowd
bears no resemblance to true republic
canism. for that word does not imply
eowardice or injustice. In the present
certain We'll known party
leaders have apepared as candidates for
the nomination for governor. men who
are. without exception, WORTHY of the
honor Mr., cummins. commanding an
unusually large and earnest following,
las taken the lead in the race, With a
strong, yes almost absolute prospect of
winning out. His enemies in conse-
quence are dsgruntled aud so for lose
their self-posaession aa to overstep the
bounds Of decent political warfare. and
then finding tina, unavailins, they open
~ and boldly propose to belt-the very
thing they charge but are unable TO
prove. against Mr.. cuinmins.
We can not believe that this attitude
of the opposition Will have much effect.
1t certainly vii! not before the eonven-
ton. unless ii be TO make MIR. Cummins
friends more determined than ever. AZ.
Ter the nomination is made it remains ts
be seen how far papers ike he Scnti-
mel. ard politicians Of like mind. so in
trying TO bring defeat to the party. 1t
viii then be their turn 70 beware, for a
day OF reckoning Will come.