Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-28

OF republican majority VI twenty
five. Assuming that the republicans
will carry fair share of the doubtful
districts, the members of the commit
tee estimate the majority at about
thirty.
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Arlington, Oct. Eft can safely be
assumed that Brother Abrams, of state
enforcement league fame, is earning
every dollar of his salary. In securing
evidence to carry on his crusade IN
Butler county he spent day In this
burg, and after his identity was estab-
lished gang of railroad laborers made
his visit very unpleasant by uncomph-
lnentary remarks. But nothing de-
tered by his reception here ana else
where in the county, he has commenced
twenty five suits in this term OF court.
The writer is thus informed, and also
that every druggist but one In the
county Is the object OF his prosecutor
or persecution as the druggists call 1t.
Leaving out OF the question the gooo
accomplished by this work OF the su-
perintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, one thing is evident to the
Looker-Cn after visiting six or eight
towns in the county, and that Is the
taxpayers do not relish the enormous >
bill OF costs as an inevitable result OIL
these wholesale prosecutions.
one man said to the writer, ana "
the name was given here 1t woulo DC
recognized as that Of strong prohlul-
ZIONIST, abrams Is making DIE ms
tnke by his methods of working mere III
Rutler county. I know that ne mas
brought suits against some OF our
druggists who are trying to live up 70
tho provisions Of the pharmacy law,
h,,t Abrams goes to work In wnoie-
sale way and brings suit against TINS
druggist the same as against some
whisky drug store saloon who uses the
pharmacy business as a cloak 10 run
saloon. That in many OF our towns
cpen saloons run contrary to the proni-
hilton and mulct law were open lacts.
Il was easy to get plenty OF evidence
against numerous bootleggers, ana ~
Abrams had confined his work to THIS
class OF offenders public sentiment
would have been with him. AS ~ Is
the general public, and this includes
business and many professional men.
fee, snre that but little actual good Will
be accomplished"
II has been claimed. and is probably
true. that Mr.. Abrams was chiehy III
strumental in causing the passage py
the last legislature OF what IS known %
the new inebriate law, which mas az.
ready been used to seno more tnan iov
persons to the Mount Pleasant ana
Cherokee asylums for treatment ana
detention for two years, untess paroleu
nv the governor. This law is deserved
Nv popular and the writer hears every
where comnrendation for the iesisia-
tnre which passed 1t. But 1t seems that
its constitutionality is questioned. a
sDes Moines press dispatch. dated OCT
81. Is to the effect that the attorneys
for Mrs. Matte Robinson have at
tackled the constitutionality of the new
law under which more than 100 persons
have been committed to the dipsoma.
MAC wards at the Mount Pleasant ana
Cherokee insane asylums.
It is set up that If the accused is in-
sane the district court is not the prop
or tribunal to determine the fact, that
being the duty Of county insane COM
mission created by law. II the accused
Is criminal then he should be tried py
q Jury OF his peers, and can not be sent
10 confinement by judge OF the court.
If the accused is an insane person the
proceeding against him Is irregular
because the law requires guardians 10
lie appointed for insane persons before
suit may be begun against them.
The question Is raised before the SUI
IRENE court on habeas corpus proceed
ines. A speedy decision Is awaited
with great interest on account OF the
effect it will have on the many persons
already confined as inebriates.
Referring to the above. one good tenn
nerance democrat remarks: Il hope 1t
won't be killed even IL Abrams did get
it thru the legislature"
oct the news" The ST. Paul Pioneer
Press in it's correspondence from Mus
catine says that farmers in this vicin-
ity are driven almost to distraction
over the servant girl problem. The
girls living on the farms are all IN
such prosperous homes that they DO
NOT need to work for their neighbors,
and in Muscatine all the girls who
want to make money find employment
in the pearl button factories, which Is
10th pleasant and remunerative.
"a wealthy farmer today came to
town badly discouraged. He says he
wants to do his fall farm work, but his
wife is sick and not able to do the
tousework. He has driven the coun-
,rv over. but can not find a girl who
vii, do homework. Now he proposes
10 solve the problem by doing the
shousework himself and hiring girls to
.cnt the corn and do the other outside
work.
.To induce the girls to accept his
offer he proposes to allow eight hours
for days work. pay the highest
wages, give them lunch between meals
and throw in plenty of chewing gum
they are to have hammocks to rest In
~ noon, and will be taken to their work
in the family carriage.
"This farmer says he does not be-
.ieye in dancing, but IL the girls want
"a dance they shall do so to their
hearts content. But even these tempt
ing offers are expected to prove inef-
fective.
.Seven dollars a week is the prevail
xya pes I'm MuScatinA for seryant