Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-06
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

tOVH OTiNlON0 HNV NVpGSs
Isn't 1t about time for Editor Clark
son to take up the seed corn question:
asks the Clinton Herald.
The Sioux City Tribune thinks the
steel trust magnates have a suspicion
that publicity would not increase prof
its In their case"
Washington Press: They prove that
snow is a great purifier of the air
Kills microbes Therefore, shovel it ev-
cry morning and stop kicking.
The Davenport Times favors an in
crease in the salaries of district and SUI
preme judges. 1t declares that I'm
der our present system, Iowa can pay
her judges adequate salaries and still
pay less for the same work than al
most any other state.
The Keokuk Gate City, expresses
this opinion of Judge Proutys congress
sional compaign opening in the Sew
enth district. 1T is to be regretted
that he injected so much personal bit
terness into his address. 1t was made
up for the most part of personal allu-
sions that did no credit to any one.
The wisdom of magnifying minor diff
ferences within the party at the incep-
ton OF an important congressional
compaign. involving great national is
sues, may we'll be doubted AT this dis
lance 1t looks as tho bad beginning
had been made in the central district
of the state"
Referring to the bribing of an Indi-
ana tax ferret in order to escape the
uncovering of unpaid taxes the Rock
we'll Photograph notices that Right
here lies the danger. as repeatedly
pointed out last summer, of allowing
the ferrets to usurp the duties of the
county treasurer, as our board fool
ishly andl illegally insisted on doing"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil thinks
that legislator who lighted a cigar
while talking to Miss Daisy Deighton,
ought to have recognized the equal
rights of women by offering
her one, just as he would had he been
talking with a man.
In speaking of the action of the ways
nf IA al
house in rejecting the Babcock bill the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald INDUCES
in these refiections Iowa has no rep
resentative on the committee, and the
members of the delegation are PROBABLY
glad of it. Had any of the Hawkeye
congressman been a member he would
have had to go on record for or against
the Babcock amendment. Had he
voted for it the trusts would antagonize
his election, and had he voted against
it he would be compelled to face dis
pleased constituency"
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
believes that when a man gets too big
to serve the people who elected him he
should be retired, no matter whether
he be president. senator, speaker of the
national house, member of the state
legislature, or only constable.
why not demolish the whole clumsy
affair and substitute voting machiaesf
asks the Knoxville Journal, speaking of
amendments to the Austrial-
ian ballot law.
AS to tariff changes the Cedar Rap
ids Republican believes that ito at
tempt anything like general revision
row, will bring about the same de-
ression that the impending changes
wrought before: possibly not so deep
and SO widespread, but 1t would be dis
astrous nevertheless. The thing to DO
is to let well enough alone. II a few
incidental changes could be made here
and there without opening up the whole
question, we'll and good. There is more
over, no evidence that the people in
general are in the least dissatisfied"