Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-10


that he is not the best listener in the
world. Because the president does not
whisper and buttonhole and trade pat
ronage for votes, and keep q press bu
reau. and practice the other arts CT
smooth politics. a good many people
have jumped TO the conclusion that he
lis not u politician. In the course of
time they will revise that opinion
With the mercury lowering in the
sos in Central Iowa III the early hours
it is hard to realize that people else
heat.
Section of the amended Virginia
constitution excludes from the suffrage
persons who, while citizens of this
state. after the adoption of this consti-
tuition. fought a duel With a deadly
weapon. or sent or accepted a challenge
TO fight such a duel. either within or
without the bounds of this state. or
knowingly conveyed a challenge or aid
ed or assisted in any way in the fighting
of such a duel
The honorable Mr.. Young. who is so
fearful that monopolies will be men
toned in the republican PLATFORM
should listen a moment to the voice OF
The people as expressed in the Potta-
wattamie county resolutions. This is
their way of writing a platform and
Pottawattamie was largely an anti
Cummins county at Cedar Rapids at
that: "Resolved, That we are now, as
ever. uncompromisngly in favor of the
tries: but we do not believe that any
sacredness attaches TO a particular tar
if schedule. so that it can not be modi-
fed with changing conditions, and
wherever and whenever the tariff
schedules under the existing law shall
aid any trust or combination in the OPP
preston of the people we are in favor
CT the modification of such schedule;
and we believe that under existing con-
ditions the steel and iron schedules of
fed and reduced"
a school teacher in one of the charm
ing rural suburbs of Philadelphia,
where fancy gardening and the raising
of "Philadelpha fowl are general
among the residents, recited to the class
the story of the landing of the Pilgrims,
and, as the children had been taking
up the work, she requested each scholar
to try and draw from imagination
picture of the Plymouth Rock. Then it
WAS that the little fellow got UP and
raised his hand:
well, Willie, what is it?' asked the
teacher.
Please. ma'am, do you want a hen
or rooster drawn?" came the unex-
pected reply.
The present season has shown that
good foundations Gas Well as good
roofs) are essential. The wind blew
and the floods came and beat upon that
house and it fell because it was founded
upon the sand.
With characteristic sagacity the
Sioux City Journal observes governor
Cummins employed certain phrases in
a speech at Minneapolis that We're con-
strued as approaching democratic the
DRY with reference to tariff legislation
There was sharp criticism. PROBABLY
there would have been none of this but
for the existence of unfortunate fac
This is respectfully referred
to Messrs. Young, Murphy ct. al, for
we presume the republicanism of the
Journal will be unquestioned.
The recent populist convention in In
diana was more notable on account of
the absence of delegates than from
their presence. There We're only twen-
ty-six persons present. tho Indiana has
counties and the populist
vote for governor in 1900 was Leo
Bank officials often have queer eNper
fences with people over the question OF
proper Identification, but the paying
teller of the City Trust Company, says
the Philadelphia Record, had one
sprung on him the other day that was
entirely out of the ordinary. A sum
burned man who looked like sea cap
tain came in With a check payable to
his order which he wanted to get
cashed. The teller was satisfied the
check WAS all right but he didn't know
3 o'clock, and the man seemed in great
hurry for the money. He said he knew
very few people in Philadelphia, and 1t
would be impossible to get anyone to
identify him before theA.lose of banking
hours. Maybe this will do he said
taking off his coat and rolling up his
sleeve. There on his arm was tattoed
his name in India ink, and the teller de-
cded that no further naturalization
was necessary.
While Adelina Patti was shopping in
London recently gentleman overheard
the young woman who served her at
the counter address her us Miss He
says, What tribute 10 her perennial
beauty to be still taken for a young
miss, at the age OF Co.
After one term in congress, repre-
senting the Twelfth Ohio district, EN-
NETT Tompkins who defeated the re-