Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-31
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

~e~Ne~S
Governor Van SAINT, of Minnesota
has declined to drop the fight on the
abroad combine at the request of Min
neapolis business men. He may WISH he
lad not undertaken the job later on.
AS n tin to Professor Pearson the
Chicago Tribune suggests the professor
will do well To remember that good po-
sitions in agnostic colleges are scarce.
Chicago Tribune correspondence:
"The appearance before the committee
today of Professor Wiley, the cheii''s'
OF the agricultural department. VINO
made bitter plea against CUBAN reel
rrocity, has aroused great deal OF saih
in administration circles, because the
strange spectacle was presented OF
subordinate official publicly opposing
policy which was strongly presented py
the president. 1t is said that this ac-
ton of Professor Wiley probably VIII
result in his dismissal. as the president
will treat it as case of gross insupor-
dination. If it should appear that Pro-
fessor Wiley was sent to the ways ana
means committee by the secretary OF
agriculture it might easily interrupt the
n,easant relations now existing between
president Roosevelt and Secretary VIII
son."
Negotiations for peace in South At
ha In
they shall result in ending strife all
will be pleased.
Congressman Lacey, of this state, has
asked the house of representatives 10
authorize the printing of 5000 facsimile
comics of 1.-THE Morals of Jesus of NaZ-
areth." by Thomas jefferson. This is
the book called Thomas Jeffersons b.
ble,, the only copy of which is In the
National Museum.
The state fair management has wise
lly decided to have an old soldiers DAY
at the state fair this year.
| Candy is tabooed in Boston on Sun
\
cigars may still be had. According to
| Luther Preston, of New York city. the
New York excise discussion is not a
circumstance ut looks as tho the old
days of the Blue Laws We're upon us,
he said to a New York Tribune reports
err Last week orders were issued to
all the police captains to see that no
licensed victuallers sold candy fruit
peanuts or such like on Sunday, and
they We're also ordered to report on
Monday what they discovered about
/ Sunday performances in the theaters
genuine charitable purpose they were
to be stopped. l understand that all the
theaters were found to be running foi
charity The orders did not prohibit the
sale of cigars. But oranges We're as
4 hard to get as snowballs in July. Yor
know, however. that u periodic attack
of the Blue Laws is to be expected IL
4 Boston 1t is not bad disease, either
1t purges the body polite
There is great deal to be said II
favor of reducing country roadway.
from "a width of sixty-six to fifty feet
and not much against It,
Iowa pays It's governor $4,000 PEI
year which places it in the class Will
Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia, Idaho
Kansas and the two Dakotas. The
states of Delaware, Maine, Nebraska
Utah, Vermont. West Virginia and Wy
oming are the only states below ii
States of Iowa's rightful class such a.
Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin ant
! Colorado pay their governors $4,000
/ California and Illinois pay $4,000. Obi
, $4,000, while New Jersey, New Yorl
and Pennsylvania pay $4,000.
John w. Gates. the Chicago stee
magnate. has just secured another o
Rembrandt's oldest and finest paint
ings, entitled. "St. Paul. which repre-
sents the apostle in prison. II was pur
chased of New York dealer at pric
somewhere in the neighborhood of SIS,
900.
1t appears safe to predict that Feb
: ruary will not furnish us with sue
4 record breaking fine weather as ha
S January.
According to a Washington CORE
: spondent Chairman Payne, Mr.. Dalze
of Pennsylvania and Gen. Grosvenor {
Ohio are bitter in their opposition
. reciprocity with Cuba. AS developed !
the conference yesterday, their opposi
: ton is largely brought about by the
: fear that this would be the openin
II wedge to break down the protectiy
theory in the United States. They haN
summoned to their assistance the WOO
growers, the sugar men of Loulslan
the beet sugar men of Michigan, ne
IS braska and California, and the manu-
: facturers of New England, all of whol
are being told that reciprocity wit
n Cuba will result inevitably in simili
q tariff concessions to other countrie
II MIR. Hopkins, of Illinois. who has thu
II become the leader of the Administrative
e forces, takes the ground that the Peep
% already are In favor of reciprocity VII
Cuba, and that they will become mo-
:. determined as time passes He asserts
that there were two separate issues II
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