Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-25

to fly UP about this. If Mrs. Shaw use6
the language attributed to her she die
and felt what nine good housekeeping
bodies like the governor and his wife
out of ten would feel and say. There
are thousands of women like Mrs. Shaw
over Iowa who would express them
selves after the same fashion. Governo,
Shaw's plain housekeeping citizenship
and good farm sense are among the
qualities that have endeared him to the
Iowa farmer. And If Mrs. Shaw saio
Lord bless me" the probabilities are
that she meant it. And it isn't action
able, any way.
Sisal hemp is sure to be a leading in
dustry of the territory of Hawaii. where
its culture has already passed the eX-
detrimental stage. The crop is garnered
once in six months and the returns are
said to be large and valuable The an
nexation of Hawaii is likely to prove a
good stroke Of business on the part OF
the United States.
Wireless telegraphy has had sue
cessful trial on the great lakes, mes
sage having passed between Detroit
and Cleveland. The Benefit of this sys-
tenn to the lake marine can not be es-
timated, and without doubt it will be
given a wide application within few
years at most.
If anyone ever entertained doubt
that President Roosevelt was friend
of civil service reform in reality as we'll
as by profession his course with refer
ence to civic service appointments Will
dispel it. 1t is to be noted that Presi-
dent Roosevelt prefers to stretch a
roint if need be in favor of protecting
the civil service rather than to stretch
1t the other way to invade its limits.
Creston ministers have the support
OF the business men and other respect
able residents in a crusade against
gambling bells and other Infamous re-
sorts. The recent shooting ARRAY
among negro gamblers In which an IN
nocent bystander lost his life proved
spring to set the reform movement in
action. The average city waits for a
calamity to purge itself from the causes
that lead up it and forgets as readily
as it wakes UP. There is possibly no
vice more demoralizing than gambling
and the negro crap shooter represents
the worst Of his kind.
WHY do not Messrs. McLaurin, Till
man and Dillon take lessons from Mr.
Cleveland in the use of epithet? When
he called Mr.. Bryan IAN afflictive visit
ation," he hung another verbal achieve
ment on the same hook with his fam
GUS "innocuous desuetude."
An act for the protection OF mayors
will be in order in Kansas II Mrs. Ma
zion springs a few more Of her proteges
and pupils upon suffering public. 1t
is to be hoped that Blanche Boise Will
he held away in the county jail for
term commensurate with her offence.
The actions of such unsexed aspirants
Tor notoriety are inimical to the reform
upon which they fasten
as parasites and should not
be in any manner condoned.
lieutenant Burnett of the army, sta
toned at Jiminez, Mandanao, has asked
the state board of agriculture of Illinois
to furnish him samples of corn of the
best variety. This officer believes the
soil is adapted to corn and wishes to
try an experiment. Which goes to prove
that some Of our officers in the Philip
pines are gentlemen with minds above
the ordinary monotonous military
grind.
President Roosevelt is said to be
tired of the strife and chickering's in the
army and navy and proposes to take
measures to put an end to them. 1t
would certainly be q good thing for the
service If this is done without regard
to which branch of the service or fac
ton the disturbers belong.
This surely can not be considered the
day Of small things, when single
American railway company makes the
official announcement that 1t has de-
cided to buy 10000 steel cars and $50
engines, required for the in
creased traffic Of the company, at an
estimated cost of no less than $24O0o,-
900. Already this year the most cele-
brated establishment Of the kind In
this country has reached the astound-
ing total of 10000 locomotives turned
out at it's works. Who can set bounds
to the industrial expansion of this re-
public?
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