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


part of what was formerly known as
the ]. Y. Stone orchards, covering q
tract of land 1900 acres in extent. Nj.
Bradley expects to ship from 2o'Voo 10
10000 barrels of apples this year, as
the trees are young, having Juss
reached their full bearing capacity. The
season seems exceedingly favorable, the
apples are developing rapidly ana the
trees are entirely free from worms am
destructive insects. He has taken great
sprecal,tion against these latter pests,
having a gang of men busy for two
weeks spraying.
STATE CONVENTION DUTY.
IIowa City Republican,
When the republican state convention
has cordially indorsed President Roose-
veltfs courageous administration, COM
mended the Iowa congressman and sem
ators for standing squarely by the pres
ident, and for upholding the highest
ideals of representative government
and Endorsed Governor Cummins' very
able and satisfactory state administra-
ton, it will have done its duty 5y all
public officials, and removed every rea-
can go ahead and make state plat
form in conformity with the state pol
icy, and give national utterances that
will indicate to the country that as
Iowa stands high in the councils Oh the
party and is powerful in administrator
it is also worthy of continued conn
dence and capable OF continued leader
ship. The governor has deep inter-
est in having the right thing said as to
the state affairs, and his wishes should
be considered. On the other hand our
senators and congressman are part OIL
i the people of the state, and While they
will not dictate a platform, their views
on national affairs will be readily ac-
cepted as those of the greatest of our
political leaders, and will be influential
in shaping the course of the conNen-
ton.
WILL OVERHAUL THE TRACK.
IClarksville Start
The Intention of the Chicago Great
Western .as to its track west of Clarks-
VILE will soon be made known in tangi-
BILE form. Yesterday r. Il. Dear of the
firm of Winston Bros. & Dear of Mime
apolis, was in GAINESVILLE letting minor
contracts in connection with the work
that is to be done. His firm has the con-
tract of overhauling the grades from
Waverly to Hampton, and for the bal
ance of this season expect to make
GAINESVILLE their headquarters. Mr..
Dear says that he will establish camp
near A. T. Strock's in Jackson township
and that he expects the steam grader,
the dummy train and other necessary
equipment here Monday and work will
be started at once. Temporary build
ings will be erected at the camp for the
men and horses. Starting from the
river bridge and going west the grade
will be changed so that it will be but
five feet to the mile, and from the VI
cinity of Frank Patterson's farm resi-
dence to point near A. Schrage's farm
residence the grade will be on straight
line. At some points there Will be nils
as high as fifteen feet above the pres
ent grade, while in other places there
will be cuts of fifteen feet below. The
grade will be radically changed, cross
ing the present at least two points.
When seen by Star representative he
had only the profile of the part of the
new survey described. He says that
great changes are to be made on the
hill this side of waverly, but that the
profiles do not show that Shell Rock is
to be cut out.
ROBERTS ON THE PLATFORM.
[Register and Leader.l
The fears Of dissension in the con-
yention have been largely due to mis-
apprehension. 1t has been reported, for
example, that Governor Cummins de-
sired specific endorsement of his Min
neapolis speech, but this is a mistake.
The governor says he asks the conven-
ton this year to make the same decla-
rations upon the tariff and the trusts
that it did last year; he will assume the
task of freconciling his utterances with
those declarations Nobody can object
to this, for it is only asking the party
to be consistent with itself. Whether
the governor in his much discussed
speech went beyond the platform or
not is something with which the con-
yention need not trouble itself. The
public is able to reach it's own conclu-
sions upon that Party platforms as a
rule must be general in terms, leaving
Of legislators, and it is inevitable that
individuals will vary more or less In
their attempts to closely define the in
structions of convention. The courts
are kept busy defining the meaning and
powers of legislative enactments, which
ere supposed to be drawn with all pos
s,ble precision. 1t is not a just criti-
cism upon the Cedar Rapids resolutions
that men of different views may claim
different degrees of authority under
them. The question is, ave they fairly
expressive of public sentiment in the
state, and if not are they too strong or
too mild?
We believe that the resolutions are
fairly expressive of public sentiment.
They are not very specific. but the pub
lie is not very specific. 1t wants the re-
publican party to take care of this
tariff question, and keep it out of poll
ties by making changes in the sched-
lles as they are required by new con
ditions That is evidently the idea
they have up in Minnesota as we'll as
in Iowa The convention can not tie ul'
the Iowa congressman to specific tariff
changes nor can it afford to take a po-
xition of inaction.