Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-15
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Rockford, April 1.-THE collapse of
the COPYRIGHT movement against
Speaker Henderson outside of the dis
trict was expected. Somehow, the gem
eral public never took stock seriously III
it. and now the public do not know
which to admire the most the shrewd
politics of Hendersons friends in call
ing the convention in May, months
earlier than ever before, thus making
any antagonistic concerted action i'm
possible, or the sound sense of Senator
Cartwright withdrawing his candidacy
with almost certain defeat before him.
The writer one day last week dropped
into town near by Waterloo. and he
found even there but little opposition
to Dave" And while many republi :
cans say that Speaker Henderson's at
titude on tariff revision is not in ac
cord with the sentiment there, they
think at the right time Henderson can
be counted on to carry out their wishes.
They point out his record on Cuban re-
ciprocity as an Illustration, that where
as few months ago he was opposed to
any reduction in tariff duties from
Cuba or elsewhere. he finally yielded his
private convictions to those of public
demand. So, they reason, will be his
action on tariff reduction on trust man
ufactured articles sold cheaper abroad
than in the home market
The whole history of the Wesley Ell
kins case, in so far as the recent legis-
lature is concerned is most powerful.
argument in favor of a state board of
pardons. Here were Representatives
and senators engaged several days in
debate on a committees report on the
question of pardoning one man. And
If the time consumed by this and pre-
yious legislatures, on this one case, was
figured at So per day, the supposed SAL
airy of our state solons, amounting for
every day thus spent to $3.50, it would
pay the expenses of board of pardons
for long time. And while the public
are inclined to accept the final result of
q parole, the vacillating course of re-
fusing and then recommending a parole
brings out much adverse criticism.
One of the best newspaper comments
on the late legislature is credited to the
Grinnell Gazette. The people seem to
have elected the governor, but the rail-
roads elected the legislature" All of
the railroad legislation in 1902 is looked
upon with suspicion. The people don't
know what it means. don't know what
the results will be, but are very free in
expressing themselves as opposed to
moving headquarters for trust and
combines favorable legislation from
New Jersey to Iowa. There is a very
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that the so-called merger bills, under
whatever name they passed the differ
ent branches of the Legislature, are not
for the best interests of the people, and
many go as far as to intimate corrupt
practices brought about the result. One
thing is sure, the sins of this legisla-
tGre, both of omission and commission.
will furnish more than the usual
amount of democratic ammunition dur
ing the next state compaign.
Several of our wet Iowa towns are
inqiuring into the results of the Galva
plan of the nlulct law on the saloons.
This town of Galva, by a majority and
more, think saloons help the trade of
town. But 1 seems it was not an opin-
ion that several saloons would help
trade. So when two or more men pro-
posed to open up business, the city
fathers concluded to create monopoly,
and offered to allow one man to have
the whole business. Some say certain
brewing companies We're behind the
bidders for the exclusive saloon bust
ness in Galva. AT any-rate the success
full party bid $500 a year and got the
whole thing. This is about $40 day
license, six days in the week, and citi-
zens of the town tell the Looker-O On