Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-28
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Owasa, June 2I-Current comment
on the Jefferson affair suggests that
the folks are very much like the peo-
pie In the south the mob gets in its
work, and press and pulpit are very
much scandalized. But as soon as
some negro forgets his inevitable fate
If he assaults d white woman, then
again mob law rules. In the north, in
Iowa, in Jefferson, a half crazed de-
generate white man defies the law and
it's officials, kills the city marshal, re-
treats to barricaded house and opens
fire on the assembled citizens, there to
arrest him. The end is the same, both
negro and white man are killed by in
furiated citizens. this without stopping
for the formality of arrest, trial, con-
viction and execution. Now, theoreti-
caly, this jefferson killing is all wrong.
Practically, the people of Iowa, by a
large majority, endorse it. Many good
citizens have told the writer, I'VE
would do the same thing here in our
town under similar circumstances"
One well-posted lawyer, speaking of it,,
says these citizens of Jefferson We're
acting entirely in q legal way. 1t was
virtually a sheriff's posse engaged in
the arrest of a murderer. 1t was the
duty of these citizens to take that man
alive if they could. but when he resist
| ed to the extent of firing on the as
| semblage of citizens then it was their
| plain duty to kill him. AS this man is
soon to be judge on the Iowa bench
such an opinion has much weight.
| Again. another thinking citizen says
| the effect upon the community caused
by this killing of the murderer by en-
ragged citizens was good one. 1t will
| not only deter criminals from murder
ing other city officials, but will have a
| god effect on the coming generation of
| young men who have little or no re-
| spect for law and authority. Certain it
| is good law abiding citizens will not be
prevented from moving to Jefferson
when they want to live In n good Iowa
| town because the Jeffersonites shot
down cold blooded murderer.
| -
| Ever since the coronation exercises
| of King Edward have been talked of it
has been interesting to hear the COM
ment of Iowa people on the whole bus
| mess. The same sentiment came out
during our entertainment of the bro
| Their of the German emperor. Bryan,
| the demagogue, and Watterson the ir-
reconcilable, affect to see a tendency in
this country towards imperialism, this
| of course among republican voters, but
these eminent democrats would be
cured of some of their folly if they
could hear the talk in Iowa today,
where dwells 100000 republican major
| ity At this writing the life of King
Edward Is in danger and one would
expect an ebullition of sympathy now,
if ever. On the contrary. so cold
blooded are the people of Iowa towards
kings and emperors that to put in type
here many remarks heard on the
streets. in the cars and in the hotels,
would be far from complimentary on
the Christian reputation of our good
Iowa citizens Some of the least I'M
kind words are to the effect that the
money spent on this coronation affair
would be much better used in sending
it to the women and children of the
defeated Beers. YES" said another
bystander, send to to starved India"
And the political demagogue is sure of
a sympathetic audience in Iowa when
he ,"damns old England" With all our
forgiving nature, and as nation we
soon forget SllgntS ana CRIMES, we nave
never forgiven the course of England
during the war of the rebellion. Some
good Iowans even date back to the Bos-
ton tea party.
Once there was in an Iowa town a
bank cashier who was also mayor of
the town. So much can be accepted as
fact. But "they say" that this mayor
one day walked into a building in his
own town where they had a musical
slot machine. One of those machines
where you can put In a nickel, a dime
or a quarter, and always gets a tune.
and sometimes, if the coin drops into
the right place, you get back all the
way from cents to $3.50. Well, the
story goes the mayor bucked the ma
chine the first day and was $3.50 out.
This was on Saturday. On Monday he
faced the music with varying luck, but
was $3.50 to the worse at p. m. AT
7.30 In the evening he called an extra
session of the common council and
crowded thru an ordinance suppress
sing all slot machines in city.