Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-07
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

their attention now 10 tne Wolh VI
placating Ireland.
Connecticut's proposed new constitu-
ton makes the town the unit OF repre-
sentation in the house. While basing
representation in the senate on popula-
ton. Prospects seem to be against It's
ratification The small towns are
against it thru desire that the town
shall be the basis of representation IN
both house and senate while the large
cities are against it because population
is not made the basis representation
turnout.
1t is the general expectation that Col
orado will be in the republican column
next November.
Santos Dumont appears to think he
can prosecute his experiments with
greater safety and advantage in the
United States than he can in England,
and is coming here to reside.
In view. Of the fact that an Eldora
Jury rendered q verdict against one OIL
two partners, each contending that the
other should pay the debts of the firm
and the next day another jury rendered
q verdict against the other partner, the
Filipinos should congratulate them
selves on the failure of the government
to provide for jury trials in the ISL
ands.
Not insurance against hre, out
against water, is the present Iowa de-
mand.
The mechanical mixer is repeatedly
heard from, especially in foreign coun-
tries, where the milk producers seem
to have more faith in it's ultimate per-
lection than do Americans. In several
parts OF the old world and in Australia
they are working with a milking ma
chine that is called pulsator This
machine reproduces on the teat of the
COW the alternating pressure that the
calf uses in sucking and the human
mixer in milking. Reports are received
from New Zealand of many dairymen
having to reduce their herds on account
of the inability to get mixers TO do
that kind of work. Others again have
dropped dairying for the same reason
and gone into stock raising or grain
growing. Certainly the Introduction OF
any machine that would really DO the
work Of the human mixer would enor-
mously increase the output of dairy
products. The farm hand would receive
1t with 10y, for he does milking only be-
cause he has to do 50 to keep his JOB.
s. A. Brewster, editor of the Ottum-
wa Democrat, is prominently mentioned
in connection with the craftsmanship OF
the coming democratic state conVen-
ton. He is an out-and-out, all-oVer
and all-thru free silver man. AS the
Bryanites are largely in the majority
on the committee it is not improbable
that he will be chosen. Brewster is
good newspaper man and was highly
successful in the newspaper held at
Creston where he owned and edited the
Advertiser.
Marshall county strawberries have
reached the climax of perfection this
week.
The leasing Of the Burlington, Cedar
RAPIDS & Northern railway for per-
iod of ninety mine years by the Chica-
go. Rock Island & Pacific is likely to
make changes in the otficiary OF the
leased line, altho it is announced that
for the present the old force will be re-
tanned. 1t is probable, however ac-
cording to Cedar Rapids authority,
that the present officials in that city
will be dispensed with, just as the Iowa
Central force has in Marshalltown, and
that Cedar Rapids will become merely
division point.
Missouri has more than fifty students
at Harvard. If Arkansas would send
more students and fewer negroes to the
New England states 1t might make
change of reputation greatly to be de-
sired.
The Des Moines Register quotes Mr..
j. S. Clarkson as saying, the state OF
Iowa is making great mistake by not
Joining in the good roads movement,
and starting out with an appropriation
of not less than $5O0O0,OO00 for begin
ming the work. The little state of Vir-
ginia with its naturally hard and
smooth roads, has appropriated that
much, he says, and every state in the
east is spending millions every year.
Good roads make good business AS
this would tax every inhabitant of Iowa
about S25 each and would give a pro
rata of little more than 100000 to
each county the Times Republican is
inclined to think the estimate high.
Now that the Philippine bill has
passed what subject will Mr. Patterson
taper off on?
Editor Clingman of the Montrose
Herald, whose wife left him recently,
was divorced, and whose consequent
walls have been copied in different
state papers, has married again and is
ready for a new batch of trouble.
OF the Hon. w. d. Evans nominated
last Tuesday for Judge in the Eleventh