Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-05

Gifted, and the carnival voted a good
thing. There We're some features of
low moral tone, such as the so-caled
French theaters. which at best were
disgusting. and upon every opportunity
actually VIE. The T.-R. took occasion
10 condemn these shows and express
lowed on the grounds another year.
The carnival management likewise
of them and freely stated
that. protiting by experience. it would
be better able to regulate them another
year.
With this assurance and repeated
promises that the second carnival
would be an Improvement over the first
the TR sold its advertising space at
Il Very low figure, and in other ways
assisted the enterprise because of It's
public interest To say that the public
has been disappointed but mildly eN
presses the feeling in this newspaper
office. 1t is true that untold troubles
beset the carnival management. EN-
cellent attractions secured on written
contracts and advertised extensively
cancelled their engagements by wire
only n few hours before the gates
opened and all of those who did come,
becoming panic stricken because of the
unpromtsing weather. We're almost un-
manageable. Nevertheless the carnival
management had assumed responsible
ity for regulating these shows. The t.
Il. had sold its space to advertise that
the carnival company would make this
show clean turnout. Something that
would not offend women and children,
and the company failed. Overlooking
much criticism that the carnival as n
whole was disappointing, for the T.-R.
believes that the free show and fire
works Were more than worth % cent
admission. the carnival company is
open to just censure for the vile shows
that We're allowed concessions on the
grounds under private canvass. They
We're offensive even to those who want
ed to keep out. They We're Infinitely
worse than anything that appeared last
year and will serve to keep away from
future carnivals the vast majority of
decent people. to say nothing of the
harm done to young men and boys who
patronized them. The T.-R. assisted
the carnival this year In every way it
could. for this responsibility 1T pleads
guilty. but the T.-R. has had enough.
The show was advertised as "inoffen-
sive to women and children" Citizens
everywhere who saw it said that 1t was
no place for lady to attend because of
the offensive and suggestive bally-hos
used to advertise the midway shows.
Perhaps the carnival management did
all in it's power to control these fellows,
we don't know. 1t failed and the carni-
val was not what 1t ought to be.
After all that had been said by MEM
bers of the city council regarding the
elimination of politics from the seiec-
ton of fire chief and members of the
new paid department, appearances in
some quarters We're very much against
the good resolutions that We're an
nounced. 1t had been claimed that the
recommendations of George c. Hutch
ings. the expert who had charge of in
stalling the plant. would be followed to
the letter, but when the matter came
before the council for final action
Wednesday evening opposition was at
once sprung to the selection of Louis
Schneider as chief. Councilman Har-
ry, of the First ward, fathering the OPP
position, on the grounds that the coun-
ell was acting hastily in confirming the
recommendation. Mr.. Kreutzer acted
as his right guard and intimated that
there were many men in the city who
were as good as Mr.. Schneider. Grant
ing that fact, however, 1t was the opin-
ion of the majority of the council. after
hearing the recommendation of an un
preiudiced outsider. that this recon-
mendation should be followed which
was done. Whether the candidacy of
Mr.. Henrys brother for the place in
his action or not, In justice to
Mr.. Henry 1t should be known that his
own reason for opposition to Schneider
as given was that the water works