Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-08
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Malcolm, March S.-Much has been
written concerning the prominence,
Iowa now has in national affairs. A
writer in the New York Sun, under the
head of Hawkeyes to the front says:
An uptown hotel clerk who catches
the drift of travel quickly remarked
the other day that he had seen more
Iowa people In his house recently than
ever before.
Maybe it happens" he said. There
is squad of them there in the corner
indicating sextet gathered about a
table
The man to whom the party was
pointed out walked over and introduced
himself. The spokesman of the party
grasped hands cordially and presented
the newcomer all around. The Hawk
eyes were congratulated on their well
fed and WELL groomed appearance.
"Oh, yes" said the spokesman. I'VE
rather felicitate ourselves up on the
fact that the average Hawkeye is cap
able of showing up pretty we'll. We are
on our way to the national capital, sim
ply to show to President Roosevelt our
appreciation of his Judgment in further
honoring the Hawkeye state by his Sc
lection of Gov. Leslie Shaw to be at the
head OF the financial branch of the gov
eminent.
1--WE have been somewhat amused
since our arrival in the east at some
inquiries hurled at us about Gov. Shaw.
There was a Boston man in here today
who wanted to know if it was true that
Gov. Shaw was opposed to society ac-
cording to the Washington standard
and the Boston idea, and If it was true
that the governor had accepted office
with the understanding that he would
not wear clawhammer coat at the
Washington functions.
That's the Boston idea of what con-
stitutes the biggest slice of the United
States. Silly as that inquiry was l
could not refrain from telling the Bos-
ton chap that there isn't hayseed in
the state of Iowa who doesn't wear a
dress suit to his dinner every day after
he has washed up from his labor in the
cornfield.
1.-THE average Iowa man is not quite
so all-fred opinionated as the average
Ohio man. There is a growing impress
sion out our way that just at the pres
ent time Ohio is travelling on the
freight When Speaker Henderson
our Dave-went abroad last fall he was
at home in Paris as he is in Madison or
Mount Pleasant. OF course he was born
on the other side, but he never cut
much ice until he matriculated in
Iowa"
ut is nothing new, however" inter-
a rat 1oot hc,
did it. for the government to call on
Iowa when 1t wants timber that won't
warp When Lincoln first called for
troops old Sam Curtis raised a regiment
quicker than June bug can eat cab
bage leaf
There was no finer body of troops
than the First Iowa Infantry, if l was
one of the thousand myself. remem-
Der that our first order was to go to
Missouri. We We're stationed at a town
that was the hottest secesh place in the
state.
ut had already sent 1900 of its best
men to join Pap Price. Our regiment
stayed in that town until it went to the
front. The women called on Sam Cur
It's as he was about leaving and COM
plimented him on being in command of
the only regiment of gentlemen that the
government had. The First Iowa new
er showed the white feather during the
war
And every Iowa regiment raised
thereafter was like unto it, said the
spokesman. MIR. Lincoln showed his
appreciation of Iowa brain when he put
Sam Miller on the supreme bench
Mill r,f, Il nd
pillar of fire by night to Lincoln. And
yet when Lincoln called him, some peo-
PIE asked who Sam Miller was. ] guess
thaV know now, even in Boston.
"Then there was Jim, Grimes. He