Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-16
TOPICS OF THE
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cerned Senator Morgan ". now as much
out of fashion as the ducking stool
which belongs with him.
| If State Printer Bernard Murphy's
| use of lnotypes is Illegal. as the Des
Moines Typogra phical Union claims,
| so much the worse for the law. If the
choice lay between common sense and
compliance with an antiauated custom
| the people would stand by Mr.. Murphy
| in choosing the former.
IF Gardner Cowles has been correct
| ly quoted and the Register and Leader
will take no part in faetional or per-
sonal controversies Mr.. Cowles is Cue
! to be lonesome in Des Moines.
The Ottumwa Democrat is complains
| ing of the election results. Sure it is
ticket in the past camraign, and the
gold democrats had the platform their
own way Silver democrats worked
with them, but no such results are
noticeable as were promised by the
gold standard democrats The result;
is not satisfactorily explained as yet
1. would be interesting to know what
the Democrat expected. The democratic
vote developed beyond expectation and
democrats were successful in local con-
tests to an unusual extent. If the OF
tumwa editor had dreams of demo-
cratic victory thru the reorganization
Of the Iowa democracy the explanation
may be found in the extraordinary
horse sense of the average Iowa voter.
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undetermined sentences and the par
doning power vested IN a pardoning
board, which might include the board
of control. the governor of the state
and the judge who passed the SEN
tence. would relieve the executive Of
much worry and responsibility.
Montgomery county Is the seat of
war in Iowa between the American
Book Company and itA rivals. Rand,
McNally & Co, d. c. Heath & Co ana
Merrill & Co. managed to secure the
adoption of their books by eight out OF
the twelve townships in the county
before the American Book Company
discovered their activity. Now the
latter concern is trying TO convince the
school directors in the various town
ships that they were roo previous IN
adopting the other fellows goods. They
claim that fair competition was not
asked or permitted; that higher prices
are paid than necessary and that ac-
ton SO far taken by the eight town.
ships is contrary to Jaw. 1t Is the
same old rotten fight over again.
A new use has been found for that
machine of many possa bilities, the au-
tomobile. It is now being used as a
gospel wagon, the evangelists travelling
from place to place holding religious
services. = = The Fonda Times proud
ly asserts that Fonda has more rods of
good cement sidewalks than any town
of its size in the state
The Fairfield Ledger in discussing
the defeat of Editor Logan for repre-
sentative in Washington county says
that a good editor seldom makes a
good candidate That is true. He Is
called upon to express opinions pub
Ncly on all sorts of subjects and mus.
inevitably create artagonisms. The
advantage is rnanifestly with the fell
low who can keep his views to himself.
Gate City.
All this is balanced by the law of
compensation. The good editor is
rarely cozened into becoming a candi-
date for any office. He can make more
law and impress himself upon public
opinion more thoroughly at his desk
than in office. The editor who is beat
en- for Office may congratulate himself
on the fact that the people realize his
sphere of usefulness better than he did
himself.
The Arkansans lynched white man
the other day. and the keokuk Gate
city Is impelled to remark that the
craving for variety seems to be Unborn
in some people and irresistible.
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The Clarinda Herald thinks sit Is be-
ing suggested that the right thing for
our government to do is to annex Pan
ANA and thus end the trouble of nego-
tiating for terms as to the building of
the canal. Expansion in this direction
would be wise thing to do and would
settle the canal question for all time
to come" There seems no need of
such extreme measures. What America
wants of Panama is canal rights. To
favor the annexation of that twisted
little fever spot is much like praying
for an extra vernlifnrm appendix.
Perhaps the reason that the New
York women overran the police on the
occasion of the Go4let wedding was
that it seemed so much like a bargain
day.
The colonial affairs committee of
Germany has just published an inter-
esting report on the German Colonial
Cotton Enterprises for 1902'03. 1t
contains many particulars as to the
culture Of cotton In Africa by Ger
mans, who, according TO the report,
say that there would soon be cotton
famine" THE effects of the Ameri-
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