Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-16
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Returning directly from his confer
ence With President Roosevelt, and
Senators Allison and Dolliver at Wash
ington, Governor Cummins announces
Il intend to do whatever lies in my
power to introduce into the national
platform the thought to which the re-
publicans Of Iowa have already given
utterance." Now does it seem reason
able that Cummins would thus boldly
declare his intention to invade the ma
tional convention with the Iowa idea II
he had found the administration against
him?
A little boy who was ready for bed
had kissed all good night except the
new hired girl. Don't you want to kiss
me goodnight" asked the girl. Nope.
said the youngster, Il saw papa try to
kiss you out in the kitchen and you
nearly slapped his head Off" And now
the lady of the house has decided that
she can do her own work.
Some little time ago a story was
published by the NationalReview tLon-
dom to the effect that William II. went
aboard an American yacht and told the
owner that Great Britain was "decad-
ent," while Edward VII. himself was
abused in language which it is not
possible for us to reproduce The
Norrdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Ber-
lin) thereupon branded this story as
IAN impertinent falsehood." Now the
was true and that "the Kaiser did
perpetrate the appalling indiscretfon
we have described" All this is remind
full of the Irish policeman's answer
10 the police magistrate. Robbery of
jewelry establishment had been sue
cessfully accomplished and the police
man was under question as to susni-
cious characters seen on his beat the
night previous. Said he: II saw
suspicious looking man, and questioned
thinking of opening up jewelry store
in the vicinity" We'll" replied the
judge, "he opened it all night and
took about $1,000 worth" The officer
scratched his head. Yer honor said
he, "thot mon may be a thafe, but he's
no liar" William may have been in
discreet.
1t is not strange that the decision of
the British government to establish
naval station at st. Margaret's Hope.
on the north shore of the Firth Of Forth,
many as an answer to the German
appeal to the Reichstag for
a larger navy. The assigned reason
for the governments action is the I'M
protected condition of the British coast
bounded by the North sea. That coast
certainly is unprotected, and the season
is conclusive; but the idea prevalent
in Great Britain and Germany may
not be so far wrong, tho possibly 1T was
decided to create a naval station In
Scotland before the emperor's program
was made public.
Illustrative of the efficiency OF the
farm telephone a story is told of a
farmer up in the northern part of the
state Said farmer went to town, got
on drunk and generally disturbed the
peace and quiet of the place. However,
he got away from the authorities and
returned home before he could be ar
rested. The next morning he called
up the marshal by telephone and asked
him IL he had a warrant for his arrest.
The marshal replied by reading the in
str,,ment to him over the phone. The
farmer said he would consider HIM
self under arrest He then called up
the mayor and plead guilty as charged
in the information. The mayor entered
\ fine of 81 and costs and the farmer
sent the fine in by the rural mail car
rier.
The south is not always behind the
times and in view of the scarcity of
farm help northern farmers might do
we'll to take example by their Missis-
sippf brethren. A Mississippi corre-
spondent of the Constitution declares
that up in Lee county in that state the
farmers have most unique organl-
cation. the purpose of which is to make
the candidates pay in hard labor for the