Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-08
IGwA QplhlnNs AND NOTES.

The Iowa State Register declares
that Every time a granger democrat
goes to town to sell a load of farm
produce he thanks the Lord going and
coming that the country does business
consideration the matter of me and
under a republican administration"
Really now," inquiries the Fairfield
Ledger wouldn't you like to go back
to the days Of 1886, when, under a
democratic administration of national
affairs, you were selling your hogs at
$3.50 a hundred, your cattle at 1925,
your sheep at dollar a head, your
corn at Is to Is cents, your oats at s
to IL cents and your wife was getting
S to 6 cents for her chickens, 10 to IL
for her butter and 10 to II for her
eggs? Vote for another change this
fall, give the democrats another chance,
and they may even do worse than in
the 'SO's!"
The Dubuque Times thinks the ar
guments on biennial elections are
running into absurdities." Its friends
are answering the argument that the
annual election has an educational val
ue by iquiring whether we should not
have a presidential election every year
for the sake of the educational value.
If we had presidential elections an-
nually it would be necessary to hold To-
cal elections meanwhile to avoid me-
glest of local affairs
The Sioux City Journal suggests.
"There is another challenge the Lacey
committee might propose, Lacey not
being the proper party because OF
modesty. If Brewster dare, let him fol-
low Lacey, with meetings on his own
account, and see how he may come out
on the score of standing room only
''When the farmer comes home at
noon or night and takes up his daily
paper left at his door and remembers
that the rural free delivery system was
given to him by the republican party
the Manson Journal does not imagine
that che is going to find much fault
with President Roosevelt because ne
was rather hasty in recognizing the re-
public of Panama or give q darn
whether the Filipinos are going tc
have self government Of whether they
will in time partake of the same KIND
the farmer is blessed with"
1.-THE man who expects to force in
novation-and innovation may be OF
doubtful virtue-without taking into
consideration the matter Of time anc
the condition of public opinion may a.
hi, To o~Nlafv11 win
Fred White "The public Is damned
observes the Des Moines Capital.
care state matters neglected In ma
tional campaign years? Is the biennial
elections proposition itself being ne
elected this year? asks the Councll
Bluffs Nonpareil. "Only by those who
wish to defeat it by the smothering
process. Why don't some Of the papers
so solictious for the education of the
public do little educating right now:
There is no time like the present tc
prove up point!"
"Our republican friends will not
deny" says the Clinton Age, dem.
chat a far better and more prosperous
condition prevails among the indus
tries, particularly in the west, than
when the republican party was claim
ing everything for their candidate. AS
the campaign progresses and the pros
poets of democratic victory increase
the prosperity barometer rises cor
respondingly."
Farmers probably remember the
scornful demeanor Of democratic ora
tors a few years ago when they sneer-
ed at the Mckinley tariff on eggs
says the Centerville Iowegian. would
these scoffers dare look a good honest
Iowa hen in the face now and ask to
go back to the days when she laid SIX
and eight cent dozen eggs?''
To the Marengo Republican. "some
of the convictions the democratic party
is dragging to light for use In this
campaign smell of mothballs."
Candidate Davis letter. of accept
ance was evidently planned on the dr.
mansions of his check to the campaign
fund" remarks the Burlington Hawk
eye.
That the women should complain
less about their lot in life, is the opin-
ion of the Fonda Times after they
have eaten big Sunday dinner they
dishes, and this activity is good for
their health. A man having no dishes