Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-12

: Topics Of the Times

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A sensation has been caused i'm Spain
| by the revelation of the fact that the
| prisoners taken for participation in an
archist demonstrations at Alcala del
! Vale We're tortured. Some died under
the punishment and others are left
wrecks for life. In this respect Spain
greatly resembles the enlightened civil
| lization of certain communities in the
United States. In this country pris-
| oners are burned to death.
| The city of Boston spends three
quarters annually for the collection of
garbage and half a million more for
| sweeping the streets.
The government is being accused Of
| ounce" work in connection with the
recent opening of the Rosebud Indian
! reservation lands in South Dakota.
! Many who drew prizes in the big lot
| terry are greatly disappointed and have
gone with their complainst to the gem
eral landof1ice in Washington. The gov
eminent has always been subjected to
criticism at the close of these land lot
teries. but in the present instance the
complaints seem to be louder and mora
numerous than before.
In America the universal she'll game
is now about to be worked. The victim
David B. Hill didn't call President
Roosevelt fraud as the reported stat
ed. In fact, Mr.. Hill claimed no poll
teal kinship with Mr. Roosevelt what
ever.
Judge Taft let considerable wind out
dependence speech by observing: 1t
is quite remarkable that Mr.. Williams
should be SO sensitive that the F'ilipin-
os are not given complete self-govern-
ment at once, and yet should be willing
to represent the Yazoo district in con-
gress, elected thereto by vote of 1,463
persons out of population of 100, 000."
So long as Parker keeps McCarren
beside him as an advisor those who
know McCarren are certain to ask
curious questions about graft and poll
teal immortality.
A New York judge advises abolish
ing the title chauffeur as used to desig-
nate motor driver and the substitu-
ton Of some palmer appellation. He
suggests that in attempting to line up
to the aristocratic Chauffeur the auto
driver grows supercilious and disdain-
full Of the common herd who walk a
bout on foot. The change might help
some, but ten days In Jail for each Of
Tense would go farther and act quicker.
Bessie: docs your mother give you
penny for being good?"
Benny: NO; she wants me to be
good for nothing.'-Ex.
The BLACK Hand" in New York
seems to run mostly to clubs
immigration officials declare de-
mands for household helpers are so nu-
merous that forty thousand newcomers
to this port could find domestic en-
ploy,nent were they Of the right sort
But too many Of the occupants of the
Storage are negligent, Indifferent to
their opportunities and show as soon
as landed an unreasonable disposition
to insist upon wildly extravagant wag-
es and privileges.
We are more fortunate than our OPP
ponents who now appeal for confidence
on the ground, which some express and
some seek to have confidentially under
stood, that, If triumphant, they may be
trusted to prose false to every principle
which in the last eight years they have
laid down as vital, and to leave und1s-
turbed those very acts Of the admins
tration because of which they ask that
the administration itself be driven from
power.-President Roosevelt.
Divorces are secured in Japan on
very slight grounds, but have decreas-
ed in number during the last few
years. But even now they occur in the
ratio of one to every three marriages.
In 1902 there were 349,4S9 marriages,
and 49, 9S divorces. This seems to
disprove any charges of barbarism that
may be brought against Japan. Society
with the divorce business down to SUCH
a fine point must necessarily be highly
organized.
Coming home from Manchuria the
Cossacks have occasion to be thankful
for their wonderful horsemanship. War
experts fail to accord the Don Cossacks
the irresistible qualities which common
report has given them. The dashing
Cossacks who were to sweep Manchur-
ia clean of Japanese seem to have cut
no great figure in the hostilities.
The members of the Australian par
lament are working hard to get their
salaries raised from $4,000 to $4,000
year. So hot has the fight become that
one member has petitional the speaker
for permission to put up a tent in the
public gardens to live in, saying that
he cannot afford to hire a house. I'm
like Mr.. Bryan he is unable or unWill-
ing to hire a hall.
Missouri's delegation in congress
consists of seventeen democrats and