Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
"ssok, you! Thi. is my week!'
New York Times

1872 is recalled to mind. resulting in a
democratic house in 1874 and the close
election In the Hays Tilden contest
in 1876, it will not do for republicans
to consider the opposition party is
dead" 1t may take a few years for
the opposition to consolidate but it is
inevitable that there will be an oppo-
sition party, possibly on new issues
but certainly on some questions of
principle or politics.
THE MANY WIVED MORMON.
ICedar Rapids Republican,
One of the Mormon elders now Ia
boring In Des Moines says that God
intends man to replenish the earth and
that therefore he may take more than
one wife. He points to Joseph, who
had two wives and twelve children. 1t
is to be feared that the elder who is
soiourning in Des Moines has given
away some valuable secrets. The
church in Utah has claimed to be OPP
posed to plural marriages In the later
years. But it is pretty hard to reform
a man who has a fixed religious idea
in his head. Once in it is never out.
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THE ARMY CANTETN.
[Sioux City Journal.a
Extracts from reports published spo-
radically indicate that the suppose
reform has wrought more harm than
good. If the testimony, when care
fully gathered from all sources and
intelligibly presented, shall confirms
this indication congress duty In the
matter will be plain. The canteen was
abolished in the hope Of lettering con-
ditions in the army. If after four
years experiment positive deteriora-
ton instead of benefit is shown the
canteen ought to be restored. The
well meaning persons who were inf1u-
entail in bringing about the experiment
ought to be the first to adili. this
When they asked the abolition of the
canteen they believed the removal Of
temptation within the army post
would lead the enlisted men more
temperate habits. If instead, as claim
ed, it has driven the enlisted men into
more harmful excuses outside the post
limits the rational thing % do Is to re-
store the canteen in til, interests Of
practical temperance
The records Of the war department
ought to be acceptsl as conclusive.
Surely it will not be argued that ,l.e
officers who are he'll Responsible Ger
the discipline, health and Mo,'.ia Of
the army will not mis:spresent mat
tiers or falsify the returns in the in
terest of the brewers and llstille.s.
Certainly the interest of the officers in
promoting everything that is for the
best interests of the army car. be
taken for granted.
When the subject is next presented
for the consideration Of congress it Is
hoped that the canteen question will be
settled upon it's merits as disclosed in
actual practice. The time for theo,-
izii,g is past. The .xonr.u,ent has bee
made and the result ought 4, be per.
ceptible. There will be no excuse for
sentimentalizing or deferrIng to well
intentioned ignorance.
A CEDAR RAPIDS SCHEME.
[Cedar Rapids Gazette,l
"If the people will elect me to the leg
islature next year I'll introduce an
amendment to the Australian ballot
law that will make 1t an improvement
on the voting machine" said Fourth
warder as he was watching the judges
and clerk of election straighten out the
tangle of scratched" ballots.
Asked as to the scheme, he said:
"Why, it's simple as can be. The
law now gives us judges and clerks and
makes 1t incumbent upon them to
count the votes. Why not amend it so
that in addition to the present election
officials there can be board Of three
official counters?
"Of course some will say that if the
ballots were counted as they were cast
the counters could tell how the voters
had voted. That Is all rot. The votes
could be ground thru a machine, just
as they are now. and taken out in lots
of ten or twenty, or even greater
number. The counters would be
sworn to absolute secrecy. bound not
to give any intimation of the result OF
the count until the last vote was
counted. within five minutes after the
last voter enters the booth the result