Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-25
A TRAMPS' PARADISE

A TRAMPS PARADISE
[Iowa City Republican,
Iowa City is the tramps' paradise.
They are permitted to loaf about the
streets and are sent to jail in order to
give officers fees when they should
be kicked out of the corporation. The
grand jury takes the right view of the
matter The stone pile should be
worked vigorously and every tramp
or drunk put on bread and water while
under confinement. II the city officials
are blind they only have to feel their
way TO the rear of the Old hotel prop
erty on South Clinton street In order
to find hoboes almost any time sleep
ing ON a refuse heap or drinking beer
in the basement of the building The
plain fact is the tramps are harbored
here in order to be arrested and sem
fenced SO that officers may get the
fees. The supervisors should refuse
to pay all bills for arresting tramps
and that would settle the matter.
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NOT WHAT ANYBODY WANTED.
Esprit Lake Beacon.l
1t was simply the expected that hap
pened at the republican state convei-
ion at Des Moines Wednesday.
Many delegates in the majority were
disposed to be temperate and diplo-
matte, but 1t was impossible to control
the fierce factional war horses. to
whom the smell OF battle turned blind
zeal into bitter fury. Senators Allison
and Dolliver worked overtime On the
endeavor to hold the convention in
proper temper and to direct proceed
ings to the best party ends In Iowa
and the nation. In this work they re-
ceived important aid from Secretary
Shaw.
The platform in it's expression upon
the tariff and reciprocity is not what
anybody wanted While the radical
standpatters were moved from their
purpose of ripping things, the plank
agreed upon differs much from the
platform Of last year and also that
urged by the senators and secretary.
NOT A FAIR STATEMENT.
tGlidden Graphic.l
The platform Is in the language of
LATE Young. and LATE Is a little child
ish anyway. He has listened to the
democrats charging all the ills which
afflict mankind to the republican
party and he has come back at them
with the claim that all the blessings,
both temporal and spiritual. together
with propitious seasons. boundless re-
sources. undaunted energy and the
prosperity which abounds on every
hand are the direct results OF the
Dingley tariff. He dismisses the twin
sister of protection, reciprocity, with
the statement that reciprocity in non
competitive articles alone Is favored.
This, literally interpreted. means an
entire Reputation of the principle.
And TO accomplish this result it was
necessary to omit all mention of not
only the last state platform but of all
of the recent national platforms. In
this respect the platform is revolu-
tionaty 1t is not, on this point,
fair statement Of republican doctrine
or faith. 1t is merely an argument
for faetional contention.
THE WRONG PIECE OF PAPER
ISioux City Journal1
The Waterloo Courier. which has
been ardent in standpaltism, reports
that 1.-The Iowa republican state con-
yention did Its work we'll" The Cour-
Ter proceeds to hand in it's Endorse
melt to the best of its understanding.
Unfortunately for the truth OF history
and consistency the Courier in some
way mixed its platforms. The Cour-
Ter is proud to report that the stand