Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-10

: Topics Of the Times

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The only man who really realizes
how close the present campaign is
going to be is the collector of cam
paign assessments.
The exigencies of politics are otter
| interesting. Wyoming republicans
have just put aside conscientious scru-
pies till after election. in their nomi-
nation of a convicted polygamist fol-
presidential elector.
Troubles are crowding upon Mrs
Parker fast. Aside from ruin to her
home grounds and shrubbery. a bevy
of New York chorus girls has invaded
the place. each protesting that the
| judges pictures fail to do him justice
| Mr.. Robertson Nicoll, editor of the
British Weekly, one of the closest OF
| English observers, thinks the evening
newspapers exercise tremendous and
growing influence in England. He ar
CUES that more people have time to
read in the evening than in the morn
| ing. In the morning many are hasten
| ing to their days work, while in the
| evening after the hard physical OF
mental labor is over, they are in a
better frame of mind to read not the
news only, but the editorial opinion
as well, which comes to influence their
lives.
Forty thousand fasteners have
bought tickets to California at the
$50 rate. 1t is said the east does not
know the difference and California,
feels like we do in Iowa when we raise
a good corn crop.
Senator Bailey and Congressman
Burgess in recent addresses and inter
views have practically conceded the
defeat of Parker and the election of
Roosevelt. In closing an address at
Brentwood the other night Senator
Bailey made the significant statement
that he was Confident the democrats
would win in 1908. the reason being
that the people by that
time would be Disguised with
Roosevelt The Texas Republicans
construe this as an admission that
the democrats have become discourage
ed In an interview Congressman
Burgess said: Even though Parker
will probably be defeated, the platform
will be perpetuated."
Charles TONNES great oil venture
has busted" and there is some doubt
as to whether Charlie will long re-
main millionaire. We may yet hear
some first class calamity campaign
speeches.
A new department, appearing fo-
the first time in the September num-
Der of the North American Review,
will be devoted to an exposition of
great political movements affecting in
dividual governments and the world
An interesting demonstration was
made few days ago to determine
how long it took to convert living trees
into newspapers. The experiment took
place at Essential, Austria, at 1885 in
the morning. Three trees were cut
down at $3.50, the wood, having been
stripped of the bark, cut UP and con-
verified into pulp, became paper and
passed from the factory to the press
from whence the first printed and
folded copies were issued at 10 o.
clock In just 145 minutes trees We're
converted into newspapers. Nothing
slow about that.
The latest thing in drinks is the
"Jeffries punch" Properly landed UNI
der the belt it is said to give one the
blind staggers.
One democratic editor, after read
ing Secretary Tafts eulogy of Roose-
welt, concludes that the president is
gentle enough to stand without hitch
ing, but a brother democrat calls him
down with the suggestion that no
such conclusion would come to man
who knows anything about the dispo-
sition of a horse which an army man
thinks safe.
The objection of Des Moines bus
mess men to nude figure on the city's
coat of arms, in view of the capital
citys general reputation, would tend
to convict Des Moines business men
of most selfish inconsistency.
The political cartoonists are now
battling over the comparative hand
shakes of Roosevelt and Parker. With
the handshake as an issue in the cam
paign, democratic prospects should be
looking up, for Judge Parker's desire to
pass over the great issues" should be
fully met.
A druggists mistake at Montour has
nearly caused the death of a young
man. The wonder is that in the hun
dreds of thousands, yes millions, of
prescriptions put up by the pharma-
cists daily so few fatal errors are
made
e. H. Hartman, the railroad mag
nate was quoted at length in an in
terview in New York, recently. He
expressed himself as highly optimistic
on business conditions in general, and
said he viewed favorably the condition
of the crops, the distribution Of money,
and the stock market. He said the
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