Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-18

J With the farmers putting in twelve
, to sixteen hours q day, keeping the
corn clean and the government reports
stating that the outlook is the best
in many years" the Boone Republican
predicts, I'VE can expect good fail
and winter. There is not man in the
whole state of Iowa who believes that
the state will have three poor years in
succession"
The Eagle Grove Eagle thinks THE
letter Of John A. Kasson commenting
on the last Iowa republican platform
must certainly be most embarrassing
to those having determining hand In
its construction. If there is one man
living who knows the mind of William
Mckinley as to reciprocity, John A.
Kasson is that one man, and in that
light the non competitive plank Is
made ridiculous. and the epithets of
tariff RIPPER free trader and demo-
crat' applied to the followers of Nc
Kinley. Dingley and Blaine. should now
be apologized for. And the Lafe
Young platform, WELL that should be
apologized for also. 1t is the only
thing that can be done for it. or with
It,"
The Sioux City Journal suggests
that the fact is that the deportation
policy In Colorado is carried out under
military, not civil rule. If the substf-
tuition Of military for civil rule can be
justified, there is no valid reason for
complaint at the expedients the mill
itary authorities may deem themselves
justified in taking. The ordinary re-
sources of civil law have failed to
restore order In the troubled districts
The military authorities seem to have
more success in that direction, what
ever may be said of the methods
adopted"
! The st. Louis Republics talk about
Iowa going democratic this year rouses
| the Washington Uowa) democrat 20
| rejoin: About as likely as for Texas
| to go republican,. One is as probable
AS the other. And do you say II is bad
politics to admit it? We say 1t ;s
good politics to face the truth. To talk
OF Iowa going democratic this year
| fools nobody who lives here. but might
| ntslead someone who does not know
any more than the editor Of the Re-
| public
| 1t seems to the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette. absolutely necessary to protect
the labor unions against themselves.
| The Webster City Freeman Tribune
| concludes. The Des Moines Capital
| has peculiar notion of newspaper
ethics. 1t hesitated nine days before
| publishing the Kasson letter. but rush
| ed into print with the famous 'Conger
| interview years before the interview
| took place. In fact, the interview is
still In the process OF incubation"
Couldn't the state board of health
| quarantine against this epidemic of
red headlines in Iowa newspapers?"
asks the Creston Advertiser.
Since Mr. Parker lis guided by his
duty to the bench and ignores his duty
To the party" the Dubuque Telegraph
considers these good reasons why ne
| should be and will be left on the
bench"
THAT BLYTHE GUARDIANSHIP.
Now that the campaign is over AMI
there is no immediate necessity for
giving j. W. Blythe respectable stand
ing in the republican party, talk of
his being selected to manage the at
fairs of the national compaign has
subsidized But in this connection i
correspondent for the Rochester Post
Express contributes an interesting
story. He says:
THE story In relation to j. w.
Blythe. of Iowa, and the national
Craftsmanship is just as interesting
as that of Franklin J. Murphy. They
differ however. in atmosphere. as
they say In art. When the name of
Secretary Shaw became prominent IS
a vice presidential candidate. there
suddenly appeared in a newspaper far
away in Iowa an account OF how he
had pardoned notorious criminal to
help congressman out In political
way There was nothing in the story,
as politics go. but it was sufficient
to set number of men thinking and
Shaw suffered.
up to this time, the friends of
Shaw, who is candidate for president
in 1908, had looked upon the vice
presidency as most desirable. Mr.
Shaw became interested in having j.
w. Blythe chairman of the national
committee, and Mr.. Blythe's eminent
capabilities were suggested diplomatic
ally to the president. Naturally It
was his purpose to have Mr.. Blythe.
his strongest Iowa friend, control the
national organization in the interest
of his presidential ambition. Natur-
ally, Shaw's enemies saw thru this,
and made their plans accordingly.
Senator Dolliver and few other
politicians from Iowa, called upon the
president to tell him that Blythe would
be an excellent man for the place.
Their praise of the Burlington lawyer
was effusive and cordial. Also II
would be great satisfaction to the
president to have a man in control of
the campaign who would be in such
close touch and cordial sympathy with
his secretary of the treasury, Mr..
Shaw. Were they close friends. the
president sought to know oh, yes,
like brothers. That was enough Mr.,
Roosevelt could see no reason
why his campaign should be run in
the interest of Mr.. Shaw's presidential
canvass.
owe did what we could for him.
said Mr.. Dolliver to one of Mr.. Shaw's
friends, with smile friendly and re-
gretful. I hardly see how you could
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