Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Republican, is The peSe.AiiiS SIN VI vac
American people. They are eager e
work, but they are not willing 10 Wat.
Ii is because OF this characteristics
weakness that We have so many poor
artisans. men who work at their trade
al, their lives. and never learn II. |, IS
because of this impatlence TO arrive
quickly that we have SO many hall
tiedgesi doctors and alleged lawyers. |,
IS because of this Impotence that We
see so many men past mldtite life who
have 4pavsr learned 10 do any single
thing we'll.
The Council, Bluffs Nonpareil holds
t,at "a saloon Is a tol!gate on the road
to political fame
There are many republicans in Iowa
VINO will now support Mr.. Cummins
heartily. no; because they care particu-
larry for his advancement, but because
they are unaiterabiy opposed 10 the
Blythe machine" asserts the Maquo-
keia Excelsior.
The supreme court having just de-
cided that a bad odor is a nuissltrce and
may b. suppressed by law. the Rock
ford Register suggests that the lower
courts can now issue injunctions
against skunks and cigarets."
Some one has figured ont that the
weather. bureau has cost US about two
cents apiece during the past year and
the keokuk Gate CITY says: 1T will
have to be admitted that some of the
weather was worth more than that
IF there ware less singing and
preaching about Jesus pays ii all, =
the Wall Lake Blade surmises ..itmight
not be necessary for the churches 10
60 outside their congregations 70!
money to pay the preachers. Salvation
II not free: It takes money. We at
tended church services when the con-
gregation We're so busy looking up
ward that many had no tdme TO look
backward II seems easier to convert
a man than II Is his poc,setbook. Don't
go to church wearing a nav bonnet or
suit of clothes and then fail to drop a
piece OF money In the basket. People
Gre rot only looking a; your bonnet.
but also have their eye on you when
you pass up the basket"
The Wapeilo Tribune goes on to
say: Then there Is Paul Mclean,
postmaster of Creston. He SHES his
castor into the politica! contest and
says the .standpat' doctrine Is thirty
centuries old: thai every person stands
pat on the Lords prayer, ste. there
fore reciprocity Is moi republican
tenet and the man IN II BIZ Cummins)
who advocates 1t is renegade and an
apostate unworthy of the faith. We
have had occasion TO note that ii takes
but n mighty little material to mako a
postmaster IN some localities. Paul
once lived In this county. and was
looked upon with great sympathy. be-
cause of that which seemed TO be
wanting in h.s-make-up His column
diatribe against cumm!ns has lowered
the Daily Capital In this community
several degrees
The Owumwa Democrat sees no me-
cessity for reafftrm!ng the Kansas City
platform. but it insists that all the
Give Issues of that platform must be
placed In the 1904 platform.
Noting that "a great deal has been
said about compromise" the Gliddea
Graphic is sin favor Of an honorable
peace But we should IKE to know
what sort of compromise the minority
wants For four s,lrpe ss;vt. ypclrS the
majority has declared the policy OF the
party. DO they anticipate for mo-
ment that the state convention VII,
adopt the platform advocated by the
Daddy Capital? If so. then there can
be no compromise II the last state