Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-01
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES,

is 81 good thing to vote for this fall"
1t also believes "the state doesn't need
to be stirred UP every year by a politi-
cal broil and it could use half its cleo
ton expenses to a better advantage
than paying them out for election proc
lamations, ballots, to judges of cleo
tons, etc, aggregating possibly $780,
600, and much more than this If the
loss of time is considered.
The Wesley World believes that sit
will be a sorry day for the country
when such men as Folk, democrat, La
Toilette republican, are defeated at the
polls because they refuse to be bribed
or bluffed by the powerful gang who
handle the DOODLE"
The Sioux City Journal says "the lat
est from Esopus is that the democratic
candidate, having had the matter under
review since he made his speech of ac-
ceptaaoe is willing to crawl from under
the RESP onsibility which came to us as
the accident of war and trade the
Philippines for a few democratic votes
ii in tine judgment of the managers that
is the expedient thing to do
Whistling to keep up it's courage the
Nevada Watchman says: "Those who
are in position to know whereof they
assert privately admit that there is a
good show of success for at least a por-
ton of the democratic ticket if they
will only get out and get down to bust
ness. for proof of which belief and as
sertion quite large number of things
are referred to strongly" and then as
saving clause, it adds: "But that nee
essitates some work for the time be-
I ing with an expenditure of time and
money to WIN"
Whether it supports the ticket or not
the Dubuque Telegraph is still good
natured about it and observes: MIR.
Taggart is expected to resist the prom
Used post-election change of Cortelyou
to Itoldyou."
Waterloo is making a study of mu
nicipal ownership just now. Viewing
the experience of Cedar Rapids with it's
water works the Reporter says 1.-THE
financial end of the undertaking seems
to be safe and sound, according to
the last annual report but the product
of the plant appears to lack some of
the blessings that might naturally be
expected.1
The statistician of the Iowa City Re-
publican complains that Judge Wade
made but one speech in congress and in
that he roasted republicans unmerci-
fully, and in return for his abuse of q
republican administration, he now asks
that republicans of the district help re-
turn him to congress-"
Commenting on the fact that savings
banks deposits in Muscatine county
have increased 535 per cent in four
years the Keokuk Gate City says:
practically all this money was put in
the banks by people who work and is
good evidence of what the republican
policy of protection is enabling the
laboring men and women of the country
Ia do for themselves"
| Dave Hill is going to retire from poll
tics and the Boone News believes sthe
world is growing better all the time
Noting that Marshall Field pays tax
Les on a greatd amount of property
than any other man in the United Stat
es, his assessments on real and person
al property in Chicago aggregating
$40, OO0, 900, the Sioux City Journal
says: "Of course nobody is so foolish
as to think that because he is the larg
est individual taxpayer Mr.. Field pos
sesses the largest individual fortune. .