Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

mercy, and the prisoner is so fortunate
as to be given a very light sentence
considering the enormity of the crime.
Who is there. with heart to say that
exact Justice has not been done con-
sdering the circumstances surround
ing the case?
Sheriff Mitterer took Soule to Ana
mosa yesterday, and he began the SER
seem all too long to him before he
shall be permitted to walk out of the
prison a free man again.
The prisoners wife, father and
brother were here to bid him goodbye
and he was taken away to the train
from the county Jail. The wife has
stood loyalty by him thru it all, and
surely no che will think the less of her
for it.
And thus endeth the Edwin O. Soule
embezzlement and larceny case.
WET LANDS IN HARD LUCK.
Manson Journal.]
The writer spent several days the
past week in the northern part of the
state, and while there disposed of a
suth county. Land values have suf-
fered as much or more than in this
part Of the state during the past
three years. The wet mas been worse
for the reason the country is younger
and there is practically no thing
DONE Farms that three years ago
were among the most valuable have
been nearly ruined by the continued
wet weather which has been more
productive of weeds than crops. Corn
and oats look about the same as in
this part of the state, except corn is
a trifle more backward, and farmers
are very uneasy. They feel that
should they lose this crop it will be
almost a permanent setback to that
part of the state. Small towns have
suffered as bad as the country. With
the business curtailed on account of
lack of farm trade, and with little or no
town trade business firms have
had very hard shedding. The land
specializing; boom that possessed the
country a few years ago, was the
cause of more than one bankers fail
ure. Almost every little town in
that part of the country has a bank
closed or in the hands of a receiver,
the result of too much Dakota, Min
nesota and Canada lands. They shot
the whole thing on the throw of the
price of land and it went down or
rather did not sell and the result is
ruin and disgrace in many cases. II
the corn crop natures all right, which
it now looks that it would, it will ma
;et mo- nv
from both the farmer and the bust
ness man turnout northwestern Iowa.
AS far as land values are concerned
it is safe to say they ss-s permanent
ly s25 per acre higher here in Calhoun
than in the counties along the north
line of the state and will remain SC
for all time, for the reason the soil 'a
deeper and the locality is that much
farther south which insures corn
crop. There is and no doubt will con-
tinue to he a production of nearly &c
bushels to the acre more corn n this
part of the state than in the northern
Good farms can be bought in that
neighborhood just now at about Sio to
$50 per acre.
l.
dubuque Times.l
One of The duties of the mayor, pre-
scribed by statute, charter or ordl-
nance. is to see that the criminal laws
of the state are enforced. Upon as
suming office ne takes an oath TO dls-
charge it's duties as prescribed by laws
There are two views of the law. One is
that the people were made for the law
and the other is that the law was maze
for the people. One is that 1t is 10 DC
enforced literally and the other is tha1
1t is to be enforced with discretion
One makes it the master and the cthe1
makes it the servant, an instrument
TO he invoked when necessary to compel
respect for public authority and opln-
ion. In this latter view the sacred thing
is the will of the people, of which the
law is often but an imperfect express
sion. 1t is not asserted that the con-
cession made by the mayor OF Sioux
City is disapproved by public sentl-
ment in that town. The contention is
that, having failed to accept his oatn
literally and to enforce the laws ac-
cordingly, ne is an anarchist
In this view the federal judge is an
anarchist because, without authority OF
law. he occasionally suspends sentence
in the case of one convicted OF viola
ting the internal revenue laws whose
offense was slight or technical. And
the state Judge is an anarchist because
without authority of law, he sometimes
suspends sentence in the case of some
person duly convicted who has claims
..,,o,, And Mavor Scars, pradacaS-
sors in Office were anarchists because
without authority of law, they consent
ed to the exemption of certain indus
trial enterprises from taxation. Fol
the same reason the mayor and alder
men of every commercial city in Iowa
are anarchists and the Republican is ar
accomplice because it advised the eX-
emption of certain enterprises at Ce-
dar Rapids from taxation in whole OF
in part.
Again we have a law on the stat
ute books of Iowa which makes 1t q
crime to perform any work on Sunday
except that of necessity or charity
Is the mayor of Cedar Rapids an anar-
chist because he has failed to enforce
this law against the bootblack plying
his trade on Sunday or druggist sell
ing a cigar or soda water on the Sab
bath?
The MAYOR who seeks to make his
administration responsive to the com
mon sense of the people is not an an
archist
A New Jersey Editors Testimonial.
NJ. T. Lynch, editor of the Philips.