Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-24
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

Dennis Donahue in his attack on
Lawson, this in Public Opinion, mas
decided advantage in firing four snots
to Lawson's one, Public Opinion being
a weekly magazine, while Everybody
Magazine only appears once a month.
One of the arguments by Lawson
admirers is that if he is lying, why
doesn't Henry Rogers, of Standard Oil,
proceed against him for libel, for de-
famation of character. Why are all
of these Wall street magnates and Bos-
ton lawyers and stock brokers so quiet,
allowing Lawson once a month u
make public statements concerning
their characters and business methods.
that if true, place them outside OF nom
est business circles, and II false, de-
mand that Lawson should be placed
behind the bars, either as criminal
libelist or as irresponsible lunatlc.
Donahue in his March 18th article ac-
tually claims that Lawson is insane
and has expert testimony published to
prove it. But what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander. Donahue
is now every week making public state
ments in Public Opinion that Lawson
is a liar, a confidence man, and init
mates that he is perjurer. He accus-
es him of taking many thousand dol
lars of Bay state gas funds, that did
not belong to him. Why doesn't Law
son sue him for libel?
The action of Bryan commencing
Roosevelts words and work along the
line of attempted rate legislation, fol-
lowed by the democrats in congress on
one or two occasions voting with re-
publicans, leads one to suggest that
there are some Sane" democrats, and
not all necessarily of the Cleveland
stripe. Democracy, as eXemplified by
the representatives of the party in con-
gress, has for the past twenty or thir-
ty years consisted of voting no on every
bill proposed by the republican party,
this perfectly regardless of, the merits
of said bill, and for them to go back
on their record and vote with republl-
cans was as striking an illustration
of sanity, political sanity. as Cleve-
lands dropping his state rights the
cries when he sent United States SOL
diers into Chicago at the time of the
big railroad strike some years ago.
Seldom, if ever, in the history of this
country, has it happened that at any
one time that the governors of any or
the states exerted much influence In
national affairs. But it so happened
that just now four big states are very
much interested as states in questions
national in extent and effect. Folk,
LaFollette, Ex-Governor Van SAINT ana
Cummins-"a big four'-all stand for
something, and, like Roosevelt, do
things" And at last we are entering
upon an era when men of positive ideas,
men that propose reforms and work to
that end, are rewarded by being put in
office. The day of the policy actor, the
good Lord, good devil sort of poll
tician, seems to be over. The people
seem willing to place men of force and
action in power. Blaine lived fifty
wears too soon. Now we would not only
love him for the enemies he made, -
but with our present temper of admir-
alton for positive politicians, we would
make him president.
1t is passing strange" that in all
the comment on late appointment by
Roosevelt Of an Iowa politician, that
the republican press of this state han
died it with such long tongs. It is a
matter of public record that the poll
tician has an unsavory reputation by