Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-01
Iowa Newspapers
THE FOUR YEAR TERM.
TIowa City Citizen.1

The four year term seems the only
logical outcome OF the biennial cleo
tion law, now a part of the statutes of
the state. Now that it is n law the
thing for Its many critics to do is TO
stop criticising IT, and do their best
to give 1t fair trial. In the case of
the state officers a four year term Is
certainly n desirable thing. With the
surety that one may have u four year
tenure In office, one may make the
capital their home during their term
of office. Under the two-year term
many do not do this, and many good
men are deferred from accepting office.
In the case of county offices 1t viii.
eliminate a vast amount of petty cam
paigning. The four year term will
of course, reduce the size of the ballot
and by dividing up the officers be-
tween the two elections will also do
good. Experienced men will always
be In office, and the chances Of poor
officers slipping In with a general
landslide will be less.
OPPORTUNITY STILL OPEN.
WEBSTER city Freeman Tribune.J
Senator Dolliver appears to have
lingering suspicion that he has been
cheated. 1.-TWO years ago. before q
great audience In Des Mones." says
the senator In a recent letter to
friend. II denounced publicly the
whole system of rebates, secret agree
ments and other determinations Drac-
ticed by railroad companies. calling
special attention to the fact that such
abuses had done much to build up the
trust system OF the United States, and
that speech created no comment what
ever in any quarter though several
distinguished gentlemen have acquired
national reputation by utterlng SINH
lar sentiments since that time
Hampton Recorder.
II the senator will repeat the per-
Torrance in the United States senate
at the proper time and will follow it
up with persistence and determination
the Freeman Tribune can assure him
that the American people will take no.
tice and will appreciate his efforts.
Try 1t. senator The opportunity Of
your life is just before you.
MAC MILLAN'S DEFENSE.
rcedar Rapids Republican,
There are several errors in this
statement. Mr. Macmillan went to the
conference as one OF the delegates
appointed by the secretary Of the
American Percheron Association. That
association seems not to have taken
it for granted that a man had to
be an iowa idea" man in order to
get into the conference. BY some it
was believed that the conference was
to be q free one, open for any and all
views. But by others 1t seems to
have been limited to men who held
certain views as to the tariff Mr.. Mac
MILAN was not a candidate for mem
bership on the committee on resolu-
lions. He was proposed by infiuen-
tial men in the convention. AL
though not member OF the commit
tee on resolutions he had considerable
influence and the maximum and min
imum tariff idea which was finally
adopted by the committee and the
conference, was in part shaped by
him. He was insistent that resolu-
tons for reciprocity would be Of no
practical effect and would result in
nothing.
AS to the utterances Of this paper
Mr.. Macmillan is not to be held re-
sponsible for them. He is the owner
Of half of the stock OF the Republican