Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-11

| why doesn't DOlliVer make ten
strike by advocating the election OF
senators by popular vote?" inquiries
the Boone Republican.
The Dubuque Times says: George
| D. Perkins, of Sioux City, ought to be
the next governor Of Iowa He is en-
| titled to the honor on the score OF
party service. character. ability and
familiarity with the needs of the
state. He would make serviceable
governor and would reflect credit on
| Iowa"
IBID you ever feel sense Of your
| own littleness by returning home aft
ter prolonged absence and noting
how few persons had missed you?''
asks the Mapleton Press. "Anl that
is the way it will be when you have
vanished forever. Therefore don't
get the big head, tho be careful that
in restraining the size Of your head
you do not lose your self-confidence,
which is an invaluable quality and
without which there is no success
The Osceola Democrat can think
of nothing that would be more 10 the
| advantage of the farmers of Clarke
county than COR them to put their
heads together end think OF how to
improve the r0ads Of the county.
Good roads wou,.i add to the value of
every farm, would Tighten the toll of
the farmer, would facilitate his work
and would add to his wealth.
The Boone News insists that ITO
meet man with 100000 in his hand
ready to give it to you, with rebuff
about his character. Is to say the
least, poor taste. The worst that can
be said about Mr.. Rockefeller is that
his business methods are intensely
selfish, but as man he is very liber-
al. His money is doing lot of good
in the world. 1t is quixotic to try to
stop it."
Call him what you will noun
tebank, demagogue, anarchist, a
scheming Shylock, but the fact stands
out glittering in the news of the days
that the events transpiring in the
Equitable Life Assurance Society
prove that Tom Lawson is telling the
truth and that truth will overcome
evil" asserts the Dubuque Telegraph.
"The incoming Iowa legislature will
be composed of experienced men and
will know enough not to legislate
much" says the Des Moines Capital.
Law making is one industry that is
always overdone, while law enforce
ment Is underdone."
1T is not necessarily an invasion of
the field Of socialism for city to take
over it's public utility plants, nor, for
that matter, for the government to do
likewise in the broader field" declares
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Speaking Of f1re-p proof buildings the
Cedar Rapids Gazette is convinced that
"the frame shack with holes in the
shingle roof, broken window panes and
siding ripped loose in various places,
is the only structure able to defy fire
when a conflagration sweeps a city,
In such buildings the Gazette has OBJ
served, "even the cobwebs come thru
the fire without being singed."
Disclaiming any thought of hold
ing post mortems in connection with
the biennial elections amendment the
Des Moines News goes on to say it
"has become law despite narrow,
selfish interests that were aligned
against it and the people are to be
spared, at least to a certain extent,
the mud singing that was invariably
attendant upon the frequent elections.
-. p~lI-
the leadership of persons known to
have been actuated by purely selfish
motives, however, it might be we'll to
say that while the people are not al
ways right, their judgment can safely
be taken nine times out of ten in
preference to the petty politician who
puts his own interests always ahead of
that of the public"