Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-23
Topics Of the Times

Supporting her end Of the debate in
a Des Moines womens club during
owning a home or of renting one
Mrs. Ogilive advanced a woman's pro-
gram of reform something like this:
Have the saloon taxes five times
what they are, have the city pay for
paving and sewerage, then the poor
man can own his home"
The Dolliver rate legislation bill very
wisely neglects to provide any special
court procedure for protests against
commissions findings The railways
will attend to that.
To regulate and control life insur-
ance companies by exercising the con-
troll Of the mails is a proposition which
Representative Davis of Minnesota has
advanced in the form of a bill intro
duced in the house. He proposes that
the insurance companies shall be re-
quired to make detailed reports of bus
mess to the department Of commerce
and labor, and upon failure or refusal
to make such reports an offending
company shall be excluded from the
mails. Mr. Davis says he has made an
examination Of the legality of such a
procedure and is convinced that his
bill is practicable.
Walter Wellman explains that nine
or ten men dominate the senate. He
says that the list Of committee assign
ments given out few days ago con-
tains some interesting suggestions as
to the manner in which the elder
statesmen" keep their grip on the legis-
lative machinery. The most important
comlnittees-the committees which ac-
tually dominate the affairs Of the sem
ate--are very largely in the hands of
nine or ten men-Allison, Aldrich, Gull
lom, Elkins, Foraker, Frye, Hale,
Spooner, and one or two more. The
great committees of the senate are APP
preparations, finance, judiciary, COM
merce, Interstate commerce, foreign re-
lations, naval affairs, military affairs
shows that the eight men named above
virtually control all these dominating
committees in the Senate organiza-
lions.
J. C. Carrier a painting contractor Of
IL, &, {Iof arc
building contractor in the city of Chi
cago has been harrassed and black
mailed by business agents of labor un-
IONS" and he says that he proposes to
lay before the grand jury such facts as
he has gathered. Exposures Of graft
ing business agents are promised.
It is possible to admire the Sioux
City Journal as a newspaper without
applauding Mr.. Perkins as a states
man.
AS an indication Of the public inter-
est in livestock the attendance at the
recent fat stock show in Chicago
reached $4,000, in one day. Many day
at the st. Louis exposition showed less
At Kansas City kettle containing
500 pounds Of candy exploding, filled
building and street with delicious taft
fy What a fine place for the small
boy, and what an ideal season for the
accident to occur.
Vital statistic records Of the city of
Chicago show. that $4,000 wives have
been deserted in that city. Large fam
lilies and small incomes is assigned as
the principal cause for the existing
state of affairs. President Roosevelt's
race suicide theory is all very well for
Fifth avenue, but it doesn't apply to
Chicago, it would seem. A writer, in
recently summarizing the race suicide
question, puts it aptly when he says:
1--WE are now suffering from too much
for the rich, and too much
posterity for the poor"
Paper matches are a new wonder
science is giving to the world. Owing
to the scarcity of timber several of
the great factories have adopted this
style of match which is said to give
better satisfaction than the old kind;
to burn more brightly and break
less frequently. One by one the old
things fall by the wayside, and there
are those still living who can remem-
Der when the now familiar wooden
match was decided novelty.
Back in staid old Pennsylvania
where every one is supposed to live the
simple life is brought to notice a fam
;ly matrimonial tangle that contains
the elements necessary for good melo-
drama A wealthy old codger married
a dashing young creature, who no
sooner reached her new home than she
fell in love with her stepson. The son
liked his young mother immensely and
the two eloped. Incidentally good
slice of the old mans ready cash also
The wronged father"
now advertises he will forgive all, and
say nothing Of the money If his bride is
returned.
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