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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22

men like Plat, Depew, Murphy,
Croker and the remainder of the long
list of corporate agents constitute a
political peerage?
Platt and his ilk are only central
stations in the system" The mystic
cords of self interest and political
graft stretch from them to every city
ward heeler and minor boss Of a coun-
try precinct. There is no essential
difference between Plat protecting
great corporations for piece of the
swag and the little city boss looking
after the interests Of a real estate
gang, a bank or any other corporation
that desires to gain or keep an adj
vantage. AS a rule when corporations
as corporations contribute largely to
state municipal or county campaigns,
neither altrulsm nor political fidelity
is at the bottom of their liberality.
Looking at Platt insultingly secure
in the profits OF his bossism it would
NC We'll " SulH " lhosS WHY e's''uii'S
bossship nearer home, the well-known
and accredited representatives of cor
porations, who handling the price of
power assume party leadership and
arrogate political dictatorship; to ask
why journeys to Burlington are nee
essary adjuncts of successful candi-
dacies and why nod from the throne
of the reservation is the signal for a
press claque to get busy in unison OBJ
ject lessons like that furnished by the
New York senator are valuable only in
their application to local conditions.
The destruction Of the little bosses
oon,e.s first
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
Publicity and Life Insurance

man talks like Fairbanks and Her
rick, it means that he cam see no fur
Their than the horizon of his little world
of party fe;.lty.
When this movement began, who
would have been bold enough to pre-
dict the results that have followed, not
! only In politics but in business, wher-
ever graft has fattened. Depew carl
catured in every paper in America.
Alexander and Squire dying Of remorse
and shame. The great John A. Mccall,
president Of the New York Life, rich,
insolent, overbearing, the chancellor OF
| the political exchequer, and the auto
crat of legislation; now fawning and
begging for clemency, and offering
himself to restore $225,000 Of stolen
money, if his companion in crime,
Hamilton fails, to return from Eur
rope! Jordan, hiding in some obscure
place All these men. once the elite
and most aristocratic habitues of the
most aristocratic clubs of an aristo-
cratic city. McCurdy, only little
ago defiant. He wouldn't resign, and
there was no power to force him out.
He owned the earth and was account
able to no one, now hunbly penitent
and begging to be retained. He even Of
fers to rob us of only half as much IL
we will only let him stay. But he will
not stay, the McCurdy family "the
whole damn family" must go, and If
you have no power of attorney blanks.
L have plenty or send to Lawson.
The fat, florid McCurdy throws bou-
j, quetsFat himself. He outvies the hero
/ Of "The! Sho Gun" He says they have
not stolen the reserve and that every
policy holder will get his money with
accretions, and yet only a few days ago
he was boasting that his policy had al
ways been to keep the accretions for
fear the plebian policy holder might
squander them on cigars and billiards
/, All, the McCurdy of today is a very
different man from the McCurdy OF
Thirty days ago. And what has wrought
the change? The daily paper has held
him up TO the contempt OF all man
kind, and he couldn't stand it, He
was guilty and he Is a coward. Even
Hyde the unspeakable Hyde, has a
thinner skin than we thought. Public
opinion even pierced his cuticle, and
| we now learn that rather than be
i pilloried in public he paid back him
self $212 1000 Of the $6S0,0O0 that he and
Alexander and Jordan borrowed for a
corruption fund making the Equitable
liable. These fellows had a high old
! time while the orgy lasted. but at last
they have come into their own. And
| it has hit a. great many side targets.
The SNUG Perkins no longer carries his
chin at the same angle. Prick is soil
ed, and Hartman. too. The only man
who comes out Of it stronger thar he
went in is Ex-Governor Odel. He was
buncoed out of s13S000 by Schwab and
Hyde and the Mercantile Trust Com
pany, and if he resorted to drastic
methods, to make them disgorge, no one
is going to blame him. If the govern
or's statements as to the infamous
character of the Equitable's side part
ner, the Mercantile Trust Company are
true, all honest men will regret that the
! Amber bill was not passed If ths
Mercantile Trust Company has father
led sixteen schemes like Schwab':
/ shinhuilding scheme, it ought to die
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
By D. w. Norris, of Grinnell.

My last article was written while
thought then that l had said about
all that cared to say, but the investl-
CATION in New York still goes on, and
no show draws fuller houses. Mr..
Hughes Is still the star performer and
the insurance investigation still holds
first place In the news columns of the
daily papers. I want to impress one
thing The tremendous change in pub
lie opinion that has been wrought In
the last twelve months means a great
deal. 1t means that from this on men
are going to demand from public men
and from men occupying positions of
great trust, higher ideals and stricter
adherence to higher standards of con-
duct To what is this great change
due? To that man who is now presi-
dent Of the United States and to the
press.
Can any one name single repu-
table paper which has defended the
men now on trial for malfeasance. 1t
is true that 81 line has secured some
very queer editorial endorsement, but
the guilty men are only conspicuous
because they are so few. The writer
rejoices that at last this country has
president, a great, forceful moral
leader, who defines honesty as it ought
to be defined Listen. There are
men who do not divide actions mere
ly into those that are honest and
those that are not but create thilil
subdivision, that of law honesty, Of
that kind of honesty which consists OF
keeping clear Of the penitentiary The
distinction upon which we must insist
is the vital, deep lying, Interchangeable
distinction between the honest man
and the dishonest man. There are
men who use the phrase practical
politics. as merely a euphimism for
dirty politics. and 1t is such men who
have brought the word politician into
discredit. There are other men who
use the noxious phrase business Is
business as an excuse for any kind OF
mean and crooked work"
All honor to President Roosevelt, no
better sermon was ever preached.
Mr.. Fairbanks would do we'll to
study this man Roosevelt before again
sneering at reform as "spasmod1c.
Gov Herrick ought to learn from the
present great movement that his re-
cent remarks about the loosening OF
party ties being menace to the coun-
try are asinine.
Governor Folk rises above all such
political hucksters when his clearer
moral vision sees things, they can not
see. His words are not only prophetic
but they ring with an optimism that
cheers ones soul. I'VE are In the
midst of the most dramatic period of
American history, the period in which
the peoples rights are to be defined
and observed as they never have been
before There have been great reform
movements i'll the days gone Bly, but
they were local, the vampires of graft
were driven away and remained but
a season and then returned after the
waves of public indignation had spent
their fury. The present presents
situation of brighter promise to on,
vision, etc.
When man talks like that not only
has he great courage, but he can hell
| to carry the colors forward. Wher
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
SENATOR pLArr AS AN OBJECT LESSON

wlite Senator Plat in his testimony
before the insurance Investigating
committee yesterday threw some
fitful flashes of light upon fnsur-
ance conditions he was not on the
whole illuminating. In reply to ques-
lions he freely and frankly stated
that the political machine Of New
York has received $4,000 contribu-
tions regularly from the Equitable.
smaller sums occasionally from the
New York Life and from rhe Mutual
contributions practically equal to those
Of the Equitable. The. money was
turned over to Senator Plat by the
insurance companies and by him to
the state committee. Further than
that Senator Platt's freedom and
frankness refused to trace it, In a
general way, however, he did trace 1t
when he confessed that he was ex-
pected as quid pro quo to defend the
insurance companies against legisla-
ton adverse to their interests. This.
the senator said, had never become
necessary, but 1t was the understand
ing that his Influence" would be used
to head off intermeddling. 1t amount.
cd in effect that the use Of these con-
tributions in electing candidates to
the state legislature conveyed an obli-
CATION to the candidate tt, support or
at least refrain from metldling with
insurance interests.
The picture Of this old crippled
half dead political bird of prey carried
into the committee room to tell with
cool effrontery Of the de1,auchery Of
state legislatures and CONFESS without
visible shame his part as go-between
to clandestine arrangement subver-
sive of popular government and to pol
lutte law at it's fountain head is one
for the American people to hang in
their political convention halls as the
skeleton stood beside the festive board
OF the IISyptidHs. lHio Aoui oia mai
reviewing without apparent remorse
his betrayal of public trust and gaz-
ing with calm contempt upon the
dupes whose votes made his bossshiI'
secure is an object lesson not lightly
to be passed over. How many other
interests has Senator Plat represent
ed while he misrepresenttad the sources
Of his power? We are sure of the ex-
press companies, for MIR. Platt is a
heavy stakeholder in these. How
many other corporations with other
peoples money to burr bought and
paid for Senator Platt's services as
legislative business agent? And what
is the future OF states o.. parties where
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
mERcIFuL DEATH PENALTY.

The time-forn subject of euthan-
asia has been ventilated again al
some length in the daily papers, owins
to its recent advocacy by Miss Helen
Hall at a meeting Of the American
Humane Association in Philadelphia
Miss Hall proposed that persons NOR
tally, wounded, or suffering with
painful and incurable diseases, should
be cut quietly out of their misery JUST
as we would deal with an animal IN
| the same condition. The Literary Di-
gest finds noteworthy that this course
when discussed, finds it's advocates al
most solely among the tender-hearted
and often among women. 1t has al
most uniformly been condemned by
lawyers and physicians. Says The
Medical Times of New York:
'.rhis subject has often come up 70,
discussion in medical circles; and the
conclusion has almost invariably beer
reached by physicians taking part, that
| to cut short a human life, is, except
| in one instance, absolutely unjusti-
fiabte. The exception is the destruc'
| ton of the life of the fetus, when tina,
| Of the mother is endangered. And ever
here, a very large religious senti-
| ment mostly among our brethren Of
the. Roman Catholic faith requires
that equal solicitude shall be shove
| for the infant, on the ground that Its
soul is as fully entitled to be conserved
as is that of the mother.
..Apart from humanitarian consider
ations. the main objection of medica
men to merciful homicide is one thai
does them great honor; it is on the
ground Of their own liability to errol
| in pronouncing case necessarily ia
| tai. Every experienced and tried
physician has found that there have
been cases within his knowledge which
have demonstrated that prognosis In
| medicine may be as illusory as pro-
plecy in the general affairs OF life
How often has patient with Brights
| doomed to death within a couple OF
years. or a consumptive, good for but
! a few months more lived to attend
the funeral of the progressing phys
| ician
| Miss Halls stand is very like thai
taken some ten years ago by Mr.. Al
| b ert Bach before Medico-Legal Con-
gress held in New York city. This
! gentleman, prominent member CT -
bar, declared that there were cases
not only in which suicide was morally
| justifialble, but also in which the end
| ing of human life by physicians was
rot only morally right, but an act o.
humanity. His views, however, were
vigorously conlbatted by the medica
men present principally upon thu
grounds just set forth. Miss Hall;
views are now in no less Objectionable
/ than were those of Mr.. Bach. She de.
,,lares .:'For the past two years have
always carried q phial of chloroforn
with me when riding on trains for us'
On occasions of emergency, as I wa
brought to consider this subjec
through a horrible experience Fo
ourselves, we should not like to be oil
a train with this lady, with the pos
sibility of being, in addition to an,
hurt we might receive, the subject o
her humane but inexperienced man
| tpulation Of an anesthetic."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22

needed in every community is a healthy,
moral sentiment" asserts the Enter
prise IF some plan can be devised
to create such sentiment where needed,
law enforcement will follow and VIII
be found easy enough"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
THE SOLDIERS PREFERENCE LAW.

The Iowa supreme court in revers-
ing the case brought to test the con-
stitutionality Of the soldiers prefer
ence law practically rules that old
soldiers with ordinary qualifications
should stand first in line for appoints
i've offices. The test case comes from
Marshalltown and was brought by q
civil war veteran to force his own APP
pointment as city clerk.
AS laid down by Chief Justice Sher-
win office holding is not a natural but
a political or civil right to be granted
or taken away by the powers that grant
it. Offices, he declares, are created for
the benefit Of the state and not per
sons. He holds that. the state Or the
public is entitled to the same freedom
in selecting employees as the individual
employer who may pick his worlmen
from certain class if he so desires.
Were it otherwise, he argues, the lib
erty of contract would be destroyed;
consequently the town, state OF county
Is entitled to specify the requisites of
its employees. In the decision Justices
Bishop and Weaver refused to coincide
and submitted a minority opinion.
Justice Bishop argues that under such
interpretation Of the constitution I'VE
might, be compelled to support an act,
if presented, providing that no black
men should be considered for appoint
ments while there remained white
men willing to serve the state. We
would be compelled to remain silent in
the face Of an act providing that q
preference should be given in all cases
to graduates Of the state university, or
to citizens born within the state, or to
those owning property UP to certain
fixed value or to those who belong to
q certain frateral organization or re-
ligious sect, and points out that:
The act gives preference only to the
soldiers Of the war Of the rebellion. 1t
is well know that we have in our midst
a remnant Of the soldiers who engaged
in the war with Mexico and we have
an army Of men who followed the
flag in the more recent war with
Spain. Now, il Service in the army
or navy could be made ground of
distinction such as to justify legisla-
ton granting privilege Of this char
acter here intended, upon what possi-
BILE theory can there be constitutional
warrant for drawing a line between
the men who fought at Vicksburg I'M
der Grant and those who followed
Roosevelt UP San Juan Hill?
The average man win agree with
the minority opinion, With every de-
sire for the welfare Of the veterans
there is something alarming in any
law that puts one class before another
as officeholders. Perhaps the majority
report is correct Interpretation Of the
law but this will not commend this or
a similar law to the public in general.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
opinion that there is too much OPP
portunity for graft in the present sys-
tenn" 81


portunity for graft in the present sys-
tenn" a
that 1.-The female surffragists didn't
jump on Charley Wolf of the Alton
Democrat until he got married. sug-
gests had he selected Miss Alice
Priest he would have been immune"
CAS- usual there is a peculiar line
UP on the congressman from this, the
big Tenth congressional district" OBJ
serves the Corwitll Hustler. "A num-
Der OF the boys are very pleasantly To-
Gated in postoffices and then there are
others who aspire to put their feet on
the official desk. All this has ten
dency to make them feel very CRATE
full and solicitous for the powers that
be and for that reason they are yelling
themselves hoarse for Judge Conner,
despite his stand on the railroad ques-
ton or his views on the tariff ques-
ton. To many 1t would appear that
the peoples interest would be best Sc
cured by one entirely eliminated from
railroad Influences" declares the
Hustler.
Remarking that the governors sug-
gestion that the governor be given the
power to suspend local officers for
failure to do their duty meets with
amens in some quarters and condem-
nation in others, the Coon Rapids En-
terprise asks "But what good would
such delegated power to the governor
do? Officers in communities where a
violation Of certain laws is wlnked at,
would rather be suspended than en-
force the law. and 1T would be impos-
sible, under such condition, to find
men after little time to accept po-
sitions. It's the local sentiment that
enforces laws or permits them to be
darrantlY violated. What Is most
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption runs in our family.
and thru 1t lost my mother" writes
E. B. Reid, of Harmony, Me. For the
past five years, however, on the slight
est sign of cough or cold, I have taxi
EN- DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which has saved me from
serious lung trouble" His mothers
death was sad loss for Mr.. Reid, but
he learned that lung trouble must not
be neglected. and how to cure 1T.
Quickest relief and cure for coughs and
colds. Price so cents and 81; guar
anteed at Mcdonald & Mahood Co.'s
drug store. Trial bottle free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22

In this era of universal graft, the
Wa shington Press wonders of BILLY"
Sundays revival scheme isn't anoth-
err. 1T is advertised just like any 9TH
err commercial affair" the Press points
out and one wonders If the holy
thing is worked to attract people to
that city to shop between whites, stay
at hotels over night, and all that"
"Some Of the standpat papers
haven't the nerve to come out boldly
and line up with the railroads against
the president and the people. but they
CODY from other papers anything
| which tends to throw discredit on the
| presidents policy" remarks the Clear
Lake Mirror. 1.-THE people are on to all
these things, however and would have
more respect for a paper which stands
UP for it's convictions"
MAKE it criminal offense to grant
| rebates and then see IL the railroads
will do it,. suggests tire Wall Lake
Blade
After ALL" observes the Rockwell
| Photograph, Governor Cuin1nins'
speeches didn't seem to hurt Governor
| Guild to any extent with the voters OF
| Massachusetts. Next fake, please!"
| The Clarinda Herald says the offices
| of state binder and printer ought to be
| abolished and the business let to re-
| sponsible parties. 1t is the Herald's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
Anxious Moments.

Some of the most anxious hours Of a
mothers life are those when the little
one Of the household have the Group.
There is no other medicine so effective
in this terrible malady as Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. It is household favoritc
for throat and lung troubles as it con-
tains no opiates or other poisons 1t can
be safely given. For sale by Mcbride
& Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22

There is no cough medicine so popu-
lar as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t con-
tains no opiates or poisons and never
fails to cure. For sale by Mcbride &
Will r,rl1e Co
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22

The Sioux City Journal wonders If
"all those thousands attend foot ball
games Just for the purpose of finding
out how reprenensible the sport is?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-22
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

LESS than year until we vote
meditates the Spencer Reporter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-26
THINK LAW IS USELESS
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS DO NOT
APPROVE OF STATE FIRE MAR
Shall LAW.

Fire-insuranee underwriters Of the
state, who should be interested in the
state fire marshal measure passed by
the last legislature, are Of the opinion
that the law creating the office is de-
fective, and that, as far as actual ben
eft is concerned, the public will get
little under the present law. The Min
nesota Association Of Local Fire Agents
convened yesterday in the state board
rooms in the New York Life building.
Considerable attention was paid to the
fre-marshal law in the discussions. In
addition to stating that the law ap-
peared defective, some speakers stated
that it was dangerous in its present
condition.
Following the address Of welcome by
Mayor Jones, M. H. Boutelle spoke on
legal matters Of interest to fire under
writer's, advising among other things,
that the agents get closer to the pub
lie and cater more to publicity. The
election Of officers brought out an en-
tirely new slate. Frank E. Joy of
Saltwater was elected president to sue
coed j. P. Thomson of Minneapolis
F. L. Hart of St. Paul succeeds A. W.
Armitage Of Minneapolis as secretary
and treasurer. ...
Delegates to the national convention
to be held in Denver, Aug. 16, II and
IS, were elected as follows: Joseph A.
Rogers, st. Paul; James P Thomson,
Minneapolis; J. @. Haas, St. Paul; G..
w. La .Brande, St. Paul, and E. M.
Christian Of Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-26
STILL AT QUEBEC
Meshbitzer Children Will Be Deported
Unless Bill Is Paid.

The children of Max Meshbitzer, who
have been reported at various times to
be deported, on the vessel, and on
their way to Minneapolis, are still in
the hospital in Quebec. About $l75 is
still due to the government hospital,
and unless this is paid the children will
be deported by, the immigration off
will be compelled to pay what is now
due.
Since the agitation arose it has de-
veloped that the person who wrote to
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to secure
a stay IN the deportation order was
F. w. A.. Poppe, general agent of the
steamship company in Minneapolis.
Altho Mr.. Poppe has spent time and
money for the children, certain friends
Of the Meshbitzer family seem to have
come to the conclusion that he should
do everything. They have endeavored
to compromise the bill and to withhold
certain money with conditions. Final
~ the steamship company has been
compelled to say that they cannot
guarantee the payment Of the hospital
expenses any longer.