Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-19
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES
Remarking that Iowa prohibitionists
are conbing each other down with the
traditional three-legged stool, the keo
kuk Gate City says: IF they would
preach temperance with one-half the
energy they display in fighting each
other there is reason to believe this
would be a better world"
The Clarinda Herald constructs the
proposed lengthening of the official
| terms to four years as a confession
that the old annual election system
was better than the new plan. 1T
was an unwise move on the part OF
| the people to make the change, it
says, and all will see it before many
years, although Mr.. Titus will never
confess it,"
"Of all the booms we know of. the one
that does the country the. most good is
/ the boom in young men, remarks the
| Oeilwein Record. and asserts 1T is
| their day. They are in demand, every
| where. The farmer who has half a
dozen or so, and can keep them with
him, is good deal better off than he
would be with IL lot of stock of some
mining speculation away off, nobody
knows where. We believe in the boom
| for boys and girls"
The Des Moines register and Leader
considers it is a bald and fragrant mis-
| representation to assert that the pro-
posal now before congress is to en-
| hn inf Stata
mission to make all railway rates. 1t
is just the same sort of a misrepresen-
tation that it would be to assert that
a. jury determination of a dispute
between nswpaper and its employees
means the complete control of the
newspaper business by means of jur-
| les
| Certainly Governor Cummins has
| just as good a right to run for president
as Secretary Shaw" declares the
Brooklyn Chronicle. 1t believes also
| that the governor comes much nearer
to representing Iowa sentiment on sew
eral important questions than the sec
rotary. 1t is hardly probable in any
event that an Iowa man will be NOM
mated for the presidency, but Cum
Shaw fight for the control of the
Iowa delegation would be decidedly in
tereSting."
The people are willing to give the
railroads a fair hearing, if they Will
only come in a fair way, and give them
an opportunity to know the truth" OBJ
serves the Usage News. THE great
mass OF the people want to give the
railroads everything that belongs to
them and in turn they want the rail-
roads to give the people square
deal.'"
The Scranton Journal notes that the
Des Mones Capital seems to think
that it is a public disgrace that the
mayor Of Atlanta, Ga, should get
drunk at a public meeting in Toledo,
Ohio. The Journal agrees with the
CAPITAL. but asks will the Capital
please explain Why it is worse for the
mayor of Atlanta to get drunk at a
public meeting than for Iowa congress-
men to do the same thing?' declaring
"It is a notorious fact that two OF
Iowa's representatives in congress
have been seen silly drunk in the past
two wears at state meetings"
"with a sensible revision of the tar
iff and fair railway legislation, the re-
suscitation of the dormant democratic
party will be Indefinitely postponed.
says the Sac City Sun. without these
reforms from republican sources there
will be an excuse for the revival of the
opposition party and the excuse will be
too we'll founded to suit thousands OF
loyal republicans"
1--WE have not heard Of anyone along
the Illinois Central getting passes to
conventions" states the Fonda Times,
"and If anyone works pass out of the
Milwaukee system he earns it. What
Fonda people are KICKING ABOUT Is tne
lack of passes"
CAUSE OF MISUNDERSTANDING.
TCouncil Bluffs Nonpareil.1
How misunderstanding of the pur-
pose and probable effect of the pro-
nosed railroad rate legislation is fos-
tered and spreads is we'll illustratde
by something found in the editorial
columns of the Cedar Falls Record.
The Record is one of those newspapers
which are under the impression that IT
is proposed to give to the interstate
commerce commission the absolute
power to- fix all interstate rates, or
something of the sort.
In this state of mind, the editor of
the Record naturally was interested to
find the following in the Chicago
Tribune:
What President Roosevelt proposes
is that the existing law shall be so
amended as to give the commission
power after formal hearing of all par