Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Topics Of the Times


Inc railroad campaign bureau Is
4 circulating list of increased state
taxes by counties to prove that Cum
| minis has been an eXtravagant COVER
nor. Cummins replies that the gov
ernor does not regulate the tax levy
4 but that if they will hold him respon-
| sible for it he would call their atten-
| ton to railroad taxes which have been
| increased half a million more than the
| increase in all other forms of proper
| ty.
Hebrew organizations in this country
are protesting against the proposed
legislation for the restriction of immi-
grafton by increasing the head tax On
immigrants fromm 50 to S. Most of
them favor marking the tax down to
S1.99.
How do Aldrich and his friends feel
over this?" was asked of Senator DOL
liver when the Allison amendment was
read. Il really don't know" replied the
junior senator from Iowa. 81 suppose
they feel about like Judge Hubbard
of our state the morning after Cum
minis beat him in the Cedar Rapids
convention. Hubbard came down early
and sought place of refreshment. The
barkeeper sympatheticaly asked him
what he would have, thinking to cheer
him up little. All l want this
morning. said the judge gratefully, is
glass Of Ice water and few kind
words
Joseph A. Wheelock, editor of the ST.
Paul Pioneer-Press. is dead at the age
of 20. He was force and factor in the
development Of Minnesota for nearly
half a century.
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 au-
tomobiles were built last season. and
twice that number will BE
made this season; but that does not al
ter the situation relative to the use
of horse vehicles. Michigan, Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and Missouri have single
factories producing this year upward
of $4,000 horse vehicles, and two fac |
tories producing over $4,000 each.
The prize Irish bull of the session
was produced in the senate by Mr..
clapp of Minnesota. The senate had
got into a snarl over which amend
nent to the rate bill was which Bailey
insisted that Aldrich was talking about
The wrong one. Clapp passed one to
Aldrich, but when it was read it did
not prove to be the right one. Then
Slapp handed over two or three mora
md each one being read turned out to
De the wrong one. The galleries were
caring and finally Clapp became rat
led. He went over to Aldrich, exam
ned the amendments, and made a dis
overy, "The amendment which the
enator first read said Ciapp," was
lot the one which / subsequently, hand
ID to him.
The French bankers by successfully
loating the Russian loan have added
mother to their long list of financial
riumphs. The chaotic state of Rus
ian politics and the governments de-
leted treasury were not the only ad-
erse factors with which the syndicate
managers had to contend. They were
onfronted at home with an in1amed
ublic opinion, While an aggressive
was waged against the loan
y the strong socialist party, and a
.rge part of the press also opposed the
living of French aid to the Russian
overnment as at present constituted.
is stated that this element even went
> far as to placard Paris against the :
AN and intimidate prospective UNDER
riters and subscribers. In addition a
lie subscriptions We're opened at d 1
ost inopporlune time, France herself I