Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-21
Topics Of the Times


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Tom Purcell, editor of the Hampton
Chronicle is the father of "bouncing
baby boy" The youngster is progress
ing finely and Is said to be strongly in
favor of the primary system of food
distribution.
Ex-Governor Larrabee says that
Cummns "helped much to frame" the
present Iowa railroad commission law.
Mr.. Ainsworth, secretary of the COM
mission at the time, says the same
thing. Editor Payne. of Nevada, altho
radically opposed to Cummins, says
really dangerous bill and that Cum
Minis did support the bill which be-
came law. In spite Of this evidence
Mr.. Perkins still insists that Cummins
served the corporations in that fight
and the railroads keep on circulating
the same lie in their campaign litera-
ture.
If Mr.. Herriott can win to third
base. Manager Blythe will give the sig
nal for Squeeze play"
If the governor wants any more like
what was handed him up at Spirit
Lake perhaps arrangements might be
made to have the goods delivered.-Des
Moines Capital.
"a Conjta1 that midi
vided delegation to the state convention
it may be stated that arrangements
have been practically concluded all
over the state.
The Des Moines Capitals opinion
that III gold-brick artist ought to be
able te, do up in Dickinson" has prob
ably been much modified since the
scheme was tried and failed to work.
AS was to be expected. Mr.. Perkins
had much the better of 1t. They are
county. Mr.. Perkins facts went fur
Their with them than the governors
fancies. 1t was an unfortunate mo-
ment for the governor, this of his col-
lision with the staid old logician and
of Sioux City, 1t is no
wonder the governor shrinks from the
prospect of series Of such debates.
He must have taken his Dickinson
managers severely to task for
getting him into such predicament.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Judging by the practical results"
Mr.. Perkins seems to have been unfor-
tunate i'm his selection of facts.
Attention is being called to H. H.
Westcott, who lives on a farm near
Delott, who is 80 years old and is the
father of sixteen children, all of whom
are living. However, Marshall coun-
ty man aged 40 has ten, and that is
a considerably better annual average
No better reply could be made to the
use of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
in this campaign by the railroad oppo-
sitic,n to Governor Cummins than the
remarks of c. s.. Likes, the Seventh
district member of the democratic
state central committee, to Des
Moines reporter: "The vigorous attack
On Governor Cummins by the Dubuque
Telegraph meets with the approval of
the democrats of Iowa. said c. S.
Likes "The democrats have no more
use for Cummins than have the stand
pat republicans. OF course, it was
other republicans to get into a Kill
kenny fight, but now that the fight is
we'll under way, democrats are ready
to take up their own interests and
prepare for victory in the state. This
is the keynote Of the opposition of the
is sort of battle cry
sor the democrats, now that they have
he republicans in the finest sort OF
row, to get together and sweep the
state. The standpatters will never vote
FOR Cumrnins, and while there have
been many democrats who look on
-ummins just as they do on Roose-
1elt and were ready to vote for them
both at the polls, think that this sem
.iment will change when it is perceive
III that some good democrat has
chance for election as governor in this
state now that the row among the re-
1ublicafs has become too bitter to be
'unny."
Half dozen brokers were discussing
RUSSELL Sage and his peculiarities when
me of them told this story: The aged
inancier was once asked:
when does man get enough
Mr.. Sage?"
when he gets $4,000 more" said
Uncle RUSSELL as he stopped at an
lpple stand for moment, then passed
.long without buying.
Philander c. Knox, senator from
pennsylvania, is an inveterate reader,
Ievoting all his time from legislative
n legal duties to reading He purchases
Ill the best books and all the rare
ditions of old works which come his
way. He reads in his carriage going
o the capitol, on trains and every
,lace where he must spend some mo-
nents waiting.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale addressed
he recent divorce reform congress i'm
He said the apologies put
onward by some OppOnenfs of chappa