Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-15
Topics Of the Times

Topics OF the Times
Ia Follettes scheme of a primary
vote for the first and second chances
has its obvious merits. 1t would pre-
vent the politician from dividing the
vote among "favorite sons" and step
ping in with weak candidate. Di-
vide and then rule" is as much rule
of the professional politician as 1t was
a Roman policy Of conquest.
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Sometimes, in an effort to discredlt
other men, persons generally secretive
offer glimpses of their own methods
and characters. There are those VINO
believe all men are purchasable and
that all the springs Of publicity are
polluted Some men, and they are not
a few. profess to believe that editors
and editorial influence are ordinary
marketable commodities. There is but
one of two conclusions to arrive at as
IGRaTQS CIlOSG WIN AA4dhO SNSAA ~
sions: they are either ignorant or are OF
a makeup that finds 1t impossible to
comprehend the simple honesty that
holds men true to their convictions
against corrupt solicitation and temp
tation.
Many an old barn stands vacant and
out Of use, in danger Of catching ire
from careless boys or tramps, when 1t
could be sold or rented for several dol
lars a month by putting a lucent ad
in a newspaper like the Times-iRepub-
lican.
why not tackle Mr.. Rockefeller for
ship subsidy? 1t is an open secret that
he subsidized railroads.
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Roosevelt's recommendation may be
novel. but there is nothing fictitious
about them.
Mr. Carnegie is strongly against an
income tax, tho favoring stiff tax on
Possibly his lack OF ex-
pectations and enormous income COM
bine to favor these points Of view.
"Pat" Murphy's holy horror over po-
litical advertising is on par with the
of his charge that daily
newspapers make commodity of their
editorial columns. pat" in an apo
eta1;o rola iS a "DeaCh"
Az their recent meeting In Des
Moines. the delegates to the convention
Of the Corn Belt Meat Producers As
ISOLATION adopted resolutions COM
mending Roosevelt for rate regulation,
favoring A. L. Ames' scheme of a CO.
operative commission firm at the
approaching the work OF
Tama Jim, endorsing the meat inspec-
ton law, but demanding that the gov
eminent pay the cost OF inspection,
asking for a state law authorizing the
attorney general to prosecute railroads
before the interstate commerce COM
mission for freight determinations In
sisting upon legislative regulations
which will increase the speed Of stock
trains, unalterably opposing ship sub
sides and declaring for real reciproc-
ity. which shall extend markets for
meat products. A political party could
not have formulated better platform.
Commended for bravery by the en-.
press of Germany, given a medal and
certificate of honor by the mayor OF
New York, only to die in poverty and
obscurity. Cassie McManus, of New
York city, heroine Of the Slocum
steamboat disaster, rescued at the last
moment from the stone slab in the
whence she was about to be
tagged and consigned to the potter's
field. was last week decently buried in
a plot in Calvary cemetery. 1t, was
another case of the ingratitude of the
public.
winston Churchill (the American) at
times has rather a patronizing way of
expressing himself that CRATES on some
ears. Not long ago he was shown some
OH WHICH dIl al lloI was
at work, one being for magazine Mr..
Churchill admired both picture and
text and remarked, II tell you the man
who wrote that verse is all right, he
will be heard from yet" "That is quite
true" dryly responded the artist, "his
name is John Milton and the poem
'L'Allegro.'"
An angel touched with tip of wing
A baby's cheek one morn.
And that is how in golden grace
The soul of smile was born.
Baltimore Sun.
Referring to list of failures OF re-
inforced concrete buildings in various
parts of the country, Engineering Con-
tracing combats the opinion held by
some persons that reinforced concrete
is a dangerous building material. On
the contrary, it is held that properly
constructed reinforced concrete build
ing is the safest of buildings. Hun
dreds Of buildings" says our contem-
porary, "have been constructed Of this