Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-27
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Comment on the democratic "ad." in
the Register and Leader still contin-
ues. Good republicans didn't like it a
little bit. One man says it brought
into my family democratic short
speech, my sons read it and read it.
If we are influenced by what we read,
surely the Register and Leader was do
ing work for the opposition. If that
was not the aim Of the democrats in
paying s30.S0 for that 'ad.' why did
they use the columns OF the Register
and Leader if they did not expect to
get their moneys worth and more"
TT is hard to suit everybody" one
subscriber of the T.-R. said to the
writer why did you. in your extra
election paper say it looks like Cum
Minis defeat?" The reply, Of course,
was: That's the way 1t looked when
that edition was printed. We give
facts whether we like it or not"
well, wouldn't have said so," said
the T,-R. critic.
Another daily in Des Moines comes
in for a big pounding because it
Of Chicago Merchants and business
paper that tries to build up the bus
mess Of these catalog houses, that
are killing Iowa trade, will get none
of my money for either subscription or
advertising" ~
And in "spots" in Iowa there are men
that will not take" an Iowa daily that
prints whisky or beer advertisements.
Wont have such a paper in the
house, one that invites my boys to buy
the damnable stuff Then there's
the republican that will not take a
democratic daily and vice versa. This
however, in these days is very small!
class.
A noticeable thing about all of these
critics is the way they shut their eyes
to the sins of omission, and commits
sion in the Chicago papers. Every
thing goes in Chicago daily.
Why can't they let him alone? Just
because he came from "out west" from
Iowa, they keep up their continual
nagging. The Hartford, Conn.,, Cour-
ant remarked pleasantly "The auditor
ium was not crowded last night, as 1t
would be if Mr.. Shaw were to speak
there tonight" And then the spiteful
New York Sun copied it and said:
"Superfluous politeness. Millions
thorng to hear the Hon. Leslie .Mortier
Shaw. Breathes there man with soul
so dead as not to long, even as the
hart for the water-broolss, for that
great orator and argument that show
the more you have to pay for things
the happier you are and of right ought
to be?"
"Such "slams" great men expect:
pass by in silence, considering their
source. Here in Iowa, after Mr.. Shaw
wrote the republican state central
committee asking to be put on the
stump, favoring the state ticket, didn't
we'uns emtaphorically "kill the prodi-
gal for the calf had returned" And1
when he said that if Cumnins won out
this time, Mr.. Blythe would take no flu
ture action in Iowa politics. With this
action on the part of Mr..
Shaw, with these reassuring words
which must have been inspired, what |
cared we of Cummins, only got a beg
carly 10000 majority. 1t was the flu
ture that charmed us. Hope eternal
sprung up in our bosoms, never again
would Shaw and Blythe fight us. New
er? No, never? It's too good to be
true.
Everywhere the standpatters are
Throwing it up" that the democrats
elected Cummins. They point with
pride" to the statement which is prob
ably true that 81 democrats near