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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

teresting story which developed today.
1t was matter of complete surprise
to those who have been following the
fortunes of this measure When on
"Wednesday the house committee on
public lands authorized Il favorable
report and as stated in these dis
patches yesterday ii represented dis
tinct change of front on the par of
Chairman E. Lacey, of Iowa. The
man who is responsible for the resur-
rection of the bill is James j. Hill.
About month ago his attention was
directed TO it and he made a complete
investigation of its status when he
gathered together all the facts with
reference to it, he Immediately in
structed General Counsel j. w.
Blythe, of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, a part of his system.
whose headquarters is in Iowa, to take
the necessary steps to have Chairman
Lacey get the lid off.
Blythe sent Assistant General Coun-
sci John Carroll to Washington. He
conferred with Lacey, With the result
that the latter changed front and by
virue of his position as head of the
committee forced a favorable report.
Blythe is one OF the QOmlnatlnS lac
tors in Iowa politics and it is UNDER
stood Lacey could not afford to con-
tinue his opposition.
When Lacey offers to pledge his Of
flee the inference is plain that he has
had further instructions. This is
Mr. Blythe's personal fight for the sat
isfaction of his ambition to be senator
from Iowa. 1t is the last ditch of the
railway corporations that see their
control of the state vanishing before
the prospects of a state primary and
honest state administrations The case
is desperate. Every Blythe-owned
official in Iowa must cast his lot with
his chief and take his chances. Lacey
is between the devil and the deep sea
He must obey Blythe or suffer. for
Blythe has long memory. So he
boldly cast the gauntlet in the faces OF
that great part of his constituency thae
favors reform. Possibly Mr.. Blythe
has taken the necessary steps" again.
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Iowa Newspapers
DAVENPORT FOR PRIMARY LA

/ IJAN E3NGORI fOft Law
davenport Times,l
There was time not so many years
| ago when the republicans of Daven-
| port We're not enthusiastic in regard
| to any kind of a primary law. There
] was time not many weeks ago whef
| they would have opposed such a meas
ure. They would have done so because
| they believed that men would always
play the game of politics fairly. They
| considered the primary unnecessary
| because ward bosses and county bosses
| were unknown. They contended that
| caucus allowed a free expression OF
opinion because they had never had
men openly attempt to disregard major
| ity wishes. They believed that all mef
at heart had a disposition to be fair
and to abide by the decision of the ex-
pressed wishes Of majority.
| But they know better now. They
/ have discovered that conditions change
| They have found out that in Scott
| county men are not 10 be allowed to
work out their own problems. They
| have discovered that ii has been estab
/ lished as a precedent that men from
other parts of the state. from counties
| even OulSlQe VI CliS SN'liS dAS-
| trict, may come in here to attempt to
run things and they have further dis
covered that there are a few men who
will line up with these outsiders to do
| their bidding.
! 1t will be conceded by any republican
! in Scott county that any other repub-
| lican in the county has a right to work
| and to vote for any man or set Of men
he chooses to support; but it will not
be conceded that such a. man, when in
! fluenced by flying squadrons from other
parts of the state, is carrying out the
spirit. of the presidents and customs of
the republicans of Scott county.
Popular government, If it be not bas-
ed upon fairness, honesty, a square deal
and incorruptibility at its fountain
head--which is the caucus-is and
must be deplorable failure. That is
universal basic truth that no one can
deny
What was it that was Objectionable
in the contested wards in Davenport
last night? 1t was the fact that fair
, count was denied or made impossible
by the conditions Of rowtlyism. The OBJ
lection to the caucus system is not that
differences to such lengths as to be
unable to be fair, or if they go to the
caucus with the expressed purpose of
not being fair, then the caucus is q
failure.
In the primary each voter casts his
vote at the polls similar 10 the polls of
an election. In cities each voter must
register in the regular way before he
can vote at the primary. Packing
caucuses is impossible. ,Nhe fight may
wax warm between partisans of candi-
dates, but the count will be just as
fair and honest as a general election
count and the majority will rule.
Many of those on both sides who at
tended the caucuses in the wards where
there We're contests last night went to
the caucuses as advocates of the caucus
system, but went away loudly demand
ing the primary system.
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TILE FACTS ABOUT SCOTT.
rnouarro,,t rI>;,,,,,c I


Those who took part in Saturdays
convention and who determined to take
every advantage and rush something
thru without giving a square deal to
the delegates present, will have plenty
of resting time in the future to think
over the effects of their action. There
is no law against political suicide If
men must make themselves heroes for
the time being in the eyes of their di-
rectors, they have no persons to blame
in the days that come if they are re-
ferred to in whispers and given wide
path in the political highway.
BY tactics that cannot he defended
before any fair minded men, however
much they may be partisaus of one
gubernatorial candidate or the other,
Scott county probably has been thrown
into the contested column of the state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
LACEYs CHALLENGE.

ongressman Lacey of the Sixth
district, is growing especially virulent
in his hatred of Cummins and Of the
Movement for the statewide primary,
Init pass law and railroad regulation
hat has forced the governor into the
sosition of it's standard bearer and
spokesman. Talking to a Washington
correspondent the other day, Lacey
aid in reply to the question whether
forced split in the state convention
could endanger his own seat: I'D
sather do that than come here as a
seIegate from Cummins. That man
Kinks because he's governor he's en-
tiled TO run everything. He can't do
T..
1.-THE last thing Mr. Lacey would will
&gly do is to put his seat in danger.
means too much to him and the in
erests that need him and others like
i'm in the United States congress. He
Jas not talking childishly. He hates
Elmnins, but not hard enough to
sopardize his office. Some strange
Suse is moving Mr.. Lacey.
Perhaps some explanation of Mr..
hceys heroic service in the Blythe
INKS may be found in the following
spatch found IN Grand Forks
birth Dakota, paper:
washington. June 15.-The report
4 of the North Dakota drainage bill
ssterday has behind it decidedly in
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"plsRupTlNG THE PARTY"

we are hearing much from the low
organs of the special interests Oh dah
per to the party" Disruption is on
Of the catch-words of their daily in
carnations. We heard the same story
listened to the same cutlery, Whei
Roosevelt became a descriptive ele
ment by his demand for increased
mowers for the interstate commerce
[ commission. Now in Iowa the demand
\ for straightforward administration o
!. state offices, primary law and othe
needed and necessary reforms l.
threatening to disrupt what specia
interests have grown to consider thu
republican party of the state.
In Carroll county the republican
party, which stands in danger of dis.
& ruption appears to consist of Der
sSalinger and an understudy, who hires
I an unusual place for county conven-
ton, to which admission shall be by
tickets issued and controlled by him
Z r8Gll, MHO Calls snap St1aSets'SS 80 ~
fiance of local committeeman and
without the knowledge of the voters
I IN Carroll the republican party is to
be represented by men working under
s the orders of Ed Hunter and by any
and every sort of political chicanery
the republican voters of Carroll county
are to be cozened out of an opportunity
to voice their preferences. All this
means certain success for the demo-
Gratis of that county. but in the full
knowledge of this these shameful
methods are resorted to that Carroll
may be prevented from sending a
Cummins delegation to the state con-
|vention. Who are disrupr.ing the party
in Carroll?
When thugs from a neighboring
state are run into Davenport in an at
tempt to steal and overawe Iowa eau
cuses, who are .'disrupting the party?"
When purchase of Delegates is open
and by check, who is "dlsrupting the
party?'
With fake contests trumpet up in
fevery close county, with open threats
sof arbitrary and unlawful attempts to
control the state convention, with a
ibolt threatened in case the Cummins
strength may not be overcome by
ltrickeryf or purchase, with campaign
He'd by Ed Hunter and offieered by
Joe Toulouse, and his coinpeers, with
press misrepresentation and open lying
gdisgraceful beyond words, who is dis
rupting the party?"
There is grave danger to the party.
There is always serious danger to any
Organization where venal, unscrupu-
aousa and desperate men seek control
with hope of success. but it is time
The republican party of Iowa purged
Itself of these men and interests and
1T must go on in it's march toward
eomnnon decency
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Topics Of the Times

The Keosauqua Republican asserts
that there is no greater or more honor
able statesman in the nation than Les
lie NJ. Shaw. or anyone better fitted ID
succeed President Roosevelt. However,
it has been only a few days since the
Keosauqua Republican was quite as
certain Of the Immaculate honor of
that other great statesman. ]. w.
Blythe. The Republican may have
cause to change its mind regarding Mr..
Shaw as 1t has done in the case of Mr..
Blythe.
From paper that published George
Carriers account of the Davenport sit
uation. the following from the Burling-
ton Hawkeye takes the prize, either for
woeful ignorance or wilful mendacity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

| ed, Twelve ";And how many have
| heaves" asked Mr.. Roosevelt. "One.'
Why, Mr.. Loeb I have been telling
these gentlemen that all but one We're
SO afflicted" But, Mr.. President" said
the thrifty Loeb, II traded off all those
| with the heaves for healthy ones" The
president laughed. Well" he said. 81
guess after this nobody can say this
administration is not run on business
| principles
The French reporter who offered Mr.
Rockefeller $1,000 for fifteen minute
interview has very crude idea OF
what Mr.. Rockefeller's time is worth
Why, John D. could raise the price of
Illuminating oils cents gallon in
II, seconds!
If Nebuchadnezzar could have taken
turn thru modern sausage factory,
doubtless the severity of his sentence
would have seemed much mitigated.
The new consular act, while not all
that reformers desire, is still large
Improvement on previous laws. 1t
reorganizes the consular system, class
flying and grading all consuls-general
and consuls and substitutes salaries
for fees. Consuls-general are divided
into seven classes, those at London and
Paris getting $4,000 year, those at
Berlin, Havana, Rio, Hamburg, Shang-
hal and Hongkong $4,000, while the
rest range from $4,000 down to $4,000.
The one at Liverpool gets $4,000, at
Manchester $4,000 and the rest from
$4,000 down to $4,000 at minor ports.
Their are to be five inspectors of con-
sulates, with salaries of $4,000 each
and travelling expenses. They are Civ
en- large powers. Positions paying ST.
900 or more are to be held by Ameri-
cans exclusively. The substitution of
salaries for fees will make certain con-
sulships less desirable than formerly
but the change is expected to benefit
the service very considerably.
President Roosevelt has under con-
SlQGI CQi SlOl VI dCSCI llO'i
from the navy and an appeal on be-
half of the culprit. About three years
ago J.. NJ. Fortner, a mountain boy OF
Pickens county, South Carolina, be-
came imbued with the idea Of becom-
ing Baptist preacher. Just then he
fel lin with a recruiting officer who
told him there was good chance for
him to get an education on board
warship Fortner enlisted, but soon
learned that the navy was not the
place for any one inclined to the min
istry. After a. while he deserted and
became student at the Freeman un-
iversity in Greenville, S. C. He was
arrested there recently anw now is in
prison. The president suggested that
at the youths trial for desertion all
the facts would be brought out and
that afterward the question of leniency
might be considered.
The abolition by China in 1905 of the
old biennial and triennial examinations
was long step for a conservative
people to take. The power to confer
degrees is now vested in the university
and colleges to be established under
control of the Picking government. An
elaborate system of schools is devised
for difiusing education in accordance
with western ideas among the peo-
pie. The plan is to have one or more
elementary schools in, every magis-
tracy, middle schools in procedures,
colleges at the capitals of the prov
inces and university at Picking. be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
Mr.. Phillips will of course abide by the

Mr.. Phillips will of course abide by the
instructions.
Tha utter absurdity Of the contest
that has been developed by the Per-
kins factionalists under the leadership
of Let's is shown by the fact that
whereas they had made Mr.. Phillips
chairman of their delegation to the
state convention, Mr.. Phillips has not
recognized the Let's convention and
has affiliated with the regular Cum
Minis delegation. Again, the claim that
Mr.. Calderwood could not act as
chairman, because member of con-
tested delegation was absurd, because
Let's, the man named by Finger. was
also member of contested delega-
ton.
The Perkins delegation from Scott
county will hardly have the temerity
to appear at Des Moines. 1t has MOTH
ing ON which to base an argument for
recognition. The work the men sent
here to accomplish has been done, but
most local republicans, having discov-
cred the facts, will repudiate the whole
performance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
AN IBsEN TRANSLATION

Editor Times Republicans. The fol
| lowing lines, which / have ATTEMPTED
to turn into an English version. wer,
written by Henrik Ibsen, the worlC
renowned Norwegian dramatist, whose
death was announced in the Times
Republican May %.
| Ibsen was the most profound, the
most famous and mysterious. an(
also the greatest master of technique
among all the writer's of northern Eur
ope.
| Ibsen was silent, cold and inscrutable
as the Norwegian mountains, and there
was something peculiarly mystic about
the man and his writings. He has
been styled the sphinx of the north
His little poem, The Miner" is char
acteristic of 1bsen; for he has welded
his mighty hammer thru period OF
half a century in a ceaseless endeavor
to break the mountain of life's pro-
found mysteries.
Ibsen's "hammer strokes" are now
silent forever and Norway's greatest
writer is in his grave. Let us hope
that the old Miner" has found the
hidden treasures of the soil. and that
life's mysterious problems are finally
revealed.
He grappled long and hard with the
great unknown. and now he is at rest
in the endless silence.
OLE O. LIEN.
Marshalltown Iowa.
The Miner.
by Henrik Ibsen]
Mountain. break with roar and crash
Nv my hnuyS hn YplCac'S Ha oh
Downward 1 the way must pound
Till / hear the metal sound.
In the mountains silent night
There is treasures winking bright,
Precious stones and gems untold
Hid between red veins of gold.
In the deep is quiet peace
Silent rest, eternal ease;
Hammer. break way for me,
To lifes hidden mystery.
Once felt sweet delight
When the starry hosts shone bright
Walking paths of flowers wild,
l was happy as child.
But 1 left the light of day.
And in darkness I did stray
Left the fragrant fields of song.
Cropping mountain aisles among.
When at first / chose my goal,
Then l thought with guileless soul:
Spirits of the deep will show
Where lfe's hidden treasurers glow.
But no spirit hath revealed
Problems which are ever sealed;
And no brightness doth appear
To redeem the darkness drear.
Have I failed? Does not this way
Lead from darkness to a day?
Brightness blinds my searching eye
When l look for light on high.
To the deep / must descend
There is peace which does not end;
Hammer, break way for me
To life's hidden mystery!
Hammer strokes can never cease,
Until death brings rest and peace.
Morning light does not appear
And no star of hope is near.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

How many Iowa farmers would like
to have Secretary Shaw succeed Sem
ator Allison?" asks the Northwood
Anchor. and asserts Iowa farmers
would hate to have to stand for the
Misrepresentation he would give them
in the senate"
The Stanton, Montgomery county,
Call says: THE primary election just
held and the convention show
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

Says the Hawkeye: 1T is a strange
ciated Press reports that those sent out
concerning politics in Iowa, especially
from papers representing the Cummins
interests, have to be taken with grain
of salt. The great news association is
not to be blamed for this. 1T is merely
the victim of unreliable agents who
are not hesitating to uset it as a me-
dunn of disseminating statements fav-
orable to the Cummins movement and
opposed to those who are standing for
true party principles. The A. p mana
gers ought to put a stop to such prac-
tees among its Iowa correspondents"
Secretary Shaw is in favor of smaller
one dallar bills. A dollar bin always
did look mighty big to Secretary Shaw.
SO
Colonel Bryans Commoner is insist
ing loudly that the Chicago platform
still lives. gut Mr. Bryan's return to
life is the best evidence that the Chi
cago platform is too dead to skin.
President Roosevelt was talking
about the miserable white house stable,
which is so damp that he refuses 20
keep his own horses there. He de-
clared that animals kept there got the
heaves, from which all but one wet.
suffering. How many horses are there
now?" asked some one. The president
called for Secretary Loeb, who answer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

Nowhere in the world can you sec
such handsome men and women as are
to be met in the United States" They
all use HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. So cents, Tea or Tablets. Nc
Bride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

to making objections and exceptions
he is as good as the best in the pro-
fession," remarks the Davenport Dem
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

Excursion Tickets to Council Bluffs,
Via the North Western Line, will be
sold June 10 and 20, limited to return
until June %, inclusive, on account Of
State S. S. Assn. Apply to agents,
Chicago & North " estern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

When at first l chose my goal,
Then l thought with guileless soul:
Spirits of the deep will show
Where life's hidden treasurers glow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

1.-THE president has never been train
ed as a lawyer, and yet when 1t comes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

But no spirit hath revealed
Problems which are ever sealed;
And no brightness doth appear
TO redeem the darkness drear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

Once I felt a sweet delight
When the starry hosts shone bright
Walking paths of flowers wild,
l was happy as child.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20

Have failed? Does not this way
Lead from darkness to a day?
Brightness blinds my searching eye
When / look for light on high.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
The Miner.

In the mountains silent night
There is treasures winking bright,
Precious stones and gems untold
Hid between red veins of gold.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
PORT READING.
LAYING NEW TRACKS.

Track Walker James Grace, while
walking between the two woods be-
tween Port Reading and East Rah-
way about 1890 yesterday morning,
discovered a man laying with his
head about two feet from the rail
and one hand very close to the rail.
At first Mr.. Grace was under the inn
preston the man had been struck
and killed, but went up to him and
felt of his hand, which was warm.
He shook him and tried several ways
to bring him to, but could not. At
last a freight was coming and Mr..
Grace got him by the back of the
neck and dragged him down the
bank, then kicked him around a
while. When the fellow opened his
eyes he was looking for fight. Mr..
Grace took him to Port Reading de-
pot, that one we are SO proud of, and
put him to bed with great difficulty.
At daylight he trounced him out. The
fellow said he was bound for Perth
Amboy. He went as far as Sewaren
with Mr.. Grace, and while the track
walker was attending to his duties
the fellow disappeared. He was in a
very dilapidated condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
PORT READING.
LOCAL ITEMS.

j. H. Haffner will resume duty al
Port Reading tower today, after be-
ing sick since Sunday with an attack
of malaria. Mr.. Brown has been
filing Mr.. Haffner's place, and he
was called to Jersey City on business
today.
Mrs. Frank Gardner and Baby, Of
Greenville, visited her sister and
friends here yesterday.
George Gels has moved in Haddon
Lees old homestead. spb6o1N
The Woodbridge fire company had
their annual picnic last night at
Woodbridge. The Port Reading fare
laddies attended in a body.
1t is said that cases OF gdiph-
iberia have broken out here.
A special p. & r. train came to-
Port Reading today with a party.
who boarded the tug Wyomissing,
returned here and left by special
train at 5 pm, over the P. & R.
r. r.
George Brown had a day off yes
terday.
Mr.. Jerry Rapino was a Newark
visitor yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

The Misses and Katie Knothe, with
a party of friends from Kreischer-
vile. attended the camp meeting on
Wednesday night.
Miss Eleanor VanPelt, of Kensing-
ton, Long Island, is visiting Miss
Edith Nance, in Amboy avenue.
Miss Alma Springfield has re-
turned to her home after a vacation
spent in Westport, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mcdonnell,
of Bloomingdale avenue, are receiv-
ing congratulations on the ARRIVED of
a baby boy Wednesday night.
Mrs. Charles P. Cole is almost en-
tirely recovered from her recent i'll
ness.
John Thomas, of Manhattan, Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. /. Harris
for the past few days.
Charles Valentine, sexton at st.
Marks NJ. e. church, is enjoying his
annual two weeks vacation with rel
atives in Long Island.
James Latourette, of Sharrott ave-
nue., who has been seriously i'll, is i'm
proving slowly.
The Misses Grace and Hattie Hav-
ems left last week for a trip oiNew
London, Conn. ,n.M3