Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

Haugen is measuring up to the re-
qnirements of his official station and
his service has been entirely salts
factory to his constituents and credit
able to himself. And until other con-
ditions exist there will hardly be any
opposition worthy of the name to the
present incumbent.
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CRIME AND IT'S PUNISHMENT.
dubuque Telegraph
John O'Meara was sentenced to two
years imprisonment in Anamosa on
Friday last by Judge Matthews, for
assault with intent to commit rape,
jury adjudging him guilty after
fair trial. The maximum penalty fo-
the crime is 90 years. In the south and
some parts of the north and west, mob
law frequently makes the penalty
death, be the offender white or black
The victim of the intended assault. 4
young woman of virtuous reputation,
was dragged from a buggy in which
she was riding with a companion, by
O'Meara and an accomplice and would
have been foully dealt with but for the
opportune arrival of assistance.
O'Meara is the worthless son of a
hard working father, from whom he
has stolen. In the period when he was
out of Jail on bail. he was severa!
times arrested for various offenses He
is tough and glories in the fact
There were found by his friends
some dozen persons who were willing
to attach their names to petition
asking clemency and of this petition
the court took cOpniZance
Despite the Nervousness Of the at
tempted crime, despite O'Meara's
worthless character, despite the fact
that the safety of women demands
severe punishment of their assailants,
despite the fact that example is the
most effective preceptor, despite the
fact that not single sound, palliating
reason existed why clemency should be
shown O'Meara, he received sentence
only one-fifth as long as it might have
been.
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ENFORCE THE LAW.
WEBSTER City Freeman Trbunel
Dispatches of yesterday announce
that the president had removed another
United States district attorney-this
time in Nebraska-and because the
person holding the office failed to do
his duty. Only short time ago written
instructions were sent out by the de-
partment OF justice at Washington to
all United States district attorneys,
directing them to enforce the laws as
to combinations, pools, trusts, etc,
and 1T is likely the president will see
that they obey orders or resign their
places. There is plenty Of law on the
federal statute books to prevent and
correct many existing abuses and
while so much time is being spent dis
cussing new laws, it is well to enforce
what we already have and which, if
they We're honestly and ably enforced,
would leave little to complain of. The
trouble has been that the United States
district attorneys We're appointed for
the most part from the ranks of rail-
road attorneys and practical politicians
and have done little except to draw
their salaries. OF course there are
occasional exceptions, but the APP
pointees have as a rule not been select
ed for merit, but have been named by
senator's and congressman as a per-
sonal perquisite of the Office and as a
rule have not been disposed to "start
Even in Iowa the United
States attorneys have invariably stood
in with the railroads, and of course
would do nothing to enforce the laws.
They We're men often named by Mr..
Blythe or some other politicians as a |
reward for political services, and
ranked no higher than marshals and
revenue collectors. 1t looks as if the
same thing might happen again, and
will keep on happening unless popu-
ar interest is awakened in the matter |
The very life of the Roosevelt admin
stration is staken on the successful
of those laws and yet |
t is betrayed in the house of it's friends
~ incompetent and venal directors Of
he machinery for the enforcement of
hese very laws. What is needed is NOT
llone more legislation, but more men
appointed to the positions who owe
nothing to corporation influence and
re not afraid to enforce the laws, al
eady on the federal statute books.
Without fear or favor.
SOD.
TIE POOR VS.. THoROBREDS.
[Fort Dodge Messenger
The reason why I was in favor of
elling the blooded herd of cattle at
he Webster county farm at public
auction this fall was because I did not
believe that it was proper or feasible
,lace to make experiments in that
lind of business"
The speaker was Frank Collins, res
dent member of the county board OF
supervisors. Mr.. Collins went on to
ay:
''The board Of supervisors were in
harmony in taking this step and al
hough l hear there are some who now
riticise what we did have not chang
d my opinion about 1t bit. If they
we're in the position of taking the res
in the matter they would
lot talk so freely.
I'VE care lot more about taking
are of the poor people of Webster
ounty than we do about making a
ecord in the line of thorobred cattle.
furthermore I challenge anyone to
how me a thorobred stock farm that