Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-01
Topics Of the Times

overdrawn.
Conscience Is getting In It's work.
journal was entitled THE Fate of Ana
Mas Editor Perkins must have
learned something in the recent de-
bate.
Business men, look to your insur-
auce policies and make some inquiry
as to the effect of the San Francisco
fire upon the stability OF your COM
panies.
Butler and Delaware counties repre-
sent clear gain to the Cummins col
umn to the extent of fifteen votes
each over what he had In the Cedar
Rapids convention five years ago.
IL the republicans of the nation are
to be called upon to choose between
Shaw and La Toilette as candidates for
the presidency to succeed Roosevelt. 1t
is to be hoped that the republicans of
Iowa will have courage in their con-
victions equal to that displayed re-
Gently by the republicans of Guthrie
county.
Russia has a new law prohibiting the
purchase or sale Of typewrters without
police sanction. This Is because che
revolutlonists are using typewrlSers for
their circulars.
Col. Pete Hepburn got into trouble
the other day when he challenged the
democrats to produce the proof that
American protected goods We're sold
cheaper abroad than at home and the
democrats began to read some testi-
mony before a senate hearing to the
effect that the Mexican Central paid
more for rails used on this side OF the
line than those used on the other side.
II decline to yield" yelled Pete when
the proof began to come too strong, and
the democrats laughed at him. This
sort OF thing will not strengthen the
republican party.
Gratitude to the extent Of $4,000 by
the people of Cuba Tor what the Unit
ed States has done for them Is ex-
pressed thru a bill In their legislature
appropriating that sum for the San
Francisco sufferers.
New Yorla City has now rolled UP
,,1 t,N
81 per head for every inhabitant of that
great city.
'I have made an estimate of $50
votes In the state convention for AL
bert b. Cummins for governor" said
Representative B. r. Cummings, of
Marshalltown, here yesterday THAT
is eminently conservative. ! can elm
mate from the list every county that
the other side even claims to be doubt
full and still he will have abundant
votes to nominate. There is no such
thing as beating him. ! doubt II they
will continue the fight to the very end
OF the time, but If they do Cummins
will have somewhere around 1000
votes in the convention" and In this
in position to know.
A dispatch reading alike in all OF
the standpat newspapers complains Of
ware county convention, and of the
high handedness" Of the Cunmins
men, yet these resolutions when stud
led, declare in plain language for
pride in the record" OF Senators Alli-
son and Dolliver, for election OF sena-
tors by direct vote, for rate regula-
ton, for statewide primary, against
interference of corporations in the
selection of candidates" and for pride
in the clean administration OF Cover
nor Cummins." Really, now, what was
wrong with resolutions like that? Why
was 1t necessary to railroad" them
thru? Why were not all the delegates
unanimous on these questions? Can
the Cedar Rapids Republican explain ?
Our people are we'll satisfied with
the result of the Guthrie county con-
vention," said Senator Frank H. Hop
kins Of Guthrie Center the other day.
THAT is for the reason that the con-
vention voiced the exact sentiment Of
a large maporlty of the republicans of
the county. Had 1t done anything else
it would have misrepresented the SEN
timent of our people. Conscientiously
the convention delegates could not do
otherwise than they did, and they were
amazed that Mr.. Herriott whom they
have Loyalty supported for quarter of
a century and more, could not realize
the situation and understand that it
was matter Of principle this year,
not Of mere personal candidates."
Now we have it officially. Mr..
Blythe's Burlington Hawkeye says:
Honest John Herriott is not to be
scared off the track by combination
of democrats, independents, and dis
gruntled republicans in his county"
Uncle Sans treasury has recovered.
There is no longer a deficit. In fact,
the present fiscal year will close with
a surplus of at least s10,OOO,OOO, which
will look well against the record of
last year, which closed with a deficit
of nearly s24,ooO,ooO. The fading of the
deficit is an indication of general pros
perity. The revenues come from duties
on imported merchandise and from the
tax on cigars, snuff, beer. liquors, etc.