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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

The editor of an exchange,
who was evidently very much in
need Of the wherewithal, ex-
pressed his feelings thusly: The
subscriber who comes in. these
days and pays the printer is
blessed, and in the kingdom to
come, he will be given a place a
little higher than the angels.
His name will be written at the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-01-24

book that tells all
aboutit, bothsent free
by mail. Address DIR.
Kilmer & Co., Bing-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

imagination, push and energy to cater
to the multifarious wants of thriv-
ing community.
So, while we find no fault with mail
order houses, we are still further from
blaming the people who find it neces-
sary to patronize them. The Herald
has taken the position, at least since
the present editor took charge, that
if anyone was to blame for the growth
of the mail order business it was the
country merchant himself. For CEN
fury, he had the whole cake to him
self, just squatted behind his counter,
and you took his goods or you left
them.
Now that a rival has appeared, a
lot of these merchants play the baby
act and talk about trading at home
and all that, instead Of throwing off
their coats and making an earnest ef-
fort to meet changed conditions.
OF course, when we talk about the
cheapest and dearest markets, 1t is
well to bear in mind that these are
interchangeable terms. To ILLUSTRATES:
We get few cents more for our bar
ley by selling it to a distillery than
If we sold it to a feed mill, but when
our sons and neighbours consume the
product of the distillery, turning them
into drunkards and lawbreakers. there
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
i REAL PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
[From Cover nor's Message.1

| The wisdom of establishing system
| for the nomination of candidates for
| elective offices has not only been thor
oughly debated in prior general as
semblies, but has been maturely con-
sidered by the people of the state. Dec
larations upon the subject will be
found in the platforms of the two prin-
cipal political parties which preclude
doubt with respect TO the opinion of
an overwhelming majority of the vot-
ers. The experience of each year, as
it passes, emphasizes the imperative
need Of thorough going reform in the
methods of nominating candidates.
We have long tried the plan OF UNI
regulated caucuses and conventions,
and the defects discovered in this sys-
tenn have been so manifest that there
is universal demand for something
better. therefore earnestly recon-
mend, as 1 have recommended before,
an efficient primary ELECTION law. rec
ognize that there are differences of
opinion with respect not only to the
scope but the details of such a law,
but sincerely hope that these differ
ences may not be so broad or so fun
damental that they cannot be recon-
ciled. I have given much thought to
the subject, but shall not impose up
on you at this time more than a state
nent Of the essential features which a
primary election law should contain.
First, it should embrace the nOmin-
ations Of candidates for all elective Of
fees. whether state, county, municipal
or district, including the office Of
senator Of the United States. Second,
it should provide for the nomination
Of candidates for these offices by the
primary vote, and should not remit
nominations, under any circumstances
to convention, except in the event Of
tie. Third, the primary election for
all political parties should be held
turnout the State on the same day and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

sightless since her fifth year. Her
name is Beryl H. Clark. Out of about
1000 sightless persons in her city
nearly 100 of these are members of her
department. One of Miss Clark's pu-
pills is so years old.
The second day drew to its close
with the twelfth juryman still uncon-
vinced
We'll, gentlemen" said the court Of
ficer, entering quietly, shall l. as us
ual, order twelve dinners?"
Make it, said the foreman, eleven
dinners and bale of hay
New York Press
The late Baroness Burdett-Coutts
and Queen Victoria We're great friends,
but it ts'said the queen was much in
censed when the baroness, over go
years cd, married young man. The
baroness wrote to the queen announce
ing her engagement and signing herself
with loyal respect The queens un-
sympathetic reply began. You fool
ish old woman" But the baroness did
not lack spirit and she retorted at the
first opportunity. Victoria addressed a
letter to the baroness and said, icily.
when she received her at Buckingham
palace afterward: You never an
swered my letter. Did you receive
|it?" Yes replied the baroness. Il
did not answer the letter because l
knew that, altho 1t was in your ma
5esty's handwriting, it was John
Browns idea"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

lishment law repealed and removed
| from the statute books of Iowa. Gov
ernor Cummins does not come in for
so much condemna ton for his final ac-
ton as one would suppose from those
that consider Buses case from the
day of the murder till Cummins
changed his sentence of death to life
Imprisonment, disgrace TO the law
courts of Iowa. Many say that as long
as hanging in Iowa Is now an appar-
ent impossibility, we shall have an in
crease Of the crime of murder, and that
the quickest way to bring about a
change of public sentiment against
capital punishment is to repeal the law
ard educate the people, lawyers and
courts by noticing the increase this
particular crime will show. Such men
claim, also, that this failure to execute
criminals and such spoken of repeal,
will also increase mob law in Iowa, but
even that is necessary to convince our
citizens that "a condition rather than
a theory confronts u.s."
Since the above was written
the mob at Charles City has taken
Charles Cullen, the wife murderer, and
| hanged him. 1t is reported that min
listers of the gospel and our best cit
| liens" took part in this affair. Butler
county and the Busse case only a few
miles away.
| The press and people that believe the
king can do no wrong, in other words,
our hero worshippers that stand be-
| hind and defend every official act OF
| President Roosevelt, have a hard nut
| to crack when the details of the mob's
work near Annapolis, Md, are brought
| to light. An unbiased press report this
time without any possible question OF
| the colored brother influencing witt
nesses, is to the effect that accumu-
ating evidence is making it clear that
Henry Davis, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. John Reid, was lynched yester-
| day morning by two score of school
boys as huge lark. There seems to
| be little doubt that few residents OF
! the section in which the crime was
committed, or even mature men from
any sectios, took part In the lynching.
The evidence is overwhelming that the
crowd, which numbered about forty,
| was composed largely Of candidates for
the Naval Academy and students at st.
Johns College
Reliable witnesses who saw the
crowd say without hesitation that 1t
was composed almost entirely of very
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
"A GOOD lNDlAN,"

The son of full blood Indian mother
will sit in the United States senate as
senator from Kansas and the blood of
the aborigines come back again to rule
the country the white man has wrested
from them. 1t is stated that Hon. George
Curtis's mother was the daughter of
Kaw Indian chief and that he is in no.
wise ashamed Of his maternity.
Curtis has had a varied career, one
impossible in any other country except
this. Born breed" later a horse
jockey at race tracks, a cab driver and
street peanut vender, he pushed him
self into the legal profession by sheer
game and hard work. He won part
nership with lawyer in good practice
at the capital and succeeded in his
profession. Then he entered politics.
Last November he was elected to the
house of representatives of the Sixtieth
congress for his eighth successive
term. Now he has been named by the
republican caucus of the Kansas legis-
lature for senator.
He is still part Indian" and has
made it custom to attend the feasts
of his mothers tribe of which he is
member and councillor. He retains
his proclivities and tastes for racing
and is as enthusiastic horse racer as
any Kaw brave who wagered his pos
sessions on the sped Of the tribal pony.
What he will do in the senate will be
watched and remarked as much from
interest in the origin and career Of the
senator. as from expectation Of ac-
complishment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

who has served term in prison or
escaped by executive clemency, to be-
gin an honest and Industrious life.
Some crimes there are that seem to
fall outside the pale of pity or pardon
and to call for lifelong penalty.
These are of unfrequent occurrence and
horrify by their inhumanity, and their
very infrequency. They class by
themselves. Perhaps they belong out
side the limit of parole or indetermin-
ate sentences. But when less than
four per cent of the paroles granted In
the year 1906 have been violated and
ninety-six per cent of the paroled have
returned to responsibility and indus
trious citizenship, the facts should call
aloud to the Iowa legislature Of 1907.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
PAROLES AND PARDons.

In his message to the convened legis-
! lature, Governor Cummins reviewed
briefly his exercise Of the pardonins
power, grant of paroles and suspension
Of sentence. He has it appears, during
the year just passed, issued but two
pardons. Sixty three penttentiary sem
fences have been suspended and ten
communications have been granted, in
effect but six have been COMMITTED as
four were for the mere purpose of re-
storing to citizenship convicts who had
paid their penalty and redeemed their
right to citizenship. Eight paroles
have been revoked. When Governor
Cumminss enemies are endeavoring to
injure him in the estimation Of the
voters by a cry Of chicken heartedness,
it would be enlightening to turn for
comparison to the similar records made
by his predecessors. Notably Cover
nor Shaw.
But there are two sides to this mat
ter of parole and pardon. We tend to
excitement when a paroled criminal
breaks over and reverts to criminality.
Two hundred men are now under pa
role, living reputable lives and earn-
ing an average Of 1912 month; feed
ing themselves and those dependent
upon them, producing, Making good"
in the struggle for a Giving" Eight
have gone wrong and are back in the
penitentiary. What thoughtful man
with the facts before him is ready to
utterly condemn system that takes
200 men out of the penitentiary to lead
decent lives and sends but eight men
back?
The governor argues for the indie
terminate sentence which is only an
extensive application of the parole sys-
tenn. His figures are the strongest ar
gument. Still nearly every populous
neighborhood can point to good citizen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW 5

1t is frequently the case that our
legislatures and congress pass laws in
tended to end certain abuses, and
without direct intention, hit some 9TH
er evil not contemplated by the author
of the law introduced. To illustrate, it
is now claimed that any conductor, or
collector, Of any public conveyance,
this including railway trains, interur-
ban cars, but lines, ferries, in a word,
any conveyance that carries passengers
for money, said conductor must collect
regular fare or he is liable to all the
penalties the corporation or company
is, under the new rate bill. Further
more, the passenger paying less than
the regular fare is also liable. So that
riding with the conductor" is going to
be risky business after this.
The end Of the Busse case, that Of
Imprisonment for life, brings out a gen.
eral demand to have our capital pun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

at the same places. Fourth, there
should be some test OF party utilization.
know that there are some thought
full students of the subject who believe
that nomination by a mere plurality
is unwise, and l grant that there may
be instances in which the concur
renee of a majority would be better,
but to require a majority in all cases
would be to make no substantial
change in the present system, for
conventions would still be compelled
to nominate candidates. If, therefore,
we are to advance at all, 1t seems to
me that we must adopt nominations
by pluralities.
am aware, also, that there are
many persons who, with the utmost
sincerity, believe that certain Offices,
such as judges of the supreme courts,
attorney general, clerk and reporter of
the supreme court and superintendent
of public instruction should not be in
Guided. do not share the fears which
lead to- this conclusion, and yet am
quite willing to concede that il there
are to be exceptions to the full and
complete operation of the law, they
should be along this line, rather than
any other.
I leave the subject with you, con-
fident that you will deal with it as be-
comes it's vast Importance, and in ac-
cordance with the spirit which so uni
versally prevails.
Gentlemen, I have now performed
as best / could the duty which the
law imposes upon me. My RESPONSE
bility ceases and yours begins. I
transfer these subjects to you in the
full confidence that in so far as am
right my recommendations will find
approval at the seat of your judgment,
and with the consciousness that in so
far as I am wrong they will fall under
the weapons of your fair debate.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT B. CUMMINS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

Young men, and one who saw the whole
he could observe distinctly the fiat soft
hats with colored ribbon bands such as
students of colleges and schools af-
feet.
No considerable number of teams
came to Annapolis that night from the
direction of Mrs. Reds home and none
returned. The grounds Of st. Johns
college were chosen as a rendezvous
and these are entirely out Of the line
of march from that section.
Finally the crowd walked into one OF
the college dormitories, turned on the
light and proceeded to disguise them
selves. an invasion which would hard
ly have taken place had the mob been
composed of country residents.
With these facts before the officials
of this naval academy, following the
Roosevelt precedent, all of these stu
dents should be expelled from the in
stitution without honor" If they fail
each and all of them, to testify which
of their brother students were engaged
in this disgraceful proceeding. Here's
the plain statement, If your
son is student of this academy
he is liable to have his whole future
life wrecked, because he is asked by the
authorities in charge, to help convict
his brother students. Don't mistake
the proposition. Your son is not
asked to commit perjury before a
grand jury, when properly subpoenaed
and questioned, but before such legal
action if he and each and all fail to
tell all they know, to virtually assist
in the conviction of these guilty stu
dents then all OF these students must
be expelled without honor" But just
the same the writer hopes that For
aker and Tillman will utterly fail to
undo the work of Roosevelt. This for
the reason we all take stock in the SEN
timent that Theodore Roosevelt acts
always from the best of motives, and
If there is way for Roosevelt to
carry out his purpose. that of bring
ing the guilty to justice. and at the
same time rescind his order in part or
whole, many of us hope he will find
the way with no assistance or compul-
sion from the Forakers, the Tillmans
mr. any of their ilk
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
Talking About the Times-RepubAcan
(Toledo Chronicle)

y rs
While we do not always agree with
the Times Republican politically yet
we do recognize that it is a great daily
paper for Iowa people. Its Iowa news
service is not equalled by any other
Iowa newspaper coming to this office.
1t must require the service Of two hun.
dred or more correspondents to thus
place it so far in advance of other pa
pers. 1t makes a speciality of state
news from Des Moines, where it has
stationed paid representatives all the
time. It's market reports are special
feature. Its general news service
turnout the world is boiled down so
that the busy man and farmer can
readily get what he wants without
wasting time. In short it is the peer
Of any newspaper for an Iowa man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

state during the Cummins administra-
ton, is now valiantly clamoring for a
big appropriation for the Jamestown.
Va, exposition. We put the name OF
the state there so the ordinary reader
will know where the show is, going to
be- and incidentally this is an argu-
ment against the appropriation, which
the Capital may wrestle with for the
benefit Of it's readers. When it gets
thru with that it should tell what Iowa
may expect to get from the southern
states to compensate her for a big APP
preparation at this time.
Will the Virginians sell their SIS an
acre land to come and buy Iowa's SIS
land?
AS Virginia is an agricultural state,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
Iowa Newspapers
TOUCHING A LIVE QUESTION.
(Story CITY Herald)


A reader said some time ago that
he thought we were little severe on
the mail order houses and their pat
rons. We have not intended to be so.
We have nothing particular against
mail order houses, as such, and
against their patrons we entertain de-
cidedly friendly feelings. We have
long believed in the principle of buy
ing in the cheapest market and SELL
ing in, the dearest, all other things
being equal On that principle we
have never censured anyone for buying
from a mail order house. These houses
have no doubt met a long-felt want,
to judge from their tremendous growth.
AS a matter of fact, this growth is a
scathing rebuke to the class of mer-
chants country people have had to deal
with. Too many of these so-called
merchants are simply "hewers of wood
and drawers of water;" the Creator
never endowed them with enough
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
Iowa at Washington

Washington, jan 16-The Iowa pc.
masters whose nominations were SCI
to the senate yesterday by the presf,
dent: ]. H. Dunlap at Clarinda, w. H
Mcclure at Fontanelle, G.. A. Sedge-
wick at Hawarden, A. H. Bjorge al
Kensett. G. E. Carmody at Mapleton, j
K Mathews at Mediapolis. and c. !
Mills at Ossian,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
tBuffalo Center Tribune)

The Marshalltown Times Republican
is one of the best daily newspapers
that comes to our exchange table.
Besides doing full justice to its. local
community 1t has no want for news of
the world, which is presented to the
reading public in a concise manner.
The T.-R. gets the Iowa news first
each issue containing special news
items from all the principal cities, and
not a few from the smaller towns in
all parts of the state. This last fea-
ture has done much toward placing it
in thousands of Iowa homes, the mem
bers scanning eagerly its pages for
news of the old home and of happen
ings in other towns where relatives
and friends reside. The T.-R. is truly
an Iowa newspaper, such as Iowa peo-
pie want. Its editorials are timely,
impartial and authentic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

by necessitating the building of jails
and asyluns, perhaps we would have
been money ahead if we had sold our
grain at the lower price.
The mail order problem has an as
pect of this character, and many
thoughtful people are taking notice Of
it. But the fact we wish to empha-
size here is that the quickest cure for
the mail order evil (if it is an eviD,
is better and more up-to-date mer-
chants in the country towns.
WHERE IS THE PROFIT?
(Sioux City Tribune)
The Des Moines Capital, which made
itself hoarse during the campaign
croaking about the expenses of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16
Topics Of the Times
The Dixie Times is the title of q new
venture at Dixie.

The Dixie Times is the title of q new
newspaper venture at Dixie.
IS
Brownsville is on the map in big
black letters.
Enlistments in the army which have
been falling off to an alarming degree
will in all likelihood pick up when it
is generally learned that hot coffee may
be bought at the canteens.
J. J. Hills assertion that the west
ern states grow so fast the railroads
cannot keep up with them, contains
much truth. But it offers no reason
why the cars can not keep up with the
tracklayers.
Carnegie is assessed on $5,000,000,
while Rockefeller pays on half that
amount. Young John is assessed at
$50, 600. John Brown, who towns an
$500 home is assessed on everything
in sight.
It is announced an anesthetic has
been discovered that permits the pa
Ntient to retain all his faculties during
an operation; he can keep track of the
gauze and instruments himself and
make sure that a collection of appar-
atus and araphernalia Of different
kinds is not sewed UP in his interior.
E Chicago has race war in the
schools and is talking Of the segrega-
ton Of negro pupils. However, it is not
necessary in this case to call cabinet
officer. The police will do.
A theological student supposed to be
deficient in judgment was asked by a
professor in the course Of a class ex-
amination:
pray, Mr.. E.. how would you discov-i
er fool?'
by the questions he would ask was
the rather stunning reply.-Philadel-
'phia Enquirer.
Senator Depew's automobile ran in
to a dirt cart in Washington the 9TH
er day and the darby driving the cart
was thrown to the street mo, sir; I
amt hurt" the darky said, Chamber
ing back on the seat of his dirt cart.
Il amt hurt bit" well, if there's
any troublt, notify Senator Depew,"
someone in the automobile told the
darby. 'I4ordy! Lordy! Use jes' about
dead!" the driver yelled on learning the
ownership of the motor car. Use got
pains in mad haid and back something
dreadful, and Use got a misery in my
side what's awful" The man raised
such a wall that he was taken to the
hospital, where it was found that his
injuries We're triAing.
The election of Congressman William
Alden Smith to the senate by the
Michigan legislature the other day will
remove from the house one of the few
members of that noisy body whose
voices can be heard in all parts Of the
chamber. The wolverine statesman
has voice of peculiar timbre and car
rying power No matter how uproar-
ious the proceedings may be if he is
talking every word he utters can be
distinctly heard in the remotest part
Of the big chamber. There are only
two other members of the house who
are at all comparable to the newly
elected senator in this regard. They
are Mr.. De Almond of Missouri and
Mr. Littlefield OF Maine.
In the Brooklyn public library there
is young woman in charge of the de-
partment for the blind who has been
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-16

what product Of the Iowa farm viii
find increased sale there by reason Of
big appropriation?
What Iowa factories may hope to in
crease their sales in Virginia by reason
Of big Iowa appropriation?