Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-06
Topics Of the Times

Senator Bailey also raised some
| money.
| When Montana and Arizona cut out
the slot machine civilization is, likely
to work east in time.
Where do I stand ~ asks Mr.. Harri-
man. From present appearances he
stands to lose that $4,000
AaA
Mr.. Hearst is shown to have occu-
pied his seat in congress but twice
| during session Of seventy-two days
But perhaps 1t is best not to pursue
too far investigation of congressman
who rarely are in their seats.
That New York machinist who was
blown to pieces by an Internal ma
chine when opening box that had
been sent him, must have felt some
what like Hartman when he received
the Roosevelt package"
All the standpat papers are making
the best they may Of the primary law.
They are agreed that advertising will
pick up during the campaign. Per-
haps some of those big cash railroad
contracts will come out of the woods
then.
The Des Moines Capital says that
city is united as never before In the
purpose to make Des Moines a city of
100000. Is this to be construed into a
universal adoption of Roosevelt policies
or an intent to encourage immigra-
tion?"
1t is no excuse Of Hartman to say
that buying stenographers notes falls
somewhat short of the higher type of
journalism. Doubtless Hartman would
have made similar purchase had he
seen advantage in it but that also fails
to excuse the editor and the newspa-
per that did buy them.
Some persons head work invariably
reminds of goat.
Nothing more severe has been said
of the United States senate than Har-
rimarl's conception that he was fit for
a seat in that body.
Mississippi has peacefully concluded
an arrangement with the railroads
whereby interchangeable mileage books
are to be sold at two cents a mile. One
road only, the L. & N, refuses and the
matter viii be threshed out in the
courts.
Something there is about the Roose-
velt-Harriman inbroglio that does not
wholly displease Judge Alton 3. Par
ker.
The challenge to put the officials of
the railroads on the pilot OF fast trains
has been accepted by the New York
Central railroad and play terribly in
earnest in being planned in grim.
cold FLOODED precision to determine the
cause OF the Brewster Express wreck
on that road. on the night Of February
IS, in which twenty-seven lives were
lost and 147 persons injured. out of a
total passenger list Of 2O5 souls. Every
physical condition surrounding the
wreck will be reproduced. Even the
human variant, which theory makes a
calculable quantity, will be present.
For the same hand that held the con-
troller on the fatal night will drive a
duplicate pair Of electric locomotives
around the same curve. at the same
rate OF speed, with the same weight of
cars tearing along behind, and the
same weight OF passengers. calculated
pound by pound, with sandbags to
make up balance II not enough in
trepid human being can be found to
accept the invitation of the New York
Central road and the state railroad
commission The vice president and
many other officers of the road will
be passengers.
"A woman has no sense of humor'.
remarked the acrid man.
"That is a fallacy." answered his
wife, that has arisen from the fact
that most of them are not so stupid as
to laugh at their husbands efforts to
be clever Washington Star
In extenuation OF the failure Of the
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