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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DIRECT PRIMARY

7E Sacramento plea light
which bastens comply with the demand,
assuming Bees questions propounded
in the good faith their guleless phrasing would imply,
article direct primary election
lation The Cali asserted
The constitution Of California empowers Legislature
laws governing delegate convention system 1t does not
give the Legislature power to provide Tor the direct nomination OF
partisan candidates"
This statement excited the doubt curiosity
point of demand for disclosure of The Calls legal authority
forthwith that the Bee and the members of the Legsa
may be fully advised the premises before the Legislature
the Bee that the Legislature has the
primary election enable The Call
under OF its confusion, inquiries:
But is the authority for this positive assertion that the
constitution does not give the Legislature direct pr
mary election law%
There are The first and best s-the
sitution.
He who can read may peruse interesting patchwork
California preamble
single word of authority for the of
valid direct primary election law He who read consult
probability the files of the Bee certainly the reports of the
California courts only readily sorry of
msap suffered by the friends of election reform who finally
ped TO oct the present intermediary primary election law on the
statutes And he thinking powers
mshap occasoned solely by Legislatures
attempting TO exercise powers not conferred upon them bv the con-
stitution.
He who chooses may-as Call competent
legal authority Call has donehat all the pow
touching primary conferred by the constitution upon
Legislature specifically that species primary elections
properly designated intermediary primaries, which but Incl
of delegate convention system He need be profound
applied politics grasp the indsputabe
that the only similarity between the intermediate primary and
the direct primary is in
finally dissipation of the Bees
collective questioning this The Call has spent time and
money examination of the of California
thorough panstang study the whole subject of direct
elections both theoretical and practical The efforts of The
been will cheeruy put forth
people, assist the struggle for relief from
able and unspaaby system of bossism and machine
made possible and foseed by programmed delegate
Republican
party pledged itself the of direct primary election
The Democratic has made like pledge The people
of California read that pledge distinct promise them
law.
! be secured
Dsegardng the unanimous opinion of good legal authority
apparent that the validity OF direct primary election law enacted
constitutional provision for delegate convention SYSTEM
open The Call speaking people,
willing embarras vital question with the slightest shadow
doubts willing real reform jeopardzed by foolish
usiasm thod by toowlng organization numbering
with makesht that will be rejected by the and
lay does through dcule defeat the ultimate accomplish
of the peoples political freedom.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
THE DAY OF pRUNEs AND pR1sMs

HENRY JAMES reproaches his feocoun-
ymen for their spshod habits Of speech According
lNI York Tmes the speech
charming Young a humble, tongueless sobber
sna whine acuated from mouths and varied
grunts He find polite language adequate
expression Of his contempt for American enunciation
Indeed Mr. James finds spoken word nearly unntelgble
find his written apoogues parallels historical
literary If
with nartculate animal
bedr madden like the muddy thought of Mr. James,
ing amssy and down the printed page because be
either enlightenment He
wfthc clean hands.
American critic of Americans is Professor
Iauohin Of Chicago University,
kingdom slouch" He is than Mr. James.
Thus he speaks
The people living much the kingdom
Of intellectual habits
perfection and culture and
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
REDUCED STREET CAR FARES

E threatening figure of Tom Johnson and the promise OF
competition brings Cleveland o. the
81 mark The service good and the low San
Francisco pays for proportion
laon than other city the United States and the worst
service The forthcoming annual report of the United Railroads will
show announced that the of the San Fran
for the year concluded notwithstanding the fire and the
strike will be only 20 less than the and the
receipts for December estimated only 10 less than for
the same month in 1905.
With actual of less than $2000O00 in San Fran
this company actually paying interest S40OOO0 and
expects the future squeeze of the people this city interest
capitalization of $0O0O That explains why the corpora
ton will neither reduce fares raise wages except under
pulsion
Scent fare would pay ample interest the actual for
system in San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

intellectual habits this form bargain
You associate who of form
in of American
beauti the and he
You would talk like that from professor Of political
the that culture has fed from Boston and taken
refuge Chicago that the professors the dismal science
the butcher the baker, the candesc maker the and
plumber all infected Chicago by the eleven thou
Pacngtown she will the beautiful and the
into camp.
With Roosevelt looking after spelling and Henry James
taking of p and q and Chicago attending the sublime
and beautiful It's great day for prunes and prisms
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
The Smart Set

and are adding greatly to the laurels
which Miss Ames has already won by
her exquisite cello playing
Mrs. E. Walton Hedges will enter
tain at a dinner on Thursday evening
in honor of DR.. Wallace Smith, u. S. N,
who has been stationed at Yerba
Buena Island, but WHO has, to the
regret Of his many friends here been
ordered to Manila. and will sail on
Saturday.
Miss Frances Jolliffe is still in New
York, but will sail on January IL for
Europe.
Miss Minnie Houghton will go to
Washington, D. c., early this month
to spend the rest of the winter with
her sister, Mrs. Morgan Bulkeley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Bruguiere, who
are at present staying at Joseph East
lands home in this city. will leave in
about fortnight for their own home
at Monterey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Whitney have
returned from their wedding journey
and have taken house on Union street,
near Devisadero. where they will spend
the rest of the winter. They will leave
in few days for Rocklin, where, they
will be guests at the Whitney ranch.
Mrs. Jack Casseriy writes most en-
Enthusiastically of the delights of New
York, where she has charming apart
ment and is spending the winter. She
is devoting much of her time to the
study of music, which is of course. but
a continuation of her former extensive
work in that line.
General Francis Moore, u. S. A. Gre
tired), and Mrs. Moore and Miss Jessie
Moore, who are so well known and
have so many friends on this coast,
have returned recently from Europe
and have leased Major Kernan's house
in Washington, d. c., and will spend
the winter there.
Mrs. j. ]. Moore will leave about the
end of this week for Los Angeles, where
she will spend fortnight
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Huntington,
who have recently been the guests Of
Mrs. Huntington's mother. Mrs. Adam
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

There will be a general exodus of
the most prominent society people of
this city to San Mateo this evening
for the ball to be given by Mrs. Easton
and Miss Jennie Crocker at Uplands.
the handsome Crocker country place.
This will be one of the leading events
Of the season and there is most
pleasurable excitement and anticipa-
ton among those who have been bid
den to the affair. Miss Crocker is
very popular here and has host of
friends who are rejoicing in the fact
that she spends so much of her time
in California A special train will go
down about o'clock and return about
2, but many guests will be entertained
at the homes in San Mateo and Bur-
nngame.
From the East comes the news that
Miss Martha Calhoun, the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Calhoun,
who was so extensively entertained
during her visit here last summer, will
make her formal debut at magnifi-
cent ball to be given at the old home
Of her grandmother, Mrs. Williams, in
Charleston, South Carolina, on Janu-
ary g. The Williams home is one of
the handsomest in the Southern city
and the Calhoun family have gone
South from their New York home es
pecially that Miss Calhoun may be
presented in the girlhood home OF her
mother
An enjoyable affair of next week
will be the cotillon to be given by Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. H. de Young at their
home on California street on Tuesday
evening, January s. There will be
about eighty guests and the cotillon.
which is to begin at 10 o'clock, will
be led by Edward M. Greenway and
Miss Helen de Young. There will be
several other assistants who are not
yet chosen. Some very pretty and
unique figures will be danced and 1t
is said that the favors, which were
brought from Paris last year by Mrs.
de Young, are particularly beautiful
and effective.
Miss Bessie Ames. who is spending
some time in Baltimore with her sis
ter, Mrs Rob Wood, has recovered en-
tirely from her recent illness and is
giving a series of concerts in that
city, New York and Washington.
which are proving highly successful
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

Green. in Berkeley, are now with Mr..
Huntingtons mother, Mrs. NJ. P. Hunt
ington. in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. Wilson have gone
to Santa Barbara, where they will
spend fortnight
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Shainwald have
sailed from New York for Europe,
where they will remain for some time
for the benefit of Mr.. Shainwald's
health. which has been far from good
Of late.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
In the Joke World

There is said to be much gambling
at Panama"
"Ah. see; cards and spades"-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
WAS Croesus a very rich nran, pap"
For his time, my son; but 1 don't
suppose he could be elected to the
United States Senate today."-Judge
Candid thought you were ripping
mad at him. You said you'd settle
his hash"
windbag-I know-but 1 found out
that he was a observation-disclosures
Weekly
Newton had just discovered why the
apple fell down.
But" he asked, why do plums fall
to those higher up?"
Herewith the great man hastily had
business down the street.-New York
Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Countess Upsefs
the Conventions

UpSefS The Countess OF Warwick in
~ Co.,e,4o,. the London dispatches of Har-
- 49, ~ die the socaistc leader, is great IA
London tells
excellent daring and un
her article THE Revolution of English Society," which she
Roosean doctrines Before she Countess
Brooke, and will
Tranby incident the
c Waleswas 1t after that she
tained name "the babb1ng Brooke"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Wanda HadenfeIdt
Avoids Lin1eHght
Wanda Hadenfeldt,

VoluS Ii0"sHe did spectacular sister joan
model for artists though her beauty
She perfect blonde while joan
longer hgu IN uue
attitudes and successfully Tor oc
wealthy Angeleno The adeniedt
splendid Sunday supplement sp
Once the ladies punt
Cae beach, and that made pictured ar
Again scaded herself death bahub and was rescued
by sensational illustrations ley
talented high degree unsteady
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Hush! No More of
Thompson'S Tales

iHonlPSon Aa10 confirmed bachelors
slightest When his
brother
presence of his voice affairs
evidence the high nks of the ET the Corinthians
promise will be told They
become sober married
brother of Charlotte Thompson
the The family
street. had lived years,
DESTROYED by nothing clothes
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Death SunderS
Ideal Love Match
The death OF Alpheus

Death SunderS The death Apheus Bull particularly
1yoI 90 nf<oh because of happiness Of home
lo0di l-o'' 1io'' His Irene Cowe1 was
almost make
of sight
affair They at later their
After pneu-
mona natched away family.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Hun1ors of Club,
Church and Street

ub
Th,rcb o,d Street robbed victim was
~ - ~ - - asked if he thought that he could idendfv the
thief having nearly had him in
why, certainly could answered or not,d
particularly that he hat and like
overeoat and -
he
n oach
refugee She -
whether take the gift disbprs.
heard definition of automobile day An ola rs
waiting a and ooto- -
by att ss33".S
~Ah." she said there thin bugsiss agin
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Blondes Flourish
Like Golden Wheat
They have resurrect

blondes will matters OF
LIN Oo11~A "11o1 o whenever
blondes
Blondes flourish
and here
you blonde
fair and hghthaed by
the park search the refugee
blondes
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
"HugkSS Dancing
May Soon Be Here

n M
way ooon D' Aoi this
that great ~bonny
Saisburys
noticed the girls
in terms
who
Immediately Who he
presence
turned to be Sidney.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Beautiful Woman
EscheWS Editors

retary very wife Miss
her beauty and
she objects that kind
study and when she
border quietly without notifying
visiting her relatives and hunt
oldf friends
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Color Scheme New
Bane of Counter


Bane of Counter to 1s % @ h1s at IS ss ass s1Sa
buys her hats and other according to the new &
saeladys waiting LOT my
glove other day when wenah
pair of gloves and had Just
and OF brown
trimming her sleeves and collar ana WIN
salesady fall with the color
she was still struggling with the problem left the shop
myself picture-ame store ana was
confronted puzzle had bought
print with the coat
AS the salesman
the seemed
dull gold frame TO harmonic VII"
h O the girl in picture
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

PA, who is Mr. Bok?"
The man who invented beer, my
Courier-Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
The Insi.d e r

Tells of Shopgirls' Trials With Color Schemes
How Wanda Hadenfeldt ShrinkS From FuO-
licity and Why Mrs. de VrieS Beauty Is
Unheralded
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

Townsend's Cal glaca f~,,,+.
dies at Emporium, Post and v1, ero - San-
isnO LzoO suffer ST and 1908 and 1920 Va Va
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

Marion de Vries, who has been reap
pointed to the Craftsmanship Of the United
States Board of General Appraisers by Sec
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

Now that Frank Thompson is announced
as benedict-to- be-, nobody will ever believ,
that there are any confirmed bachelors
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

~RRKs in the shops have new bother
to wrestle with. 1t IS the eoiol ssA...s1 ',..Lo
~ and unless you have met woman "iio.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

Mrs. j. j. Moore will leave about the
end of this week for Los Angeles, where
she will spend a fortnight.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02

who have recently been the guests Of
Mrs. Huntington's mother. Mrs. Adam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
CUTTING Down Free Lists.

Chicago, Feb Railroads in thu
Transcontinental Passenger Associa
ton have decided to cease granting
free transportation or reduced rates
to officers and agents of the Women's
Christian Temperance union. Young
Mems Christian Association, (excep
secretaries of railroad branches)
Young Woman's Christian Association
and other kindred organizations and t.
theological students.
At the same time it was decided t.
curtail the issuance of free trans.
portation to officers of the Salvation
Army.
The railroads, however, will continue
to issue free or reduced transporta.
ton to nuns, Sisters of Charity
brothers of religious orders and to or.
dained deaconesses.
The cutting off of the transportation
named is due to the fact that under
the law it is believed such transport
tation can no longer be issued.
1t was stated to the railroads thai
the work of the temperance body az
we'll as that of the Christian associa-
lions would be greatly curtailed by
such a plan, but the railroads claim
they have no choice in the matter TN
der the provisions of the statute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07

Il mad epilepsy for three years.
Each fit followed by Chill. Would
bite my tongue until the blood ran
out of my mouth. The best physicians
did not help me, but Wheelers Nerve
Vitalizer did and I have not had a fit
since / began its use" Mrs. NJ. j. At
wood. Sigourney. Iowa.
Il had epileptic fits so that was
liable to fall anywhere at any time.
| suffered for 10 years without getting
relief from the Doctors who charged
me over $1,000 AT last was cured by
Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer l have not
had a fit since / used the first bottle"
Mrs Joseph Keller, Converse Ind.
Surely medicine that will cure
epileptic fits. the most advanced and
fatal form of nervous disease. may be
depended upon to cure all the milder
forms such as nervous and general
debility, nervous prostration, sleepless-
ness. weak heart action. and all kinds
of weakness. which are but the start
ing points. 1t is sold by all druggists
at 81 per bottle. ]. w Brant Co, Al
bion, Mich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
Well Known Young Lady of Tam
County Marries Mr.. AppIesate.

We'll Known Young Lady of Tama
County Marries Mr.. AppIesate.
Special to Times Republican.
Tama. Feb AT high noon yes
terday occurred the marriage of Miss
Emma Beichley to Mr. Frank Apple
gate at the home of the brides par
ents in Spring Creek township, Tama
county, Iowa. The wedding march was
played by Miss Mabel Millholland with
violin accomplishments by Messrs. E.
w. Beichley and Edward link. The
happy couple took their places under
an arch beautifully decorated in green
and white, and three pretty wedding
bells were suspended above. The SOL
emn ritual service was pronounced by
L. N. Day of Loring, Polk county. pas
presence OF about seventy invited
guests, selected from the inner circle of
friends and nearest relatives. After
receiving the congratulations and we'll
wishes of those present four-course
lunch was served.
Mr.. and Mrs Apologize have grown
up in the community. and are both
we'll and favorably known to a large
circle os friends in Marshall and Tama
counties, who will wish for them every
blessing and joy of married life.
Many useful and valuable presents
were given by friends.
Mr., Applegate has rented the j. A.
Edwards farm, where they will be at
home to their friends after March
18th.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
News Of Fenton.
Special to Times-RepubIican.

Spec1al 10 Il1neS-RepuDllcan.
Fenton, Feb. 1t was 90 below
Tuesday morning, the coolest this win
ter. There was very heavy snowfall
yesterday.
Rev Hutchinson, OF Britt, delivered
his lecture on the Measure Of Man."
at the NJ. f. church, to a large audience
here Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Myron Anderson entered the
double harness system Tuesday and
left that evening with his bride for
wellington, Mo-, for a visit with rela-
tives and friends.
The Fenton Hardware and Furnaces
Company have purchased the Danson
& Butler store building, and are now
fixing it up for furniture store. This
will give the abundance Of room for
their furniture.
John Stehle was a passenger to Fox
Lake Tuesday on business.
John Dempsey is spending few
days in Mason City, looking after bus
mess matters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
clearfield News Items.


Clearfield, Feb. &c Lehman and
Samuel Ferguson have sold their
farms near here, and bought land near
Fort Morgan, Colo. They supposed
they were buying land under irrigation,
but found that the ditch was a dry
one, and had some trouble in their deal,
but the outcome is not divulged.
Mrs. Frank Shanholzter spent few
weeks in Colorado for her health, re-
turning yesterday much improved.
Our mayor, F. T. Carey, has two
DRINKS serving thirty days in Jail at
the county seat.
Nine degrees below zero is the cold
est we have had this year. We have
missed all the heavy storms, and seem
10 be out of the way of the big ones.
Fred Rood had a big hog sale of
gifts that averaged over SCI per head.
Two were shipped to Alexis, Ill. Rood
has quite reputation for Poland
China hogs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
News Of Perry
.>i,,,acp ap,,h1icap


Perry. Feb. THE coolest night of
the year was registered Monday night.
when the government report showed %
below, with no wind, but with about
four inches of snow which had fallen
during the night previous and during
the day.
William Brown. one Of the oldest
residents of this section, was buried
Monday, having died from cancer of the
stomach Saturday night. after being
sick but a short time.
The first serious tie-up on the inter-
urban occurred Monday morning, when
the cars were unable to get out OF
Perry or Des Moines until after 10 a.
M, on account of the breaking of the
feed wire, by the extreme cold during
the night This necessitated the stop
ping of all the machinery until same
was repaired.
The extreme cold weather is playing
havoc with traffic on the c. M. & st.
P. east and west of Perry, and the
breaking down of cars and engines is
of almost daily occurrence. This as a
matter of course, handicaps the hand
ling of freight very greatly and as they
are taxed to the utmost under normal
conditions, the blocking of traffic from
any cause only makes a bad matter
WORSE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
DEATH NEAR KELLOGG.
Mrs. Eisentraser's illness Brief-keI'
logg Valve Factory Busy.


logg Valve Factory Busy.
Special to Times Republican.
Kellogg, Feb Mrs. E. A. Eisen-
TRACER. sister of Amos Craver, of Kei-
logg. died at her home five miles north
Of Kellogg, Wednesday morning. She
was 81 years of age and had resided in
the neighborhood of Kellogg over forty
wears. Her death followed brief ILL
ness. The date of her funeral has not
been set, but may not be until Sun
day.
The valve factory of this place is do
ing a very prosperous business. 1t has
introduced it's article into almost every
state of the union.
Mr.. Charles Rowland intends to start
new restaurant owned by Dell Kings
bury, this month.
The young peopl's society of the
Methodist church will have a sleighride
Friday evening The ride will be to the
home of Carl LEM and back, with re-
freshments at said home.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist
church will, give an oyster supper OPP
posite the Bobzin store on the evening
of Saturday. February IS.
Mr.. John Reimers has moved into
town from the country, and has lately
bought the beautiful home now occu-
pied by Mr.. Wright.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07

Wanted-Good girl OF mlooie-aseo
woman to work at county 1arlh. Az
dress or phone ]. c. koontz.