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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
apooR OLD FATHERS AND MOTHERS. =

Abraham Ruef, pleading guilty as
charged, told the courty and incident
ally as many citizens as he could reach
with his voice and the newspapers, that
he made the plea to save his aged par
sents the killing strain of a trial.. 1t
was dramatic climax. He wept as he
spoke asserted his nerve to defy San
Francisco and the law, but its failure
when he considered his old father and
mother and sister. Still claiming In
nocence, he pleads guilty "for the dear
ones sake" How much of it was gem
luine and what part the sympathy
gag" is hard to say. Such men as
Ruef are not destitute of better feel
ings, and are shrewd and unscruplous
enough to work any and every form
of deception. At any rate, he made the
strongest play possible for sympathy
and ultimate clemency when he Wept
for his old father and mother
It is the same old police court appeal
for sympathy and lenlent treatment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
gnrez. s3seshliear 3llars,annt 4nara, 7ap y 1907

Most rogues have good old fathers and
mothers, respectable sisters, and decent
brothers or honest wives. The plea is
never forgotten. Many boy has gone
from ordinary boyish deviltry to the
penitentiary because the neighbors and
the local officers thought Of the poor
old father and mother Thaw's wife
and poor old mother and sister sat in
court as excuse for murder. The faith
full wife with the baby at her breast
has turned many jury away from
justice to ill-advised mercy 1t is the
old, old play of the criminal lawyer and
the artful dodger. There are men loose
in Marshalltown, and every other city,
today thru mistaken mercy to their
relatives and friends, that common
sense and decent protection to society
would have railroaded into the peniten-
tiary long ago.
1t is the plea that comes to the news
papers: For Gods sake. don't print
1t. Think of his people here in town,
Think of his poor old father and moth
err It wins in the offices of the press
oftener than should be permitted. The
man who attempts to use his decent
relatives as shield against the conse-
quences of wrong doing deserves Meth,
err consideration nor mercy. But, his
poor old father and mother!'
1t is Ruefs first step toward escape
and the hope Of rehabilitation. Granted
that he feels the degradation he has
cast upon his parents, his written plea
and his tears We're not the less pur-
poseful and calculated. He should not
succeed Ruef should get all that is
coming to him.
N It Is an awful thing to be one of these
poor old fathers and mothers of great
and little thieves, and lawbreakers Of
one degree and another We are quick
to extend sympathy to all who suffer
thru no fault of their own. But II is
best to temper sympathy with sense,
lest we grow nlaudlin, and good sense
says that Ruef and the men like him
belong behind bars. with other beasts
of prey
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
MAJOR EDWIN n. coNeER.

The state OF Iowa learns with sorrow
| that Major Edwin H. Conger is dying
DIT. his home in Pasadena, Cal, where
The has been living since his retirement
from the diplomatic service. For many
years he was one of the foremost citi-
zens and leading politicians sof Iowa,
serving as state treasurer from 1880 to
1854 shortly after his retirement from
the treasury he was elected congress-
mn from the Seventh district, re-elect-
ed in 1883, and shortly after appointed
minister to Brazil BY President Harri-
son. He. filled the Brazilian mission
four years, and upon the election Of
President Mckinley WINS reappointed.
Later he Was transferred to China.
serving thru the Boxer trouble with
distinction. iowa still remembers the
anxiety Of the time when communities
ton failed with Peking and the fate Of
the Congers and that Of all foreign
members was easily forecasted. The
state remembers. too, the relief that
came with the news that the allied
troops had broken thru and that the
Iowa family was safe Thru all the
strain Of the weeks fighting, Major
Eonger we'll upheld the honor Of Ann
erica and of the state Of Iowa.
He was later transferred to Mexico
whence he retired from the service and
went TO Pasadena to live as private
citizen. "a
3. III. Conger came to Iowa shortly
after the close of the, civil war, in,
which he had enlisted as a private in
an Illinois regiment, and won a success
sion Of promotions up to a brevet ma,
Jorsliip. He came from a short period
OF law practice in Galesburg to locate
on a farm near Dexter in this state.
Moving to the village OF, Dexter, he
became banker. Later he established
another bank at Stuart, was elected
treasurer of Dallas county. and thus
began his political career.
Major Conger has not for many years
been active or well known in Iowa poll
tics. His tentative candidacy for the!
gubernatorial nomination five years ago,
is the last notable connection of his
name with the state administration or
state issues.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
WORTH h As An ADVERTISEMENT.

The ward politicians of Des Moines
have banded together to prevent the
adoption Of the commission plan of
city government which has SO re-
formed the cities Of Galveston and
Houston as to make them conspicuous
thruout the land for the efficiency Of
their municipal administration. The
newspa pers and the citizens are fight
ing for; the new plan Of government,
but the heelers, the place seekers. the
GO betweens, the hangers-on and the
under world are swarrning to- the sur
face in opposition.
Des Moines bears the reputation
turnout Iowa OF being one Of the worst
governed small cities in the country.
It's daily morning announcement Of
crime has become, the standing butt Of
comment turnout the state Its con-
victions or prosecutions are either so
infrequent or so inefficient as to excite
nothing but ridicule outside the city.
whether true or not, the general in1-
preston among residents Of the state
outside OF Des Moines. Is that tits
public improvements are attended with
10 much incompetent supervision and
corruption that little or nothing can be
honest about It's public affairs.
Whether Des Moines' reputation Is
deserved or not, 1t stands as it Is, and
the wonder Is that the town has con-
rtinued to grow as 1t does. Any change
in Des lMoines would appear to the out
side world as for the better. The COM
mission plan has gained wide reputa-
ton by newspaper and magazine publ
city as an ideal method of bringing
good business management into mu-
nicipal AFFAIRS SO that If Des Moines
could once overcome Its ward politi-
clans and adopt the new, system of
government, it would have advertised
itself to the outside world as a. regen-
Grated municipality as a town able and
willing 10 approximate the ideal IN
government, and the advertisement Of
sDes Moines as an ideal home city would
bring population to its environs faster
than factories could do it, even could
they be secured. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
A NEW BRADFORD IN IOWA.
(Waverly independently

So Iowa is to have an-
other new town named Brad
ford! The first Bradford in Iowa
was born about fifty-f1ve years ago on
the east bank of the little Cedar, in
Chickasaw county, and for about
fifteen years it fourished like a young
bay tree. The town was. named
after Chief Bradford of the Chicka-
saw tribe of Indians who were In
possession of that part of the Cedar
valley. Old Bradford was at one
time an Indian trading post. From
1850 until. about 1854 it grew hand
somely, and got to be one of the most
important towns in northeastern
Iowa. Altho situated in the extreme
southwestern part of the county Brad
ford was the county seat of Chickasaw
county for a few years. From 1855 un-
til 1868 the politicians In Iowa who
expected any support in northeastern
Iowa always saw to 1t that Bradford
was properly courted. In his earlier
campaigns Senator Allison never
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
The Hosp1rABLE SALOON.
.lRurlington Gazette0

~ SfoSSstS'J
Possibly some Of the reformers who
have such horror OF The saloons do
not know what comforts, the saloon
Offers to Sworbsngme1l in winter, for ex-
ample. when the only warm and COM
Portable place they can find Is the
lounging room OF the saloon. There
they find q hot stove and an oppor-
itunity to smoke or have q glass OF beer
without any interference by improper
characters. What Is the laboring man
who lives overhead i'd a place OF this
kind to do In bitter cold weather? He
can scarcely he invited to take a walk
in the, park when the Thermometer is
at zero or below. OF to lwmlh The
streets. He may not have a taste for
the public library or if he has he may
find 1t overcrowded. There are few
places where he can go in cold weather
70 obtain warmth. and comfort free OF
charge except in the main living room
OF his lodging house, and that often IS.
the front parfor OF the saloon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
IlwA oPMlQNSANp NOTES.

SThe dandelion, like the human APP
pendix, performs no useful function
/ in the economy of nature and has
no valid claim to respectful consid-
Grafton" insists the Carroll Herald.
I'VE protest against any effort to give
it standing among the useful or
beautiful members Of the vegetables
] kingdom"
",rhe river towns are acting as tho
they wish to inform Mr. Rankin that
his state marshal law is not neces-
sary,' observes. the Burlington Hawk
eye.
The Sioux City Tribune objects to
amy deal that involves surrender by
Taft to Cox or Foraker, or a deal be"
tween them and says That kind Of
harmony means simply a compromise
between right and wrong. But there
is a claim OF politicians becoming
smaller every year-rwho are willing
to pay even that price for harmony
We in Sioux City have been told that
a deal between Taft and Foraker that
would send Foraker back to the senate.
as Ross Cox wants. would be ideal.
That's the viciousness OF harmony. It's
q cloak that doesn't care what's un-
der it,
Zone good law enacted BY the li'f-
nois legislature which has just adj
journed takes away FROM the state
treasurer the interest earned on pub
lie funds" remarks the Davenport
Democrat. Every state ought to have
such a law, and it should be compre-
hensive enough to do away mot only
with the interest account but with
fees of every description. A straight
salary known to all, without any spec
ulative features. is for the greatest
good to the public
The Baxter New Era is for peace,
and asserts that 80 are all progress
ives. But they don't want peace that
viii give standpats everything and
themselves nothing"
when Allison gets ready to retire,
is getting to he monotonous eX-
preston" says the Webster City Free
man Tribune. The Freeman-T Tribune
is of the opinion THAT ne shoula W
tire in 1909 whether he Is ready OF
not"
Thought for the day from the Reo-
kuk Gate City, "A fool and his VIM
ter underwear are preinaturely d.
vorced."
Keep youp lawn mower and furnace
shaker In good repair" advises the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. You don't
know which one you may want to-
morrow
Speaking OF the new prince OF AS.
turias, the Fort Dodge Messenger
saws .There Is not boy born N Iowa
of sound mind and healthy body VINO
isn't more fortunate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17

",The river towns are acting as tho
they wish to inform Mr.. Rankin that
his state marshal law is not neces-
gary" observes the Burlington Hawk
eva
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
Topics Of the Times

4 AS vet, no one has had the audacity
to spring a straw hat.
r. r. Foss, an old-time solicitor and
CORRESPONDENT for the State Register,
died of pneumonia at Rapid City, $, D.,
where he was conducting a newspaper,
Mr.. Foss was anr excellent writer ana
is we'll remembered In Iowa.
81 sG4 y ~E4
& when a Boston minister says IL was
q mistake to give the negro citizenship.
III doesn't Indicate anything except that
Boston has an unpopular preacher.
sk5 GEf5sl Aa 3f{t
An American expedition. under the
leadership Of Professor Todd, of Am-
lherst College, is now OH the way TO
South America to take photographs Of
Mars from the top OF the Andes, Pros
lessor Todd ii very cheerful about the
prospects. Next month we viii be
within 3o,OoO,0oo miles Of Mars, plenty
close enough to exchange photos.
II 80
,aYou promised to love, honor and
obey said the husband.
well, / don't love, 1 can't honor and l
won't obey" was the response.
@3"You go at once and buy that new
hat" he rejoined, thus at one stroke
alli her theories. --Phila-i
delphia Ledger.
4 Governor Hughes is there with his
veto. its a pleasure to watch the
man.
Il was sittin' in an inn in Indiana
With Diana
With a din there came an Indian in
En- with Anna. and Susanna.
Says Diana to Susanna: Don't give
Anna banana
In the inn that's here in intnost In
DIANA"
.Nesbit, in Harper's for June,
"side-doof Pullmans" have never
been considered high-class means of
transportation, but the Union Pacific
railroad company is now experimenting
upon a passenger coach with side
doors. 1t will be ready for use in Au-.
gust.
Mary Wong Leong, daughter Of a
wealthy Chinese merchant and rice
planter of Hawaii, has become a nun in
thel first of her race to join
the Order of the Sacred Heart Of Je-
sus and Mary. One of her brothers is
a student in a medical college in ST.
Louis. The girl was educated in a
!
In the May number of the System
Edward P. Ripley, president
Of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e
Railway Company, treats Of the mutu-
atty Of interests between the people
and the railrotds. He takes the ground
that the railroad should be conducted
as 1d-blooded business proposition,
and only as it succeeds as such can it
satisfy Its own stockholders or eff
GENTLY serve the section thru which 1t
runs, He points out that tbs to the
interest of the railroad to develop in
every possibly way the resources and
industries along it's line, thus increas-
ing the prosperity/of the people whom
it serves. On the other hand. he con-
tends that the welfare of the people
depending on particular railroad for
service requires that the road be SO
conducted as to enable 1t to maintain
It's equipn1 eht and service In first-class3
shape and pay fair divindend upon
It's stock.
When we feel our pulses throbbing like
a hundred smothered cheers,
And our souls rise UP and stretch
themselves and shake off twenty
years,
And we feel that LIES holiday and
we are children, all
lis when the green gets back in the
grass, and the umpire yells,
Play ba1l!1
Cooley IN Aarshalltown Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17

resolutions of congress Of the 18th OF
January, 177s.' On the other side are
the words, Printed by Hall & Sellers"
and an engraving of a large leaf.
The four dollar bill would be re-
deemabfe today in any United States
currency, altho the dollar bill
would not. Both bills are about one
half the size OF the bills OF today and
are but crude pieces Of work In COM
parison with the work OF the present
day engravers and printers
The owner of the bills was offered
5000 for them. to be used In the Port
land exposition, but they were not for
sale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17

Speaking Of the new prince OF AS
turIas, the Fort Dodge Messenger
says There Is not boy born N iowa
OF sound mind and healthy BODY VINO r
isn't more fortunate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
Iowa Newspapers
IowA's ADVANTAGES.

If you are thinking about investing
money III cheaper lands than those Sof
the Hawkeyer state, remember that in
all those countries the effort will be to
reach state of civilization which has
already been attained here at home.
There is room for Improvement on ev-
cry Iowa farm that can be bought.
just as there is in the case of the
cheaper lands, and the start one has
here ought to count for a good deal
as against the cheaper per acre price
in the newer countries. With the idea
of Improvement out as a point of con-
sideration the cheaper lands offer some
advantages, but none which ARE not
more than overcome if that idea is the
the predominant thought with an in7.
weston buyinlg, Iowa hand and starting
right in to advance it's general con-
ditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
conn,unicated.

= - d y = 81
III 50 not often the T.-R. may be
caught mapping, but even Jupiter mods,
and. 10 sincere lover of both states,
your drean Of long horned cattle TIE ana
40 calibre revolvers in Texas IS as
much out ofidate as the "fawneies' oi
the Englishman or down easter VINO
comes To- Iowa laden with artillery 10
shoot buffalo and defend his scalp from
the savage Musquakie. II not entirely
extinct. the famous long horns are
rarer than hmffa1oes. Ask any weH-in-
formed stockman where the best and
most Hereford cattle come from and
he will tell you "Texas."
III Show any native Texan a block IN
any Iowa town where saloons prevail
and tell him iowa is better. than Tex
as morally and physically" He may
have to shut his eyes, but, whether cul-
tured townsman, untutorea farmer or
rough cowboy, he will respect what
seems to him your misinforn1ed belief,
and courteously reply Yes, sir
s Recently large party OF Iowa, Kan.
sas and eastern men spent the day ON
the streets of Fort Worth-the third
largest and reputed the toughest" city
in the state. 1t happened to be the day
of a special election to vote on an at
tempt to introduce prohibition, yet the
good order observed would not dis.
credit our beloved Marshalltown any
Saturday, and not one Of that crowd
found game or any trace ofIntox-
icating liquor to be had. In nine hours
the writer saw just two policeman The
prohibitionists seemed minority, but
their street orators and other workers
were given respectful hearing, tho two
thirds their listeners wore ANTI tags.
WILL H. WILSON.
Marshalltown, la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17

skipped Bradford. During the Lincoln
and Douglas campaign Bradford had
barbecues; they broiled whole oxen.
hogs and sheep. and the people came In
from neighboring towns with teams,
consisting Of twenty yoke Of oxen.
Among the then prominent politicians
who were there at one time were
James w. Grimes. John A. kassor,
Samuel Kirkwood, James f. Wilson,
William Vandever and Josiah b Grin
nell !, There are now fields of corn.
clover and pastures where old Brad
ford once was. but the new Bradford
can never hope to cut such swath
as old Bradford once cut. And the
1ewscan never hope to be the home of
the Little Brown Church in the Vale"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-17
VALUABLE RELICS.
tEIdora Ledger Enterprise.).

e. ELluOId l<Gu6Sl A1hSSa PiASN'Is
Charles Kenoyer has in his posses
sion two pieces Of paper money which
are heir-looms in the family. One is
Of a denomination called one-sixth of
q dollar. On one side are the words
"One-sixth Of a dollar, according to
resolution OF congress, passed at
Philadelphia February IL. 1776. At
the side Of this printing Is the picture
of sun dial On the other side of
the paper are the words Printed by
Hairs sellers, in Philadelphia, 1875"
The larger portion of this side of the
papet, however, Is taken up with an
engraving of the thirteen original
states, linked together in circle with
the words, I'VE are one in the
middle.
The other bill is four-dollar bill
with the words. 'f,rhe bearer is entitled
10 receive Four Dollars, or an equal
sum In Gold or silver, according to.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-12-30
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
Our Navy in the Day of Battle.

In the January McClure's, Henry
Reuterdahl makes some very grave
statements about American battle
ships which he declares may be veri-
fed by any reader sufficiently inter
ested 10 take the trouble.
Mr.. Reuterdabl points out that
three yea s ago Russia ranked as
irst-class navfl power, but her navy
was obliterated in single afternoon.
One vessel heeled over when struck.
at is not necessary TO dwell upon
the fate of the eight o. nine hundred
men upon battleship which Is sunk
like this. Bus ii is worth while to re-
capiUulate the investment of the
United States in battleships which
lacg first essential of a battleship,
protection of a water ine. Without
counting the earlier ships, this
country in the past ten years has
built 20 first class batIleships, costing
over 500, 000, 600. Five more are
| building now, which will cost US
| $40. 900 900. In all, our investment ia
battleships is over s145, 5000, 900. No
| ship which this pays tor has, or has
yet been planned to have, water
| line protection reaching more than
six inches above the water wnen she
is ready to fight. The condition of
our arm bred cruisers is almost the
same. Of our eight last armored
cruisers, which cost US more than
| SAC, 900, 900, only two have main
armorbelt which extends about the
waters edge.
'No other nation of the world has
| ever made this fundamental mistake,
| except in the case of few isolated
ships. The French have always had
a high, continuous belt which reaches
from five to eight feet above the wa
ter line. The British, for some tins
without the continuous belt encircling
the entire ship, have always raised
| the armor they considered vital man
| feet above the water. The Dread
nought, their famous battleship, en-
bodying the secret lessons of the
Russian and Japanese war, repre-
sents the principle upon which al
their ships are being built TO- day
Meanwhile, the United States has five
big battleships now building, not one
of them, in spite of the continual pro
test of our sea going officers, with
their main belts above the water line
Three of these are too far along toward
completion to be changed. Two of
them can be altered by the pressure
of outside public opinion. But that
pressure must be exerted soon, or it
will be too late"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-12-30
''Mr. Dooley" on Congress.

The January American Magazine
contains the first OF "Ar. Dooley's"
new series of articles. The announce
ment that from now on "Mr. Dooley"
will write exclusively for The Amer
lean Magazine is literary event of
great Importance.
Finlay Peter Dunno, the creator of
'sMr Dooley," was born ia Chicago,
in 1857. He was educated in the
Chicago public schools, and entered
newspaper life as a reporter in 1885.
FL , served on the editorial staff IF
various Chicago papers, and from
1897 to 1900 was the editor of The
Chicago Journal. Later he was the
editor of one of the great daiiies in
New York.
In 1905 Mr.. Dunno joined John 8.
Phillips, William Allen White, Ida M
Tarbell, Ray Stannard Baker, Liocoln
Steffens and others in the purchase
and control of The American Maya
zine. t. is of course exp aims why The
American is able to furnish its readers
all of the work of Mr.. Dunno, whom
the London Times has lately described
as "the wisest man now writing"
"Mr. Dooley" describes Congress in
the current American. He says, in
part:
eth only raison Congress goes on
an nobody cares is that it niver dales
with subjicks that any wan else liver
talks about onless they are in dhrunk.
Who liver heerd iv two sensible men
discussin' tn river an harbor bill-or
wan sensible womaD? Did you an
yer wife iver set down at night an
debate tn pension system or free
rural delivery, great subjicks that
ivry day FIR three months viii sind
Congress to tn fure? No, sir. That 8
tn reason why we can put up with
governmints, because they're always
kept busy attindin' to matthers' iv no
Importance. Anything that's i'm
portant enough to need attindence
| I'll niver pass over to collection iv
| lawyers firm tn rural disthricks.
Whin We see me with me face con-
vulsed in passion an anger gleamin'
firm me eye, it's not about tn rail-
road situation Pm thinkin', but about
me tight shoes. Whin We see me with
me head bowed in though ;, it's not
wondherin' about tn threasury sur
plus am, but meditatin' on how Pm
goin' to raise tn money FIR tn month
ly rent"