Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-02
,vwA OPINIONS AND NOTES

prove entirely remedial. That there
have been some abuses under the pre-
sent system and that there VIII con-
tinue to be objections to 1t will not be
denied by those who have any knowl-
edge of the situation" says the Cres-
ton paper. But that the contract sys-
tenn would be an Improvement is very
much to be doubted. Probably for j
year, or perhaps a few years, thera
would be q saving, but 1t would not be
long before the comparatively small
number OF printing offices that are
equipped to do the work and SO located
that they could handle it satisfactorily,
would get together and fix prices to
suit themselves"
The Davenport Democrat says the
state regardless OF Des Moines, should
furnish the governor, not a mansion,
but a dwelling house Of modest proper
tons. mo other elective officer repre-
sents the state SO directly" 1t contin-
ues; mo other has so many calls Of
courtesy; no other has SO much enter
tainment to provide"
"a dollar will only go as far as 1t
would few years ago." walls a pessi-
mistic organ. "That may be true"
says the Muscatine Journal, "but we
only have to go half as far to get the
dollar and that makes some difference"
"A profit Of s to cents gallon on
kerosene means profit OF 3S 1-3 to 80
per cent" figures the Sioux City Trib-
une. and still there are standpatters
who say see how the Standard OIL
Company has reduced the price of ker-
osene'"
"If the northwest wants to borrow
more trouble it can do SO by trying to
figure out how long it will take the
turnpikes to dry UP in the spring" sug-
gets the Sioux City Journal.
personally" says Paul Stillman, ed
itor of the Jefferson Bee, and mem
Der of the Iowa legislature, "as mem-
Der Of the committee on constitutional
amendments, intend to give the wom-
en- a chance to get their bill on the
floor, and to favor the submission OF
this question to the voters OF the state
who are mentor decision. 1t Is no
more than fair in my opinion that the
women have chance to get their
case, for which they have fought for
SO many years, before the jury"
The part the Iowa railroads took in
politics in Iowa last year and their
subsequent defeat at the polls has APP
parently given license to every legisla-
tor to take shot at them in some
form or other" observes the Grundy
Republican.
"The escape of guilty criminals by
the aid of sympathetic officials or jur-
ors and the lynching of criminals are
both symptoms of the disease which,
for lack of a better term, may be call
ed moral hysteria," argues the Brook
Ign Chronicle. ct is in human nature
itself, and our over-ripe civilization
revert to barbarism, that the actual
causes of mob violence must be found"
The Vinton Eagle suggests that
while the matter of salaries is up for
consideration 1T would be we'll for the
present legislature to give the state Of
ticers lift. They get at present ST.
2OO," says the Eagle. cit is now pro-
posed to institute an insurance depart
ment and the salary is to be fixed at
$4,000 The state auditor has been at
tending to that business in connection
with all his other business at $4,000.
The new official is to be an appointive
officer 1t seems strange that an APP
pointive officer should get $500 more
salary than an elective one"
AS to legislation designed to prevent
corporations making contributions of
money to political campaign funds, the
Burlington Gazette says: eff cor
poratiio desires to boost any political
campaign it will see that the money
gets there, if the mysterious stranger
with the white hat has to leave it on
the committees desk. Any great
amount of time spent on this PROPOSE
ton may be reckoned as time lost"
What He Wanted.
(Fronl Tit-Bits)
How will you have your hair cut.
sir?" said the laxative barber to the
victim in the chair.
Minus conversational prolixity," re-
piled the patient
"Hows that, sir?"
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