Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-15
Topics Of the Times

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existence Is the $1O,OO0,oOo donation tc
human needs made by his wife.
l Railroad presidents evince a new and
extraordinary willingness to be quoted
in print as to their good intentions
When the devil was sick the devil a
monk would be, but when the devil
was we'll the devil monk was he.''
1t will soon be possible to dig angle
worms without dynamite.
Glory be! Next Sunday is st. Pat
rick's day.
That eastern scientist who finds souls
weigh only an ounce should come west
and weigh some whole ones
Gaynor and Green, who robbed the
government OF several hundred thou
sands Of dollars seven years ago, have
just been brought to trial. In their
case justice was not only blind, but
afflicted with a severe case of locomo-
tor ataxia.
It may, be that those floods in the
east are the result of the squeezing OF
surplus water out Of the inflated
stocks Of Wall street.
Possibly the most just, method of
dealing with the liquor evil at the State
University Of Iowa would be to suspend
the saloons Of Iowa City and not the
students who are tempted because of
their proximity.
The San Francisco grafters, not sat-
lslied with debating state affairs at
long range, now propose to remove the
state capitol from Sacramento to
Berkeley, an over-the-bay suburb. The
railroad passes having been cancelled
Sacramento appears too far from home
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At this distance it appears that Mr.
Jerome regrets that he did not remain
in his office and delegate an assistant
Ito conduct the prosecution of one Har-
ry K. Thaw. The trial has advanced
neither the legal nor political prestige
of Jerome.
The Iowa legislature seems determ-
ined to remain in session until after
the house cleaning season at home The
spring house cleaning will be only a
circumstance to the political house
cleaning that will be marked on the
schedule if the legislature fails to pass
an adequate primary bill.
For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, Abe Ruef can give the
heather HChinee'' four aces and beat
him to the Jackpot.
Standpat members of the legislature
ought to know that recent Iowa poit-
ical platforms are not ephemeral, what
ever may have been the idea that in
spired the democrats to incorporate a
primary plank in the expression that
now passes muster as democratic doc
trine.
Inc Register ana Leader prefers dll-
other campaign over the primary re-
form, and the election of a new legis-
lature on that issue than the accept
ance of a primary law which shall con-
tain multiplying amendment providing
for majority nomination There may
We be another warm campaign among
Iowa republicans before certain indi-
viduals have had enough.
You must drag the roads in spring, if
not with the King drag, then with the
axletree.
Eagle Grove officials have resigned
on account of the anti-pass law, but
the Eagle cannot be resigned.
The vinton Eagle says Major Lacey
can a good deal better afford to leave
congress than the nation can afford to
have him leave. Still, Murphy seems
to be doing more worrying than the ma
ton
amy bottles? Any rags?"
Queer combination you deal in, my
friend"
mot so queer. People as has bot
ties bgenerally has rags."-Washingto
Herald.