Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-08
Topics of the Times

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| Since the state treasurers cash ball
ance passed the million mark there
| Minis newspapers about extravagant
administration.
The degree of love and affection for
the primary law felt by the railroad
press Is thus exprssd by Mr.. Blythe's
newspaper at Burlington: There is
no way under the bastard primary
law to keep democrats out OF repub-
lican primary this year.
Senator Doliver tainted the pro-
gressive republicans of Iowa with be-
ing late with their reform legislation.
He spoke of the primary and the anti
pass and the 2-cent fare laws. But he
was silent as to why the state was late
with these reforms. He knows the
reason was that the standpatters-the
friends and supporters of Allison. and
Dolliver, and Blythe, and that kind of
republicans--were in control Of the
former legislatures. And when the
Cumnlns progressive forces got con-
troll of the legislature all Of this re-
form legislation was passed. That
was the secret Of the bitterness of the
fight against Cummins in 1906. His
election meant legislature which
would pass laws restricting the rail-
roads and corporations. Dolliver knew
1t. But he didn't say it.
1t required years OF campaigning to
get legislature to pass the reform
legislation of the past two sessions,
Murphy, reactionary and opponent of
it all, president Of the senate by nom
mating him for lieutenant governor.
Commercial failure liabilities in the
nited States. which for some time have
been excessive and have indicated
business weakness thruout the coun-
try, now are rapidly declining. Where
as they reached the abnormal total of
$4,000, 900 for December; s27,000,000
for January; $27,OOO.o00 for February,
and $21,5O0,OO0 for March, they APP
proximated only about $15,000,000 for
April. This suggests that the country
is fast getting upon a sound financial
it has enjoyed in many years.
It would be cruel to demand that
Allison make speech in Iowa in his
own behalf, but he might at least come
out and shake hands for a week. We
dare the -Cummins crowd to show
their candidate in Iowa before June 2.
The oats may stool in this kind of
weather, but it is on the sweet
corn, and most of us are getting hun
cry for roastin' ears.
Judging by the fact that twenty-six
different state colleges have taken an
imal husbandry graduates from the
Iowa State College within the last six
years, there must exist widespread
idea that the institution at Ames is
advocating the correct methods Of
growing livestock.
She (sighing)-Oh, I met such a
lovely, polite man yesterday.
Her Father-Where was that?
She-In Madison street I must
have been carrying my umbrella care
lessly, for he bumped his eye into it.
And 1 said, pardon me-" and he said,
Don't mention til have another eye
left
The Iowa City Republican seeks to
minimize Mr.. Goods achievement in
the gas fight at Cedar Rapids by the
statement that his opponent, Trewin,
was instrumental in securing the
passage of the laws which made it
possible for Cedar Rapids to regulate
the price of gas. The Republican
means lLldI 1I0Wlu Gu 1O1l Sd1l
regularly when in the senate.
The vigorous preparations Of the
Ohio authorities for the expected at
tacks of the Kentucky night riders
would seem to indicate that the Ohio
river is the northern boundary of the
region where that species of anarch
ism can exist.
Ex-senator w. e. Chandler, Of New
Hampshire, used to be about the only
man in either branch Of congress who
could write shorthand. 1t was a dis
tinction in which he had some pride.
The house in Mr.. Chambers time had
one shorthand writer in the late Rob-
ert r. HIT of Illinois, who reported
the Lincoln Douglas debate, and who
told many "reminiscences Of how he
used to write out his notes in the days
before the invention of typewriting
machines.