Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-09

ty should be given harp and 1nstruc-
lions in voice culture" says the Rock
we'll Phonograph.
'1f the senator from Wisconsin be a
demagogue. the hope is ardently IN
dulged that the senate Of the United
states shall soon be overrun with
demagogues,'' comments the Tele-
graph Herald OF Dubuque.
According to the democratic Malcolm
Leader "even tho he fell outside the
breastworks himself, Cummins has the
satisfaction Of retiring seven standpat
republican congressman in Iowa, and
that's some satisfaction"
Says the Livermore Gazette: Or,
BoWes has invested in a bran new
piano. with long name which we do
no recollect He said he had his choice
between purchasing that or Merry
Widow hat"
The Lake City News says: "a
southern paper has discovered that
there are already nine lives OF Taft
on the bookshelves. No doubt Messrs.
Cannon, Fairbanks, Knox, and others
have long suspected that the Taft
boom has nine lives"
"Such was G. S. Gilbertson, chief en-
gineer Of Governor Cummins' cam
paign,' says the Sioux City Tribune.
such was his work, and well and
faithfully he did 1t. The fault was none
of his that he did not bring his ship
safely into port"
"The Marshalltown high school is to
graduate in few days the largest
class in It's history" the Davenport
Democrat says, which speaks well for
the town and the way it's educational
are appreciated. There are
forty-eight of the young ladies and
gentlemen"
The Ottumwa Courier knows that
"the greatest protection to society is
found not in the statute books but in
the newspapers. No one knows the
of men who have. refrained
from committing crimes against society
thru fear Of exposure in the. public
press"
The Davenport Democrat believes
that '.the allies who are fighting Taft
would do the same to Roosevelt if
he were candidate. 1t is the poll
cies rather than the man that they
are after. As popular as Roosevelt
is before the country,
most of the senators of his party and
many of the managers are opposed to
him and what he stands for.''
Every one has to concede that the
Iowa Masons make an almost ideal
convention gathering" the Cedar Rap
ids Republican contends. "They are
men of parts, these men who repre-
sent that venerable and steadfast or
der, the most historic among all secret
societies. There is nothing but sub
and Submarines suggested
by the delegates who represent the
lodges of the state.'
In the Brooklyn Chronicle the editor
hits lick for temperance in this
wise: 1--WE are told confidently by
many observers that prohibition does
not prohibit. From personal knowledge
the editor of the Chronicle is willing to
assert that it at least keeps liquor
drinking out of sight. We have seen
at least ten times the drinking and
in Minnesota and Wis
,onsin that we have seen in prohibition
North Dakota and Kansas"
The Mason City Times Herald says:
Mason City goes up another notch.
The postoffice under the present year
gained in receipts to such an extent
that they have advanced several steps
up the scale in classification and
,long With this goes the increase in
salary of the postmaster The office
IF postmaster the coming year in
his city will pay $4,000. Mason City's
receipts for the past year exceed
hose of Fort Dodge and made much
better gains than many other larger
titles in the state"
at is becoming more and more APP
or telegraphing within the jurisdiction
If Iowa has been greater than was an
the Des Moines Capital as
;erts. "The increased rate amounts to
20 to 40 per cent. The increase is
wrong and is not justified by any exist
ng conditions. The two telegraph
must understand that the
people of Iowa, who have reduced rail-
Dad passenger fare to two cents a
nile. are not expecting to continue to
Jay increased telegraph tolls"
Here's one from the Dubuque Times
Journal: wv r. Hearst makes the
lefinite announcement that he will not