Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The FIT. Dodge Messenger heafS me
keynote o. Our twentieth century
struggle" struck in the assertions
that property has duties as we'll as
rights" and that new conditions make
1T necessary to shackle cunning as in
the past we have shackled force 1t
sounds like the millennium to suggest
that the day is coming when the use
OF accidental advantages of skill and
position will be regulated for the gem
eral welfare, but 1t Is no more than
miracle than is the Stacking OF ply
steal force It's use only for the de-
tense of the weak, which our present
day civilization has brought about. 1t
Is only the next step In evolution to-
ward which the president is pointing
the way There Is no need of kicking
against the pricks or hanging back.
The student of affairs will show his
wisdom by getting into line"
The Bedford Free Press states ut
is intimated from several sources
that Hepburn has sent out the word.
sub rosa, that delegates must be Sc
lected from this district that will
shout for Taft but be ready to vote
for Cannon Now whether this is true
or whether it is not, it seems to us the
best course Hepburn could take would
be to have delegates selected who are
known to DE for Taft but of whom 1t
is also known Hepburn can have no in
fuente in swinging for Cannon or any
one else. Then in case change
should he necessary no blame could
Oh, TO ,y1> "a oh.
ject, as we understand it, is to pro-
mote the Taft movement then if this
be true the only object will be to Sc
cure Taft men. What is the differ
ence what other views they might hold
regarding a congressional or senator
ial candidate, when they will have
nothing to do with that but only to at
tend the national convention to vote
for Taft?" demands the Free Press.
Referring to the subject of mud
Singing the Waterloo Courier is
moved to say: THAT as far as the
singing of the drtiest kind of mud
is concerned. if there are any who can
excel the anti Cummins people. they
are certainly entitled to the prize"
''In posing as a leader in munici-
pal reform Des Moines has clipped
off rather a larger piece of the white
mans burden than it can comfortably
carry" says the Council Bluffs Nom
pareil.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette would
like to know eff the standpatters are
so positive that Cummins will be
showed under in the senatorial prf-
maries, why don't they refrain from
urging him to Withdraw? Everybody
knows their chief aim in life is to kill
off the governor politically"
The Adams County Republican, not
ing that ex-Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie NJ. Shaw has resigned his posi-
ton with the New York Trust Com
pany and is said to be making an ac-
tive campaign for the presidency,
says: "Mr. Shaw might at one time
have had a fair prospect of securing
the Endorsement of his own state for
the place. but public sentiment here
has now thoroughly crystalized in fav-
or of Taft. We have ever held Mr..
Shaw in the highest esteem, and should
have beer pleased to see him in the
presidential chair. but we fear he has
too late to make any SER
ious demonstration"
"The average hog that reluctantly
goes into slaughter house is worth
more in dollars and cents to mankind
than the rapaciOus human hog. as
serts the Clinton Herald
within a few weeks or months, at
best, another brace of experts will re-
port that Thaw's reason has been full
ly restored, the doors Of Matteawan
will swing open," predicts the Des
Moines Capital. land this worthless
figure which has cost the state of New
York $4,000 and his mother nearly a
quarter of a million will be free to