Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-02
Topics of the Times

The lawn mower and house cleaning
Jokes have appeared in the Baltimore
newspapers, so we can rest assured
that spring has started on its annual
pilgrimage.
The MARYLAND legislature Is seriously
planning to have five millions in bonds
issued for the construction of perman-
ent hard roads at state expense
Enthusiastic Amateur Sailor-"Let
so that jib Sheet"
Unenthusiastic "Landlubber' (Who
has been tiecoyed into acting crew.;
I'm not touching the beastly thing! =
Punch.
1t is easy to see what stir the
newspapers can make out OF nolhihS'
more than an automobile trip and the
columns are always open to advertisers
who would like to stir up an interest
in their wares.
And still they beg and plead with
Cummins to withdraw. Why do they
do it? Cummns has said that he
would if Allison gets the most votes.
There is no indication that Wash
ington is warming up welcome tor
Cummins as the successor of Senator
al. Jpnnrtnr
No, but there are plenty OF indlca-
tions that Washington expects to have
to welcome a successor to Allison,
whether it likes to or not.
Judge Conner is willing to admit that
TT. Dodge is progressive, SO he intro
duces bill for $4,000 to be expended
on public building for the town.
perhaps the Eleventh district
went progressive says the Marshall
town Times Republican. for some
thing else than what it could get out
of it." However that may be, 1t has
got nothing out of it suitable to public
exhibition. The presumption is the
Eleventh district had notion IL
would get something out of it-some-
thing in the way of reform; some
thing in the way of better revenue
conditions: something. at any rate, for
the general good.-SiouX City Journal,
Oh, something for the general good
is it? How about a statewide pri-
mary?-Better revenue conditions!
How about the two cent fare?-Re-
form? How about anti-pass legisla-
ton, no campaign contributions from
corporations Really about all the
Eleventh failed to get out of 1t was Il
governor, and. of course, the journal
does not look upon that as important.
The Southern Railway has agreed
with the Georgia authorities to put in
voluntarily rates of two cents per
mile for mileage books and . y cents
for trip tickets between all points on
the entire system. The two cent rate
adopted by statute In most states can't
be so very far wrong.
To the frequent question. How TO
give the democratic party more life?'
there is but one reply Make a mis-
take in the republican national conven-
ton.
A sidelight on some of the shortcom-
ings of congress may be thrown by the
made by Representative Cary.
of Milwaukee, republican congress-
man, who says: eff the people of this
country knew what some of their rep
in congress were doing
they would march down here ten mill
lion strong and hang every one of us.
In every corner about the capitol can
be seen congressman and a corpora
ton lawyer in whispered conversation.
Every night a corporation agent gives
a dinner or a dance for some congress-
man whose support he is seeking. They
have thousand ways to block us in
our efforts to do anything for the peo-
pie
The trouble with make-shift cur
rency measure at this time designed
for emergencies only is that we will not
have another emergency for several
years and ought to be busy in the
meantime at reforms which will re-
tire emergencies from circulation.
Hartman now feels that he really
has no more Fish to fry.
Trainmen paid by the miles Travelled
argue that so long as freight is hauled
at a profit and engines don't get small
er, there can be no need of cutting
they haul will not decline.