Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-14
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Kern as the son of state acknowl-
edged as doubtful, but the fact that
he has been defeated for governor in
| his own state, is not strong outside of
| Indiana in the councils Of his own
party and is a man not as physically
well as vice presidential candidate
should be, seem to outweigh the first
consideration.
Many of us may sometimes feel like
!, it but few of us ever succeed in en-
| joining the band as has been done at
Clear Lake.
Isn't it provoking to think that the
| news is still withheld from Taft, to
| say nothing of Bryan? But our old time
friend and inevitable candidate, Thorn
as E. Watson. of Thomson, Ga, has
been notified. He was nominated for
the chief magistracy Of the nation on
| the ticket of the peoples party.
| Mr.. Bryan shrewdly advises that he
not be notified of his nomination until
after Taft is notified of his. He wants
Taft to make the opening statement to
the jury
John ID. Rockefeller, being 50 years
| of age and consequently having
reached the age of discretion. proposes
to write his autobiography for a mag
azine. We hope he will reveal what his
cash balance is and what portion of it,
if any, RE considers as tainted money,
as DR.. Washington GLADDEN. would term
it.
There will be car shortage this
fall and not a single reform law will
Ergo.
We read that In his match with DR..
Roller in Seattle Frank Gotch worked
his toe hold six times in succession the
first bout. Roller broke away each time
but it wore on him and finally Gotch
downed him" One toe hold is about
enough for the ordinary wrestler. for
1t is merely form of abuse, and it is
wonder lovers of good sport do not
protest 1t.
Following the republican lead, the
democrats picked for their ticket-tai!
man who neither possessed wealth
nor was an avowed aspirant for the
nomination.
Some of those Des Moines hot air
writer's are terribly worried for fear
Julian Richards will get the job as lit
erary manager in the headquarters of
the republican state central commit
tee. They know that Richards will not
get the job, but they want to keep up
their reputation for first class prevar-
icators and disturbers. Hampton
Chronicle.
Des Moines dispatches in the Bur-
lington Hawkeye aroused the fears be-
cause Julian Richards has been send
ing most of the Hawkeye's Des Moines
news. The. deal is off now and those
with advantages of hindsight can
scott at those laborings only with fore
sight
Father" said little Rollo, sis it true
that riches do not bring happiness?"
"Quite true, my son. If you doubt it,
observe how much more the people in
the hleacl1ers seem to enjoy themselves
than those in the grandstand. -
Washington Star.
1t is row predicted that Bryan will
lose the base ball vote. The temptation
to strike him out when they have two
on him can't be resisted.
If someone asks you who John w.
Kern is. you can truthfully reply, The
Gentleman From Indiana
This complaint Of the cost of pri-
mary is direct charge that popular
government is not worth the price of
an election. Nominations in a state
like Iowa are the election. We had bet
ter abolish the general election in the
fall If we must save that so cents
vote.
Naturally the cheering in Denver had
to last longer than that at Chicago.
Whatever tht. convention of the demo-
Gratis lacked in wisdom it made up IN
wind
John w Kern in an interview at
Lincoln said that Indiana would go
democratic That was what John was
nominated to say.
1t looks now as tho corn would bring
better than so cents in December 50
the fellows who live in town can see
where the price of beefsteak is going
to.
Whatever the opinion may be Of Mr.. |
BRYAN aus regards his beliefs, his adj |
mirable cooness under the stress Of al
most innumerable callers and conferees
during the past. month is certainly de-
serving Of acknowledgement. He may
have made some mistakes, but COM
paratively few considering the horde OF
pilgrims he had on his hands 1t is true
that he has been before the public for
years. but the chances are that no man
in public life in this country ever had !