Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
Local Comment

1t is not strange in politics that men
| should be of many minds or that
| when one side wins the other side
should experience disappointment
| There is one satisfaction. however, III
| the fact that no man in the county
could have any difficulty understand
| ing just where Mr.. b. h. Cummings
stands on public issues Votes cast
| for him were cast with full UNDER
standing of what they meant.
| AS usual In the recent caucus and
convention campaign the charge OF
dictator" was very generally used by
men who were ashamed to disclose
their real purpose. 1t has always
seemed strange that man could have
the nerve to tell another man that
| somebody owns him in politics with
out realizing that he has insulted the
man he is talking to. Few men ever
run for office or political honor with
out a desire to have newspaper sup
port. When they get 1t they are very
much inclined to accept ii as their due,
but ii the other fellow gets 1t. then
the newspaper becomes cruel ana
constituencies dictator. The Times
Republican has faced this charge dur
ing all the years of its existence, the
same when political conventions We're
going against 1t as when they were
going in the same direction. so ac-
customed has 1t become to the charge
that this newspaper feels competent To
advise others just how to be die
tator Guess right and follow the
crowd. No charge for the information.
This rule will be found infallible.
IT was stated I'm the convention that
the reason Marshall county had been
so many years denied delegate to d
national convention was that the ma
jority of the district was in the con-
troll Of the standpatters of the east
end. which was correct statement.
The inference was left that Marshall
county should change its politics ana
appeal to those who were in control;
however, 1t should be remembered
that two years ago Marshall countys
progressive friends came within two
votes OF majority in the fltth us
trict caucus, and that there are SO
many candidates. from eastern coun-
ties involved this year that there should
be hopes of receiving favors from
some eastern counties heretofore OBJ
durate. Politics can be a game OF give
and take, or it can be game OF re-
prisas
How about your water rent? If you
have a meter service thisgis your last
day to pay and take advs Sc Oh the
discount.
The man who waited long enough
had his walks cleaned by Old Sol even
tho his neighbors took risks on their
lives every time they passed the prem
Uses The tenant who ignores all rights
of pedestrians. and permits his walks
to remain snow and ice covered, Will
never make a bowling success Of own
ing his own home.
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The questions that naturally arose at
the recent board of health meeting,
over what to do in cases In which cows
examined for tuberculosis were found
to be infected, are of more than pass
ing interest and Importance. While no
law cOulu ne AollIlu CoNGiiHEf ShC StiP
tect, and the ordinance was not plain,
common sense ventured the opinion
that no owner could dispose of an ami
NAL SO infected unless he sold to some
packing house where government IN
specton was furnished. Promiscuous
disposition Of condemned cows would
certainly put a premium on such ami
mails, which could be bought for little
or nothing, and be slaughtered and
served to the public as meat, regard
less of it's character.
Il
If MarshalltoWn'S meat inspection
ordinance were operative at the present
time, or could be put in force shortly,
the situation would not be so bad, for
then there would be little danger. If
people bought meats from . market,
they could rest assured that ar inspec-
ton Of what they purchased had been
made, either by the government or the
city. If they purchased indiscrmin-
ately from peddlers at their back
doors, then they would be assuming
the risks. 1t doesn't stand to reason,
however, that if a cow is found to be
infected with tuberculosis, it is right
and proper to turn her loose upon the
public without giving an authorized
inspector the opportunity to pass upon
the question Of whether or not the dis
ease is at such stage that her carcas
would be unfit for food purposes. 1t is
a fact, however, that tuberculosis will
show up in a COW, affecting certain
parts of the body only, and localized as
it were and at the same time not af-
feet the meat. Again, if the disease
attacks other parts of the system, it
will be condemned by an inspector and
ordered destroyed. Therefore, one COW
might not pass inspection for milk.
Another, in the same herd, might also
be condemned for milking purposes.
The two might be taken to packing
house and examined for beef purposes.
One might pass, and the other be con-
demned. If both were allowed to be
sold to the highest bidder. a way would
be found to dispose of the meat from
both, regardless of diseased condition.