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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Hurrah for Illinois Hen.
(From the Golfers Weekly

IFTOm the COI11efS WeeKTy.1
Our weakness for the hen is known.
Not unwillingly, therefore, do we
chronicle the fact that in Illinois this
fowl has achieved triumph. Recently
a Boston merchant sent to the western
state q rush order for large quantity
Of eggs. Within a single week 10000
dozen eggs had been collected and the
consignment filed. This feat reflects
credit upon the individual who filled
the order, and upon Woodford county,
but still more upon the fowl. This
humble creature, contentedly clucking
thru uneventful life, throws cheerful
satire upon much of mans achieve
ment. Have all the inhabitants Of
Woodford county ever performed any
single deed which has had so direct an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
AN "uNREPREsENTATIvE."

Is it possible that Uncle Joe Is more
than mere obstructionist? Can 1t
be that the aged but vigorous wearer
of hornespun from the corn belt Of IL
liinois who acts as speaker Of the
house of representatives Of the United
States is not the sort of man sane peo-
pie would have their offspring set up
las an ideal, either in habit or doc
trine? Joseph G. Cannon is not merely
an obstructionist Of the deepest dye
and most ancient school, a standpat-
ter from way back. His obstruction
policy does not merely carry itself
forward in an attempt to balk pro-
Eress ON questions OF vital national
Importance but he stands against any
movement toward the aesthetic better
rnent of anything that represents the
national spirit.
In an article in Golfers Weekly by
William Hard, the details are furn-
ished of how at different times the OBJ
streporous Illinois congressman has
very nearly wrecked forever the beau
ties of some of the government
grounds and buildings at Washington.
He is pictured to us as being Halter
lof architects, an enemy of parks and
sinimical to everything that tends to
advance the artistic in our public
work.
Washington is generally looked to
as not only the seat of government but
las city which should be representa-
tive. in It's physical side, of the best
that there is in the nation. Ambassa-
doris and ENJOYS of all nations who
treat with this government of neces
Bity make their home there and must
carry from the national capital and
rive to other people their impression
of this country as gained there. That
city should be in their eyes lasting
memory of all that is good and beau
tiful. but Cannon, probably next In
power to the president, is opposed to
this That's part of his doctrine of
nindrance and anti-culture, bat an i'm
portant part.
He is man whose dress is not only
,louchy but whose handling of those
celebrated long, black cigars, between
dis teeth, Is anything but sanitary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

| BY the time he gets thru with appli-
cations for tickets to the national re-
publican convention Chairman New
will feel like chairman old.
Maybe it's cheaper to make the mill
ion and a half peace offering than to
build battleships, but those who favor
warfare will argue that the Offering
protects with only one country, where
as battleships may be used with all.
A Kentucky city is burning and the
dispatches say it lis without water"
1t goes without saying that this con-
dition Is true Of any Kentucky town,
where water is seldom used, even for
cooking Sometimes it goes into mint
juleps
If travelling is as hard on Taft's
clothes as it is on some other peoples
we presume he needs some patches in
his trousers by this time.
This country is getting greater all
slowly but surely A girl descendant
of the French painter Millet says
there's no advantage to be gained by
studying art abroad and she is not 60
ing.
Maybe Plat is not as much to blame
as Nine" Wood, but why did he pay
her 100000?
"Rube" Waddell, the odd-mannered
pitcher, has forsaken the st. Louis
team, which adds strength to the ar
gument that it does not pay to traffic
in eccentrics.
A dispatch says an attache of the
Duke of Abruzzi has just returned to
Italy after an agreement" with SEN
ator Elkins, whose daughters hand is
sought by the duke. The agreement
is known as touch
Does youah leisure claws in this
country follow the hounds at all, Miss
Pepprey?' asked the visiting British
nobleman.
mo-" replied Miss Pepprey, "the
hounds usually follow the leisure class
here. We always try to keep the no.
boes on the move."-Philadelphia,
Press.
It's mighty hard picking when rail-
road can't be sued for something. A
Connecticut barber wants damages
from the N. Y, N. H. & III. R., not be-
cause wreck impaired him, but be-
cause it caused him to have enlarge
ment of the appetite for food ano
drink. But his example will hardly
cause health seekers to ardently long
for the wreck cure.
It is related that at Newton, Kas.,
a couple were married between trains.
OF course, altho it was a narrow
space, there was more privacy there
than there would have been in 10
acre lot
wareham Long-"Did jevver attend
a hobo's convention?;
Tuffold Knutt-"No, ye blame fool.
Reckon I want to forfeit me ammy-
chure standin' by dom a thing like
that ?"-Chicago Tribune.
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ings. 1t is another exhibit of his mar
Vicious facility as a. paciticator and or
ganiZer.
When we got into the Philippine
mess most Americans expected endless
broils and difficulties. In addition to
the political embarrassments was q re-
ligious problem that with the best of
management might have led to open
rupture and bad temper. But Taft went
and Taft solved everything He upheld
American interests, while gaining and
deserving the entire confidence of all
other parties. Nothing like it was ever
known in the politics of the world. SO
he has done at Panama
Taft is the man who does things.
And he does them superbly well. He
will make one of the greatest presi-
dents the United States has ever had.
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The Diversified Librarian.


Postmaster General Meyer, at a din
ner in Washington. was advocating
postal banks.
"These banks" he said, have 50
many good points and so few bad
ones that they who find fault with
them have to exaggerate and dwell on
their defects like an old librarian l
used to know.
"This librarian was very strict and
censorious. Once, when I was boy, I
returned volume of Scott to him. He
as usual, looked closely into the books
condition before marking 1t off on my
card.
"'Page So he said, glazing at me
over his spectacles, a hole Then he
turned the leaf. Page co. he added,
another hole"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
BRYAN'S MILESTONE.

Mr.. Bryan is sure to have consider
able difficulty in getting away from
the milestone of government owner
ship Of railways if he is nominated
for the presidency. His speeches on
his return from his tour Of the world
are not forgotten, and altho this week
he has asserted that government own
ership is not an immediate issue and
that government control is, the fact
that he recognizes 1t as a possible is
sue at some future time makes it GER
tain that those who are opposed to
such ownership are not likely to take
any chances of placing a man in the
White House whose influential position
will make it possible for him to give
renewed force to an incipient demand
for such government ownership.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
IT IS ALL OVER.

When this edition Of the T.-R
I reaches the hands of it's readers the
voting will all have been done. The
campaigning is done with now. To-
morrow we can get back to business,
discuss the corn crop, the weather, base
bali and the baccalaureate sermon
fierce one and wearing one on the
nerves of campaigner and of an ed
itor We are all glad that it is ended
but no matter what the result may be
those who have fought for Cummins
will always believe that they were
fighting for movement to free their
party from the control of reactionary
leaders who have been willing to per-
init powerful representatives Of spec
tal interests to obtain control Of the
republican party, its public offices and
It's legislation The personal ambitions
{ Of Mr.. Cumnins, to them, have simply
been a means to an end. They ran
bin for governor seven years ago to
get the control of the state executive
council away from the railway bosses,
Messrs. Blythe and Hubbard, just as
they had run Gilbertson and Martin
eor treasurer and secretary of state for
the same purpose the year before.
They ran him for governor for third
term because they figured that it was
necessary to use him in order to de-
feat the man whom they believed had
tgone over to Blythe" in an otherwise
progressive district. They adopted a
statewide primary to give nominations
into the hands of the people and take
them away from the bosses. They abol-
ished the railway pass So as to free
legislation from an insiduous instru-
ment approximating bribery. They
prohibited the use Of money by cor
!porations in campaigns SO as to purify
our politics. They adopted a two-cent
fare so as to give the whole people
square deal. They charged interest on
deposits of state money and built up
o:1r state college and hospitals with
liberal hand so as to dignity the works
of a great people. These things to a
progressive will remain monuments of
achievement even should the primary
succurnb to a Saturnalia Of abuse and
turn down the leader who has made
such works possible Should the votes
be counted in his favor, as is the ex.
pectation at this time, it will be ac-
cepted merely as vindicsttion of the
movement rather than of the candi-
date, the voting Of a responsibility for
further and greater leadership, rather
than a personal victory. Whichever
way the fortune of war turns men
who have fought in this campaign will
have their minds unchanged altho
their spirit of fair play will prompt
them to stay regular. Having accepted
the rule of the game in the primary
they are not going to finch as the
playing proceeds. The loser will merely
wait until the next primary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Keep "Dixie" as It Was.
l.New York Morldl


Women of the Confederate Choir Of
America have fitted new words to
Dixie" beginning:
Oh, Dixie land is the land Of glory.
The land of cherished song and story.
in thinking that the old words =
cinnamon seed and sandy bottom"
and the rest-are not good enough the
ladies are mistaken. What set Dix
lie" going, what made Lincoln call 1t
the best song Of the war. what makes
New York's theater and restaurant
audiences thrill with 1t, tho they may
never have been further south than
Atlantic City, is its spirit. The words
have "go." BY the memory Of the
lips that have sung them they should
be protected from change. Only so
can the song retain it's history and its
sentiment
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
NOT WANTED IN THE SENATE.
(Des Moines Daily News)

Albert B. Cummins is not wanted
in the senate; that is, he is not wanted
there by the senatorial coterie or by
the special interests. LaFolette was
not wanted there. They would like
to keep Governor Crawford out. Bev-
eridge is not loved by his colleagues.
The present congress has made a
record which shows why. The list
Of good things not done is the long
est ever recorded Roosevelt sent
four red-1ot messages to congress to
induce congress to do something
worth while, but congress sneered at
him.
The able and dignified senators
who are deaf to the entreaties of
an aggressive president did authorize
the expenditure of billion dollars.
But they did not pass a law that
would help business. or raise a dollar
of revenue. or provide against panics.
or reduce the cost of the necessaries
of life
Not one thing mas been done that
would offend the sensibilities of
trust magnate or cause manipulation
of railroad managers or dispensers
of watered stocks to feel nervous.
The senate of the United States
is the bulwark of standpatism. Men
who will not stand pat and keep still
are not wanted there. That is why
the whole standpat crowd fought La
Toilette with desperation. To those
people LaFollette is disturber and
dangerous.
This same standpat crowd. uphold
,ers OF the do-nothing policy of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

senate, beneficiaries of the billion
dollars scattered to the winds, are
lighting Cummins in Iowa
Just look at those who don't want
Cummins in the senate, and decide
for yourself whether you want him
there. If Aldrich and Hale and Ell
kns, Kean, Penrose, Dolliver, Bur-
rows and the whole senatorial coterie
including Tillman and Bailey, are so
greatly interested in keeping Cum
Minis out of the senate perhaps it
would be just as we'll to send him
there and have a change.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
or artistic. His profanity is SO marked

or artistic. His profanity As so marked
as to be termed picturesque.
Is It not just as well that. his boom
for the presidency died away befors it
became necessary to step on it and
scotch it? Uncle Joe is a figure of
granite, as nearly as the human figure
can be constructed OF granite, but the
maternal seems to be largely unpol-
ished for public gaze. He has been
handed down to us as rugged type
of a past generation, but type that
has no place in the enlightened, real
and genteel progress Of this day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

influence on the veins OF the Bay
state? Have all the culture and yam
kee shrewdness from Cape Cod to the
Berksnires conferred any larger bene-
fit upon Illinois? Let those who will
sing of the sacred ibis, the lark, or
nightingale. We are for the hen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
College Boys and the Law.

IFTom the New 0FK NoFIu.J
The lawiess behavior of college
youth may be traced to that lack of
discipline which manifests itself ev-
erywhere among the young generation.
There has been much talk of the eff
Termination of the American school
boy If to be effeminized is to be in
solent and disobedient and to regard
;nfractions Of authority as lark, the
charge is only too true.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Will Cure CONSUMPTION.

A. A. Herren, Finch, Ark, writes: "Fo-
leys Honey and Tar is the best prep
aration for coughs, colds and lung trou-
ble I know that it has cured consump-
ton in the first stages" You never
heard of any one using Foley's Honey
and Tar and not being satisfed.-Mc-
Bride e. Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
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DEVELOPMENT OF WATERWAYS.
(Fort Dodge MESSENGER

(Fort Dodge Messenger.)
America is not the only country
that Is considering the development Of
it's waterways. Bavaria is making
arrangements to spend about ninety
million dollars in deepening It's rivers
and building canals in order to be-
come the center of commerce be-
tween the North Sea and the Black
Sea. The most important work will
be the construction of waterway
thru the valley Of the Main be-
tween Aschaffenburg and Bischberg
deep enough to float vessels of fifteen
hundred tons. The river itself will
be used so far as possible. To give
access to the sea it will be necessary
to dredge the lower reaches of the
Main, connecting with the Rhine, and
an arrangement has been made with
Prussia for sharing the expense Of
this part Of the work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Man Who Unravels TansIes.

(From the Baltimore American.)
This morning Secretary Taft will be
on his way back to Washington. In
the few days he has been at Panama
he has Strengthened out some ugly
tangles and established means for the
prevention of future misu.derstand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

This unacceptable mayor runs things
in northwestern Iowa, and actually
has the above printed on a card
tackled up in the Rock Island depot.
What are things coming to II free
American citizens cannot stop OFF, in
any town without being compelled to
work for living? What's calaboose
for?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Obiectively Considered.

Buggles--"What horse power is your
new automobile %
amage-"Two, I guess. That's the
horse power it took to haul it to the
repair shop when it broke down on a
country road the other day."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
DRESS
NJ AXE rs

The nervous strain through which
dressmakers have to pass q certain,
seasons Of the year seems almost be-
yond endurance, and frequently
brings on nervous prostration, faint
ing spells, dizziness, sleeplessness
and general breaking down Of the
feminine system, until life seems
altogether miserable.
For all ovorworked women there
is one tried and true remedy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

straw, leaps softly upon his palate and
makes it vibrate like an aeoian harp.
a few playful drops leaking upon his
mustache and goatee there glitter and
CLEAN in the sunshine like priceless
emeralds. Flashes of rising pink chase
themselves across his enraptured face.
His lips curve into a smile of delight.
His eyes beam with ecstasy. He is
happy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by 0Yer-Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

in almost situation 1t has frontage OF twenty feet 1T Is pleasant
bedrooms
called the
The estimated
$4,000. P. T. MAC LAGAN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
thes'. most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

In the opinion Of the Cedar Rapids
Gazette "about the most contemplate
fellow on earth is the one who will go
about town peddling lies against
candidate whom he opposes"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out OF order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilner's swamp-Root because as soon
as your kidney are we'll they will help
all the ottler organs to health. trial
will convince snyore.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys:
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
Of the most distressing cases, and is sold
&; as; !: ;:: ~ :: !:
have sample bottle Homo Of sw.mpReot.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the adj
dress. Binghamton. N. Y. on every bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
,owA OPINIONS AND NOTES

The Waterloo Courier says: IF the
voters will take particular notice they
will find that nine out Of ten of the
Iowa editors who are filling their col
,rmns with abuse Of Governor Cum
Minis are either fellows who are hold
ing down postoffice job, have been
promised postoffice or have received
bump when they lined UP at the pie
counter. Waterloo voters have a local
Illustration"
1.-TWO punk shows in town recently"
says the Baxter New Era. Whenever
people refuse to patronize cheap John
concerns, perhaps some good ones may
come along"
In the opinion Of the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, about the most contemplate
fellow on earth is the one who will go
about town peddling lies against
candidate whom he opposes"
Dubuque saloon keepers have decid-
ed to compel all dispensers Of drinks
in that city to obey the mulct law in
the, hope that by 80 doing they will ap-
pGdS6 -lllG PSOElS eluu sup
the on-coming wave of prohibition,
comments the Newton Record. I'VE
do not know whether prohibition will
come to this state or not, but the sa-
loon keepers will never convince any
body of the desirability of their bust
ness by their show of abiding by the
law They have too long a record OF
lawlessness behind them"
The Davenport Democrat and Lead
er has this one: "a correspondent at
San Antonio writes The Democrat that
friction of a most uncivil kind has split
the republican party in Texas. The at
;itude of Foraker in regard to the ne
gro soldiers who shot up Brownsville,
has enabled the opposition to the
Roosevelt republicans to solidify the
negro voters against the regular repub-
licdns. But a republican split in Tex
as does not count for so much as a
rupture in Iowa, and we have the real
thing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
Topics of the Times

BY the time he gets thru with appli-
cations for tickets to the national re-
publican convention Chairman New
will feel like chairman old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03

"Two punk shows in town recently"
says the Baxter New Era. Whenever
people refuse to patronize cheap John
concerns, perhaps some good ones may
come along"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-03
FAcTs FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female Ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostrstion.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick.
women to write her for advice.
She has guided Thousands TO
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
WHAT SAVED JUNGLE JOE"

The other day Mr.. Blair, in rum.
maging around his house, stumbled
in an attic upon the lifting apparatus
long since discarded 1t reminded him
OF the days when he and Cannon were
on the verge OF the grave and de.
SPARED Of attaining old age. In great
excitement he went down % the CAPT.
tol, hunted up Uncle Joe" and broke
the news to him.
Joe" said he, "do you remember
way back yonder when you and !
didn't think We would live more than
a week."
Il certainly do" said Uncle Joe.""I
think you were the thinnest, sickest
man in the world and / lived in con.
slant fear that / would have to buy a
pair OF black gloves and walk slow be-
hand your hearse. Member that old
lifting machine We used to have?"
you bet / do" said Senator Blair,
land found it this morning. Just as
good as new, too"
I'll be over to try my muscle in a
day or two" laughed the speaker. at
certainly was health preserver, all
right"