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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

her new bid for fame as city that can not
educate its children, without the chance to
sell a certain percentage of them to the
gin miller. If there are men in Mobile
whom the saloon does not own body and soul
we sympathize with them in the shame they
must feel.
However, there is good ground to believe
that the dispatches are either wholly false
or largely exaggerated. At least, it is not
possible as yet to discern that Mobile has
even an excuse for such an action. The Pro-
hibition law which will affect that city has
not yet gone into force. The saloons are
still open and, so far as can be learned, still
paying their blood money into the city treas
ury, If the action indicated by the dis
patches has been taken, it is taken on faith"
and for its spectacular effect.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
THE NATIONAL PR0H1B1T1oN1ST

to localities to decide concerning the sale of
intoxicating liquors in the locality. 1t means
neither Prohibition nor anti-Prohibition. 1t
refers simply to the choice given to and exer-
cised by the people.
1t is specially desirable to keep it clearly in
mind that when a man says, 81 believe in
local option" he does not thereby in any way
commit himself to the Prohibition or the no
license theory. ADoLPHUs BUSCH believes in
local option, according to the statement which
he makes in published interviews, and that is
to say, he believes that when Prohibition SEN
timent in locality gets dangerous it must
be poulticed by allowing towns or counties OF
cities to vote whether the saloon shall exist
in their particular locality.
Cardinal GIBBONS believes in local option,
according to the statement made by his rep
resentatlves In certain meetings in Baltimore,
which we believe has won for him great
praise in certain quarters but Cardinal Glib
BoNs does not believe in Prohibition or in no.
license under any circumstances, according
to his undenied statements in published in
terviews which are being used, far and wide,
by the liquor interests in their advertising.
He believes in letting localities have a chance
to vote on the license question as a means of
preventing those localities from forcing state
Prohibition.
In short, it needs to be kept very clearly in
mind that 81 believe in local option" is in no
way or manner Prohibition shibboleth, and
may just as frequently be the counters1gn of
an enemy as of friend
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
THE lawful RESULT"

The emissaries of the liquor business, who
are just now so active in trying to instruct
the public as to the lawful results" of Pro-
hibition or Of the adoption of no-license in
cities and towns, hold a lamentably low esti-
mate of the intelligence of the American
people. Prohibition is no new policy; no.
license has been known and tried for decades.
1t is a matter of history-not the asser-
ton of some Prohibition speaker or the
statement of some Prohibition paper or
tract, but a matter of history written in the
that the voting-out of saloons is followed by
a decrease of drunkenness and pauperism
and crime; that the continuation of that
policy tends to an improvement of public
health and to the establishment of better
standards of public morals and the increase
of general prosperity.
Upon the other hand, it is just as clearly
written that where the laws are enforced by
honest public officials, none of the lawful
results about which the liquor advocates
are so exercised, ever come to pass The
community never suffers from the loss of
the blood money revenue, the tax rate is
never increased and grass never grows in the
streets-except in front of the village lock-
up and around the doorstep of the 'injustice
of the peace"
The citizen who allows himself to be
frightened by the liquor dealers scarecrows
confesses himself very poorly informed upon
matters that ought to be of common knowl-
edge
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
LOCAL OPTION

1t would seem that it ought not to be nee
essary at this date to offer again a definition
of local option, yet the lamentable confusion
concerning that term which exists in the pub
lie mind and is constantly ministered to and
increased by the ignorance of the writer's in
the daily papers, makes corrective word de-
sirable
Local option means nothing save local
choice. AS applied to questions relating to
the liquor traffic, it means a permission given
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26
March &c, 1908.

of anything, much of anywhere, and we will
lingly pass along the Bureaus suggestion
that parties interested should telegraph to
their Congressman and Senators, urging ac-
ton upon these different measures; but for
ourselves we frankly admit that we are per-
fectly willing that Congress should show
itself in its true light and that the people
who still continue to believe that the Re-
publican party is the party of ''great mora,
ideas and is the agency ordained of God
for the accomplishment of reform in this
country, shall be given the clearest possible
opportunity to see that there is not a trace
of a moral idea in the Republican party, as
a party, and that, as a political organiza-
ton, it is the agent of the devil, standing
squarely in the way of all moral progress.
This is not by any means too harsh state
ment. The Republican party, as an organ
lied institution, is in full power and control
of both houses of Congress and for years has
been. During these years the moral people of
the country have clamored and whined, and
demanded and begged, and threatened and
cajoled, to get some recognition in national
legislation, and have been q ven an occa-
sional scrap and an occasional bone, but
usually have had the door slammed in their
faces and been allowed to sleep in the snow
drift on the Congressional doorstep.
Some people have been so slow to recog-
nize these facts that they do not yet appre-
ciate the situation. If now, by it's neglect,
it's contumelious disregard of the moral ele-
ment of our citizenship, it's refusal to recog-
nize the progress of moral sentiment, Con-
gross can paint itself in any truer colors than
in the past, we welcome its doing so.
We say this out of no spirit of pique; we
have no unwillingness to see real reform &C
scomplished through any agency. But we are
profoundly convinced that, so long as the
moral masses of the American electorate can
be kept feeling that they have some justifca-
ton in supporting the corrupt old parties, so
long as by listening, once in while, to some
petition and once in a while allowing bill
for some moral measure to make some little
progress, the beer-fed politicians can keep
the Temperance vote'' safe for the g. o. p.
just that long real progress and true re-
form are impossible.
Anything that we may possibly get from
an old-party Congress is pretty sure to be
wormy half-loaf, with dirt on the underside
and a big pebble in the middle to crack our
teeth. We are willing to forego all such
chancesx
Let Congress understand that we expect
nothing at it's hands, Point out to the peo-
pie that the principles which control the
party Cor parties) in power at Washington
make moral progress impossible. Mass our
strength on the real work of the hour-put-
ting new party, party of right principles,
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

"But two ways are offered to our will
Toll with triumphs, Ease with safe dis
grace:
Nor deem that acts heroic wait on chance!
The mans whole life preudes the single
deed
That shall decide if his inheritance
Be with the sifted few of matchless breed,
Or with the unnoticed herd that only sleep
and feed"
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-26

The Chattanooga Times seems to be harborng
bit of hardness in its provincial little soul to-
ward The National Pyohibitionist. In a recent
editorial, in which it reproves prominent Ten
nessee clergyman for putting faith in the utter
ances of this paper, it says "That publication
recently contained false and misleading state
ment with reference to the Chattanooga Times"
We deprecate this exhibition of hard feeling If
the Times will unbosom itself and explain when
and where and what about we made the false
and misleading statement we will hasten to ex-
anime. The good Lord he knows that the sins
of the Times are numerous enough that we are
utterly without excuse in saying anything false
about it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19

DAYS in Jail for his conduct. Only few
nights ago, Allstot, ii is alleged in Il
petition made by his wife for divorce,
came to her mothers home, where she
has been in aiding for several days.
and started to clean out the house.
Allstot's wife, after a desperate strug-
gle with him, succeeded in getting
away, and started up the street Yelling
at the top of her voice with her nus
band after her, carrying revolver. a
few hours later 1t is stated, the young
man met his fatherin-la law and after
severe abuse, pounded him terribly, and
threatened to take his life.
1t is stated that another charge will
be brought against him as soon as he
gains his release from the Jail, for at
tempting to kill parties III this city. MT.
Allstot's father is Il well-to-do farm
err, living few miles east of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19

thought he should be recognized. Mr.
Perkins friends thought that 1T nigh
be misunderstood thru the state ii ht
were not selected. 1t was called to the
attention of the delegates that the
| ually chairman.
elected, the other possible candidates
giving way to him in good nature.
Dave Brant of johnson county pre-
sided.
f. II. Moore, of Cedar Rapids. was
elected secretary. Eugene Schafter, oil
Eagle Grove, and +. M. Abbott, OF
Creston, were candidates. Moore re-
ceived 13 votes, Schafter 6, and Alb
bolt 4.
United States Marshal Frank b
Clark was elected sergeant at arms
tor the headquarters in Chicago
George M. Christian was a candidate
having served in that capacity at about
half dozen conventions. Mr.. Clark
got 20 votes and Mr.. Christian 3.
l.. F.. Potter, of Shelby county, was
elected treasurer.
The matter of selecting headquar-
tSiS WIS 1SLl " I>iIioilslA N$OhiAAitsNS
man Hart, who has taken the Pom
peiian room on the ground floor of the
Auditorium Annex. 1t was understood
that preliminary assessment of $500
was made on each delegate.
The delegation will not meet again
until the convention at Chicago.
National Committeeman Hart is said
to have no opposition now for re-elec-
ton.
The matter of instructions came up
for consideration in the delegation. 1t
was found that the delegates from the
Second were not instructed, nor from
the Fourth, and that the Ninth district
caucus had merely indorsed Taft in
stead of instructing for him. 1t was
disclosed in discussion that the whole
delegation is intending to work as a
unit for Taft. Judge Ellis, of Ohio,
saw all OF the delegates who were not
instructed, and was assured that they
would stand by the general instruc-
tons for the delegates at-large.
Governor Cummins said that the
adoption of the OhioTaft tariff re-
vision plank by q convention con-
trolled by standpatters was very graf
flying to him because .he had been adj
vocating it for a long time and he re-
garded it as a great victory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Iowa's representatives to Nat
ional Convention Hold Meet
ing and Elect Officers
CLOSING CONVENTION WORK
Alternate Delegates at Large Selected
Vote on Allison Resolution Divides
on fractional limestone Districts
Fail to lnstruct-WilI Work az Unit
at Chicago Meeting.
TO r,mes-Rcpunlican.

Des Moines, March 19.-The iepubll-
can state convention closed last eve
ming with every one feeling very well
satisfied, altho some anxiety as to the
future was manifested by the men who
controlled the convention.
After the selection of Perkins, Young
Lane and Simmons as delegates-at
large, the convention named as alter
mates D. l.. Heinsheimer of Glenwood,
w. F. Lake of Arlington, E. j. G. Bea4-
err of Cedar Rapids, and George n.
Spahr of Henry county.
The delegates at large and alter
mates who were agreed on by the
standpat leaders were elected without
organized opposition and number OF
speeches were made, among those VINO
appeared before the convention being
Congressman B. P. Birdsall of the
Third district. Attorney General Wade
Ellis of Ohio, LATE Young of Des
Mones and George ID. Perkins of Sioux
City.
The vote on the acceptance of the
A llison plank VAS as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Quarrel Causes Enactment of
Unusual Supposed Tragedy
at Council Bluffs
TEST OF HUSBANDS FIDELITY
Not Until Arrival of Policeman and
Physician Did Mrs. E. r. johnson
Relieve His Suspense by Coming To"
Horrible Note Instead of Dinner
Awaited johnson at Noon.
Special to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
tic tragedy. interspersed with humor
and pathos, was enacted at the home
of e. r. johnson, Of Council Bluffs,
with johnson and his wife, physi-
clan and a police officer as the dra-
matte personae. Leaving a note upon
the dining room table announcing that
she proposed to end this life on earth,
and asking that when she lay cold in
death her wedding dress be twined
about her and that bunch of lilies,
symbolizing purity, be placed in her
hands, Mrs. Johnson retired to her
bedchamber, laid down on a couch
with her face to the wall, and awaited
developments, which were not long in
coming.
1T was then near the noon hour,
and when johnson, with appetite
whetted to keen edge, FASTENED home
with visions Of a smoking meal be-
fore him, he found, instead, the note
his wife left and bare dining room
table. Forgetting at once his appe-
tite and hunger. johnson mounted the
stairway, where he found his wife APP
parently cold and lifeless.
Hastily summoning the police by
phone, and by another hurry call Sc
curing the aid of a physician, all en-
tered the room where Mrs. Johnson
was lying. The woman was rigid. and
DR.. FINLEY prepared a hypodermic in
lection which he was on the point of
administering when the woman came
out of it, womanlite demanding of
the strange men what they meant by
entering her private apartments un-
announced and unbidden. Recovering
possession of his mental balance, DIR.
FINLEY asked Mrs. Johnson what the
note on the parlor table meant.
II guess he knows what it means"
she answered, looking toward her
dumbfounded husband
Without waiting for further explain
ations, the doctor and policeman fled,
the presumption of both being that
Mrs. Johnson had taken that method
of testing her husbands fidelity.
ut was just a little domestic trou-
ble." said DIR. FINLEY later. "The hus-
band tho, was in earnest in believing
that his wife had taken poison. If he
did not, he is one of the best actors
I have ever seen"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Latimer News.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to TlmeS-Republ1can.
Latimer, March 19.-Miss Addie
Harris, who was born in Mott town
ship, near Hampton, Franklin county,
August 10, 1851, died at her home in
Richland township, four miles north of
Latimer, March IA. She had been a
sufferer from asthma and heart trou-
BILE for a number Of years, which end
ed her life suddenly, she only being i'll
a few hours. She leaves to mourn her
loss an aged father and mother, eight
brothers and four sisters, besides a
host of friends.
Wednesday afternoon, at the home
of the brides parents, was celebrated
the marriage of Miss Lena Suntken to
Mr.. Fred Schomburg, Rev.. Theodore
Haussen officiating. They will reside
on the groom's fathers farm near AL
exander.
William Harris and son Fred have
arrived home from California, where
they spent the winter on account Of
Mr.. Harris poor health
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
DEATH OF SAM ORCHARD.
Well Known Rock Island Conductor
Dies in California.

Special to Times RepuDncan.
kellogg, March 19.-News has been
received by Eugene Birchard of the
death of his brother Sam in California
from Bright's disease. Mr.. Btrchard
had only been out there few days,
and his demise was unexpected, altho
he had been advised by his physician
several months before to stop work and
rest awhile The body arrived in KEEL
logg today from Davenport. Iowa, hav-
ing been shipped from California to his
home in that city.
On arrival here the funeral services
were held ut the M. e. church, and
interment took place in the family lot
in Kellogg cemetery. where his par
ents and infant child are buried. He
has one brother, Eugene and two sis
ters Mrs. G. W. Rowland. and Mrs.
Jacob Wright. living here.
Sam" Birchard, as he was familiar
ly called. was a we'll known conduc-
tor on the Rock Island railway and
had been In its employ for over TWEEN
ty wears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
FACING A GOAL FAMINE
Probable That Every Mine in
Iowa Will Close Down on
April |
FACTORIES STORING A SUPPLY
Dealers Also Stocking UP Heavily =
Prices Expected to Advance as Re-
suit - Cold April Would Mean Much
Suffering - Failure to Reach Wage
Agreement the Cause.
.ecla1 to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 19.-Iowa faces
the probability Of a coal famine. on
April every mine in the state OF
Iowa will close down. Not a ton of coal
will be mined. Just how long the mines
will remain closed can not be told
now. Des Moines dealers think that
the shutdown will be for a month, at
the very least.
Every mining company in Des
Moines is storing their coal now AS
soon as the mines close the price OF
coal will jump and there may be
great deal of suffering. Should April
be as cold month as it was last year
the situation is liable to prove serious
in the extreme.
1t is the people who use coal prin-
cipally for their residences and the
poorer people who will be affected by
this shutdown first.
Factories and large consumers of
coal have prepared for the shutdown.
Many of them have leased extra
ground and for some time have been
storing the coal. In Valley Junction
the Rock Island has half the town COW
cred with coal.
All the local dealers say that the
people should buy coal Immediately.
The union men of the Iowa district
We're to have met in Des Moines today
and to have met the operators on the
cath. On account of the failure of the
eastern men to reach an agreement.
and the postponement Of that meeting
until the gath. the one here also had
to be postponed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Crushed by Falling Building.

Council Bluffs, March 1s.-While at
work on the building at the farm of
f. Turk. two miles west Of Crescent,
w. r. Orr was killed instantly by the
collapse of the house. Orr had the
building lacked up ready for the plac-
ing of foundation and was working
underneath it. The ground must have
been softened by the recent rains,
slight cave-in releasing the supports.
letting the structure down upon Orr.
He was killed almost instantly. The
body was badly mutilated. The de-
ceased was 4S years old He leaves a
widow and five children. Mr.. Turk
and Frank McCampbell were at tha
place and worked frantically to re-
lease Orr. succeeding after half
hours desperate work. Orr was pressed
into the ground.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Ames Base Ball Schedule.
fal to Tin,es-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, March 19.-The Ames base
ball schedule for the present season is
out. 1t is as follows:
April Is. Missouri at Ames. Aprii
1922, Cedar Rapids Three-I at Ames;
May l. Kansas at Ames; May 4. Ne
braska at Ames; May s. Coe at Ames;
May 9, Cornell, Iowa, at Cornell: May
IL, Drake at Ames: May 15, Cornell at
Ames; May 10. Drake at Des MONIES
May 81. Washington U. of st. LOUIS
at Ames: May %, Coe at Ames; May
%, Grinnell at Ames; May 70, Grin
nell at Grinnell; May 80, Normal at
Ames. This is the heaviest schedule
ever played by the local institution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Items From Written.

Special to Times Republican.
Whittier, March 19.-4Miss Neva Gar
rick. of Conrad, visited Alma Pool
Wednesday.
Alma Pool and Vera Snyder visited
at Conrad the. first of the week.
Captain Shaw, of Marshalltown, In
stalled the officers of the new Ma
sonic lodge at Union Tuesday night,
F.. F. Pool. G. M. Haskin and f. P.
Butler of Written are officers in the
above lodge.
Ezra Olmstead returned from Iowa
City Wednesday morning where he
has been for an operation. He is
much improved in health
The Northwestern will restore the
night train Sunday March %, thus
helping our mail service materially.
The Written base ball team will or
ganize for the summer soon, we have
some good material, and should land
some good games.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Grand Junction.
to Times Republican.

Grand Junction, March 19.-Some of
our people were in Des Moines yes
terday attending the convention.
After all commotion made by the
standpatters in Greene county. thru
the press and otherwise. there is one
lone Allison picture in town.
Mrs. E. Cook has been dangerously
sick for several days with pneumonia.
She is past the four score mark, and
there is little or no hope of her recov-
cry.
1t is NOW believed that the smallpox
is fully under control here. No new
cases are coming to light.
Town election is becoming interest
ing. and two full tickets are in the
field.
The G. w. Hester residence is near
ing completion. 1t will be the finest
residence in town when finished.