Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-20
Topics of the Times.

There seem to be a few amateurs
among the fellows who are trimming
the trees. They leave stumps of cut
branches sticking several inches from
the body of the tree, whereas they
should cut them exactly even to insure
ready healing While we are crying
out for more trees let everything be
done for the welfare of those we have.
The Nonpareil at Council Bluffs be-
lieves that the people of Iowa seem
to be committed to the principles of
the primary" and therefore the Non
pareil hopes that mo effort will be
made at the conference to endorse
anyone Of the senatorial candidates
now in the field
Those who are harping about the
expense of the primary system as a
useless extravaganza will not even
make allowance for the vicious aspects
of the convention system which are
eliminated by the primary plan.
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Fighting Bob Evans has gone on the
retired list He hated like sixty to
be disabled and compelled to leave the
active service before reaching his age
limit and his hosts of friends felt for
him in his dilemma. But he has al
ways been vigorous, blunt, thorough
ly American sea dog who carries with
him into retirement the respect and
love of mighty host of admirers.
A national bank at Enid, Oklahoma,
has SURRENDERED its charter and trans
forms itself into state bank in or
der to get in under cover of insurance
of bank deposits.
We are told that Uncle Sam Will
give free hand to the Netherlands in
Venezuela. 1t might be suggested that
in return for this favor the Neither
lands might use her feet on President
Castro
Governor Johnson should have bor-
rowed the Big Stick with which to
beat off nomination he did not want.
Eugene Chafin, prohibition candidate
for president, maybe an apostle OF the
water diet but he is by no means "a
milk and water man. His heroic action
in holding the Springfield mob off from
a negro shows him to be a man worthy
in more than one respect to head a po-
litical ticket.
National Chairman Mack says pros
poets look good for the election OF a
democratic house of representatives at
Washington. Mack is a newspaper man
and knows that in politics 1t is the
proper thing to be exceedingly san
guine until you're licked. 1t would be
a strain on the conscience in any other
pursuit.
"Look after the legislature and the
senatorship will look after itself. =
Grinnell Herald.
Yes. but the senatorship is already
at work looking after the legislature
Methodist church at Sioux City is
to nave d Sf,UuU SCI VI pSiAH' ~
for meetings. Such an expensive In
vestment ought to return good divl-
dends in the form of religious inspira-
tion.
"Here's a man who says that happl-
ness depends on the wife,
ooh, don't know. 1t may depend
upon the fact that you haven't got
one."-Life.
There will, In all probability, be
MANY lawsuits as the outcome of the
Springfield outrages, and the railroads
will no doubt come in for their snare
of the litigation, as they are reported
to have refused to sell tickets to peo-
ple who. wanted to leave Springfield. 1t
is unusual for railroads to refuse to
take money, and whether they were
justified in this instance remains to be
determined
AT Topeka. kas.. man who was
given a. mosquito bat with which TO
protect himself from flies, hung him