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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Why He Failed as Leader.
Success Magazine.)


His mind was not trained to grasp
great subjects, to generalize to make
combinations.
He was not self-reliant, did not de-
pend upon his own Judgment; leaned
upon others; and was always seeking
other peoples opinion and advice.
He lacked courage, energy, boldness
He was not resourceful or inventive.
He could not multiply himself in
others.
He did not carry the air of con-
uueror. He did not radiate the power
of leader
There was no power back of his eye
to make men obey him.
He could4not handle men.
He antagonized people.
He did not believe in himself
He tried to substitute gall for abil
ity
He did not know men.
He could not use other peoples
brains.
He could not project himself into his
lieutenants; he wanted to do every
thing himself.
He did not inspire confidence in 9TH
ers because his faith in himself was not
strong enough.
He communicated his doubts and his
fears to others.
He could not cover up his weak
points.
He did not know that to reveal his
own weakness was fatal to the con-
fidence of others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Topics of the Times.

What might the number of sugges-
/, have grown to be at the end of -four
years more of Theodore"
| The report that Mr.. Bryan has
bought large tract of Texas land is
corroborative of the assertion that he
paign fund 1t ought also to help Tex
as land sales for Mr.. Bryan has con-
WINGED the public that he is a thrifty
soul who knows the main chance when
he sees it.
dency of a big trust company. If it
We're not for the United States treasury
and the mint, where would they set
them?
"You see" said the man with curious
whiskers, II am inclined to be a So
cialist"
"And what is your idea of social
ism?"
"a system of government in which
would stand chance of assuming
far greater personal Importance than
I can enjoy under present conditions"
washington Star.
John D. Rockefeller's advice to the
bell boy whom he tipped a nickel with
the suggestion that he place it in the
savings bank is a knock at Christmas
trade.
II England sent us General Lee of
Revolutionary fame. we have sent her
Carrie Nation. SO the balance is even.
Two men, miserably clad. called on
the dean of medical college in New
York
1--WE are both on the verge of star
walton, sir" the spokesman said. 1--WE
are we'll on in years, and it is clear
that we haven't much longer to live.
Would you care to purchase our bod
les for your dissecting room?"
The dean l1esitated.
ct is an odd proposition he NUT
tered.
But is is occasionally DONE" said the
spokesman in an eager voice.
well" said the dean, 1--WE might ar
range it. What price do you ask"
cover in Philadelphia said the
spokesman, "they gave US s4o."-The
Bellman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.
Activity Shown in Retail Holiday
Trade, But Jobbins is Quiet.

New York, Dec. 14-Retail trade is
active in holiday goods and winter
wearing apparel, while wholesale and
jobbing departments are seasonably
quiet as to new business, but there is
good movement on old orders. and
manufacturing operations are not cur
tailed. Inventories are in progress, and
those completed indicate no excessive
stocks. Ample rain in many sections
has started much idle machinery,
while statements Of building permits
continue to show gratifying gains, al
tho operations in The northwest are in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
RELIGION AND AMusEMETs.

Rev. +. 4. Stephens, a Congrega-
tfonal preacher in Des Moines, talked
considerable good hard horse sense to
his congregation yesterday morning
when he dwelt with wholesale denun-
citations of the theater, card games
and dancing, as INDUCED in by godly
and pious persons Mr.. Stephens will
find pretty general support and agree
ment with his assertions that:
'To denounce unsparingly the the
alter is to drive into a pen the great
writer's and actors of our magnificent
dramas with the army Of filth producing
and f1lth-rehearsing peple and stuff
that are unfortunately classed with
the best by those who are Willfully
or otherwise incapable Of sane judge
ment. Likewise to attack with tooth
and claw the dance, irrespective Of
classification, is Ito declare that the
lewd, sickening bowery orgy is no less
respectable than an innocent whirl in
dulged in by young men and maidens
In the drawing room Of a pure, ele-
waiting home. To speak in the same
breath Of an innocent game Of cards
with the gambling devices, whether
manipulated by the shuffling of pack
Of pasteboards or otherwise, is not only
to display ignorance but to parade
prejudices. The standard set up by
the church in relation to amusements
should be Christion standard, a
standard based on the principles Of
Christian liberty and Christian mo-
tives. Turn the young people over from
Moses to Christ. Let us teach the
young that Christianity forbids nothing
that will not harm ourselves or others"
Austerity and severe suppression of
proper and natural impulses never
made religion, nation or a great
man. To guide, direct and modify is
one thing, to prison and prevent is
entirely another. The Y. NJ. C. A. is
successful as a teacher Of Christianity
and religious life because it has. learned
to supply what the narrowest puritan
ism denies. Rev. Stephens is bold
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
COMING LIQUOR LEGISLATION.

It is confidently predicted by cores
pondents at the state capital that the
legislature will turn it's attention SER
iously to the framing of measures re-
strictive and regulative of the liquor
traffic. So much has been done by the
past legislatures as regards solution OF
other pressing problems that the pres
ent legislature is likely to take up and
revise the liquor laws of the state
without doubt the tendency of those
cities where the promoters of the traffic
have offered open defiance to the law
and the administration has stirred up
Z considerable feeling that something
ought to be done.
Among the bills likely to be intro
$1,000. At present it is $500. This
bill is likely to be we'll received by an
Iowa legislature. 1t will meet the
approval of a great majority of Iowa
voters and citizens. If, as usual, the
mulct is doubled by the city, this would
make the saloon business a $4,000 bus
iness in cities where $1,000 suffices
at present. 1t would Immediately cut
the number Of saloons in two. In some
saloon cities it would cut off three
fourths of the saloons. And the Iowa
citizen without regard to his position
as to prohibitory legislation looks on
a lessened number of saloons as a
present necessity. It is idle to say that
Limitation Of the number of saloons
would not improve their character. We
all know It would. 1t is also rank
folly ito urge that if the mulct is raised
that the saloon would necessarily de-
scend to crooked ways Of earnings the
excess. Saloons do not continue in
crooked paths except by the weakness
or collision Of the officials whose duty
1t is to enforce law.
Another proposed law that will be
approved by a majority of those who
have given the question attention is to
prohibit brewers from owning or oper-
ating saloons. The brewers saloon, the
saloon owned by outsiders, or by a
corporation and worked by manager
in the fear that he must make good or
be replaced by some one who will, is a
added curse to the community that per-
mits It to operate. It ought to be put
out Of business in Iowa. incidentally
the news that this bill Is to be pushed
before the legislature may explain the
receipt Of Mr.. Fox's published plea
for the brewers beer saloon as the
solution Of the saloon business, an ar
ticle being freely circulated in Iowa by
the brewers associations.
The state is ready for some revision
of the liquor law. In this revision.
however, the revision will be up and
not down, schedules that are too low
will be highered. There are none too
high. The spirit of Iowa is to make
the mulct law mulct.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

man, but useful one. He. may not
stay long as pastor of the Des Moines
church, but he will have accomplished
something beyond a narrow round of
Pastoral calls if he brings about mental
agitation and honest thought among
his congregation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
gg2esasesr Observation-Disclosures gnua 9rre,hrr IA 9r

His administration has been spectac-
ular, and he has chafed under criti-
cism but the advance towards busi-
ness and political purity has been
marked"
The DEBORAH Republican, would be
heartily glad 'if there were a process
by which a presidents message could
be condensed into three columns or
made as interesting as serial story.
so that all our readers could follow 1T
week after week with an eagerness
that made one feel it paid for publca-
ton"
What the deuce is an 'incunabula'
anyway" anxiously inquiries the To-
ledo News. That's what Editor LAT
fan says Roosevelt's letter to Mr..
Foulke was"
The editor of the Carroll Herald. out
of the depth of recent experience, has
this to say: The democrats of the
next legislature will be in all proba-
bility present bill providing for
guaranty of bank deposits. We do not
see why the measure should not be
taken up by the dominant party in the
legislature. The Oklahoma law is es
sentially wrong and perncious. But
there ought to be some way to protect
people against loss in banks The pos
tai banking system will not reach the
danger. Think of it. there is not a per-
son doing business involving a risk
of any kind that is not required to
furnish bonds to cover possible loss.
Why Uncle Sam requires rural car
riers to give bonds when the possibility
of loss or defa!cation is almost moth
ing. But banker with only a few
thousand dollars may. and does receive
of thousands of the peoples
money. without ever giving a cent in
the way of security Tt is not fair and
law making bodies are deaf to posi-
tive demand when they ignore this
crying need of the people,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
For Constipation.

Mr.. I. H. Farnham, prominent
druggist of Spirit Lake, Iowa, says:
"Chamberlains Stomach and Liver
Tablets are certainly the best thing on
the market for constipation Give
these tablets trial You are certain
to find them agreeable and pleasant in
effect. Price, % cents. Samples free.
For sale by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
III. Shocking Ignorance.

Teacher (of night schooD-"What is
meant by the phrase, twin relics OF
barbarism'?"
Shaggy Haired Pupil-"A pair o.
earrings, ma'am."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
IRIS A SIGN

That You Want the Plumber,
and when you do, kindly remember
our address. That is. if you want q
thorough job, done by experts who
use only the best materials and charge
only reasonable prices-in spite OF the
professional jokers who would make
plumbers weather. than bankers. If
we can only get rich in the enjoyment
of plenty of satisfied patrons. we shall
be more than satisfied.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS co. \
20 North csntsr 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
! not in excess of per cent at the pres

not in excess of per cent at the pres
| emf time.
/ Twenty states are reported to have
adopted the state aid plan of improv-
| ing roads, either by appropriating
| money from the state treasures or by
| providing skilled supervision or both.
The number of national forests is
| 1S2, with an area of 16S,000,000 acres
and timber value of SS00,000,000.
They contain one-fifth of the standing
merchantable timber in the country.
Statistics of tuberculosis in animals
showed:
Beef cattle affected, 1 per cent; hogs,
annual loss $14OOOO 900 On this head,
the secretary says, tuberculosis can be
eradicated from our animals only by
means of systematic work of federal
and state authorities in cooperation.
Agriculture in the Schools.
"There are" says the report, "fif-
teen state agricultural high schools and
forty others receiving state aid, 1lo
state and county normal schools pre-
pairing young people to teach agricult-
ure, and sixteen privately endowed col
leges and over $50 public and private
high schools and academies giving in
struction in agriculture. Over 100000
people are reported as having attended
the farmers institute meetings during
the year"
Incidental to the discussion of ex-
pertinent stations, and pests that men
ace agriculture, Secretary Wilson says:
GAS a means of spreading typhoid
fever the common house fly is attract
ing more attention and an effort is be-
ing made to arouse public interest in
the subject. The tick, the sole agent in
the spread of Texas fever has been
studied with a view to assisting in the
campaign of eradication now being
waged with good prospects of ultimate
success"
For American Sales Abroad.
The annual report of John M. Car
son, chief of the bureau of manufac-
turers, to the secretary of commerce
and labor, calls attention to work done
for opening foreign markets to the sale
of American goods.
Pursuant to instructions. consular
officers have supplied the bureau with
over 100 commercial directories of for !!
eign countries.
BY this means there is now in Wash
ington a selected commercial directory
of the world" available for manufac-
turers, exporters, and their agents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Dynamite Wrecks Buildings

as completely as coughs and colds
wreck lungs. Cure them quick with
DR.. Kings New Discovery. soc and
l.O0. Mcbride g. VIII Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
PILES CURED in 6 TO IA DAYS.

PAzO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case, Of Itching. Blind Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in to IA days
or money refunded. soc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Rockefeller Rah Rah Boys.

There were songs for almost all the
notables and jokes enough to go sey-
eral times around. A club delegation
attred in caps and sweaters and car
rying basehalls, bats, foot balls, golf
clubs, etc. represented themselves to
be members of the electoral college.
Their leader carried gaily decorated
megaphone When asked who was
their patron saint, they replied in uni
son, "John D. Rockefeller
what was the amount of his en-
dowment fund.-" was asked.
"Twenty-nine million dollars"
t'Have we got it?"
mot yet"
To the tune of MARY Had Little
Lamb" a sweet singer of the club told
how Bryan had little vote, little
VOTE
He Beats Them Everywhere.
President Roosevelt's Introduction to
the audience was:
If in speech you want to preach.
To help the human race:
If on tramp thru waters damp
You lead a merry chase;
If far away you go to Stay
The lion in it's lair
Whereer you CO. we say to you,
You beat them everywhere.
Only One Roosevelt.
After which, in lusty unison. the
chorus band paid this tribute to the
chief executive:
There is not another Roosevelt in the
the world like you;
You paint the whole horizon bright
red hue.
There is not stunt one thinks of you
would not dare do,
There is not another Roosevelt in the
world like you.
Before going to the Gridiron dinner,
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
the Earl of Warwick, attended the an
nual dinner of the Boone and Crockett
club. an organization of noted hunters,
where he received valuable advice as
to how to conduct himself on his forth
coming inya sion of the Jungle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
THE GRIDlRON CLUB
Steam Roller Travels Path of Roses
Taft and Roosevelt and Hartman
There-The Golf Cabinet.

Washington, Dec 14.-President
Roosevelt and his one time friend,
Edward Hartman, met Saturday night
For three hours they faced each other
with table between them--and those
who beheld the meeting sat spellbound
AT the same time, President elect Taft
and Speaker Cannon looked into each
others eyes; Frank Fl. Hitchcock,
chairman of the republican national
committee, and Norman Mack, COM
mander- -chief OF the Bryan Water
loo. came together, while the "regu-
lars" and insurgents" from congress
were arrayed against one another in
the ofiing.
In the midst of this dramatic stu
alton rumble as of thunder broke up
on the midnight air-and the steam
roller appeared on the scene. 1t was
the real thing in steam rollers, for It
bore the name of Taft in large gilt
letters on its cow-c atcher-or where
additional symbol of the Gridiron club,
and the date.
Steam Roller for Each.
1t was at the annual fall dinner of
this famous organization of newspa-
per correspondents and big men from
every walk of life, from every corner
of the world.
Taft. Taft, Taft, Steam Roller.
Steam Roller, Steam Roller, Whoo-oo-
co."
This was the song the merry Grid
ironers sang, and each guest had a
bronze steam roller souvenir in the
form of a paper weight at his plate.
There was no boodshed at the meet
ing between the president and Mr., Har-
riman and when the other old political
opponents met at the friendly board
they chatted and laughed and ex-
confidence as tho they had
been the warmest friends thru life.
President elect Taft was cheered to
the echo. So were President Roosevelt.
Vice President Fairbanks and Vice
President elect Sherman
The Golf Cabinet.
When Judge Taft was presented to
the guests a member of the club APP
peared and accosted a diminutive boy
who carried bag of golf sticks and
who looked scared to death, while the
club sang.
Zip. zip, my caddie, say, say:
Zip, my caddie, say;
Who will be in the cabinet?
Taft can tell. but he will not--just yet.
Zip. my caddie. I say. I say,
We're all of us golfers today;
If we want to belong
We must sing him this song
Zip, my caddie, huray.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
For American Sales Abroad.

A Dangerous Wound
is rendered antiseptic by Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve; the healing wonder for
sores, burns, piles, eczema and salt
rheum Csc Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

iowa farmers are taking care OF
their own uplift," says the Dubuque
Telegraph Herald. Seventy five per
cent of the students at the state uni
versity are Iowans, with every county
in the state represented, and $50 of the
students are the sons of farmers"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
Poor sherman Aocenuted.

Vice President-elect Sherman was
also remembered. The first verse of a
song told how all of the delegates and
Chicago had welcomed his name, and
the sad story Of his future was out
lined as follows:
So Sherman accepted, you bet that he
did,
And when he went stumping he lifted
the lid,
He dealt poor old Bryan terrible blow
That made him seek refuge in far
Mexico.
Alas, in the senate poor Sherman must
be
AS mute as the mummy of Pharoah,
you see.
He'll have to sit quiet the whole live
long day,
But how he will stand it we really can't
say.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

"The country is better for having
had Theodore Roosevelt as president"
says the Boone 'News-Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

what has become Of the old fash
toned party war horses who used to go
to Washington to get place as con-
sul?" asks the Charles City Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

'Tt is not reported" notes the Knox
vile Journal that Senator Dolliver in
troduced Senator Cummins to Vice
President Fairbanks Tuesday as a. "Po-
litical Faker' and a Rampant Dema-
gogue," 1.-THE pet names applied to our
junior senator at Cedar Rapids last
May"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

The Wyaverly Independent says: IF
the commission on country life APP
pointed by President Roosevelt to in
vestigate and report to him what IS
needed to make country life more at
tractive, will show us how to make all
the roads in Iowa good, so that they
will remain as good every day in the
year as they were the past fall when
they were at their best without in
creasing the taxes for road and bridge
purposes, then "a whole lot of people
will rise up and call that commission
and the president blessed Here is a
chance for Uncle Henry Wallace and
Teddy" Roosevelt to help US out of the
Wapsie mud and over the Cedar sand
hills"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

'"The use Of the circle affords the
simplest way Of voting and saves to
the masses Of voters the largest meas
ure of valid voting power. The aver
age voter after making his cross in the
circle is in far less danger of defeat
ing his own purposes in the excep-
tions he desires to make than without
the circle in the enedeavor to vitalize
his ticket at every point he desires to
score. Give us back the circle" pleads
the Spirit Lake Beacon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

What the deuce is an 'incunabula'
anyway" anXiously inquiries the To-
ledo News. That's what Editor Laf-
fan says Roosevelt's letter to Mr..
Foullle was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

What might the number of sugges-
tions and the length of the message
have grown to be at the end of -four
years more of Theodore
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-14

His administration has been spectac-
ular, and he has chafed under criti-
cism, but the advance towards bus1-
ness and political purity has been
marked"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-02-20
FIFTY Cents Worth Of Electricity.

An enterprising young engineer has
figured out the number OF things
which can be accomplished with but
fifty cents worth Of electricity at 10
cents kilowatt hour Here are some
Of them:
Light an ordinary barn or stable
with three 16-candle-power lamps one
hour every night, for thirty nights.
With small motor attached to the
washing machine and wringer fifty
cents worth of electricity will do
eight washings.
1t will also do two weeks ironing
using a six-pound ironing.
An electric fan can be operated
three and one-half hours a day for
thirty days for fifty cents.
Two weeks sewing can be done on
the motor-driven sewing machine for
the same price.
1t will light the porch light for
three hours every night for two
months
Fifty cents will pay for the current
| consumed in using the electric heat
ing pad three hours every night for
thirty nights.
1t will grind 1925 pounds of coffee;
broil 80 steaks; cook 20 rarebits in
the electric chatting dish; fry 400 eggs.
1t will run the blacksmith's forge
blower for a week.
| 1t will hoist 100000 bricks, two
stories.
A one horsepower motor will run
z hours at full load for fifty cents.