Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-13
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

\ Il MS is from Ine MuSCdllTe news
Tribune: NO, Fred White is no So
ciety man. He is no such man as
would stir a crowd of women to gig
| Cling at pink tea he would look like
a kings jester in the days of chivalry
and strife, arrayed in knickerbockers,
with red silk stockings, black silk coat.
a Van Dyke collar about his neck, a
silk tile and silver buckles to tighten
ibis trousers at the knees. He is no
ninny, no popinjay, no nincompoop.'
| The Butler County Press observes
that China is just beginning to use
butter. In time we may be able to in
troduce to the Chinese breakfast GER
calls cold storage eggs, and other sub
stitutes for food"
The editor of the Eldora Herald
writes: The Iowa Fails Sentinel edi-
tor 'wades into the Citizen editor
shamefully the present week. but the
Citizen editor says not a word in re-
ply, thus adding insult to injury. New
ertheless that course is no doubt the
best course to pursue. There is moth
ing more to be avoided than personal
quarrel between local newspaper edi-
tors. When we were much younger in
neWspapering than at present, we were
wont to engage in wordy personal
newspaper quarrels with the pugna-
.cious brethren, but thank goodness we
long since learned better. Be good,
brethren, and you'll be much happier
and the world will think lots more OF
YOU our word for it,
Editor S. w. Rathbun, Of the Mar
ion Register, remarks: ut has finally
dawned upon the minds of certain men
in Des Moines that the niger in the
wood pile in other words that the nom
partisan feature of the primary law is
the loop-hole thru which democrats
will walk into the republican primary
booth in order to vote for the gov
ernor"
when poor $S0O-a-year postal en-
ploye attempts to take measures to
secure better wages and conditions
Roosevelt promptly discharges from
the service" asserts the Boone Inde-
pendent. Taft, who receives $1,000 a
month as secretary of the navy,
puts in all his time gadding about the
county Plu6Siu5 wi lAiC piSSldChSys
with the approval and connivance Of
the president. whose candidate he is.
II these are no classes in this coun-
try, as the president tries to make us
believe, why has one employe of the
government any more right than an
other to steal time from his employ
ers?"
"a prominent business man who
takes daily papers, was surprised the
other day to learn that there will be
a primary election the second Of June"
saws the Iowa City Republican HE
admitted that he knew there was some
political discussion going on and Won
dered what started it so early"
According to the Spirit Lake Bea-
con 1.-THE cold snap the past ten days
will no doubt materially reduce the
fruit crop, but there is a certain
brand of peaches in every community
that are proof against frost. For in
stance, the young men with the peg
top trousers and the giddies with the
merry widows seem to be fourishing."
1t is noted by the Grand Junction
Globe that corn planting is the order
of the day at present. The cold
of the past two weeks has
delayed this work, but the last couple |
the ground"
The Palo Alto Reporter says: "P. o.
Resell went to Fort Dodge Monday |
to remain for a week in working in
the interests Of the interuGban railway. |
He will go along the proposed route
and secure stock subscriptions to the
stock. We expect to hear a good re-
port from him and big boom in the
road"
There is probably as much jealousy
and spite among senators in the United
States senate as there is among girls
at boarding school, or as there is
in any assembly where nongregarious
people are thrown together"
claims the McCaMsburg Tribune. "Sen-
ator Lodge of Massachusetts Is Jealous
If Senator Beveridge of Indiana be-
cause that youngling presumes to be
IN advocate for the president policies,
Which Senator Lodge looks upon as an
of his special role. Senator
LIdlC, <AlOl I'LL 1i1N OH VI CllC Olo VIGIL |
horses resent the rise of the younger
senator's with the idea doubtless that
children should be seen and not heard"
FRANK P. WOODS.
A friend of Mr.. Woods and. reader of
he Times-Republican contributes the
ollowing words of commentator for
Mr.. Woods candidacy for the republic
.ar oo,,1i N a finp for oonUraSc
"Who is Frank P. Woods and what