Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-08
Topics of the Times.

The way Iowa factionalists are striv-
| ing to forget reminds of the facial eX-
! preston of hungry boy at a Christ
mas dinner. He strives to be polite but
/ he wonders whether the white meat
and stuffing is going to hold out until
/ he is served.
| "If Mr. Cummns can work out
| brilliant career at Washington we know
Of no one who will be a knocker,"-
| Charter Oak Times.
| If as we believe Senator Cummins
| Will be useful member Of that body
| representing and defending popular
| rights as he has done in Iowa the state
! can well afford to dispense with es-
peeial brillance. Fireworks and the
band are for celebrations Not for
every day work.
The trend Of the Sioux City Journal s
editorial page is feminist revision of the
character it so strongly insisted upon
some time ago. Uncle George should
remember that fossilization is pro-
cess that extends over years and ages
and is quite as dangerous in 1909 as in
1904.
A Des Moines teacher damned hoy
who appears to have needed 1t and the
row is to be heard to the state lines.
1t ought not to have been heard out
side the room where the job was done
There are times when downright
good warming of the Juvenile jacket
makes a good man out of careless
boy. Remember?
"when it comes to the final revel-
alton of the facts" says the Burlington
Hawkeye, sit will be found Mr. Taft
and Mr. Cannon are working together
in harmony and for common pur-
pose, the revision of the tariff In ac-
cordance with the national platform.
It's this to he taken as surrender of
the artillery?
.we have fancied all along" says
the Charles City Intellgencer, that
the fight on Mr. Cannon was more
newspaper talk than anything else
The lntelligencer should cease fancying
and so out intelligently to canvass the
sentiment of it's subscribers. 1t Will thus
attain an unfanciful knowledge of the
situation as it is.
Be careful that the mission of Santa
Claus is not made sordid one.
Thought and care in selection of a geft
is worth more than the price it COM
mands.
How many people take the trouble
to canvass their own block in search of
any distress that might exist there?
How much better it was that Cum
minis was permitted to enter Washing
ton without the flourish of banners or
the blare of trumpets. A few of the
members of the millionaires' club have
already discovered that the Iowa SEN
ator does not actually dind on blood
every day and can wear silk hat on
the spot where horns We're supposed
to grow.
What is there about this job of a
congressman that will make a man
fight for it even after election day?
Since the United States purchased
the canal property directly of the
French government, it is difficult to
see how any American syndicate could
have come in for rakeoff.
The trouble with the struggle Of the
corn belt meat producers for lower
rates ON cattle shipments to Chicago
is that they have not taken care of
the damage they propose to do to the
independent packing plants of the
state.
Let us hope that a real winter is
here to stay. Snow is good for the
public health if it will be regular in
it's habits.
The attractions of life in great city
are given another expose in the terri
BILE election frauds disclosed in Chica-
go.
Some newspapers are amazed that
Long Island plumber could not over
charge a customer owing to limita-
tions Of conscience. Have they exam
med the scale to see whether there was
room for any more of charge or not?
Ed Chassell is now coming in for
praise from the fellows who are feel
ing so jubilant over the success of the
senatorial primary. He deserves it all
and more. He was the real power be-
hind the Gilbertson committee in this
last fight He can now Dear George
about every two out Of three voters in
Iowa.
If the hoodlums of Muscatine or any
other city make an assault upon the