Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-03
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"Out of the thirty-five charter MEM
bers of the Allison club at Davenport
thirtv-four of them voted against
Cummins last year and the other fell
low forgot who he voted for. The land
slide from Cummins does not seem To
go very fast" remarks the Hampton
Chronicle To this tht Hardin County
Citizens adds: ''Allison was the
strongest sixty days ago that he will
ever be- Anyone who has been watch
ling the trend must see that he has
lost much strength the past thirty
DAYS. He will continue to lose. The
result of the June primary on the SEN
atorship. it seems to us, is not difficult
to predict"
"This is a good time of the year for
the farmers to trim out the willow
hedges along the public highways.
suggests the Grundy Democrat. These
hedges are destroyers Of good roads
and good lands and everyone of them
should be trimmed off. If farmers don't
remove these hedges voluntarily, town
ship boards should order them to be
cut down"
"Iowa will welcome Mr.. Shaw back
to his old home. if he is to come back.
but it is not likely that such move
will be made for the purpose Of enter
ing the political race" says the
standpat Iowa City Citizen. "'rhere is
time for all things, and the time
for an Iowa candidate to present him
self is past"
The Monticello Express (standpaD
assures Leslie NJ. Shaw if he wants to
'come back to Iowa and take a hand
In the political game, he will find some
friends willing and ready to follow his
lead. He is capable of adding fuel to
the fire now raging here"
The Odebolt Chronicle believes that
"Cummins will get seventy-tive per
cent of the republican votes of the
Tenth and Eleventh districts. His
friends have excellent reasons for the
belief that he is much stronger in these
districts than when he ran for COVER
nor against Mr.. Perkins,
"How much will it surprise you if
the name of Leslie NJ. Shaw is sub
stituted for that of William B. Ali
son on the primary ba!lot?" inquiries
the Sac Sun.
The Rockford Register says: 'The
citizen who wants to run for office
under the new primary law is in much
the same pickle with the fellow who
has it in mind to make a proposal of
marriage--both are somewhat at loss
to know how to go at it, and aren't real
sure what the outcome will be-"
The Ames Intelligencer takes the po-
sition that "a man who is a candidate
for a public position. no matter what
age, should not complain if the record
of his stewardship is discussed. He
ought to be willing to stand on that
and be able to defend it when as
sailed"
''What gnashing of teeth there will
be among the standpat papers soon.
Leslie NJ Shaw will soon be back in
the state and asking for support for
something predicts the Mason City
Times Herald. HE has many friends
on for assistance"
The editor of the Humboldt Republic
can will vote for Bernard Murphy on
account of old friendship, but says:
"The real contest in Iowa is over con-
troll of state politics. 1t is action
against reaction. 1t can not be denied
that the corporate forces are behind
the standpatters. Well masked, but
still behind them. Good men like Ber-
nard Murphy and Senator Allison ar.
taking the brunt of the fight. 1t is a
shame it should be thus, and if Muir
ply and Allison go down to defeat it
will be for what they represent and
not for what they are"
Chance For Title Seekers.
The Chinese government is consider
ing the sale Of honorary titles, and 1t
is suggested, says the Picking CORE