Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-18
Topics of the Times

| Topics Of the Times
| No matter what the result your I'm
Gle Joe will be entitled to credit for
his crusade against the anti-injunction
plank.
Walter Wellman says: This deter
mination to let the national party have
neither Dolliver nor Cummins gives the
whole thing the somewhat sinister APP
pearance Of a. war of determination
upon man who has not as yet become
odious outside of his own state. nor
to any but the more excitable and viru-
lent members Of one faction in that
state"
While speaking Of uncles, 1t may be
remarked Of julius Caesar Burrows.
touted as the shining light among
those Of gum shoe greatness. that his
speech was almost as ancient as his
name He could not even modernize
himself sufficient to pronounce easily
the name of Roosevelt.
Let's not get excited over the as
sininity of some of our delegates in
Chicago. Give them plenty of rope and
the usual thing will happen.
Much of the Chicago labor seems to
have been accomplished by touching a
button at the White House which has
started so many other things to go
ing.
No wonder Roosevelt didn't wish to
be announced for another term. Con-
slider how easy it is to manipulate
when you're the man behind.
It is nice Of T. P. Shonts to forget
his troubles long enough to give Drake
University $4,000 worth Of land.
In the light of the precedent set up
by LATE Young, Perkins and Lacey, the
victorious progressives in 1902 should
have notified President Roosevelt that
Iowa would go democratic if he per-
sisted in putting Shaw in his cabinet.
At Forest City they are naturally
regretting the. departure of M. u.
Rouse, the railroad agent, to a better
place in Fort Dodge. AS his name In
dicates, Mr.. Rouse is anything but
slow agent, and the people always APP
preciate live railroad representative.
And when it is all over the. serious
thing for the, convention to do will be
to carry New York, New Jersey and
Indiana. Can it be done with the vice.
presidency?
Morningside college expects to fur
nish the dry movement with some
spellbinders this fall, thus contributing
to the flow of oratory to impede the
flow of some other things.
The big advertisers of Des Moines
feel that their fellow townsman, LATE,
is not good booster when there is an
opportunity to put a Des Moines man
on the national ticket.
Still they come to Iowa for teachers.
Here's Miss Alice Rogers, music super
visor in Clinton public schools, going
to Honolulu in similar work.
The cartoonist can see q Cummins
firecracker about to explode under the
gentlemen engaged in an hysterical eff
for to chloroform the DoIliver boom.
Has anybody heard from Booker T.
Washington in this campaign?
All roads will lead to Marshalltown
on independence day when it will once
more be demonstrated that the coun-
try's greatness has not diminished a
jot.
The next time Iowa republicans elect
three chronic soreheads like Loung,
Perkins and Lacey to represent the
party before the nation, they should
count the cost.
At Rhodes Friday four games of
ball are scheduled in which one team
will play three times This is putting
a premium on the C:larley-horse and
"bum joints" with vengeance.
Really. 1t would not be necessary for
LATE to give up his seat to Attorney
General Byers to nominate Cummins
for vice president. Let LATE read the