Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-02
IOWA OPINIONS AND MoIEs.


While you are thinking of coed
things 10 do. why not get a pair of
blankets for your horses" demands the
Iowa Falls Sentinel. The man VINO
drives a team n then ties them up
70 a hitching post with the mercury
down below zero. has something the
matter with him.
1t is extremely unlikely congress
can be induced TO make any change
in the Sherman law while the fate Of
the Standard is in the balance says
the Sioux City Journal. Congress
had been reluctant to make the change
anyway, thru fear of public appre-
hension OF the motive. Now that the di-
rect political argument against it has
been c~rystallized by the STANDARD Oil
case. whatever chance there was COR
early action may De considered to have
gone glimmering. Confronted by the
political handicap. II is not likely Pres
idenl Taft Will waste much breath try
ing 10 bring about what congress IS
certain % look upon as @ political i'm
possibility"
Did YOU ever notice tina, the fellow
who does the most boosting IS the one,
WHO generally loses out. when the
plU1ns are PASSED arounda~ inquiries the
Washington County Press. "Apprecia-
ton OF a good turn is lo>t MANY times
in the enjoyment of the fruits OF il.
Politics is a great game.
We are from Missouri. They will
have - show US how they dissolve the
Standard Oil" says the Humboldt Re-
publican
The Etdora Herald ~oelieves in party
Loyalty when the party is loyal to its
early principles. Bus : leader like
Cannon is more that we can stomach
a. his in and any eacaurageruen1.
The Herald can give 70 those who are
working 10 iethrone him viii always
be gladly given"
II IS said Mr.. Bryan is now trying
70 hitch the democratic mule 70 the
water wagon, but that Intelligent ami
nal knows too much 10 De caught il
thai Trap" says the For. Dodge Post.
The oieomargarine AK says The
p III Ing LO-4 Ia6N hSst- = ~ I-l =
burden put upon a good. wholesome
article Of diet Il ought % be taken
un.'
The mar who thinks he has a poi;,-
icai future says the Dubuque Times
journal, viii not care 70 risk i. in a
campaign 10 deprive Governor Carroll
OF a second nomination a the hands %
RS party. unless the governors op-
ronents present stronger reasons for
DENYING him a second term than they
haev offered UP TO the present time.
Give US the young man with grit,
perseverance. ambition and courage.
without 9 dollar in mis- pocket, in pref
erence 10 the young mar who IS backed
by fortune and lacking IN force and
initiative" says the Webster City
Freman-Tribune. Senator Dolliver
was right when he declared that If he
had 500. 600 and a boy he would keep
them as far apart as possible"
witt this victory in q city of con-
se,vative tendencies there should be
but little delay on the part of other
Iowa cities. Iowa has fallen behind
Kansas in the matter of an Iowa idea
says the Des Moines Register and
Leader, referring 10 the Burlington de-
sion in favor of the commission plan.
I'VE 90 not mean 20 say that the
new plan is the perfection Of city gov
eminent nor that It viii do away with
the evils that are inherent IN such gov
e-rnEenls." says the Cedar Rapids Re
publican. "But it Is a step in the right
direction. The ward and aldermanic
system IS going to be q thing for the
past in Iowa within ten years. This
prediction has been made many times
in this newspaper and we are more con-
frmed IN that belief now than eve be-
fore. The victory IN Burlington shows
which way the wind is blowing.