Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-07
IOWA opINIoNr AND NOTES.

lie Usage Press suggests that if the
supreme court confirms the decision
against Standard Oil il will then he
Up 20 Father Law Aldrich. Uncle
joe Cannon and the steering commit
tee 20 put a law thru congress white
washing Standard Oil and condemning
as insurgents any brazen enough Ia
DOT the party. But as long as we do
THESE things the machine will work
poorly. and you viii have hot boxes.
! cut gears. poor ignition, foamjng
boilers. and hades TO pay in general
as long as YOU allow one set of men TO
grow rich by robbing another set of
! men by steering committee legislation
F.. that comes out of the hopper. tagged
by complaisant executive. the best
tariff bill ever happened. the best tariff
bill ever passed"
/ The Dubuque Tines journal does
not favor the commission plan II SAYS:
I NO doubt Burlington will claim the
success of the plan as long as the nov
city lasts. When it gets to be an old
story the system will be examined on
4 its merits and rejected in favor of
something else. The reform of one gen
} l.
many trusting citizens who have given
oonly casual attention to municipal
government now consider a reform in
this matter will be regarded by the
next generation as an abuse"
-Fror every quarter comes the SEN
timenr that Mr. Byers would make a
I good congressman and one in which
the Ninth district could be proud Of"
saws the Atlantic Messenger. This dis
trict was progressive to the extent of
about 500 votes when Senator Cum
minis and Major Lacey, the 'standpat-
( ter from Standpattersville made the
! race for the popular nomination a
year ago. Conditions have greatly
changed since that time and we be-
lieve we are safe to predict, that the
Ninth congressional district Will be in
+ the progressive column 10 the extent
Of four figures
MEN looking for wife should give
the 'Mol!ie who sits in the partor or
! looks in the glass five-fourths of the
time a wide BERTH advises the Wash
! ington County Press The girl who
saves her mother all the steps she can
ie the one who will take care of your
children and the hone and make YOU
an excellent wife. Give the butterfly
'woozie' the go-by. she is a species Of
animal you should shun.'
And to think that all this political
row between Cannon and Cummins
grew out of Knoxville's desire to really
entertain its old home comers," solilo-
quizes the Knoxville Journal.
! The Belle PLANE Union observes
that "a few years ago a druggist with
out a permit was a curiosity. Now the
reverse is true. Reputable druggists
| have become tired of being classed as
| liquor dealers and the fire has become
too hot for the disreputable ones"
| The Creston Advertiser can see mo
valid objection to the proposal TO use
| convict labor in road Improvement
work. There Will he some trouble as
TO details, some difficulties in arrang-
ing for the care of prisoners when they
are at work at distance from the pen
/ tentiaries, out unere can lie little diff
ference of opinion as to the desirability
Of so utilizing the labor of convicts"
Renarlsfng that "Uncle Joe Cannon
continues to rap Senator Cummins
about every time the venerable states
man appears in public the Carroll
Herald says: "Uncie Joe has degener-
ated into common scold. and Senator
Cur1nains will have TO stop and con-
slider the source, as the fellow did when
kicked by the mule. before paying at
tention to Cannons scattering shots"