Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-11

from 20 cents to s cents mile cannot
be sidetracked as heretofore. Some
unpleasant member will be sure to in
troduce it.-Indianapolis star.
| Doubtless the Lodge committee could
discover equally definite and convinc-
ing reasons for the high thermometer
cal quotations that are now current
Indianapolis News.
The speed with which a fool and his
| money are parted is rivaled by the con-
gressional alacrity in separating the
people from theirs.-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer.
| We imported 375.OO0 canaries last
year, which may account for the in
| creased avoirdupois of the domestic
cat.-Cleveland Leader.
| The Railway A ge-Gazette says Of the
new railway bill: At the very inveption
of the administrations campaign for
more legislation, the executives Of some
| lines which We're especially anxious to
get legislation to legalize existing COM
binations of competing roads are said
to have indicated to President Taft
that if he would favor legislation Of
this kind they would not vigorously OPP
pose his other projects. The president
did recommend the legislation they de-
sired but could not get it passed. 1t
| Is not surprising that the law passed
contains none OF the provisions Of the
administrations original bill which the
| railroads wanted and all Of the provis-
ions which they did not want. except
that giving the commission power to
regulate the issuance of securities, with
the addition Of several radical clauses
which were forced in by the insurgents.
Don't brag too much about the Iowa
good roads" advocates the Monticello
Express. Because the Glidden tour
followers across the state found a road
that had been particularly graded and
dragged for their benefit, 1t does not
follow all the other roads are of the
same kind. 1t is believed that there
are still few places to be found
where the custom still prevails of
blowing the road sides and turning the
sods into unleveled humps along the
center"
"The standpatters. with abundance
Of progressive assistance, nominated
Carroll for whom they do not care
and they have lost that for which they
schemed and fought-the power OF
speech as party authority" says the
Spirit Lake Beacon.
SO far as the Sioux City Journal is
concerned Ray Staunard Baker lost all
claim to consideration as our national
star reporter, when he recently re-
ported his observations on a trip thru
the Insurgent belt of the west"
"And now the sta ndpatters are tel
ling the progressives what kind Of res
olutions they should write for Iowa
republicans. That don't hurt much"
concludes the Scranton Journal.
The Jackson-Lacey- Hepburn tri-
virate promises to sacrifice Governor
Carroll and the state republican ticket
If need be to pass the kind OF an in
dorsement 1t wants for Taft says the
Knoxville Journal Such was de-
clared to be the plan by the Jackson
lieutenant in Knoxville and such Is the
assertion of the Jackson letter to the
delegates selected to the county con-
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tunate for Iowa this year that the
progressives are in control OF the state
convention"
THE liquor dealers Of Iowa will not
be so anxious to hold their next meet
ing in Des Mones,'' says the Cedar
Rapids Republican. 1.-The mayor OF
that city refused to deliver for them
an address OF welcome and not even
a prominent" citizen would be found
to perform that part of the ceremony.
1t strikes some persons that that is
small business-to invite society and
then snub them and bring them into
contempt"
Under the primary law" says the
Ottumwa Courier, there is first fight
to carry the primary, then a fight to
control the convention, and then fight
at the election. The main fruit of the
primary election law seems to be a
succession OF fights. Iowa seems to be
in need Of some anti-fght legisla ton"
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT.