Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-27
Outside Point of VIEW.

! President Taft in an address to some
school children in Ohio. remarked to
! one of the boys that volunteered the
| informant ton that he was going to grow
up and be president some day" There
J are places that give more happiness
! than the office of president II he
had said uneasy lies the head that
wears the crown the older ones in
the audience would have caught the
idea President Taft is as unfortu-
nate as was Lincoln in that he deeply
feels the outrageous Misrepresentation
that appears in the daily press. Mayor
! Gaynor is another public man that ac-
tually hates the whole newspaper fra
! ternity. Col. Roosevelt too. has had his
innings with the lying newspapers
I, But that great. big. jovial Taft. should
mention his woes to school children.
shows that the venomous shafts have
sunk deeply. And it is very much OF
a question if any man. public or pri-
vate, can stand even just criticism and
preserve his eauiminity. There's
something about cold type. printed
words that cut deeper and smart worse
than heated debate or private quarrel
| perhaps it's because like the words Of
the preacher in the pulpit we cant
talk back.
Just now in Iowa and presumably
elsewhere there is a growing sentiment
in favor of keeping the open saloons
out of thes mailer towns. that our pro-
hi bition friends point out as con-
versive 10 their creed and doctrice. 1t is
true many of these communities that
have had open saloons after an expert
,,;.J, will
turn to the open lega!ized saloon un-
less a change in STATE law compels it.
But the prohibitionist makes the mis-
take of supposing that such voters are
IN numbers to increase the prohi bition
vote or add to the ranks Of the total
abstainers. Such men object 10 the sa-
loon the open public bar because of the
place the crowd that congregates in
such places and the manner of the con-
duct of the business. If our billiard
TO orns were run as such saloons have
been run. nine times out of ten in open
definance of law, there would be just
such a sentiment in favor Of prohibit
ing billiard rooms. The increase of
prohibition in the southern states is ex-
actly in this line 1t was the disrep-
utable place where the niger filled
up with poor liquor and his brutal and
criminal instincts received the over
phelming incentive to act The white
man of the south will still enjoy his
mint julep in club rooms. hotels and at
home.
Just now and particularly in Iowa
the commission plan for city govern
ment is in great favor. Worlds Work
tells what Germany is doing. 1t says:
rift ora he he cd
in the world. How far apart are the
IDEAS of Germans and Americans on
the subject of city government may be
seen from reading an advertisement
which lately appeared in a nun Der of
German papers;
The place of Mayor of Ma gdeburg is
vacant. The salary is 2100O marks
(s5.250) a year. including the rental of
dwelling in the city hall. Besides his
salary the incumbent will receive 1000
marks $4,000 for his official expenses.
Candidates should apply before Sept. I.
Can any one i'm agine an American
city advertising for a mayor? Can any
one give good reason why a city
should not advertise for mayor when
it needs one?
The German idea is that a municipal
ity is a business, to be conducted on
business lines. The office of mayor is
one requiring knowledge and skill Of
technical, professional character. A
man who has proved himself a good
ma yor in one German town is frequent
y invited to another.
The larger towns look to the smaller
towns 10 train municipal officers for
them 1t frequently happens that two
cities bid in competition for a particu-
larly expert man. So when their chief
burgomaster, DR.. Lentz. was appointed
Prussian minister of finance, the good
people Of Magdeburg gave public notice
of their need of capable man 10 sue
coed him"
It strikes the average voter as the
correct thing to hire school super
intendent from even another state. We
hire such men because of special train
ing and experience. Certainly our may
ors need all the qualifications of SUI
perintendent OF schools-and more.