Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-14
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

washington that Waiter 1. o1nlln, CoIi-
gresham from the Ninth Iowa district,
is being groomed as a candidate against
Senator j. p. Dolliver two years hence.
the Madrid Register News says: I'm
quenchable ire was aroused In certain
quarters in Washington by the sena-
tors late speech in the senate in which
he defended the position taken by him.
self and his fellow progress1ves regard
Ing certain legislation, and they thirst
for revenge Senator Dollfver mas
waged too warm fight in behalf OF
the common mass for them to forget
their obligation to him. however, and
his seat in the senate is secure. Con-
gresham Smith has been credited with
more than usual acumen, and IT Is
probable that he will think twice be-
fore resigning himself to contest IN
(which the chances would so large
ly favor political oblivion"
1.-The original chautauqua idea" says
the Des Moines Capital was educa-
tional- Its ideals were high. There
was no thought of exploiting the SEN
sationai. In many parts of the country,
however, the old idea has become en-
tirely perverted. The silk HATED
muck raker regarding the field as quite
exclusively his own BY and by the
yellow ct1autauqua Will follow the yell
low newspaper and the yellow m aga
zine"
The Davenport Democrat, noting that
the colonel has announced his inten-
ton of supporting Lodge in his cam :
paign for reelection to the senate, and
has also declared his purpose of aiding
Poindexter in his campaign for a seat
in the senate" find 1t past all under
standing how he can consistently do
both in view OF the opposite views OF
Lodge and Poindexter, but that he's
Theodore Roosevelt. which OF course
explains It,"
There have been no contradiction.
the report that Roosevelt will speak for
Beverdge in Indiana may be accepted
for fact. But what will he talk
about" asks the Sioux City Tribune
That Indiana platform supplies topic
enough. but will the colonel care to
make any OF them his subject? VIII
he urge Ind!anians to return Beverfdge.
an !nsurgent, one who abandoned" his
party, one who is no grata at the White
House? He Is not the man to deal in
gIfttering generalities or dodge an issue
and Indiana puts the issue sQuarely."
-The most charitable attitude the
convention can take toward insurg
ency Is to touch upon It as lightly as
possible" dictatorhlly prochirns the
Burlington Hawkeye.
mo, dearies," explains the Cedar
Rapids Gazette, "golf is play. nos work;
tho possibly the same amount OF ener-
gy expended In pitching hay would be
called work"
'rhe civil war established the fact
that an organization Of individuals In
the form of a state cannot do as It
pleases, but must bow to the will Of
the nation" says the Davenport Times.
THE new struggle is for the purpose
Of establishing the fact that an aggre-
cation OF individual sin the form Of a
corp grafton cannot do as It plea ses. but
that II must bow to the Will Of the ma
ton"
$50 far the only occasion on which
the colonel has been actually caught in
the act Of giving enthusiastic endorse
ment to man upon whom he could no
longer depend was in his endorsem ent
Of Taft for president" points out the
Nevada Representative. THAT endorse
rlent he is not now repeating and so
for he gives no sign Of being similarly
easy in behalf of anyone else"
els It any worse to exhibit moving
pictures OF prize fight than Of hold
up OF a safe robbery" asks the Fort
Dodge Messenger" Young America may
be physically unable to initiate a pugi-
list but he may learn to emulate the
ban dts who are frequently seen on the
screens"
The Grinnell Herald smarts under
the tipping habit and believes 1.-The
remedy is a severe legislative enact
ment The principle Of buying privi-
leges away from those equally entitled
TO receive them is wrong and the pub
lie should frown on and punish it as a
crime instead Of encourage II"
GENERAL EDITORIAL CONNIE EMIT.
If the Ohio democrats had omitted
fro mtheir platform the doliar-a day
pension plank. the thing as a whole
would have been much improved
Springfield Republican.
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