Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-04
OVER ELECTION,
BUT AFRAID OF THEIR MAN
Democrats Convinced That Tariff Cues
ton Should 30 Made Paramount Is
sue in Congressional Campaign
General Sherwood Makes Brief But
Effective Peace Speech.
Especial Correspondence


prepared?
And, more important than any of
these gastronomic inquiries, is he the
sort Of person who can be relied upon
to come thru?'
These are the questions that nova
days give worry to the members Of the
minority in the house. Mr.. Foss, who
was elected TO congress as democrat
in a whoppingly republican district, the
other day, is due in' Washington very
soon, and his democratic colleagues are
going to do several things. some of
them never heretofore attempted to
that ancient and thoroughly established
institution, the welkin.
The coming Of Mr.. Foss is to be made
in fact the occasion for the issuance
Of a democratic def" Just what form
the reception will take is not yet de-
termined, and Mr.. Foss viii probably
be given a chance to indicate his pref
erences. Anyhow, the democrats are
going to turn loose and celebrate the
fact that the biggest republican dis
trict in Massachusetts, has elected a
democrat to congress by a big majority.
The election of Mr.. Foss has COM
pletely satisfied the democrats that the
one issue on which TO conduct this
years campaign is the tariff. They are
going to forget everything else and
talk about schedules and the trusts.
But that's politics. The real ques-
ton right now is whether Mr.. Foss will
have his with an olive in it, and
whether he believes that blend" I'M
der the present administrations con-
ticularly objectionable as a beverage
For Mr.. Foss is worth several mil
lion dollars, and it will be right well
worth while if he would decide to come
across handsomely for the campaign
fund.
Representative Richmond Pearson Hob
son. OF Alabama. His antithesis, his
bette noir, and all of that sort Of thing.
is the Honorable Richard Bartholdt, OF
Missouri, who is the foremost exponent
Of international peace.
Once a year Mr.. Hobson gives re-
vised version Of his imprisoned chau-
tauqua prediction Of a great war with
Japan. 1t has been estimated by the
best authorities that Mr. Hobson has
pan dozen times. and has had US
exterminate the Japanese people thir-
teen times; so that we are still one to
the good
The other day Mr. Hobson pleaded
for the construction of four new battle
ships per annum. Mr.. Bartholdt plead
ed for none. and assured US that every
battleship would be a crime against
General Sherwood, Of Ohio, who has
one of the finest war records detailed
in the congressional directory, rose and
said:
II have listened to these two speeches
with great interest The argument Of
the gentleman from Missouri. Mr.. Bart
holdt, represents the ethical movement
Of the times. 1t is the movement to-
ward universal peace. The speech of
the gentleman from Alabama repre-
teenth century.
Il used to have that militant spirit
myself when I started out in the civil
war. After had been in forty-four
battles, however, became converted to
the universal peace views of the gentle
nan from Missouri. 1 became a
What this country needs is more Quak-
ers and fewer battleships."
Whereupon General Sherwood sat
Town and the house adopted compro-
mise.
Recollect the Honorable William G..
Conrad. of Montana? He's the man
who, about two years ago, startled the
~ mi, I, 70 ,F r.;
existence, and casually mentioning that
he would like to be vice president of
the United States
Nobody outside OF Montana had ever
heard OF Conrad before. That was
where Mr. Conrad had It on other folks
Of vice presidential size. Most Of them
90 from the vice presidency to obscur-
Ity: Mr.. Conrad thought it would be
the vice presidency.
And he came but not quite to the
vice presidency. Being regular Mon
lana plutocrat, with a SLOUGH hat. DEM
,cratic ways, and pile Of scads as tall
as the Washington monument, Mr..
-onrad's vice presidential campaign
him that he liked politics
pretty well. Expensive? Yes, rather:
oGt what difference does that make to
the horny-handed son Of fifteen, or
twenty good clean Montana millions?
And so Mr.. Conrad is running for
senator this year. He has come to
to announce his fell pur-
pose, and he says that there is good
chance Of the state going democratic
his year.
The Honorable Tom Carter, who now
Montana in the senate, has
not az much money as Mr.. Conrad, but
le is in the way Of getting congress to
PASS bill appropriating $4,000, 900 to
carry on irrigation works in the west,
Ind his supporters figure that il it
passes 1t will distribute just as much
money IN Montana as could possibly
De extracted from Mr.. Conrad's cam
,aign chest. Senator Carter has a set
IL paint brush whiskers that ought to
,ave been copyrighted by Uncle Sam,
md II he would tie his pants down
With a string around the bottom Of his
DOT he could step right into any car
oon and pass himself or as Uncle
3am without being suspected And they
10 say that Mr.. Conrad - developing
! situation in Montana that promises
c :.ele 4 Mecesss-s 20. 9enetor Garter
o do the Uncle Sam stunt with pain
nj persistency during the next few
months.