Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-23
Outside Point of Wen

The first fifteen days of the month
Of March. 1910, were "a bad one for
the weather prophets both great and
small. Reading of the aluanacs that
never failed before is funny business.
The bad storms from the 9Th TO 12th'
were not on time. Fifteen days Of
sunshine every day is the record of
central Iowa. Even the moon men
were utterly discredited. We had
change in the moon, we had a new
moon and still no change in the wealth
er. the sun shining day after day.
Nothing like it has ever been known
in Iowa. The Oldest inhabitant is 81
fenced. But will all this end the career
of the neighborhood weather prophets.
Not much. A month from now he will
be pressing the moon into service again.
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There's curious political condition
Iowa these days. In towns so strongly
republican that a democrat has no
chance to be elected coroner or con-
stable. there's an open criticism of
President Taft's political actions and
policy that has the smell of democracy.
It IS not considered heresy for extreme
and radical republicans TO assert they
will not vote for Taft next time, even if
he is nominated by the republican ma
tional convention. With all this there
seems to be no general or expressed
opinion that he is dishonest or carry
ing out Of his public policies with only
the best of motives. Golfers, last
week dubbed him can easy mark this
referring to the Ballinger controversy.
This only half expresses the public
sentiment in Iowa. Jelly fish. another
expression, does not cover the case.
He is not weak man" exactly. Due
credit is given him, for his work in
the Philippines in Cuba, and as an
upright Judge. There was once great
interest in this country over "the mis-
takes of Moses" Now a magazine ar
ticle on the mistakes of Taft would find
equal appreciation. His record as
president so far is series of mistakes.
He seems to lack the faculty Of feeling
the public pulse. He made mistake
in his Winona speech and a worse one
in six months after reiterating the
same sentiments on public occasion,
when it was entirely unnecessary and
uncalled for He wrote q letter or
rather two letters, endorsing both Pin
chot and Ballinger. The first he had
TO remove Tor INSTRUMENTATION ana the
| latter he will have to ask to resign, or
place himself on record as keeping a
man in his cabinet who has proven by
unimpeachable, swornto evidence, to
be dishonest. a CRATER and a tool Of
| the land grabbers of Alaska.
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| Incidentally, he has shown his lack
OF political acumen by his attitude
toward the republican state Of Iowa
Here is state that at any time can
give a republican candidate a hundred
thousand majority. A state where the
Insurgents" have two powerful u. s.
senators and big majority in the
house of representatives. also SO lab
eIed. Admitting President Taft's per-
feet right to line up with tie stand
patters, not disputing his private and
public right, to praise A1drich and de-
fend Cannonism. yet IL he had IAN
ounce of (politicaD sense" he would
know better. than to call in Chairman
mckinley, of California Peter Hep
burn and Congressman Smith, three
dank standpatters-to get advice on
how to deal with the situation in Iowa.
To complete the full transformation he
received from these three men, he
should have sent for John z. Lacey and
TUncle George d. Perkins Of Sioux
City. As some one has said what they
don't know about political conditions
in Iowa would fill big book.
1 How easy il is to be mistaken In re-