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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
LODGE A PROGRESSIVE.

The Boston Transcript puts in a cur
ious light the reelection of Henry
Cabot Lodge, OF Massachusetts, to the
senate. Lodge. save for the one Cir
cumstance that he has long been per-
soma grata with Roosevelt, has not diff
fered much from Aldrich in his lean
ings and associations. or in the char
acter of his influence on national legis-
lation. He constantly has sawed wood
in the standpat woodward. That is
Lodge.
Now the Boston paper holds out the
notion, under a thin disguise. that
Lodge has seen the light and may
hereafter be relied upon as a progress
hive. Says the transcripts
Henry Cabot Lodge goes back TO the
United States senate by grace of the
progressives. He is dull. indeed, who
reads otherwise the story of the struggle
that ended today. Had Senator Lodge
rot caught and held the loyalty Of the
antimachine. anti moss back element in
his party, his campaign would have
ended in a pitiful wreck. All his scho-
arship. his industry and his integrity
would have awaited nothing But be-
cause these young men and these old
men with young mems spirit believed
that his bent was onward and in line
with the spirit of the age. they steadily
refused to be blinded by the chatter Of
the ultra radicals and the honestly mis-
led. and remained loyal and energetic
in his behalf. However hard and faith
fully the old leaders in the state have
worked for him the victory is not theirs.
The progressives or insurgents have
had command of the field from it's
start
If this is a correct statement OF the
case, all that remains to be seen is
whether the progressives Of Massachu-
setts got stung when they took Lodge,
or whether the senator actually has de-
termined to modify his course, take the
benefit of the current and fall in line
with the dominant sentiment Of the day.
What he said in the senate in Decem :
Der in favor Of piecemeal revision was
necessarily discounted in view of his
then pending campaign for e-election.
Further utterances Of a like tenor are
now in order from him if he is to bear
out the expectations Of the Massach
sets progressives He may come out
all right. The instinct Of self preserva.
ton is strong In your politician.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
Whose Fault !. It?
[NeW York Tribune.l


Many Of the leaders in congress are
perturbed over the prospect of an extra
session after March 4. Senator Hale has
twice warned his associates that the
passage of the regular appropriation
bills has been endangered by the dispo-
sition of the senate to give SO much
time to other matters. If the Lorimer
case is to be debated for couple of
weeks and the Borah resolution SUBJ
hitting constitutional amendment re-
curing senators to be elected by popu-
lar vote is to be considered on it's mer-
it's and passed at this session, there Will
be little chance to crowd thru all the
regular appropriation measures. Only
forty-four days of the session remain.
including Sundays, and a beginning has
scarcely been made with the money
bills. The urgent deficiency bill alone
has passed both houses, and as the sit
uatlon was described a day or two ago
by Mr.. Beveridge, there are five work.
ing weeks and a greater congestion OF
business Of wide consequence than the
veteran senators Of this body have ever
seen in their experience"
The country would not welcome an
extra session, and most of the leaders
Of the house and senate, whether re-
publicans or democrats, do not want to
see one called. Yet they will be them
selves to blame il some OF the appro-
priation bills fail and recall Of con-
gress becomes necessary. As the Trib-
une pointed out a few weeks ago too
much OF the time of the present short
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
A R.surnish.d Lodge.


The return OF Lodge to the senate BY
a majority Of four votes, two of whom
were democrats is not such triumph
ant progress as will encourage him to
resume his supercilious air OF having
been appointed to direct the United
States. 1t il probably a chaste1ed
Lodge that energies from the wilder
ness. Let US believe so at least until
shown otherwise. Let us also comfort
ourselves with the reflection that. the
old guard having been shorn Of its
power in the senate. Lodge is deprived
Of the larger part of his capacity for
harm. His status was always that OF .
follower, not leader. But he has fol-
lowed bad models 80 long that it Is
doubtful whether he can reform his
mode of thinking.
The main trouble with Lodge. and 1t
is fundamental, IL that he does not sin
cerely support democratic institutions.
He is an acistocrat. He believes In
the governor Of the select. the rule Of
the best, the administration OF the tall
ents. Such man may arouse the en-
thusiasm OF an individual here and
there. as Lodge appears to have done
with the impressionable and impulsive
Roosevelt. but he never can compre-
bend the people and ought never 70 be
made their agent in any affair involv-
ing the definition Of democracy.
The country can not hope much from
Lodge. 1t can only look forward to his
being minimized by the entry into the
senate Of more virlle and sincere mon.
Happily this is the thing that 10 hap
pening every day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
Stat. Mussur;s Of Safety.

One Of the most popular exhibits at
the recent Minnesota state fair was q
collection Of devices for the prevention
Of industrial accidents and diseases.
Dangerous machines. each with Its own
appropriate guard, excited the keen in
terest OF employers. Workmen. said:
1--WE will tell our boss about these
things" State Labor Commissioner
McEwen appreciates the suggestive
value Of permanent exhibits similar to
the safety museums founded by the
German government, and thru his Inn
mediate efforts the Minnesota museum
has been permanently installed at tho
capitol. A travelling exhibit will be
sent over the state to illustrate lee
lures on accident prevention. Wiscon-
sin has made similar beginning in q
modest way, and the coming year will
no doubt see many more such exhibits
properly founded by various states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
sssion has been wasted. In accordance

session has been wasted. In accordance
with an antiquated precedent. congress
voted itself q vacation from Dec. u.
1910; to Jan. 5, 1911. 1t thus took two
weeks out of session. which could
not last longer than ninety days. Elk
cept custom, there was no excuse for
that interruption OF legislative work.
Congress had been in recess from June
Is to Dec. 5, and could not have been
exhausted by the legislative duties
which it performed from Dec. to Dec.
81. Yet with the certainty OF a crush
Of business ahead it deliberately sacri-
feed two weeks to the notion that 1t
deserved a Christmas holiday rest.
1t is obvious that the federal legisIa-
tive calendar needs revision. The short
session is much too short. 1t could be
prolonged with great advantage to the
last week in April, altho congress has
several times refused to recommend
such change But If unwilling to COM
NIT itself to longer service every 9TH
er year than from the first Monday Of
December to the 4th of March follow
ing, the two houses should see to 1t that
that brief period is utilized to the full.
not reduced one-sixth by a unnecessary
Christmas recess. The situation which
alarms congress has been created by
congress itself 1t could have been
averted by a more sensible employ.
ment Of the working time available.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
THE FOLKS AT HOME.
[Sutherland Courier].

tSutneFldnQ COurlef1.
In the ballot on Senator at Des
Moines Tuesday Representative Schee
cast his vote for Kenyon, while nearly
all OF the Eleventh district members
voted for Funk. the Eleventh district
man. The final SHOW down" is pretty
likely to be between these two candi-
dates, and we believe that II a pri-
mary test between the two should be
had In O'Brien county that Funk would
be found to be the choice by large
majority It is clear that Young stands
no show as he failed to get even the
full standpat vote on even the first bal
lot, and the standpatters will undoubt
eddy flock to Kenyon after giving
Young respectable showing Of sup
port. and at the time when It will APP
pear most opportune to promote the
success Of the eX-railroad attorney. We
hope that Representative Schee will not
help to bring to elimination this
smooth scheme Of the standpa tiers, for
he was unopposed for reelection be-
cause Of the fact that he stood with
the progressives in the house during his
first term at Des Moines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
GOOD OLD IOWA.
[sioux City Journall.

[Stoux City Journal.
The best place for the average man
is the place where the land Is the best.
A good many people have made mon
ey in Iowa and gone away with It. The
Pacific coast and Florida have offered
temptation. When the temperature in
Iowa il towering around zero o wealth
Of flowers Is attractive to the eye. A
rosy picture Is presented. It n made to
appear easy to live in bower. The
advertisement is the work OF experts;
and it is accompanied by Views. No
samples OF soil are sent alonE, and fig
ures on the cost of irrigation are spar
ingly given. But the climate Is lovely.
vines are in tangle over arbors of
splendid architecture, and people IN
good clothes are out Of doors without
wraps. Iowa people are made discon-
tented. Their discomfort IS stimulat-
ed by Transportation companies, and
everybody Is advised in bewitching
language to get move on himself. It
IL a good thing that the fathers who
pioneered in the New England states
were left to their own devices. ana that
IL true. also, OF the fathers who pioneer
ed in Iowa. No one has yet found It
possible to live on climate, altho II has
oecome fashionable to advise the un-
easy ana the ailing that II they want
to live . change Of climate Il Of inn
perative importance.
Many influences are at work TO nour-
fish discomfort. The very best medicine
for the average man is cont6ntment.
There Is no place on the ear&6 that is
perfect, and there is no place D earth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
INTRODUCING A BILL.
[cedar Rapids Republican,

lCe0ar ttaplOS RepuDllcanl.
The work of introducing bills in the
legislature for everything that a man
can think of is under way again. In
that respect the American people are
very peculiar. We elect our lawmakers
from all classes and without any spec
ial regard for their fitness for the
work. The result is multiplicity Of
bills and Of laws and fortunately. for
most Of US. we are able to forget most
OF the laws that are on the statute
books. or life would become burden
to many. 1t happens thus that what is
done carelessly is not taken seriously.
And after all. with most American
people. law is simply common sense
Most Americans live within the law be-
cause they live according to the pre-
cepts of common sense and common
decency, and men who do that can not
violate any OF the laws that are really
worth while or that really ought to be
on the statute books.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
THE LODGES.
l0AeoNlc. NoTIoRo,

a MASONIC NoTlo8e.
XI1Hall in New 8asonio TanDsA
s/NNvisitofS always welcosne.
-NARslIALL LODGE. 1os. a. =. =
A. ~. Friday. Jan. a, 1850 p. a. Wssk
on second degree.
r. w. Chamberlain. W. y. :
John w. Wells. Secretary.
sIGNET CHATTER No. 80. r. 4. =.
tsated convocation Monday. Feb. ~
z: 30 p. M. in the now temple.
Fred Wallace, r H. z.
l. 8. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON Council. No. ~. =
4 8. NJ. stated assembly. Monday.
Feb. 20. 1880 p. m.
I. T. Forbes. Recorder.
A. D. Neekef. T. l. ~.
Special conclave of ST. ALDNNAk
COMMANDERY. No. 80, X. f., Tues
day, Jan. 81. 1911, at 4 p. m. sharp, for
work. Order Of the temple
!. T. Forbes, E. G.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, o. 4.
s-Resular meeting "wednesday evsn-
ing. Feb. Is, at 1880 p. m.
Edna C. Fularton, W. II.
Lillian Norton, Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25

Uncle Henrys were moderators. lee
tons where they ran unopposed for
town clerk and supervisor. of Difference
shown in the store where the Uncle
Henrys dropped in of evenings for the
New York Tribune, which came "twict
a week." are part or the incantation.
But smoking Jackets!
Times change. And men, yes men
change. too. why, sonny. if you'd give
one Of them old Uncle Henrys his
choice between his snroud and one Of
them checkered hummididdles, he'd a
took the shroud as bein' not only more
tittin but respectabler. Your old grand
pa would just as soon hev been caught
with a deck of cards in his pocket as in
a smoking Jacket A good butternut col
ored wamus, jeans trousis. wooden
socks made from wool sheared by him.
self sent to the cardin' mill to be roll
ed. spun at home, dyed at home with
indigo in a dye pot. knit at home, and a
good checkered denim shirt was good
enough every day clothes for your old
grandpa. He he'd his black suit he got
when he was merried and his fine boots
that he wore thirteen years to go to
church in and there never was a better
or finer figure of man ever walked in
10 a Methodist meetin' house"
''Smokin' jacket. m never forget the
book he give me when 1 wanted him
to wear blue tie when Martha was
married.
Uncle Henry Wallace goes to meetin
in smoking Jacket Uncle Henry! He
was all we had left and he's gone over
to smokin Jackets and, likes not
damon pin m bathrobe. Huh!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25

commendable. We have In mind the
exact form Of language in which this
delicate distinction will be presented to
the public.
This will afford an Interesting study
in that old problem in politics entitled.
when is black not black?" The senator
will give an Illuminating exposition OF
the theme and prove again that black Is
never black when the powers that be
say it Is not.
Canadian trade. when Senator Cum
Minis urged 1t. was an atrocious affair.
But wait until President Taft and the
Administered ton forces behind him give
us a working trade treaty with Canada.
We shall all then join with the junior
senator and exclaim. welcome, my
long lost brother"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
A DEGENERATE DAY.

! Uncle Henry Wallace. president of
the national conservation congress. is a
mighty deep thinker. and consequently
sometimes loses interest in material
things surrounding him. week ago
Sunday he went to the United Presby-
terrain church. where he is the star
Sunday school teacher, and instructed
his class in the usual digniffed and
brilliant manner, despite the fact that
he had on his everyday smoking jacket.
s-Des Moines Register and Lea der.
Uncle Henry Wallace, Uncle Henry
Wallace IN a smoking Jacket There
must be some mistake. Out in bucolic
Iowa among the cornstalks and amid
the clover and timothy mixed the ex-
posure comes with shock. Darn the
muckrakers anyway.
Nobody in Iowa, outside the effete
and feverish glitter of metropolitan
gayety. can imagine Uncle Henry Wal
lace wrapped in that robe Of luxury
ana dalliance. Our impression Of I'm
,cle Henry has been tall man in a
wamus wearing whiskers and benev-
oient expression. The mental picture
scon5ured UP by that beloved nickname
was Of the good old farmer we used tc
know. the man whose word was as
good rs his sworn testimony, who
tended church regular, favored congre-
gational singing over a choir, a, tuning
far above an origin" and held by Old
) Headfed instead Of modern "dancin
tnno0." Somehow "Uncle Henry has
always suggested bobsleigh neishbor-
1900 3oaA Of folks comm to the pro-
teaGesd meetin', packed IN upon bright
80 1t11w, smuGgled under buffalo robes
s01A Uncls Henry driving . team which
slnoW snd noticed every word address.
- - them BY the man who held the
s11noG oltmpses OF parklike orchards, o,
n0usaa ont fence corners and white
a1nted picket fence with a grassy dool
s1ard. dotted with eversreens have riser
III che sound OF that name. Dim re.
I san1Ea1sces Of town meetins' where
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
Outside Point of VIEWS

The formation of Incorporated stock
companies capitalized at $4,000 and
less in several Iowa towns and cities
whose object and aim is to clean
out the saloons Of said towns or TO
enforce the law against others that
are regularly engaged in unlawful acts,
is departure from established Gus
toms that may have serious effect
upon the liquor traffic in Iowa, and
possibly take the enforcement of Ii
quor laws out of the hands of a GER
tain class of our citizens, that have
found the enforcement business a
very profitable one. While our pro-
hibition friends have the right to
claim such stock companies are most
powerful adjunct to the prohibition
crowd. they should understand the
formation Of such companies is far
from being sentimental, and is almost
entirely practical business PROPOSE
ton.
For instance in one town where the
capital stock of one Of these COM
panies, 20 per cent was paid in, and
annually the same per cent can be
called for from the stockholders One
firm of manufacturers took 1880
worth Of stock, wholesale dealers SUBJ
Scribed various amounts, and yet none
of these men have ever been identified
with the prohibition party or the pro-
hibition movements. In fact. it can be
safely stated not per cent Of these
stockholders that have formed an in
corporated company to drive out the
lesalized saloon are total abstinence in
dividuals or are rankly opposed to use
int
this OF course to be qualified as the
use" in quantity. and the time and
place. To state it another way such
men may believe in the use" but not
the abuse" Of intoxicating liquors. Y ct
such men with such sentiments raise
$50, 900 to clean out the saloons. Why?
It's an easy question to answer.
These men believe that the open saloon
results in the abuse of liquor. Not
only that they believe the open saloon
Injuries their business in that it less
ems the value Of a commodity very
much needed to successfully carry on a
big or small business for that mat
ter. That comm odity is labor. AS the
railroads and other big corporations
have come to see that the open saloon
has injured the same commodity. lie.
la Dor. 80 these employers of many men
are fighting the saloon along the same
line A parallel case exists in the
prohibition states OF the south. The
white man down there has come to the
conclusion, he can get more and better
labor with whisky not to be easily OBJ
tanned by the colored man. Some OF
the business men Of these towns have
gone into these companies because
they have become convinced an open
saloon does not help the trade Of a
town Rather the contrary, because OF
the unpaid bills of the regular FREE
quenter of the saloons. Such men fig
ure it a laboring man earns $50
month and spends $40 month In sa-
looms. why he has just SO less to pay
his grocery. shoe OF clothing bills,
house rent OF doctors bills. The town
Of Manning which at one time had
fourteen open saloons reduced the
number to nine by concerted action OF
the business men. This is one Of the
best German towns in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25
WHERE ADAMS AND vERMlLLIoN DIFFER.

The spotlight has shifted from
Adams county. Ohio, to Vermlllloh
county, Illinois. where an investigation
is being attempted into the barter Oh
votes. Unlike the investigation IN
adams county. where a bold judge
went directly to the heart of the mat
ter and where punishment followed on
The heels of quick conviction and con-
fession, the vermillion county inVestl-
ration is making slow progress. YER
million county is not Adams. II there
has been purchase and sale OF votes
IN the Illinois county. as appears on
the face of it, the deal was not en-
gineered by rustics but by shrewd pol
ittcians TO serve the purposes and ne
cesstties of those high in political place
and power.
nanyille is Joe Cannon's town. his
afronshold in the Eighteenth Illinois
congressional district. If votes were
bought in Danville exposure will be
forced against all the opposition. open
and secret. Of the reignins politicians
TAe FOREMAN OIL lllc 8 S1liN jul ) NtA'>'A
d investigating the alleged crime, yes
terday complained to the judge that the
sheriff was not serving subpoenas CIV
en- him by the jury and asked for a
change of deputy cheriffs appointed to
Euard the jury room. IT is stated also
that he Is likely 10 ask for counsel
supplementary to the county attor-
ney.
Speaker Cannon's SON in law was one
Of tho men for whom subpoenas had
been issued but service delayed. In
curry at Son-in-L.aw Leseure's home
brought the reply that Leseure had left
town and that it was not known when
he would return. Other witnesses are
missing and it is changed openly that
q desperate effort has been made TO
get the principal witness, a news
paper reporter, out OF the country.
This is Speaker Joseph Cannon's
home town and home county in his
home district 1t Is his machine which
Is being investigated. his henchmen
who are accused. his son-in- law who
IL "out Of town" Indefinitely. Perhaps
Mr. Cannon is not to be held respon-
sible for his SON. in -law-that would
establish a precedent embarrassing to
a large number OF excellent bur I'M
fortunate men-but the boss can
scarcely escape ent ire responsibility for
his own machine and his own henchrnen
Perhaps bluff. indomita BILE Uncle Joe
will IN his profane but unconquerable
and fearless fashion. demand that his
son in-law and the henchnaen return
20 give truthful evidence. that sub
Doena.s be served promptly and the
Srand jury be given full opportunity
to Investigate charges which concern
mot only the good name Of Vernillion
county but point toward the speaker
Of the national house. Listen! Per-
haps rough. honest. old Uncle Joe will
do that very thing-but don't try to
hold your breath until he does.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-25

Seems like LATE is missing lot OF
that Washington atmosphere"
A market paper has an article on
selling livestock by mail. That's the
limit of the parcels post idea.
If Lorimer listens to Burrows and
Gamble while longer he will come to
believe it never happened
The move to extend the Cosson laws
is a good one. There is no good rea son
for keeping any immoral or drunken
official, county or township, in office
1t ought to cover every elective office
not?
That Danville newspaper man sim
ply couldn't hold out so good a STORY"
Suppose they should Danish Uncle
Joe to a term in Adams county. Ohio?
None but a man who is willing to go
barefoot should be permitted to drive
an unshod horse over icy pavements.
OF late the big money purses look
smaller to the birdmen. Broken bodies
take much OF the attractiveness away
from broken records.
It may have been love feast in
Baltimore but by the time it gets west
to Lincoln it will look like g. free fight.
Neck and neck in the senatorial race
but LATE can never go the distance.
Jim Hills idea Of good farming il
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