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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14

common i~nterracial religion, and that
the most simple. undogmatic form Of
MISUNDERSTANDING without the
creeds that were unknown to Christ!
The christian principles that We're laid
down i'll the authentic gospels and
opistles still remain unsurpassed as a
rule of conduct, as a basis Of practical
ethics. They are u~nconnected with
toteln!sm. slbbuths, fetish-worship,
mysticism. veXatious observances. lit
anies, and the di~sputable a%djuncts of
a religion. If we could agree to define
and adopt such a basis and make it
the state religion OF every country. with
leave to each person and community to
add, on their own account. the elabora-
tons Of ritual necessary to some indi-
ridualities. we should have gone far to
establish a brotherhood Of man, a
brotherhood which need not mean nee
essarily q mingling Of blood, but a COM
mon sympathy and interest in the de-.
velopment of humanity. Applying
christian principles. the white man
would treat the other races of man
i;ind with Kindness and justice, with
out scorn or harsh impatierce; and
they, On their part, woul cooperate
with him in the tremendous struggle
with the blind and heartless forces of
nature which ever and again seem to
threaten mans very existence"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
For SundayR Reading
All Sorts Of Obiniont
A Common Religion the Only True
Racial Bond.

There can be no equality OF races, al
tho the lower races improve and rise
upward on contact with the white
peoples. The reccnt Universal Races
Congress-, which he attended, suggests
this reflection to Sir Harry Hamilton
Johnston, vice-president Of the Royal
AEthropolotsical Institute. and he en-
,arges upon it in The Contemporary
ReyIew lLondon). At the congress re-
ferred to, he must have listened with
i.npatience to the boastful u~t;erancsS
CT many a corrected recruit from y
backward. or one time helot nation" to
quote his own phrase. He says that
the world and the nations ARE, afte;
all, governed by natural forces" FL
points to the parable Of the talents to
show lat races are ~variously endowed,
and he says the facts Of life and natur-
al law ARE not sentimental. but severe
~ practical" Therefore, "in all oar
speculatlons and our framing of polio
les toward alien peoples, we must
eschew sentimentaliry." He Is, how
ever, Of opinion that while SO different
in antcedents, in environment. In her!d-
itary gifts, all aces nay meet on one
common ground of religion; for this
commonsense outlook does not EXCLUDE
christianity" He therefore suggests
that the essential features and teach
ings Of christianity should be so pre-
sented that they would be universally
adopted as the rule and standard If
life. To quote his words:
If only -. we could agree upon a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
DUTCH TREAT OR AMERICAN PLAN.

The National German--ilnerican AL
lance proposes a camp aiSn against the
American system of treating and to
or Dutch treat" according 10 which
each man pays for his own drinks or
goes without. II is the European
plan as against the American plan
1t is pointed out hat treating is one
of the incitants to drunkenness. They
"set 'em UP" all around and by the
time each member Of the party has
bought enthusiasm has reached the
high pitch precedent 10 a resolution not
to go home till morning doth ap-
pear
The proposed campaign may help
some. However the reason for drunk
enness isn't in the system. Its the
booze. That is the real explanation why
men get drunk. The only place where
to immortality is in the saloon. 1t
doesn't work that way at the soda
fountain. A man can treat his friends
to lunch in the hotel OF restaurant
without creating a vociferous demand
that nobody go home till morning. He
can buy cigars for his party a half
dozen times without having to hold
two Of the party apart to keep them
from killing each other. He can cele-
brate his birthday by giving a dinner
to his friends without creating a de-
sire on their part TO stay up all night
singing and swearing. A dozen men
can get together and each can buy al
most anything for the others except
booze without throwing stones at the
plate glass.
Honestly. the trouble seems to lie
mostly with the booze, doesn't it? In
sober sense the treating system seems
to be incidental and not primary. If
we put the saloon out of the way per-
haps we shall not need bother with
the treating system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
The Bread-and-Ru Butter Education.
MINNEAPOLIS Journal

Insurgents against the bread-and-
butter education nave had their cause
stated for them with fine s~uccinctness
by DR.. John Grier Hibben, Of Prince
ton. He has put it into one sentence:
Our college courses should not at
tempt to a man primarily FOR
any particular set of tasks, but fer the
more significant and mysterious event
the coming into the possession OF Il
mind"
This is a splendid and moving state
ment. II it has any weakness, it is this.
that it is not logically exclusive. There
is no necessary antagoniSm between
the mysterious event Of the coming
into possession of a mind and the
training of the hand and the eye the
chief servants of the mind. The dis
position to deprecate scientific educa-
ton as inferior to the old humanitics
as developers OF mentality has teen
overdone. The hunlanities were excel
lent in their day. But their day was
one of no competition in the material
for unfolding the soul.
The aspect OF the world has changed
considerably since then. Modern life
has come in with its problems Of exist
ence. with its duties of citizenship,
with it's broad outlook on the world.
Moreover, machinery has arrived 10
revolutionize industry. There is no
longer such a thing as a shoemaker,
but there are makers Of shoe pegs, of
shoe heels, of shoe strings, of shoe
vamps ard of shoe soles. The old
ideal Of all-round capacity has been
swept away.
With these changes has come a
change in education. In some respects
it is a change for the better. It's out
look is no less comprehensive than the
old education, if viewed Alright, and it
has the advantage Of increasing the
capacity of the body. Vocational train
ing does not necessarily dispiace cul-
tural studies. has never sought to do
SO. All it asks is a place alongside OF
them. If it attempts to make school
boys mere craftsmen. it does wrong,
and it very soon finds it's mistake. But
il Il attempts To make them self-re-
liant, and to know the use OF their
eyes and hands. as we'll as their brains.
it does right. and its position in educa-
ton is assured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
S~LANDERtEG TER SEX.

A south Tarna matron. one recog-
nizeH as q leader in her community. a
WORTHY. accomplished md God-rearing
women. vas recently 1or-ifed to find
The following paragraph in a newspa-
pc- that CHANGED to frd its way to her
hone. This paragrap h was written hv
a woman, the editor Of the Oakland.
fontario, Canada) Record. during the
heat Of the recent reciprocity cam
naien in Canada, and under the i'm
preston. which prevailed in many
parts OF Canada, that to adopt r~ecipro-
city with the United States was to
take the hrst step toward the incor-
poration Of Canada in the United
States. With this explanation we re-
print the paragraph just as this Ca
madam lady wrote and published It:
Who OF US would wish to accept the
100 per cent Of women Of the United
States? Are they not reputed to be a
gum chewing, fashionable hated, tight
skirted, hobble ankled, peekaboo. de-
c~o!!ette crowd. whose standard Of vir-
tue is at least questionable? We are
asked to change our allegiance of
friendship from our much loved and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
THE KILLERS.
WEBSTER CITY Herald1.


For some reason the Communicable
ers seem to be losing heart. Last win
ter after being successful in the orn
binntion which resulted in the election
of Senator Kenyon and had for its next
ru,nber the defeat Of Cnmmins and a
new ard virilc" leadership Il could
he ~frenuerflY heard that Cun-nirs
was virtually ont Of business. That he
was ? hack number. etc. II was I'M
derstood by such rabid standpstte-s
as Moore and Harding that a new era
had dawne and that Curmins was TO
be thoroughly d%iscredited. MI. Ing
ham Of the Register and Leader be-
lieved he had humilia:ed Mr.. Cum
Minis and commenced making sighting
references 20 Cummirs and LaFol1ette
in the paper and trimming his sails
Taftward. Senator Kenyon was the
youthful Alexander who was TO lead
the coalition to new worlds to conquer.
Senator Kenyon declared for Taft and
was encored by the Sioux City Jour-
hal and similar papers. but recently
there seems to be hesitation in the
ranks OF this brave army Of conquest.
The Register INT Leader has ,deigned
to discover in Cummins qualities Of
real leadership. Senator Kenyon inn
plores him TO III for president so that
he car avoid his premature declaration
for Taft which is not popular In low
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14

when Johnny comes hore from school
with q black eye but our real hidden
anxiety is over how the other boy looks.
We may condemn football as a rough
and dangerous game-ard It is all that
but we do desire for our boys the
qualities which go to make a good foot
ball player.
Ny son, I don't want you to play
football. 1t Is rough to brutality and /
fear that you will sustain permanent
and serious injury but I believe I'd
rather han a clean football rufrian
than a weakling with a weakling's vices.
If you must play go to it. "~Fifty-seven.
eleven, twenty-two. Take the jump
on him. Get down under that ball"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
WHY NOT START A SALOON?
Manson Democratic

While Manson youngsters are no
worse than the ordinary country town
kids, they are bad enough. that's GER
tain. The dignifed members of the
school board and the professor have
been wrestling for a week with the
problem Of preventing h use of to-
hacco by them on the school grounds.
The teachers can watch the little devils
while they are under their very noses,
but the trouble is thai the teachers
haven't noses enough for such wise
urchins. Neither have they hands
enough to follow them, eyes enough to
watch them, or ears enough to hear
them. The little scanps resort to every
means to get hold Of a pipe and to-
bacco and then employ every scheme
possible to use the tools after they
have secured them. About the only
way t o cope with them seems to be to
hire about ten active men to patrol
the school grounCs and the town ami
watch Ihem-and the ter men would be
mighty busy. don't overlook that. or
course the parents 0: these young re-
c%alcitrants could do a whole lot to pre-
vent their pernicious actions, but who
has the nerve TO tell mother that her
angel child IS a regular cut-up, or ap-
preach father ana advise him that mis-
boy is an ornery GUS and needs a good
trimming? Nevertheless, Manson has
a lot OF young boys and a few young
girls who need looking after right
away. or else there will oe some serious
trouble and 2 lot OF grief for some
Manson homes before many moons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
THAT FOOTBALL GAME.

The football games are on today
everywhere, universally. Seven, eleven,
forty-two.' pipes somebody in the
midst Of the bunch Of heroes. There is
a humping sound as the opposing lines
shock, a pile Of bodies in the middle of
the field. Out of the heap some fellow
1imps with some real agony and con-
siderable exaggeration OF pain mani
fest. A whistle blows. Small boys
eagerly inform the ignorant that
"Smith is hurt and Jones is going in
at full back" The whistle shrills.
Somebody boots the ball. A half score
primitive men follow il. Somebody
grabs it n falls on it. All the rest
fall IN him. When the mass ~urtangles
itself one of the warriors lies writing
on the field. "Loosened a rib" glee-
fully announces the small boy at your
side. but it's our ball" "Bing.' they
shock together again. "Biff," "thump,"
1'bang." "Rah, rah, rah." in staccato
yelps from the side lines. Hold EN-,
hold 'em, oh. fello VS., hold en-" "block
that kick" touchdown, touchdown
Dandemonium, muddy clothes, bloody
noses, battle, murder n sudden
death. Rah! rah. rah!
Rough? Why rough is smooth as vel
vet compared with that football game.
A wrestling watch Is a sewing bee and
. tsn-round bout a picnic from the
old ladies' home in comparison. 1t is
more in the line OF a head-end collision
between fast freights. While it lasts it
- . cataclysm. But there's something
essentially wholesome about it,
thing which appeals. 1t seems to fill
Q need in this prosaic day when men
get a living by hard work Instead Of
b. the sword and the strong hand. 1t
= an atavism to the good old plan
that he shall take who has the power
and he shall keep who can. 1t is the
femnant Of war and romanticism, the
J1imitive man come back for his brief
1fteaa minute periods of ascendancy.
sure enough we had much rather
Aave ouf own boys keep out Of the
01Do but we'd be a little disappointed
e our own boys didn't want to play it.
NY - We keen II the uuietest and most
Deoci1e Of US admires strength and
courage and 10 pleased to see his son
1ovo11D both. We may pull a long face
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
NOW AN INDIAN CONGRESS.

The dia of the northwest recent
ly met in a church conference at which
over 5000 Indians We're present. Now
there is to be held a American In
dian congress at which the members OF
that race will discuss the future Of the
Indian and plan for the continued eX-
istence OF the race. The Indian, UNI
like the buffalo, refuses to be eNter-
minated.
The schools have done it. The In
dian has become self conscious. lie
is learning the new requirements OF
existence. Men With pure or mixed IN
dian blood have been rising in the poll
teal and professional world. The work
carried on for many years at Hampton
Institute and Carlisle in the east and
by federal and Sectarian choolS in the
west is beginning to tell. The educated
indian has at last seen his duty TO his
less fortunate brother, and also to the
nation that finally has begun to atone
for its early barbarities and its sense
less herding of the tribes that We're
not eXterminated. Consequently a call
has gone forth for a congress to be
held at Columbus, O. Wise counselors
from the whites will be present But
out from the gathering will come the
first collective expression OF the race
toward the white majority. Hereafter
Washington lawmakers not only Will
keep an ear toward Lake MohOak but
toward the American Indian congress.
A race which produces Owens is
worth saving.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14

p~easantry. Instead OF every book be.
ing a church, the church is the book
Hence the delight In every tiniest por.
ton Of church ritual: hence h full at
tendance at the churches: hence the
delight in the service and in the music.
Hence the wonderful singing. that -
books Of the score. II Russian
choirs astonish western Europe, 1t Is
because Russians have loved to come
and sit together on logs in the viii
lage street. and sing for hours.
Because the peasants have no books
to read. they are all forced to read the
of nature. They DO not hear the
imitation Of the nightingale, therefore
they listen to the nightingale itself.
They do not look at real life,' as de-
picted in novels. therefore they look at
rea. life without the novels. II the
had books, he would build
higher, larger houses, o!that' he might
a room into which to retire and
read and have silence. But as 1t Is. he
lives in n room, and likes to see all
his family about him, n as many OF
his relatives and friends as possible.
He rejoices to give hospitality to pill
grims and tramps bringing stories OF
other lands and other provinces. He
in keeping open house and in
visiting. To such an extent has hos
pitality gone that not only is open
house kept, but open village. There is
a whole system Of festivals turnout the
north, ard the villages take it in turn
to keep open house for the inhabitants
Of all the villages round. All this Is
due to the fact that the peasants have
we should call spare time. Be-
cause they do not read. they ave time
to enter into many more relations with
fellow beings-for spare time. al
ter all, means spare life"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
Ignorance.

Ignorance.
Some know each wildwood flower !
name.
Some know each leaf and tree;
But where / wander all names are
But beauty's am to me-
! can not tell you what they call
The flowers that round US lie;
Except hat beauty covers all,
That beauty fills the sky.
What matters it the cognonlen.
And what the pedigree,
II in 1t we behold again
The spiritual sancity!
How wiser than myself are Q
Who know by name and sight
The bloom, the grass, so L am uue
Unto its inner light.
Spin out your Latin as you VIII.
Their English labels speak
Perhaps unto your nature still
Their beauty may be Greek.
To me 1t is not name that makes
The wild bloom of more worth,
But that he sen 1t for Jul sakes
To beautify the earth!
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
PRIMARY EASILY PRACTICABLE.
[Sac SUM.

The Charles City Intelligencer prom
tses that all opposition to a presiden-
tial primary will cease il someone VIII
kindly explain how it is to be held. 1t
says truly that there must be an or
ganization Of some 1 that VIII
make the wheels go round,' n
leaves US to infer that it is at a loss
to discover one.
The Sur wonders where the 1nteli-
gencer editor was brought up. He sure
ly never saw one of the old-fashtoned
voluntary republican primary elections
such rs were instituted In Sac county
twenty years ago, and in other Iowa
counties, for instance, Marshall, near
ly forty years ago. and continued In
satisfactory use until superseded by
the omnipartisan state primary cleo
ticn. The necessary ballots for a
presidential primary in Sac county
need not cost over $40 and the county
central committee could easily provide
for tic expense.
Le the state central committee des-
ignate a day when delegates shall be
elected to county conventions. specify
ing that III every precinct a primary
election shall be held FOR the choice of
such delegates aud that q ballot shall
be used which will permit tho voter
10 express his choice for president, ana
p"oviling a simple ballot form.
There should be no trouble in carry
ing out such Instructions; for the re-
publican party hes the organization
and "a supply volunteer Judges for Z
primary election as we'll as volunteer
I officers for a caucus. Patriotism and
party loyalty have rot yet wholly as
sumel a nercetary ASPECT and it is
foolish to inject the matter of expense
into the question at al.
The residential primary is practi-
cable and it mus. be held or the party
will have trouble Of q serious nature
in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
Iona Newspapers
Ply ALL MEANS THE PRIMARY.
lParkersburg Eclipse

By al means have a primary to set
tie the question of who shal have the
Iowa delegation to the national con-
vention. Taft is a dark horse. The
Eclipse does not favor a primary bear
ing the names of Taft ard LaF'ollette.
We had rattle: see the primary headed
Taft or an uninstructed delegation TO
the national convention. If Mr.. Taft
is not the personal choice of the Il
joTity Of Iowa republicans then the
delegation should go 10 h national
convention uninstructed and work for
any man whom the delegates feel will
be able to command the confidence
and the votes of the party at the No
vember. 1912, election. Bob LaFollette
is big enough to be president, but he
can not be elected, therefore he should
be eliminated as a factor in deterrlin-
ing who should nave the Iowa delega-
ton. No good reason car be advanced
why the republicans of the state should
not express their choice for president
at a primary. The Eclipse as a repUb-
lican newspaper is not afraid Of the is
sue. If Mr.. Taft receives a majority
of the votes then he ought to have the
delegation. If he does not then this
paper feels as tho the best interests Of
the party demand that the delegation
should be uninstructed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
ILrG.
LMnntnur Ny Eral.

hO-liOuC .NtA N.ldl.
One Charles kaspa-ek has always
entertained progressive views poiiti-
cally. altho he never until recently had
any particular a~ntipathy for the ma
tobacco trust, and his dealings
with it were of the most cordial and
satisfactory nature But this week an
incident occurred-srlal in its nature
has changed Mr.. kasparek's
whole attitude toward these popular
Of plug tobacco. .And there
by hangs a tale. NJ. Nasparek had in
vested in a brand new 10 cent plug OF
that luxurious production of the to-
hacconists' art with champagne flavor
ing: he had just completed a meal and,
Icing at peace with all mankind. he
thought he would crown his present
with a chew. Taking out
piug he attemp pied to sink his teeth
into it's juicy depths. They wouldn't
sink. He made a second and third trial
and then pulled. This time the plug
divided. and ne held one-half of it out
TO examine the cause of this unseemly
conduct. and he discovered that he had
been biting OF a mans finger.
The digit had been cut off at the Sec
ond joint and was excellently pre-
served in the s~weetening preparations
of the tobacco. The finger had been
pretty we'll hattened out under the
tremendous pressure that is used IN
moulding the plugs. but just the anne
it was all there and altogether too real
istic to afford any satisfaction to the
fellow who was biting on it. Mr.. Kas-
parek did the package up. finger and
all, and sent il by registered mail to
the factory, explaining that while he
did o suppos they would care for
the tobacco. ne thought possibly the
man would like 10 get his finger back.
DO YOU chew tobacco? Faugh.
Nawsty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-14
Of Booze.

This is how Father Phelan's brainy
paper. The Western Waterman. an
swers a communication from the LIZ
ouor Dealers Association OF Missouri:
I'VE must be candid with those gentle
men. And candor coirpels US to tell
them that they are the most despised
class of men in this state and IN every
state in the union. Their business -
d~isreputable and they are
disreputable themselves. For q !
century the people have been devils
ing means of getting rid of them. The
saloon is a pitfall for the weak and a
rendezvous for criminals. The saloon
men have fostered crime and criminals
from the first day the first saloon was
opened. 1t is regarded as disreputable
to GO into a saloon. 1t serves every
base purpose and can not sefve anS
good purpose