Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-27
rndEsRrruB11oAn IOWA OCTOBER

twice q much 40 men Of similar tai
ents are able TO earn In private life.
The rest Of the men. who work In OF
Aces or In the shops. or the streets
have to lay up something for their own
old age and u they can do 1t, surely
the well paid employees Of the govern
ment can afford to do the same.
They say Il costs 80 much to live IN
Washington. That IL true everywhere
and IL Is peculiar to all conditions OF
life. But the trouble with great
many employees in Washington Is that
they want to live like the politicians
live. They want to be in everything
that everyone else does. They think
that they must keep up, and so they
spend all they make, or most of them
do. and they want the government to
feed them after they are too old to
work.
If we were to make any such conces-
sions, we would rather make them for
the men who have to dig out their own
fortunes than for those who get their
pay envelopes from liberal and in
dulgent government. Instead of look
ing for pensions from the government
the Washington employees ought to take
out some good life insurance policies
salaries.
THE GOVERNOR AS A CURIOSITY"
[1owa City Republican,.
Ore of the foolish customs which
should be stopped is that of the COVER
no- OF Iowa on every possible occasion.
aupearing in a long tailed coat and
Mug hat. with lot of men waddling
v,-if hat
shame the hest that is seen when the
king Of England is on exhibition. Why
should governor wear plug hat and
long-railed coat when practically no.
body else does? Who is the governor
that he should be dressed so as to be
an object OF ooling curiosity? And why
should he be followed about by lot
of men who have no military bearing
and who wear nothing graceful exc >pt
their military titles? 1t is NOT clear
inst why so,f-resrec'ing man will tcS
hin, self ont and strut around the corn-
try in uniform of uncomfortable lit.
heaecked with hraid. lace. yellow rope
and other ra-anhernaiia which look
so outra eeous that peacock would
hide in shame for srcI, an exhibition o.
hrrrfcore-v whe, there is nothing IN
Ia ~rrorin-s co1orirgs. such as the pea
coc'5 carries, to warrant an exhibition
OF vile.
MKYNLrvts E.pM rN IOWA.
Walker Nevsl
Tire ,,te President william McEin-
1e'- once owned the west eich:v of t',:.
FS,rir C-o~r fnr-,, th-ea miles so-th-
cost nc Wr''-er in Grant township. and
what "a SUI more s'-nrisine, viewed
nv present dar prices he lns' 5000 by
that OWNERSHIP The -na-tv-e6 presf-
lent was a S-ant and fa-seeirg nan.
hut for ONE his vision OF the future
vas az fe,''t for afte- having SIS rer
ao-e for eooa ri~h Grant township
la-d. he sola IT for 81" So re- acre To-
Ta- tri-tv-six wears after his sale. the
1rr@ is worth ten times that price.
N~Finlev's ownership was discovered
orlv few "avs ago nv eynerts who
we've p-e-a-irg an abstract for the
Land The records show that in 1873.
William MCKINLEY. Of Ohio. was given
q warranty deed for the west nne-s'alf
Of the southwest quarter OF section fif-
teen. township eightv-six ran-e eirht,
by Jack Bornha"t. thu copsiSe-a ton
being $1,000 William Mckinley. Jr..
and Ida Mckinley gave a Quit claim
deed to the saue land TO T. Martin for
the sum of s1.ono this deed being re-
corded Dec s. 1875