Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-29
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Harpers Weekly s9ys the American
people are tired Of protection. xhis .
IN Inaccurate statement Of TIA case.
The American people ars simply tirsd
Of IL abuses Of protsotioa. Soms q ~
think We can cure the abuses without
killing the patient. Others think the
disease 10 incurable ana that The bet
tsr plan IL 20 benevolsntly bury both
patient and disease In the same grave.
Still few others think there u noth-
Ing wrong with the system-that the
whole trouble IL in the minds OF the
| would-be reformers. Out Of this situa-
ton we have democrats, standpatters
and prosressives with few fellows in
all three crowds exceeding thss psed
limit IN tho directions they seek to
travel.
Ballinger and LOrimer have been
suggested a. presidential ticket. They
would get some votes. Now and then
sou will find q man who thinks these
fellows are martyrs.
A good many In tire country who q
few years ago were talking like George
w. Perkins. now talks are now holding
official stations in the socialist party.
Victor Berger, the lone socialist
member Of congress, thinks the session
! was notable because Of the bills which
be introduced. One thing may be said
for the socialists in this connection.
and that is that they were unanimous
on all questions that came up. That
is more than can be said for any other
party.
News reports say that Theodore
Roosevelt is losing in snap. his old
timev igor is disappearing. That he
refuses all invitations to make public
addresses and takes less and less in
terests in public affairs. The jolt he
received at the late elections appears
to have broken his spirit measurably.-
Coon Rapids Enterprise
The jolt Theodore received last fall
:: shc.: ..!.e. s!-ec-ecke- would be
to thunderbolt when set alongside
that which the people of New York
received as a result Of failure to heed
Roosevelt's advice.
DR.. d. K. Pearsons, Of Chicago, has
succeeded in giving away 100000
mostly to small colleges Now. there
is a man who really wants the world to
be better because he lived in it.
Clifford Pinchot is headed toward
Alaska. He wants a little first hand
information.
Every time some one jumps onto La
Toilette as a visionary and an ex-
tremist they get up against the record
made under his administration in
Wisconsin. which Is acknowledged by
students Of governmental problems to
be the best In the enttrec -ountry.
Frost is reported in Canada. but the
smudge pots In use in the reciprocity
campaign have held the temperature
up to such degree that no damage
was done.
Boxing is now legally authorized In
New York. It Is hedged about IN such
way as to eliminate brutality and
fighting. The real purpose and effect
of the statute is TO legalize prize fight
ing. It's Tammany law. pure and
simple.
The suggestion is now put forth that
ministers whose fields are to be IN
farming communities shall be required
to take courses in agriculture along
with those in theology. Wen. this pro-
po.al would not appear at all out OF
harmony with that which now requires
the candidate for the foreign mission
field to take course In medicine.
More men are injured thru over
than thru under exercises. The need
in this field seems to be balanced
ration.
The Iowa state fair is on. It Is a
great institution in a great state. The
man who thinks it mere Des Moines
institution needs new glasses adjusted
to broader vision.
The president assumes that the in
surgents are prompted by bad motives.
That Is what the insurgents have come
to think about Taft And that IL the
crux Of the whole situation as regards
republican dissention.
Bryan begins to lean toward Champ
Clark. This will likely make Wood
row Wilson tolerable to the esteemed
World Herald.
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.