Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-19
Looker-On In Iona

Germania, March 19.-Close OBJ y
servers OF the game vi politics q
played in northwestern Iowa, are in
clined TO give our standpat friends the
credit of playing the better game
Counties that We're reasonably eX
pected to send Cummins delegates to
the state convention are not doing
what was expected. The fact of the
matter is whether the progrcssives ad :
nit it or not, the old seasoned evperi
enced standpatter, the one that has
had a finger in every political pie
since Adam was boy, is shrewd
organizer, a good wire puller and has
more interest in the game, even if he
does have Ito ante up" Men that
claim to know say between $500 and
$500 was "chipped in" by somebody to
test the power of the press and good
standpat lie. i-Cummins literature
in the form of daily papers have been
furnished at remarkably low prices.
Anybody can afford such daileS at
such low prices, especially as any
body's credit is good for a continuance
after the paid for time expires. Many
have read of Taft clubs being formed
which entities any member to a fine
standpat daily three months for %
cents Up this way, they have omitted
the form of club membership. but fur
nlSh Il standpat daily ri any old price.
And whether the daily paper a man
reads influences a man political opin-
ions or not-this is open to debate--it
can be asserted and proof easily OBJ
tanned there are more individual Taft
supporters up this way than a year
ago. Another thing noticed by others
besides the writer since Teddy's hat
Went into the ring is that many
standpatters say openly If the choice
is between Roosevelt and Cummins.
much as they dislike Cumminsism they
prefer it to Rooseveltism Things have
come to pretty pass if the followers
of Uncle George" under any circum
stances can support Cummins. These
impressions are given for what they
are worth. resulting from a ten davs'
trip in northwest Iowa. and meeting
the butcher. the baker. and the SAN
dlestick maker" not the politicians.
Engineers acquire a reputation for
slowness or the reverse the same as
any other Gloss of men. The other day
a travelling man asked the railroad
agent. edo you think the way freight
vii lrun TO Nextown ahead Of the pas
seneer?" Not much" was the reply.
"Slow Motion Slocum is on the engine
today. she'll be two or three hours
late" And some passenger conductors
have acquired the same reputation
It's easy to figure ont \ minute lost
as twenty five stations by the mac
FIVE minutes the engineer has to make
up. Two minutes at each station
means almost an hour lost time. But
where an engineer and conductor work
together to save and make time. even
where the running time is fast enough
the results are noticeable to the travel
ing public It's fact on some branch
line trains. one crew averages way
ahead Of other crews. insofar as max
ing the time" is concerned. To this
NAV he added every word of 1t can be
applied 10 newspaper Offices and even
their travelling men.
We look to the legislature for help in
all Of our troubles. Some member of
next legislature will cover himself with
glory and receive the everlasting thanks
Of the travelling public, if the law is
passed governing the use OF phono-
graphs and all musical instruments in
hotels and restaurants "Old Black
joe" Is al old friend of this scribe. and
"way Down on the Swanee River a
nice trip but to stay in hote! several
DAYS. and hear cold Joe" and the beau
tics of the "Swanee" before breakfast
after breakfast. during the noon hour
before and after supper and till ~ p
m. we'll the guests wish they'd get
some new records And so it Is with
that travelling man that plays the
piano For Gods sake. play during
the afternoon. or get a new territory
said one old veteran knight OF the
grip. And murder most FOUL Will re-
suit If the night clerk in the Waldorf
Astoria does not quit singing his favor
ite air. in the hall of the sleeping room
AT II u m. And some travelling men
need killing too, the ones talking al
the tops of their voices when they &c
| to bed at midnight. Some other guests
of the hotels "have rights they arc
bound to respect"
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