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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

~ OOfSeveeaSoOs - Wo6evs saSs III IN AN
Regarding the proposed plan u =.
quiring certificates Of health before
marriage. The Journal Of the AmSricaa
Medical Association says that Wfihe Il
IL easy to pick out a few extreme cases
Of degenerates on the one hand ana Of
exceptionally sound and healthy young
people on the other. no one ID at pres-,
ent competent to divide the mass of
possible candidates for marriage into
the At and the unilt. It would, how
ever, have a good effect II men and
women contemplating marriage were
compelled, before taking that step. TO
consider seriously their fitness for par
enthood. Private initiative. like that of
the Chicago clergyman who refuses TO
marry any couple not provided with
medical certificates OF health. might In
time create force OF public opinion
which would make disease mark Of
social bad form-a thing to b
ashamed OF in oneself and certainly not
to be tolerated in ones children. This
may seem utopian; yet within q few
generations social ideals have under
gone greater transmutations than this
would involve. One thing Is certain:
the creation Of public sentiment may
seem slower method OF racial Inn
provement than the enactment Of laws.
but it is far surer and more thor
ough one: and it avoids the dangers
involved in hasty sweeping legislation
based on crude generalizat lions from
insufficient data.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
VERY ORDINARY PERSONS,

Somebody said it the other day in
reply to a question They are very
ordinary people" said she, with perhaps
a tinge of careless contempt in her
tone The funny part Of it all was
that the questioner was a very or
binary person and she who answered
of an extremely ordinary and common
type, both being mediocrely well to
do, reasonably and comfortably ig-
norant, healthily self satisfied. suffi-
GENTLY likable folks, playing at ex-
clusiveness like children with dolls,
themselves very ordinary people.
Now If these is any class of human
beings for whom the rest of the world
may thank God, the very ordinary per-
sons constitute II. Extraordinary per-
sons are not for common consumption
and every day companionship. Ordin-
airy persons are. Nearly al ::.:e he nc!-
ness Of earth is created and kept alive
by ordinary people. Extraordinary per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
HUsTLrNG FOR HOLDEN.
Forest City Summit

A Holden club has been organized
in this city to campaign Winnebago
county, with John Carson as president.
Burt ]. Thompson. treasurer. and j..
H. Anderson, secretary, and an ex-
ecutive committee composed of two
members from each Of the townships.
This club is made up Of the very best
wide awake men of our community,
who will use their untiring efforts, as
in other projects they undertake. to
make Holden governor Of Iowa. They
will work to the end For Greater
Iowa" These men know what it will
mean to Iowa's prosperity to have a
man at the head who is broad enough.
who has not alone been more beneficial
to the agricultural side, but is man
who has done much studying along
other lines, as his views on education
alone Will show. Be a Holden booster
and the state and all concerned will be
benefited
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
CHEER UP DER TEACHER.

TIE GrinnelI Herald gives expression
TO It's delight over the convention result
by delivering the T.-R an old -maidish
school teacher kind of a scolding for
not having forecasted the exact vote
in a very close roll call
The Cunsmins machine claimed
fourteen votes in Pottawattamie coun-
ty." says the Herald "wher all the
time every delegate was pledged to Taft
and on the delegation there were only
five who could by any hook or crook be
called CEmmins men. Its claims as to
Dallas were equally unfounded. 1t
claimed seventeen votes from Dallas
while there were on the delegation
seven dyed in the wool Taft men as
safe for Taft as Major Lacey. and the
Times-Repuhlican knew it all the time,
vet it deliberately deceived its readers
as to the real situation in Dallas
The convention result was SO close
that neither the T.-R. nor its cores
pondent attempted to forecast results
in advance. All that was published was
to give the claims of the Cummins
committee. The committee did fall
down as to Pottawattamie and Dallas
to be sure but It was not trying to
"deliberat ely deceive anyone. The
Pottawattamie caucuses had been held
by joint agreement between both fac
tons that split delegation should be
selected and fourteen out of thirty two
delegates had promised the Cummins
committee that they would be present
at Cedar Rapids and vote for Cummins.
Instead one person, Frank Everist, ar
rived carrying in his pocket twenty one
proxies out Of thirty-two delegates and
Cunmins got two votes from this dele
cation instead Of fourteen. Mr. Ray
knew Frank Everist as a student in
Grinnell and can guess how the proxies
were obtained In Dallas county the
convention recessed for several hours
while ain agreement was reached to
put several standpatters on the delega-
ton who would vote for Cummins II
it were desired. 1t was foolish politics
but no one there dreamed the division
would be so close When they arrived
at Cedar Rapids only one standpatter
in the bunch could remember his
agreement and ne voted with the Cum
Minis men. These things have hap
pered before in conventions but the
prophet who fails to foretell them
should hardly be called liar in fact
Mr.. Ray was graciously permitted by
the progressives of the Poweshiek dele
CATION to wear a badge at Cedar Rap
| ids and to sit in the convention and he
should now De in a more amiable frame
of mind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
GRANTS BlR1EDsY.

Nearly tWcnty-seVen years ego Gen
L. S. Gran, died at Mt McGregor. II
he had lived until today he would have
been 80 years old.
Pearson. the p,lilanthropist who died
the other day was a year older than
chronicied but a few days since. was
Of Grants age. The Methodist church
has a bishop who was born four years
before Grant. There are thousands of
men alive who were born in the year
that marked the birth of the greatest
soldier of his time.
If it seems long since L s. Grant
commanded the mightiest army OF
modern warfare, served as president
modest triumph it is in seeming. not In
fact. 1t is not long since Grant hauled
cordwood to market from a poverty
stricken little farm near ST. Louis, not
long since he worked as a tanner at
Galena. How short time it really is
may be illustrated by the fact that the
writer of this article saw the three inch
black walnut planks of the old tanners
bench at which Grant had worked piled
in back room at Galena and the ac-
count books written by Grants own
hands thrown carelessly into a corner
of the same room. They were lumber
then. They are priceless relics now
If any one had the foresight to save
them
In this country men must collect
their fame as they do their life insur-
ance. after they are dead. Grant never
came into his own until after the dead
~ disease had put him apart from
the political and business activities of
life. He had been more honored abroad
than at home. The outside world was
quick to recognize the man who had
come from a tan yard to the rescue of
a nation, whose military genius was
unequaled and whose simple dem
ocracy kept his heart true to the
people
1t is we'll to stay a moment in the
turmoil and bitterness of daily strife
and competition to remember Grant
whose service was scarce appreciated
by his own generation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

sons raise most Of the trouble and
commit the greater portion Of the
deviltry.
Ordinary persons-very ordinary
PERSONS make the world At to live
in. They bake and brew and toll and
plan, bear children in agony and sup
port them In sweat. Very ordinary
persons populate the schools, teach in
them, move the cars, manage the
merchandising, make the homes and
keep them, nurse the sick, bury the
dead. Ordinary is normal. Extraor-
binary Is a freak. perhaps disease.
Oftener it's a deception. The man or
woman fully convinced of his own ex-
traordinary qualities Is generally self
deluded Usually this type Of extra
ordinary persons are screaming Jokes
to every one but themselves. Some
times they are offensive.
Keep away from the idea that you
are more than an ordinary person.
The divorce courts, the poorhouses and
the jails are full of those who con-
WINGED themselves that they were out
of the ordinary run of folks and en-
itled to more than ordinary persons
have coming to them socially. matri-
monially and legally. Doctors have a
SAYING that the man who is sure he
has heart disease never is thus af
tiicted. The rule paraplrases to an eX
act fit: If YOU are certain that you
are more than an ordinary person.
YOU aren't. And there YOU are
In this sensible, healthy age fools
and idiots are extraordinary: double
headed people. Siamese twins. pigs
with six legs and chickens with four
woody horses and hogs with horns are
extra ordinary. Don't be extraordinary
Re ordinary and be happy. When
YOU stop to think of it these ordinary
persons and ordinary things are the
sources of all our comfort. and the
groundwork of al! our hope. The finest
Thing in the world is "a very ordinary
person.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
Topics of the Times

Please notice that the quiet method
of settling labor disputes has distinct
advantages over the strike system.
1t is UP to the green on the last hole
in MaSSa chuSetts
President Taft it appears, never did
like Lorimer. but has been able to con-
troll his features until the past few
days
II some inventor would accomplish
the iceless icebox and the coalIess fur
mace, the cost of living would be less
bother.
Congress has appropriated $3.50, 900
for fiod sufferers. but 50 far none Of
it has been applied on the river front
which seems to be causing acute suf-
fering at Des Moines.
The captain who refuses to respond
to the s. o. s. call should be cashiered
and his ship he commands confiscated.
| Taft and Roosevelt went thru Mas
! sachusetts on the jump like rival tin
peddlers.
Taft came into Iowa for the shelter
| plank four years ago and the support
of the progressives. He came back
four years later with postoffce in
each hand and the plank in the discard.
| 80
Mr.. Bryan Is not a candidate but he
| is uneasy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

d. Q & L
edge. They didn't like his style Of
teaching. John Cownie, with all Of his
faults his public words and acts by
this comes under the head Of faults
is listened to much more respectfully
than to Holden. Many farmers don't
even like his title. professor. But out OF
all this seed corn deal, whether it is
politics or not, will come some good.
Next fall many farmers will adopt a
combined Holden Cownie seed corn
theory. The seed will be picked early.
kept dry. not allowed to freeze la
Cownie, and next spring 1t Will be
tested la Holden, and also by the
earth pillow. How we are once more
reminded Of the words Of the poet.
"God moves in a mysterious way. HIS
wonders to perform" 1t seems provl-
Dental. The gubernatorial bee enters
Holden's bonnet. John Cownie rushes
into print. Result good seed corn for
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
SAMARITANISM.
Shenandoah World. !

Not long ago a certain woman in
Shenandoah became seriously Ill and
had to undergo a painful operation.
She was poor. and could not afford to
hire a nurse. One Shenandoah lady
heard of the case. This lady is
wealthy: she has more income than
she can spend; she can spend her time
,oa fling, or travelling. or doing anything
that happens TO strike her fancy. Yet
when she heard of the poor woman
who was sick and without care, she
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
DALLAS IN THE CONVENTION.
Nevada Representative

As for Dallas, the convention in that
county was conducted in the interest
Of Lieutenant Governor Clarke as a
candidate for governor. 1t was Cum
Minis convention in Cumming county
in CumminS' congressional district;
but it elected a mixed delegation. Con-
corning the mixture the understand
ing promulgated on behalf OF MI.
Clarke was that local harmony was
desired in his interest but the delega-
tion would not act tremendously In the
state convention. At that time, OF
course, the Clarke contingent had no
idea that their course Of action would
assume the Importance which later at
tached to it. When at Cedar Rapids the
pressure of both the contending or
ganizations was concentrated upon
them they represented that they were
not able to control the minority por-
ton Of their delegation. Reverting TO
the politics of the matter. Mr.. Clarke
has from the inception of his candi-
dacy appeared to have the support OF
what might be regarded as the corpo-
ration standpa tiers, undoubtedly he
desired to recognize their assistance.
He did recognize that support by d.
viding his delegation in the first place.
and whether in the end he could not
or would not have the vote of Dallas
county cast according to the known at
titude of the county. the result was
the same for Cummins and probably In
it's reaction will be about the same for
Clarke. The Dallas county candidate
had what seemed to him to be salts
factory relations with the Taft side
To
votes that belonged on the Cummins
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

got q big white apron and went out
and spent a couple of weeks Ut the
bedside, tenderly. efficiently, painstak-
ingly nursing the sick woman until
she was out of danger: The two wo-
men were strangers to each other;
they had nothing in common except
the noble human sympathy the one
felt for the other. There was no furore
made about 1t: probably not half
dozen know Of the situation today.
The wealthy lady was just kind.
Christian Samaritan, one Of Gods own
type Of whom the world has a mighty
need. 40
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
The Crest atsadisr.

John d. Rockefeller, Jr. impressing
on his bible class the steadying infiu-
ence Of a good wife, smiled and said:
"a minister once asked young
man on a train:
edo you smoke, sir?'
"'No, sir was the reply.
ct suppose you drink-that Is 10
say, moderately?
"'No, sir: abstain answered the
young man.
"Do you gambler
mo, sir
"'Sweare
"'No. sir
young man. said the minister.
with an air at once pleased and puzxled
young man, what are you, anyway
"Tm married the young man an
sWered'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
larry. Ed Hunter could not be 90 ef-
fective In primary 40 he was 1t Co.
dar RaQes."


fective In primary 40 he was Ut Co.
dar RaQes."
Incidentally the Nevada Representa-
tive expects that Before another four
arrangements for q presidential pri-
mary. The delegates chosen at Cedar
Rapids to misrepresent the republicans
of Iowa. will be the last to 90 from
this state to the national convention by
virtue Of poorly attended caucuses.
and Of proxies and trades betraying
the plain DEGREES Of the people,"
The progressive movement In iowa
has not suffered defeat, but is merely
brought back to it's senses in time to
rally for the next struggle in behalf Of
popular government" says the Water
loo Courier. 1T is safe to predict that
Iowa, partly as a result Of Wednes-
days experience. will never again go
thru a presidential year without a
preferential primary on the presidential
candidates. Wednesdays defeat ger
minated the seeds of greater victories
for progressive government than Iowa
has yet beheld."
The Davenport Times says: THE
convention will be a good thing for
the Cummins and other progressives
thruout the state, for it proved that
they can not go to sleep on the job
and expect to retain control.
The Sioux City Journal asserts that
president Taft in his Boston speech
lifted the mask of false pretcnse from
the Roosevelt Pharisaisn."
when rebellion wins out says
the Maplcton Press, at becomes rev.
Clution, and its leaders become heroes.
Just watch the revolution in the re-
publican party"
Ever politician believes in pri-
mary if he thinks his side will VIM"
observes the Davenport Democrat.
There can be no complaint Of abuse
of power, but the use the controlling
faction made of their control is pathet-
ic in it's futiiity." says the Muscatine
Journal. concerning the convention.
Iowa. that might have been a power
in the national convention. that might
have helped make history-Iowa. blind
to her opportunity. goes to the con-
Vention divided and powerless. Iowa.
that might have sounded a note Of
leadership; that might have givene her
notice weight in the coursels of the
national leaders of the party: that
might have compelled attention and
recognition. gees to the convention
babbling with two tongues. with the
larger of these shouting the name of q
candidate whose fate the popular vote
of other states has already deter
mined
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

0ns, Iwo. Three. and rs Done
stained. fade, EeS s;iI and De ruined
because of a big soppy Precipitation spot
at the aTm.pitS.
It doesn't matter how light or heavy
your clothing. or how stufiy and hot it
may be indoors. in the theatre. BALI
room or concert-hall, PERSPl-NO will
keep your arm.pits just as fresh and dry
as the back of your hand,-just glorious!
Theren be no more running OF colors
in colored gowns, at the arm-pfts. No
more misery from rolled up dress shields
that form . ropy wad under the arms.
No more humiliation! Just little
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der. applied with o pad. A pad in each
box. It's done In q minute. Never in.
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Satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Ave, Chicago. For sale and recomme nded
in Marshalltown by Beinert Drug co.
A. T. Elder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

Henry Ferris. Hadar. Neb.. Is an old
friend Of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. He writes. Il have used Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for moro
than twenty years and can honestly
recommend 1t to any one needing .
good cough medicine. I think Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound il without
an equal" Mcbride & Will Drug Com
nanv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

Robert Stevenson, 1915 Fifth ave-
hue, Council BLUFFS, Iowa, says: II suf-
fered greatly with kidney trouble and
rheumatism. the pains at times being
almost unbearable. I took some Of
Foley Kidney Pills and in q few days
the pain left me and now am COM
pletely cured of kidney trouble and
my rheumatism Is leaving me too"
Mcbride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Knoxville Journal noting that
the TAFT forces refused to adopt =
plank endorsing the presidential prt-
mary, does mot blame them particu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

Very Solemn Thought.
To each woman, Destiny allows
one clairvoyant nash regarding the
man she is about to many.-Ninno
Thomas Antrim In Lippincott's Nao.
axine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
a%m~1-><
Iona Newspapers
DEMOCRATIC EXPLANATION


Senator Cummins lost the endorse
ment of the state at large for presl-
dent primarily because his candidacy
was not accepted as sincere.
Taft won the state because most OF
the politicians were back OF him.
The defeat of Cum Minis at Cedar Rep
ids is a politicians victory. that and
nothing more. 1t is absurd to read into
the endorsement of Taft popular ap-
prevail of his administration and into
the defeat Of Cummins popular disap-
prevail of him. If it were possible for
the rank and file of the republican par
ty in Iowa to indicate preference as
between Taft and Cum Minis, or Taft
and Roosevelt. there is no doubt OF
what that preference would be. II
would be overwhelmingly against Taft
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
CUMMINS ALONE TO BLAME?


Senator Cummins is alone to blame
for tine defeat he suffered at Cedar
Rapids Wednesday. If he had spent
just one day in Iowa he could have
controlled the convention by hand
some majority. The Taft forces won
on fiuke and the republicans of the
state will acquiesce without muir
muir. If he is nominated at Chicago
they will do what they can to save
the day for him in November. but
they are going to insist that in the
future the machinery shall be supplied
which will give the people the right to
be represented in such contests by men
instructed to do the will of the ma
jority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
YOU Couldn't Hire !
no d Wear Dress
Shields Again {!
I use That Marvel, PERspI.No!

Rip out the dress shields from your
dresses. girlsl Rip them outi You don't
need them any more, absolutely never
mosol Never again will your gown get
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

The Sioux City Journal asserts tina
president Taft in his Boston speech
lifted the mask of false pretcnse from
the Roosevelt Pharisaism."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

when rebellion wins out says
the Maplcton Press, sit becomes rev.
Clution, and its leaders become heroes
Just watch the revolution in the re-
publican party
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

The Davenport Times says: "The
convention will be good thing for
the Cummins and other progressives
thruout the state, for it proved that
they can not go to sleep on the job
and expect to retain control"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30

Mr.. Bryan is not a candidate but
is uneasy.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-04
stopping place for Birds.

Immense preserves in which mi
gratory birds may rest without fear
of interruption in their flights to the
southwark in the early winter and
to the north with the return OF
spring are within the scope of plans
suggested by the National Audubon
Society and approved by certain
wealthy sportsmen.
1t is beautiful sentiment that
leads these men, some OF whom are
known to have amassed their for
tunes by working poor men, women
and children to the limit of their
strength and endurance and for the
irreduclble minimum of wage, to
spend large sums of money to pro-
mote the happiness of dldappers
and the poule d eau-but it is Just
such that is giving Socialism its start
In the world, declares the Birming-
ham News.
! Just how the phflonithic indi-
ylduals ana organizations expect to
notify the mallards and wild geese
where to make their stop-overs in
their long flights in search of con-
genial climate has not yet been dis
closed in the publication of the
plans, though without some such
general understanding with the birds
the scheme, which contemplates the
expenditure of several millions of
dollars for lands, possibly might
prove a failure.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-04

thus secured; but who will neither
promise nor attempt to secure rates
SO low that the wage Garner would
lose his earnings and the share
holder, whose money built the road,
his profits. He will not favor a
ruinous experiment like government
ownership of railways; he will stand
against any kind of confscation OF
honestly acquired property; but he
will work effectively for the most
efficient type of government super
vision and control OF railways, SO as
to secure Just and fair treatment Of
the people as whole.
''Tf there is one body of men more
than another whose support feel l
have a right to challenge on behalf
of Secretary Taft, it is the body Of
wage-workers of the country. A
stauncher friend, fairer and truer
representative, they cannot find
within the borders of the United
States. He will do everything in
his power for them except that which
is wrong"