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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
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THE HOLDEN CANDIDACY.
iowa Falls Cittzen.1


Professor Holden. Of Ames, the man
Of seed corn fame and noted for the
interest that he takes in Iowa crops,
is being urged to become a candidate
for governor. There is no question or
at least little question but Holden
would make good governor. Whether
he can afford to mix up in politics may
be another question. Perhaps he can do
more for the state Of Iowa and for him
self by attending strictly to his work
at the Iowa State College. Politics Is a
dirty mess and the man who dabbles
in It is necessarily smeared. Not only
this. but the people are more or less
ungrateful. The honor Of the position
is hollow mockery. There Is more hon
or in seed corn than office-seeking or
even fice-attainment.
In this connection 1t is interesting to
watch the currents in the political pool
The natural tendency Of the progress
sives would be to support Holden but
the progressives are tied up to large
extent to Clarke, who is also conceded
to be a good man for the place, both by
the standpatters and the progressives
The standpatters would like to sup.
port Dave Palmer, but they will sup
port Holden IL 1t will put the progress
sives in q hole.
Just where does merit come In?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
BEN Marks, Acoun1Al.

hen Marks, indicted and tried Tor
implicitly In the Mabray swindles was
cquitted by the jury which tried his
Ne at Council Bluffs. A few weeks
30 q prominent citizen of that city
reelected that Ben Marks couldn't be
bnvicted in that city by a jury drawn
rom Council Bluffs; he alleged that
! was the general opinion that what
Yer might be traced to Marks there
ould be influences at work which
Iould render conviction hard TO come
Rents which influenced the jury Marks
Fas acquitted.
There will be feeling over the state
~ those who read the testimony that
lstice miscarried at Council Bluffs.
The average citizen would have voted
pr conviction. The prosecution seem
have made out a strong case not
|nly against Marks but against condi-
ions that existed in the administration
Y the city at the time Mabray was
|onducting his big store" there with
|uch success.
Mabray. chief bunco man, suffered
b prison: Richmond, chief of police,
res removed from office; Marks has
|een acquitted, and some others have
(een scared sick. Richmond and Ma
bray simply received what they had
armed. It looks. however, as tho some
|thers were likely to miss their wages.
Pnstoffice Inspector Swenson and
|he attorney general Of Iowa have been
loing good job despite the failure to
(onyict Marks. a good job for Council
BLUFFS and the rest Of the state. The
(rganized graft Of the wide open town
not looked upon nowadays as the
lure and safe thoroughfare to prosper
~ as the devotees Of the easy money
we're won't to consider 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02

In compounding q hog ration. cost
must be taken into consideration. and
the feed given must b such az to Sc
cure the greatest number Of pounds gain
from the least expenditure. Better re-
suits will be obtained II the grain 10
ground before being fed. Tho dairy
wastes IRE all good hog feeds, skim
milk being the best. This Is always an
acceptable addition to the ration at
any period of the hogs life. For
understanding. middlinss and hnseed
meal are good. Corn. including fodder
and ensilage. has always stood high ~
. fattener and when properly balanced
with skim milk, wheat, bran. middlings.
shorts and clover hay. It makes per-
feet ration. Skim milk should, II pos
sible, be always fed sweet. It II = food
that 10 rich IN protein elements and ha1
much value for muscle making. A Va
riety Of feed 10 necessary. Two feed
ing materials In combination viii IL.
ways give better results than whom fed
separately.
When hogs ere being FED clover q
alfalfa hay It should be run thru . cut.
ter, mixed with ground grain and ted
in the form Of . slop. Tho hay sup
plies muscle and bone-making ma
terial.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
Topics of the Times

George BruntOn, one OF the narQest
working and capable newspaper men
of the state, has been put in charge OF
the Boone News Republican, a news
paper which owes much of its excel
ience to Nj. Rruntons industry and
good judgment. The Times Republican
force wishes George happy and pros.
porous new year for himself and the
News Re publican. and predicts larger
success for both under the new ar
rangemert.
The Cedar Rapids Republican ex-
presses anxiety to have Professor
Holden open up on his program for
"the regeneration of Iowa" The Re
publican's attitude. however. is sug
gestive Of a stone in stocking.
The Vinton Eagle rises to praise
Senator Hughes for the anti-pass law
in Iowa. In the days when the sena-
tor was pushing his measure the only
time the Eagle rose to its toes was
when it desired to laud particularly
savage uppercut on the law and its
advocate
This ought to be a better year be-
cause 1t has 366 days tom axe good in.
The Register and Leader believes
that when the gubernatorial seed corn
sprouts it should be planted right
away without attention to the weather
reports
Whenever a winter expatriate from
Iowa reads OF a heavy snow fall a,
home he buys a bunch of Florida post
cards and mails them to his friends.
Up in Canada they would look On
this cold snap as a January thaw"
| The nearer we get to the actual
the stronger the conviction that 1911
was pretty good year after all.
| A long face and a business Crouch
are two Of the active agents Of poor
business. Smile blame you, smile!
|
/ An Iowa woman is candidate fol
United States senator in Colorado. Anc
when you line up the D. A. r.. tins
W. r. c., the ladies aid societies ant
associations Of the dear creatures be
hind a single candidate you've go
something to make big business looi
to its laurels in Colorado.
|
China appears to have cultivated {
pretty hardy variety of repu blical
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City Journal.
But the fall of the standpat dynast,
would indicate that the insurgent!
have the best Of it.
This rs the year when widows. ole
maids and homely women attain equa
rights with men.
England got Aston and the United
States gets Queensbury and it seem:
to be an even break.
AT the price Italy is paying for {
single portion Of turkey she could hav'
done as well or better in metropoli
tan restaurant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
THE INSPIRATION OF EXAMPLE.

The other morning about seven when
he early birds Of business We're
rawling out Of their nests in hope to
meet the early worm a man OF eighty
ropped OF the car from uptown. He
lad been downtown to get newspaper
md a few o<hsr little things he wanted.
The old man was an object lesson to
nen who imagine they grow old at fifty.
His cheeks were rudy against his
White beard and his eyes we're bright
y he trotted up the slippery street to-
yard home. He was alive as bird,
Interested in all that is in progress-and
kighty.
That same morning another man was
assisted to his conveyance and drove
pravely down town to be again assisted
rom his vehicle and into his place of
business where he took up a mans
vozk and carried a mans burden all
day. Racked with pain and handi-
capped by an incurable nervous dis
order he did his work and was helped to
ais buggy to be helped out again when
be reached home. And he does it every
lay. AS an exhibition of indomitable
will and unfinching courage it is Of
- high type that displayed at Their
nopylae or on any battlefield Of his
Tory. And 1t stings the other man who
nagnihes little aches and pains into
prominence like lash and sends him
downtown with a touch Of the heroic
after the example Of the helpless man
who Is not helpless because he is
brave.
It Is good hard sense. too. Both
these men are happier because they re-
kuse to be down and out. because they
insist on being part OF the worlds ac-
Invites and face fate unconquerable
and unafraid. It is an inspiration to
those who watch them and find strength
In their strength. For of all courage
khat Is highest and most sublime which
trtumphs over the weaknesses Of the
body and turns disaster into victory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
Tn. Cholera susp.et.

We are taking precautions asainse
cholera. At Montpelier recently e
was thought there was. wsMde
fined case Of Asiatic cholera. Tbs
mayor At once took al prscautions
authorized by law. Two days latsr =
man was brought to tho hospital - 4
suspect. The hospital inferno. - -
came near to the patient, 0sjc4ly
drew back, saying, How yea elasl1
Of rum!" ..ts II s
The answer came, With. drnnlpss
grin. Certainly. have drank - 6dpd
deal Of rum. It's. sxcsllsat agat11e
the cholera" Is,
The inferno allowed him % .Ssm9ln
during the night. In the morning ths
drunkard left entirely cured. An HON
later he returned. you'll have -
take care Of mo here. ny hose ~
been closed and 10 guarded b. 1nar
gsndarmes for seven days. allowine
NO one to 60 In or como out. II yCu
don't take me In % patient I shan
be arrested for vagabondago. tcel
L. Cri do Paris. M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
raasa rrUn11oAx 1oV4: JAaU4nr

white Am'er1can population, lncludinS
women and children, gives even more
conclusive proof OF this aohievsmenG
OF the seven white employees who oied
In Octobss. only one WAS an Amen-
can. man aged a, who died OF chrou.
1c nephritis. The only other death
among white American men, women
and children In the Canal Zone during
tho month OF October was that Of =
child. aged - months. who died OF
peritonitis. Think what this Sneans!
Nearly twelve thousand white men.
women and children from the United
State.-11.s3s to be exact. these hg-
ures including about four thousand Of
the white employees previously mem
tionsd--are living happily, comfortably
and safely In what was. few years
ago. hot bed Of disease-and the an
nual death rate among them. az tndt.
Gated by the deaths for October. was
2o3 per thousand. And yet the League
for Medical Freedom. headed by SEN
ator Works, demands that the prSsi-
dent revoke his order limiting the
right to treat disease on the 1sthmus
to properly educated persons. and that
the wonderful results secured by the
toll and sacrifice Of devoted. clear
headed scientific men be surrendered
at the behest Of deluded and unin-
formed religious enthusiasts. Truly.
the physicians who have made posi-
BILE such results in the Canal Zone
would have a far better right to call
themselves "Christian Scientists' than
have the persons who masquerade be-
fore the public under this name, since
the life saving work Of Colonel Cor
gas and his assistants IL. in the high
est sense, both christian and scientific.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
HAIR SPLITTING HARMS.
[sioux City Tribune.l


A Garden County, Nebraska, man
was sentenced to the penitentiafy for
burglary. The case was appealed and
Is now IN the supreme court. The de-
Tending attorneys want the Judgment
Of the district court set aside or the
case remanded for a new trial on the
ground that there was error In the
lower court trial..
The district judge permitted the
county attorney to endorse the name Of
q witness after three OF the jurors had
been selected. Under the court rules
the attorney should have endorsed the
witness before any Of the jurymen were
selected. This action OF the attorney
did not change the evidence nor afSect
the jury nor the court nor the Justice
In the case. But Il vas . technical vio-
lation Of the rules OF procedure ana the
lawyors insist the fules Of procedure
must be protected 70 the very letter. nj
matter what ha1oens 20 the homes q
to the law against burglary. !.
It Il these hair splitting maneuvers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
Canal zon. Idea, Health R..or

Again the report Of the department
OF sanitation Of the 1sthmian canal
commission leads one to marvel at the
almost incredible result Of trained.
scientific effort to control disease. al
well as at the dense stupidity OF
people who. with such an object les
son before them, will not profit by 1t
to save their own lives and those Of
their wives and children. Cold figures
in official reports are inadequate. One
must visualize the facts and clothe
them with flesh and blood In order to
realize their meaning. The report OF
the department Of sanitation for Octo-
Der, 1911, shows that during that
month there were s7,49S colored and
1876 white employees at work on the
canal ana railroad. Thirty-three coll
ored employees died Of disease ana six
from violence, q total Of thirty mine
deaths, or an average annual rate per
thousand OF 1913. This IL the death
rate for October for nearly thirty
eight thousand negro laborerS. work.
ing in what was, . few years ago. the
pest-hole Of the tropics. The Journal
Of the American Medical Association
says that the death rate for the Unit
ed States for 1910, for all CLASSES snd
climates, was ISL, nearly four. deaths
per thousand higher than the death
rate for the poorest class Of laborer1
in the Canal Zone. Among the white
employees. numbering 1856. ave died
from disease and two from violence .
total annual death rate Of $50 per
thousand. Returns from tho 1910 ted.
eral census show that the American
city having the lowest death rate In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
CRIMINAL TRIALS IN ITALY
System There, Though Simple, OF.
fers Radically From That In
This Country.

The reports in American papers OF
the trial OF the Camorrists at Viterbo
have made many people wonder II
there is any system at all about GRIM
inal trials, and II there is, what the
system 10 like. There Is system.
and very simple one, it Is. though ut
terly different from that which gov
ems procedure in American or Eng.
lish courts, says an exchange.
The trial takes place before three
judges and Jury, to which are added
a certain number Of extra Jurors who
are sworn and are present in court to
hear the testimony, and are held
ready to take the place In the jury
box Of any juror who may in the
course of the trial be incapacitated
from further service. The depositions
Of all the witnesses have been taken
in writing and signed before the trial
begins. Each of the judges has copy
OF these before him. Tho prosecutor
and the counsel for the accused fur
nish to the court list Of the Wit
nssses they desire called, and these
are summoned ell BY the court, which
has power to punish nonattsndancs.
The first thing that happens when
the trial begins 10 the questioning OF
the accused BY the presiding Justice.
In italy, ~ in most OF continental
Europe. . man accused Of crime 10
considered By the law to b the very
best witness to his own guilt or limo
csnce. In England ana America the
accused need not testify unless he
choose. In Italy he - the drst ana
most important witness.
The accused b allowed the widest
scope In defending himself, He has
q right to tell his own story In his
own way. to offer anything he can in
the way Of justification or palliation;
even hearsay evidence ID admissible.
The Judge has absolute discretion ~
to what testimony may DO received
and what excluded. and any Judge
who exercised this discretion unfairly
would be IN object a exscration. Bias
on the part ol one fudge u possible.
but there are always the other two
1udges on the bench with him. and
they are Q perfect check against IN
fairness.
When the accused has givsn his tes.
timony ho II confronted personally
With his accussr. The accussr Il
necessarily the principal witness
against him. Strictly speaking. the
prisoner has no right 70 intsrrupt hi1
| accussr. while the latter = tsning bid
story, but II practice The judges PEI.
:. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
z 500 ~
The Broken Resolution.

"A man can't make q better New
Years resolution than. in season and
out Of season, to mind his own bust
ness"
The speaker was Representative
Henry. Of Texas. With his grim smile
he resumed:
"A Texan. at hotel. got acquainted
with millionaire. One night in the
hotel lobby. as the two men pulled
their cigars, the Texan said:
at make 1t a rule to mind my own
business. sir
"'And a very good rule 1t is. too.
said the millionaire placidly.
Eyes. SIR the Texan went on. back
in '913 made . New Years resolution
to mind my own business. and. by
heck I've stuck to 1t ever since.
Good said the millionaire. as he
reclined in his leather arm chair and
smoked with half-closed eyes. Good.
"But. SIR said the Texan, there arc
times when a man must speak out. and
want to tell you. sir, that you are
making a terrible mistake In employ
ing as private secretary the young TEL
low you do. He's not worthy Of a pc.
sition Of such trust. The fact Is. I've
seen him drunk IN fashionable the
ateYs and restaurants at least q doz-
en- times. He Joy rides in your motol
car in the small hours with all sorts
of bad company. He's been seer
plunging heavily at several gambling
houses. BY lingo. sir. wouldn't trust
him with a 10 cent piece. guess you
hired him out Of charity-to reform
him and all that, Ell"
"'weli, yes. suppose did nut
tered the millionaire. and. very red II
the face, he added, You see. he's m,
son."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
BOYS, YOUTHS AND CRIMINALS

The New York conference Of char
ltable and philanthropic organizations
interested in the care Of delinquents
and the feeble minded intends to lay
before Governor Dix and the legisla-
ttpre for consideration. It includes the
bhilding Of state reformatory for
male delinquents Of from is to 81 years,
THE completion Of the state training
school for girls at Hudson and the
building Of as in1ilar institution in the
lWestern part Of the state, and the erec-
|fipa Of custodial asylums for feeble
minded men and women convicted OF
crimes.
The New York Tribune commenting
on the amount Of money involved in
This ambitious proposition admits that:
The need Of reform and more ad-
anced methods in the states handling
the young Maynard members OF So
~ = imperative. Elmira reforma-
y presents condition far from ideal
youths Of minor offences are per-
ted. indeed forced, to mingle with
ch older and more hardened crimi.
kls, 10 absorb from them q knowledge
II fevidS undreamed Of. The phrase "a
i0snduate Of Elmira' is familiar one
| - the criminal news It carries it,
eyrn comment on the situation Ever
WORSE = the plight Of hundreds O.
lOsAee youths who 20 to penttntiaries OF
&DoNn&y jAils. DR.. Lewis, Of the New
1Nkk Prison Association. says there 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02

est will be close and dificult and *
pensive, SIR was the reply.
what do you meant said the can
didate.
We'll, said the party leader. the
boys didn't understand that vote SELL
ing was a sin before and they always
let their votes 60 at two dollars apiece;
but now they know eternal partition
ID awaiting them. I understand that
every man jack Of them. has put mp
his price to four dollars...-Reboboth
Sunday Herald. =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
PosroFFIcE PRIMARIES.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune.1
The Office Of postmaster. revenue
collector. United States district attor-
ney. United States district marshal.
ETC., etc. entirely too much figure In
the election Of congressman and sen.
ators. Why not place them all under
the primary and take the load from the
shoulders Of the men we send to
Washington to make our laws? sena-
tor Dolliver when q member OF the
lower house once complained to the
writer that the postonices in this dis
trict took more Of his time than they
were worth. and he expressed the hope
that they would some day be taken
from the backs Of members OF con-
gress. He declared the federal appoint
ments were only millstones around the
necks of those who had to make rec
concentrations of candidates for the
various places. II is time to get away
from this custom. Let the people rule.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
III. Reward.

ITS an Unsatisfactory, disAppol1e.
ing kind Of world" said the old ~.
der. II fought four years for tho
Union. was In sixteen battles. r.
GLIDING Antietan, GsttysburE Frsl.
ericksburg and the wilderness. !
was wounded twice and spent for
months in Andersonvillo.. tfampo4,
hundreds Of miles In tho dust and tAo;
mud and tho snow. I GOT rAsnmatisp;
from sleeping In the vet and ! -
most died With typhoid. lived ~
days on three pieces OF hardtack an4
ate salt pork that wasn't 9t Ter -
dog.
II enlisted % . corporal and callo
out Of the war . private, and til.
then spelled my name wroos q ~.
discharge papers. PUCK. &
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02
roo r.ll 10 d |. seldle,.

Too TAU 20 % Oos0SOS.
Nothing could illustrate bsttsr ~
changes In the art Of war wrought u
the evolution Of weapons than ~
melancholy news. that "Afdllsrynan
Arcsau Of the Fourth REGIMENT q
Rochelle. has been discharged % ..
count Of his height"
In the old days Arcean's pso1igla1s
stature would have scared the eDoa1,
ana poets would have chante4 ~ -
r1ss OF the 49, which could pfoduoo
such rsdoubtabls chsmpions. Nov.
however, snokslsss powder hes eAanl.
q Ill that hvisibilfty q tn MT
ousadeeaGioa u tAe 80 q ba1s16
nowaAays. aaA a astillssy1aa q -
fsst nine might sanse IL discovery
anA massacre e . vAoSe seglnsa "a:
Paris yignSo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02

xesihse ths spaElt ana lnA1ek = tA@Nw
20 which 3udsss listen ~ saftss ~
and year. A3tsr year INST aaake4 ~
public withdraw IT. respect and conn.
dence. The people are turning to the
recall Of Judges bscause the Judges per-
NIT 80 much recall Of the law for Tea-
sons that appear trining to the ordin-
airy man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02

United States sna4
Smith, DssDs-
elections thea
state The
William Alden Smith Michigan
Maryland Ellison Duran Smith OF South Carol
Of OF
Michigan
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02


is worthy Of note that the long list of
suckers given out by ]. c.. Mabray
while testifying at the pending trial in
Council Bluffs, contains the names Of
more city men than farmers"
The Cedar Falls Record says: PRO
fessor Holden Is too good a man in
his present position, too valuable to
the state. to permit himself to be side
tracked for any political office. If he
those Of the state he will never con-
sent to make the campaign"
The Odebolt Chronicle says that Pro-
fessor Holden has had no training that
| would fit him for the governorship and
that he would be out Of place and
wholly inadequate in the Office. ITO
even attempt to make him the victim
o fthe selfish interest Of a coterie Of
self styled leaders in our state politics"
the Chronicle continues, Should be re-
scented by every friend Of the Ames
our knowledge Of scientific agricul.
ture."
!
the man who sells his Iowa farm to go
to some new country IL often glad to
get back and occupy the old farm again
even as a renter.
'HThe man who IL too good to your
face is liable to have one hand In
yoru pocketbook, and yet people like
palaver and it sometimes seems that II
Is difficult to put 1t on too thick. You
may disgust everybody except the re-
cipient," says the Iowa Falls Citizen.
at has long been political maxim, !"
says the Burlington Hawkeye, that nc
Iowa man can hope for the presidency
because it is not close or doubtful
state. But perhaps Mr.. Cummins ha.
N ade 1t sufficiently doubtful to war
rant his candidacy next year,
"The publication OF the list Of name.
o fthe men back Of the Holden g1ber.
s:s:c-:s! s;:ce:::::!s,sIitv takes away IN,
holier than thou proposition. His boon
means pure and unadu1tefated selfish
mes SON the part OF lot Of Iowa mel
and interests which have axes {,
sharpen" il the conclusion OF tn,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-02

Iowa City Republican. "And that's just
the way It looks to the Freeman rib-
une." conincides the Webster City pa
per.