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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
WHAT PENROSE HAS DONE.
ISioux City Tribune:3 ~

Tho news Of the PenfoSe a'et'.
unon Colonel Roosevelt takes ABOUT inc
roor, in this issue OF the Tribune ina.
the subject is entitled to. we shai'
have occasion to refer to 1t later.
For today, 1t suff:ices to say that
every word the successor Oh -aldricn as
leader Of the republican party. u'tereo'
is one to bring shame upon that par's !,
Every word in the bosses de1ehse
is an admission, and corroboratioii u
tho charge that Zig Business was
hrving and selling senators and sen
,tc,shins Judges and judgments anu
even the great office Of president Is
made to appear as if it belonged 10
Standard Oil.
Asan assault upon Colonel PooseVel'
i, fails utterly in its proofs ana IS con-
tradicted already by indisputaple rec
ords of testimony from men VINO are
no, supporting the colonel IN MS at
ternnt TO purify the politics OF the time
and restore government to the peopi7'
.s an assault on his great enemy IN
PENNSYLVANIA, it is also a failure. WIZ
liam Finn was the personal and po-
,;,ical enemy of Penrose then. 1914 as
now and the telegram he proouceo
ero-n the Standard Oil records TO con
denim the latter, only shows that fllnii'
knowing who was the real "inVislnis
eovarnment' of the state, went direct
" to 1t, over the head OF Penrose. Iha'
telegram now forwarded from the MES
~ the Standard Oil president really
conyicts Penrose rather than Finn. II
shows Finn graphing with situation
that confronted him because ne "at
not a standard Oil traitor. Had ne
heer thetr man he would have beer
their senator.
They took President Tafts secretary
~ e+afe Philander G. Knox. instead.
| This is where Penrose leaves th'
| nresent administration.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
RENTS AND RENTERS.

burlington wkeye.]
Landlords in the vicinity of Sterling.
ILL.,, have pushed up the rents from
scar per acre to $500 per acre, and
at the higher price there is a big de-
mand for farms. The landlords claim
that they are not making money at the
advanced rate. Well, that is no won
der And why should they? Suppose
a man owned a business in town and
simply turned IL over to other people
and never went near II. Would his
business progress, would he be max"
ing money? The tenant farmers ought
to become land owners and the land
owners ought to live upon and direct
the work and manage the business OF
their farm. AS the price OF land goes
up it will require better and even bet
ter farming to make the business
profitable and the landlord will have
to get out of farm owning and invest
his money IN some other business.
The tenant who holds a farm under 4
short lease Is not going to make I'M
movements more than are absolutely
necessary. and the place is not going
to be kept up and developed as II
would be if the owner were first
class farmer and were living on 1t and
were giving it his personal unrem1t-
ting care and attention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27

Senator Kenyon's example ozsses mo9s
be practically injurious to the eesel
to which, We, believe Senator :1soJoGl
is genuinely devoted.
Senator Kenyon knows the conditions
under which Mr.. Taft was renominatsd
and explicitly expresses his disapprov-
al Of them He knows the political
forces which produced those conditions
and the men who devised them and he
expresses his disapproval OF them.
Yet he proposes to assist the con-
summation Of that outrage ana shd
establishment of the forces which
committed II IN full power TN the party
and in our national government.
This is political futility.
The Tribune believes with Senator
Kenyon that progressivism eventually
viii triumph within the republican
party and that republicans should stay
in the party to tight for that end. But
Senator Kenyon stays into surrender.
There Is no duty upon senator Ken
Won to support a nomination like that
accomplished at the stolen convention
IT is not republicanism to support NJ
Taft. From the standpoint Of progress
sive repubncanism to accept the stoiea
nOfhHlAttON 10 HOI Shc ooOoAsAOA - -
republicanisnn. but the denial OF It.
Senator Kenyon has fallen into the
error of the old partisanship which
made issues unreal and parties the
product Of discipline rather than con-
! viction. That error has done more C
discredit the party system and oreas
It down than anything else.
No republican ewes II to his repuo'
not the nominee OF his party. but tn
beneficiary Of an interruptions abuse
Of the forms Of party government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
Topics of the Times

Anyway what's little thing like
bold and Penrose?
The Chicago Inter-Ocean is printing
editorials in verse. nterOcean ed
itoriais run TO poetry more than to
truth.
A Penrose by any other name would
smell as rank.
Whatever may be its relation to the
constitution the flag follows the big
loan like a beagle after d rabbit.
Chairman FRANKIE should take into
sober consideration that opportunity
to make good is always opportunity
to make egregious failure. Trying for
goal on the NICK Of isn't football
Nicaragua and Mexico must soon quit
the drunken and disorderly racket or
hold an interview with the desk SER
gent. They're queerins the neighoor-
hood
Senator I.aFollette still retains his
faith in the senator from Wisconsin.
So do a great many other persons.
In nagging the bull moosers to nomi-
nate a full ticket standpatters and
democrats are offering knife with
which to cut the threats Of Roosevelt
and progressive Iowa candidates. 1t is
scheme which includes both murder
and suicide.
Their only possible enemy is the
weather man and he promises to be
good.
This is annoying" said Senator
Sorghum, as he tossed a letter on his
desk.
What is the matter?' inquired his
secretary.
"A constituent has written to ask
nv views on the tariff and has neg
lected to state whether ne is a manu-
| facturer or consumer. w ashlngton
Star.
Vermont and Maine will elect state
officers on Sept. and 9, respectively.
Murphy-Thin It's liberal policy
! thes mooth- jawed young man sold ye.
! Casey-Yis Shure, there are some
very attractive indimnities if l git
hurt playin' golf, polo, or driVin me
own aeroplane.-Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
THE LINE UP FOR A THIRD PARTY.

. Note the line up for and against a
third ticket In Iowa.
Among the newspapers the Sioux
City Journal. the Burlington Hawkeye,
HDeS Moines Capital, Iowa City Republi-
can and other dyed in the wool stand
that the bull moosers shall nominate
kate. district and county tickets. Every
Eiemocratic paper in Iowa is urging the
third party to nominate. Standpatters
and democrats are unanimously in
favor Of q third ticket all along the line
Why? There isn't real standpatter
In the stEte who would vote for Roose-
welt on q bet. The disgruntled demo-
Gratis who will not vote for Wilson will,
most Of them for one reason and an
other vote for Taft. The democratic
vote which win adhere to Roosevelt is
z neRlible quantity. Wilson democrats
ore ~ inAstent for a third ticket as
any Of the others and for similar reas-
.ons. A third ticket in Iowa would
ALLEVIATE votes from Roosevelt and these
votes must go somewhere. The stand
patters and democrats are tossing
heads win, tails you lose" with the
bun moosers.
There isn't a progressive daily in
Iowa favorable to a third ticket. The
state daiNes which favor Mr.. Roose-
welt are urging the third party to keep
out OF the.trap Such support as Roose-
welt IL getting from these papers would
tan away In disgust were progressive
candidates to be bounded down by
ottii1sz 1.cs-ssstves at the urgency OF
standpattezs and democrats
The calling OF a convention. If it be
assumed that It Is called to make nom
nation Of a state ticket was serious
tactical mistake II it has been called
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of third
ticket the error Is one which may be cor
rected by the action Of the convention.
II not the bull moose leaders have ledt he
party into Q cul de sac and there will
h milling about and seeking Of direc-
ton and loss by reason Of strategical
blunderiug.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
The Trouble In Nicaragua.
frh}caRo Record Herald.


What has caused the rebellion IN
Nicaragua Is by no means clear. A
state of revolution or rebellion seems
normal TO the Central American coun-
tries, and in this as IN so many other
cases one set Of politicians seems de-
termired to Dust another set by vio-
lence. But why Is the United States
sending some 2.10O marines into the
country?
For several years New York bankers
have been interested in the finances OF
Nicaragua as we'll as other Central
American states. In June, 1911,
treaty was negotiated between our
state department and the Nicaraguan
government for the protection OF
SIS 600 900 loan which some of these
bankers proposed to make to Nc
arasua. The treaty has not yet been
ratified by the senate. hut, apparently
in the expectation that it would be. the
bankers lent nicaragua &1.500.000 and
ser. agents IN take charge OF the Gus
toms receipts under its provisions.
To protect these financial agents ana
other Americans the marines have been
sent Ia Manaeua. But 1t Is asserted
that the marines are aiding the pres
ont government OF Nicara qua when
thew should remain neutral. and SEN
ator Bacon has charged that the bank
ers and our state department are
irving TO use the army and navy or tho
United states to omplish that when
we have specifically refused to give
them authority to do" II the senate
investigates the matter. a. Senator
bacon asks, dollar diplomacy" VIII be
on the defensive. and further develop
ment. IN Nicaragua may make tho
subject a national political issue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27

can DO accomplished by stayinG with
the ship now than In deserving IT. He
does not swallow the methods Of the
big bosses at Chicago who forced the
nomination Of Taft but he proposes
to exercise for himself the right to
do as his conscience dictates. If this
is not satisfactory to the voters OF
Iowa they have but one recourse and
that is to elect a democratic les1sla-
ture. Senator Kenyon Is as clean as
a hounds tooth. Morally he Ii above
reproach. His sympathies always
lie with the under dog. But he claims
the privilege Of casting his vote with
as much independence as do the fell
lows who would knife him because
their opinions differ. The Record be-
lieves that the quality Of public serv-
ice should be the only standard OF
measurement and If the people Of Iowa
are wise they will never allow their
prejudices to operate against the re-
election Of Mr.. Kenyon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
ruAT STATE TICKET.

rwebster City F'reeman-Ir'oohe'i
Tho action OF the state progressive
,,,;tte.- in calling a state convention
70 nut ticket it the field IN Ao"a -
meeting with deserved opPos'.ioA
.r,onq the friends OF Roosevelt all over
,ne sra,e and il IS painfully apparent
tho+ eucb a course will cost the COL
,rn, thousands OF votes. Already
movement has been started TO selee'
delegates TO the state convention WHO
are opposed to putting a state .Nhe.
IN the field and the scheme or the
committee may yet fash IN the pail
r. is said the committee was against
. state ticket the night before Sehatoi
Kenron's letter came out, but the cour
,reous stand of the senator Hcenee
them and they decided to punish MN
and all other progressive repooi.A
=, rdidates who would not come across
'Jf there Is any principle inVo!'eo AZ
This II i. not visible to the naked eye
The nropressive movement heaoeo w
Roosevelt is protest against 'H
,e,hods of the republican natlohai
committee and convention. Tnat coh-
vention rode rough shod over the
nressed wishes Of republicans 40
nressed in primaries ana tne re .
can candidate will lose the votes ~
millions of republicans because oi w.
fact Now, however. the pros'ese,v
committee of this state propose " ue
feat il they can, the men "hoIh NV
themselves helped nominate at s.a.e
wide primary and men VINO staIiu Ao'
the same principles for winch noo'
Welt stands. whether they are support
ers OF Roosevelt or not. II the prosiee
siye party Is going 70 resort 70 sueA
/ methods republicans may as wen IT,
main with Taft. Much Will oepe""
rnon the result OF the state convention
! hut a state convention Is not respoh-
sive to popular demands, as the pro
| eressives Of this state have repeate''s
| declared Hence the third party t'che'
| advocates may succeed IN packing the
caucuses and conventions, thus WIZ
| ming their point and they may Do ao'e
| To defeat Senator Kenyon. VINO wan
| nominated by an overw helmlng major
ity OF the progresisves OF inc s'A.e.
The gentlemen leading IN tne s'A.e
ticket movement ought to pull oo"l
the banner OF popular rule ana ins'e,
! that we return to the oid o'seieoA'e0
caucus and convention plan.
Put the committee may yet be de-
feated II the men VINO are suppof'in ;.
roosevelt from principle take the b''
IN their mouths they can overthrow tn'
MANS Of the committee and yet give
| roosevelt q lighting chance for th'
electoral vote Of this state.
There is not a newspaper in the state
that 10 supporting Roosevelt. 80 far a.
tho freeman Tribune Is advised. ina
I. in favor OF a third party state TICK
ct. It is only the progressive politicians
standpat republicans and democrat
who are praying for such a denoue
rnpnt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
e. % the State Fair.

II YOU live in Iowa go TO Des
Mones this week and visit the iowa
state fair.
T. IS an institution OF which every
1owan should be proud. Here are on
exhibition the products which have
made Iowa great.
usr agricultural production has
b.en Iowa's greatest road to pros
perity.
The Iowa fair is showing the grand
s.- .nec,mens Of cattle, hogs. sheep
and horses bred and raised In the corn
helt These animals should serve az
an inspiration 70 the farmer VINO
,,o,,,d raise a better class OF stock. IN
tho era Of livestock replenishment on
co,r belt farms, which must come III
The next few years II the corn oet Is
N maintain tbs supremacy as a dollar
eorner in farming, the better types ot
,,ves+ock will pay the farmer the big
gest profits.
rho iowa fair is showing every
.b,ng Agricultural which has mace
iva a great state and the grains and
garden plants which are there On =,
hibition should serve az q means ~
stimulating the Iowa farmer 10 sse~'e'
effort. nj,
state fair will learn much OF aeri'
culture and 70 home better lifted 70 On
a rood farmer another year. ana TN
came general fund OF farming KNOW
ad1e win be available to farmers II
other states as their annual fairs open
1-DroverS Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
THE sTENOGRAPHERS.

Office methods have been reVolu-
tionized during recent years by the
omnipresence Of the stenographer. IL
was not long ago that even heaos Oh
large business houses would heaVe
long sigh, sit down at their loadeo
desks with pen and paper, and win
much spluttering flourtshes, would IN
dite a letter to their more important
customers.
Many business Offices held this to ne
necessary as it gave a business letter
more personal look.
Today a business house that senos
out that kind Of a letter impresses the
public as too poor to employ the resu-
lar aids to business dispatch.
But the business managers troubles
are by no means over when the com
mercial school graduated shortnano
writer sits down by the side OF MS
desk. Fluffy Of hair and with spruce
and starched clothes, she knows more
about the latest love stories In the
ma gazines. or the most recent style OK
couture. than about the language OK
ordinary sales and ledgers and costs'
Unless the manager looks over her re-
production Of his words care1ully, ne
will find absurd mistakes there
And the poor girl is not wholly 10
blame. either. When she leaves her
commercial school she Is larry pro-
ticient. The trouble is that the ordinary
business office gives her TOO niue Oh
actual practice in stenography. IN inost
trades one gains proficiency az the
wears go by. The average stenographer
gets so little actual dictation to take
+b,, che loses proficiency as she gets
farther away from the doors OF the
business school
The si,urtslana reporters in conven-
ton would do we'll to urge all VINO
practice this most use1ul arr 10 49,
their work at high standard Inc
talk of the average business man as
he dictates a letter IS much slower than
the average public speaker which a
good stenogra pher is supposed 70 ioi-
low The shorthand writer VINO can
not take a letter accurately needs 70
remove the rust by some special prac-
tice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
TELL. THE TRUTH"

gDes Moines Register and Leader.J
Rut lust now the immediate concern
IS for the truth. the whole truth. and
nothing but the truth. II makes little
difference whose reputation hangs III
the balance. or what effect the dis
closures will have on arv po!itica! or
-,-,,a+ior The people are entitled
to know all about the campaign OF
7on.. how the money was raised, and
how it was expended.
The single incident related by SEN
ator Penrose and Mr.. Archbold is the
nerest straw on the surface. There
Is much more that should be brought
~ ,fpht or what they have told Will
he set down az a mere darkening OF
the waters. as Mr.. Roosevelt mas oe
cIared Il to be. Once confession mas
begun. there is no stopping piace io'
tho comics sor short of the wnoie tiu|h.
The people will demand. and tney I'D
the right to know. Just what par
Standard Oh. has been playing IN na
tional politics, and the name OF every
man who has been benehciarS.
Now is the time for house-ciean
ing in national politics. Party uea
never sat so lightly: party enthusl-
,sn was never at so low epo. ne
neonIe are caring little for parry
names They are ready to kno" me
worst, and to vote the best. ne
whole truth can be brought out oS
tho senate committee. II Will De
i.1rays! Of the cause OF sood gov.
eminent If a single straw is lel'
coating on a sea Of rumor and sus-
picion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
Huno.r Of q Prince.

An English actor was a member or
company snowbound in the sierras
while enroute from California to tho
east. 80 that they all had a masnincen!
hunger when the train reached small
station at which there was restau'
rant and the EnElishman was the
nrs. 70 and a seat at a table.
Bring me in hurry. ne saio 70
tho landlord, burly western man.
porterhouse steak, some devi!ed kid.
news and a brace Of chops. plenty Oh
vegetables and two bottles OF BASS
bitter beer" :.
The landlord stuck his head out OK
tho din!ngroom and yelled to some
body in the rear apartment
"say, Bill. tell the band to play
Rule Britannia the Prince OK wares
has come-Argonaut.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
THE MAIN REASON.

Soon or late the auto scorcher is go
ing up against law which will pro-
vide Imprisonment. Perhaps not for
the first offense, but for its repetition.
Most men are ready to obey the law
a. It II "if everybody will keep it,"
Everybody doesn't. So what's the
usew The law Is practically sufficient
- Il stands to protect the public. II
anything limitation Of speed might be
attended to a fifteen-mile limit.
There is nothing much the matter
Nth the law. The average autoist who
navs small attention to it is not will
Z III lAwhreakers. He runs as the aver
- runs and breaks the limit because
ss.zkesa break the limit.
~ li1aculty 10 not SO much in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
THE EMO OF AN OUTLAW.

Some American newspapers are IN
clined to urge international russ over
the killing Of James Ward Rogers oy
British soldiers in Central Africa sent
out to take him dead OF alive. Rogers
was an American elephant hunter VINO
had organized an Illicit business which
he made highly profitable. Elephant
hunting is restricted by the laws. and
wholesale killing Of the few elephants
remaining in order to get rich on the
ivory stands in the same relation TO
British regulations as hunting the
remnant of buffalo left in this country
for robes or killing elk for their teeth
In the Yellowstone would to our reg
ulattons. Rogers defied the British
government and got away with 1t for
long time He gained great sums by
stolen ivory, organized the natives
against the laws and was as much an
outlaw As An American bank roboer or
any other pirate. He was q sort OF
South African Jesse James, a bold
thief. q fighting man savage as the
beaats he hunted and the blacks he
lived with and ruled. When the case
called for the limit the British sent out
sholdiers with orders to get the man.
They Got him.
Outside OF proper inquiry perhaps,
/, on the part OF this government that
ought to close the question. An Amer
i, lean pirate is no better than any other.
An outlaw and defer Of organized gov
eminent is an object TO be hunted and
killed when resisting capture no matter
Z where he was born under what flag.
I To be sure the better way Is to capture
them. but the capture Of such men as
Rogers in an African jungle is quite
likely to be accompanied with some
shooting. In this case the soldiers
seem to have met the elephant hunter
at his own game and outshot him.
What would happen to a Bditish
subiect who insisted on elk and buffalo
hunting in America as commercial
enterprise and who began shooting
when q squad Of American soldiers
appeared to stop his operations. Ho"
long would he last? And who would
y disapproye the swift and satisfactory
L fashion in which he would be elimi,
natedf
There Is no occasion for lingo ex-
citement, IL as appears, an American
defiant Of British law has been killed
4 on British territory. Outlaws TAKE
their chances Of killing and being
h killed in all countries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
KENYON o. K.
Fairfield Journal.]

Several Of the Daily Journals frlehos
have called attention to the punilsheo
statement Of Senator kenyons az
legiance to Taft and have asked what
we are going to do about II.
IN Wednesdays isue OF the burning
ton Hawkeye appeared two dlsquletins
statements in regard to Kenyon one
was that he proposed to support Ia1t
az the Irregular" nominee OF the re
rn,blican party, and the other was tnat
a brother of the senator was charged
with forgery In both cases we can
only hope that they are like the SAD
ranort that once got out about MARK
Twain. ,,
But be that as 1t may, we are Sill
for KENYON and for legislature tnat
will re-elect him. If progressive pr1n-
cinles mean anything they mean tna'
each man shall own his own sour ono
that he shall fear God more than men
r. is better for Kenyon to be hones'
tho wrong than right for policy's sake
The Hawkeye would make US beiieVe
that Kenyon speaks of Taft as the
regular" nominee.
The republican state convention e1-
pressly declared that how man votes
on president this year Is no test or MS
republicanism. Kenyon Is only exer'
cising that right Of choice.
The journal does not propose 10 foi'
low in the foolish footsteps OF those
standpatters who at once denounct
and reject a man who has the hard1'
hood to have an opinion Of his own
The Journal is for Kenyon because n
is one Of the cleanest men In publ
life today and he Is herewith give'
permission to say whatever he hon
estly believes. However, we repeat IT i
possible that both the stories have beel
exaggerated.