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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
fers.

The Torrens System was first in
troduced in Australia in 1858 by Sir
Robert Torrens, whose name it bears.
Ii worked so well in Australia that it
spread to all civilized countries, in
GLIDING Canada and is in force every
where excepting in the United States;
however, several states have recently
adopted it, including Massachusetts,,
Oregon and Ohio. 1t has been in force
in Cook County, Illinois, for about fif-
teen years and is rapidly making its
way in public favor. Its workings can
easily be examined at Windsor as 1t
has been in force there for many
years l suggest that the Legislature
make the Torrens System mandatory
on the administration of every estate
and to register the land of the estate
under the Torrens System. This would
absolutely abolish the abstract monop-
ely and prevent the unreasonable de-
lays which obtain in many cases.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
Recall.

A constitutional provision should
also be submitted providing for the
recall of all executive, legislative and
administrative officials. The petition
for the Recall should not require more
than % per cent Of the voters of the
district. This percentage has the APP
proval OF all OF the authorities on this
subject.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
Publicity for Candidates.

1t is necessary that each candidate
should get his name and ideas on
public questions before the public.
Newspaper advertising is very expens-
we. In this form of publicity the rich
man has an advantage over his poorer
brother Small fortunes are frequent
" spent TO gain a single office that
doesn't pay one-half of the amount in
return salary. | suggest that the Ore
ron system of publicity be carefully
considered In that state an election
pamphlet is published by the state.
Each candidate Of every party paying
a nominal sum can have certain
amount Of space give his biography
md views Of public questions and if
some proposition or enactment is sub
mitted, it is printed in full in this
pamphlet and an argument for or
against by its most active advocate
Or enemy is also printed. This PAM
phlet is mailed at the states expense
70 every registered voter ninety days
before election AS a result OF this
publicity pamphlet. Oregon has be-
come a great school for the study OF
political questions.
Election Of United States Senators.
Coneres has submitted TO the vari-
BUS State Legislatures for their APP
rroval an amendment to the Federal
Constitution providing for the election
If senators by popular vote. Would
r not be an honor to MICHIGAN TO be
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
Home Rule.

The present Home Rule Law should
be amended 50 as to give to all cities
Home Rule to the fullest extent per-
missible under the constitution. Par
ticularly should the law be amended
so as 10 provide for the recall OF all
municipal officials and direct legisla-
ton by initiative petitions signed by
not less than 10 per cent of the elect
ors; also for the separation of munic-
lpal elections from the general No
yember elections.
The people at the last election
amended the constitution TO provide
for piece meal charter legislation. Be-
fore this amendment can become
effective, the legislature must by law
provide the necessary machinery.
would urge this be passed and made
effective at the earliest possible mo-
ment so that our municipalities may
have the advantage Of the amend
ment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
Ballot Reform.

If the people are to rule through
the agency Of the ballot at the election
primal they must simplify our cleo
ton pl ery Laws Pcs sibly we are un-
Ger tho 4 j. Ton Oh. va have had the
,Australi Rsiiot svetep for many
year, bat as a matter Of fact, such is
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1913-01-03
Sanitary School Houses.

For more than quarter of GEN.
fury | have made a careful study OF
the school houses in Michigan. The
majority Of them are unsanitary and
unfit for live stock" to occupy. They
rarely furnish adequate light, never
furnish proper supply of pure air,
are not comfortably heated, and, on
the whole, are destructive to the
health of school children. II should be
remembered that the ordinary school
room, unlike the ordinary dwelling
room. Is frequently Occupied by very
large number of children. Probably no
enc reform would exert gerater influ-
ence i'm reducing the death rate OF
children than would the construction
OF sanitary school houses. Ordinarily
school officers know very little about
modern sanitation. II Is largely a cues
ton OF how large "pen" Is required
to protect the boys and girls from In
clement weather law should be en-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
AS TO ROOSEVELT.

Sioux City JOurnal.l
There is as vet nothing to indicate
Colonel Roosevelt fnrseeS q set OF CIR
cumstances that would permit re-
sumption of republican leadership on
his part in 1916. There have been
however. plenty OF indications that
leadership of tho third party In the
next presidential campaign VIII be a
slender reed for immediate poiticai
ambition To lean on. Whether the re-
publican nomination Will seem more
attractive to so good a. practical poll
tician as the colonel would seem TO
depend upon future developments that
can not now he accurately forecast IT
is as easy FOR tho colonel as for any
body else to sec that IL tho Wilson
administration gets away win us
tariff and currency legislation opposi-
ton to il in 1915 will he a mere matter
of empty form. If the democratic
tariff works at all Wen. and the demo-
cratic currency bill makes half way
favorable start, the demand FOR the
denomination ard recollection of Wilson
viii he so overwhelming that rev
practica! politicians will care to invest
many pennies on the opposition long
shot. Wise politicians who now may
nave pennies To llNtSl " III t'i'i ~
cison of the matter for two years.
In this connection it will he noted
that Colonel Roosevelt Is going to
leave the country in few weeks for
an indefinite stay He will be gone for
at least 81 year and his absence could
easily be stretched beyond that period
if dictated by expediency. In the
meantime The colonel Will be out of
ted ri hny
to wiggle along without him. If on
his return it should be disclosed that
the democratic vehicle was stuck in
the mud that the progressive run
,Jhou. had broken down. ami that the
republican equipagc, regilded and filed
with musicians. had the right of way,
the colonel would then have to decide
what he should do Those who esteem
him most highly as politician nave
little doubt that he would be able to
make the decision without much re-
gard TO more or less remote words or
his own. whether oral or written.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
THE C'AESARIAN PLAN.
ISinlix City Tribune.

II refusing To act upon Senator heli-
yon's suggestion to place aluminium on
the free list tho democrat took the
ground that the aluminium trust is
world wide, and that to put that pro-
duct on the free list would put into
the pockets Of the trust the amount OF
duty now collected on imported alumni
mum.
In explaining the attitude of the ma
.ority in this matter Senator Simmons
indicated his party's plan of legisla-
ton, which is to attack singly four OF
the principal problems which at this
time are demanding solution-tariff re-
duction, reform Of the banking and
currency system. curbing the trusts and
bringing order out of the chaos exist
ing in the railway situation.
Each of these is a great problem. and
it were unwise to assume that the DEM
ocrats are making mistake In adopt
ing the Roman plan Of divide and
conquer" 1t may be readily UNDER
stood that essaying to handle all these
problems at once might result in COM
pete or partial failure in all. Legls-
lative history is replete with instances
where general attack has SO resulted,
for the opposition to constructive leg
| islation has been enabled to merge It's
entire strength on occasion and effect
trades of voting strength that serl-
| ously handicapped if it did not com :
pletely nullify the beneficial legislation
| against which it was directed. Similar
| tactics have in many instances caused
| undesirable legislation. 1t represents
the defect Of the omnibus measures and
| the danger of the resort to riders.
| Senator Simmons explains:
| When we reject an amendment to the
bill dealing with the trust question. II
| does not mean we are opposed to the
| principle of the question.
reject an amendment dealing with thf
| railroad Transportation question. 1t does
! not mean that we are opposed to tina.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
MILK AND SOME OTHER LIQUIDS
TCedar RAPIDS Republican,

In Minneapolis they are organizing
for n formula Bile strike against scent
milk. They claim they ought to get
it for cents the quart. If they can
get if for that. good for them and still
better for the babies. But have you
ever noticed how men will strike for
reduction of / cent quart on milk
and at the same time never question
tho pr;ce of Is cents for one swallow
Of whisky nor question the amount OF
foam that floats on top or cents
worth of beer? We are brave men.
most of us, when we come TO handle
the man who feeds and milks the COW,
nut we are towards and ninnies when
we stand before the bar where men
NAV drink too much. We ! ay 25-cent
piece for a, quart of beer, which can be
made in iiffy. but we KICK on paying
third of that for quart OF milk,
the COW for which has to be three
Years in the growing and then has to
be we'll fed and cared for. as well as
niIked twice day. Down with the
price of milk which we require to be
imma culately pure. and let the man
who makes and sells the beer and
whisky adulterate them TO his hearts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
CONGRESSMAN GOOD.


The congressional campaign in this
district so far as the republicans arc
concurrent, is practically settled. James
w. Good will again be candidate
and unless there Is change in senti-
ment within the next few months, will
be accorded a denomination without
much trouble. Mr.. Good has engen l.
dered the en!nity of mon within his
party, but 1t has been mainly thru
matters where selfishness surmounted
party good. Judging him by his rec
ord in congress we see no fault In his
work. In light of party conditions he
Is the logical candidate when it comes
to maintaining republican control OF
the district. Kicking things to pieces
Will only benefit the democratic party.
Fifth district republicans have had
trouble. They have pulled hair and
fought, but they have been able in
large measure to forget those diff
ferences when it came to settling mat
tiers at the polls They can maintain
party good sense by uniting on Good g
candidacy in 1914, or they can make
fools Of themselves by getting into a
fight that will send democrat TO
Washington. One way to get harmony
is to make It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
IOWA AND THE CAROLINAS.
rCedar Rapids GaZette.]

In Hamilton county there is snort
age of teachers. Eight or ten schools
could not be opened at the scheduled
time because there We're no teachers.
The fault, of course. rests with the
people who have not yet arrived az
that point where they are willing 10
Day the teacher the proper wage. Iowa
boards Of education have been doing
better in recent years, but this state IS
still near the foot OF the class. Ihere
are some states. like the CaroIina*'
that nav teachers smaller salaries. nut
heaven forbid that Iowa should think
herself in the Carolina class. Iowa IS
rolling in wealth. Her cities are fllled
with prosperous people and the bnlk OF
her farming population is literally Flch
in this worlds goods. Iowa has great
deal Of money for Injuries ana LOT
pleasures of the more or less ephener-
al sort: she has the money to buy AUTO
mobiles faster than they can be turned
out by the factories. There is absolute
lv no excuse for failure to pay he'
teachers living wages. And with CEN
traIization of schools. the riases ought
soon to be high enough % tempt the
very best teaching talent Give the
teacher her due.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17

drama Of the jolt" are exaggera-
lions both of tho problems treated and
of the theater's right to treat them
| They Justify by the moral taught
ali sort Of debaucheries Of the eye and
mind. One would think that the
markedly sportive dramas of Rio Janeiro
would be preferable to stuffing the
minds of the public with half-veiled
pictures Of vice under a pretense.
But we seem to have come suddenly
on an age when pretense takes the
place Of virtue and morals are taught
BY the exposure, for price, of their
own wickedness by the wicked.
THE Fight" and The Lure set
out the facts Of the underworld merely
to excite the public imaginati ton and
to profit thereby.
Here il the line between the helpful
and the hurtful in the whole field Of
publicity about that which used to be
hidden by common consent. Quackery
in morals 10 az dangerous as in bodily
disease. The new teaching deals with
disease. moral or physical. 1t is justl-
fed only If 1t has the scientific accu-
racy and temper Of high medicine.
The distinction runs all thru the
popular fashion of publicity that has
invaded literature as well as the
drama. and colors 30 much Of public
debate. Some OF 1t 10 as harmful ~
the old secret erotica.
The sound teaching of sex hygiene
to the lDnumcrable youth who are
destitute of family protection and ed
ucation in 1t ia one thing. That has
become a necessity OF more complex
civilization and decay Of family duty.
But it serves as the excuse for playing
on private sensibilities and public Inn
agination in literature, the theater and
mixed conversation.
That IL where the line must be
drawn. II sex hygiene Is to he taken
under guardianship Of moral medicine.
let quackery be shut out Of it, in the
magazines ~ we'll as in the theater.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
LET'S MAKE IT so.

The automobile doesn't hurt any one.
1t is the man who drives 1t that does
the damage.
An automobile never starts Of itself
to career madly along the highway and
turn turtle off bridge. crushing a
woman or two and making business
for the undertakers. An automobile
never of its own malice and fore
thought. turns sharply at right angles
to run down foot passenger.
An automobile never bucks out Of an
alley alone or swings round a corner
at high speed without warning or sig
MITIGATION of its intent. 1t never turns
abruptly around in the middle of the
street without sign or salutation II
never dashes past a street car at thir-
ty or forty miles an hour when the
car has stopped to deliver passengers.
It's the man that does this.
If it were the automobiles that Go
these dangerous and fatal things we'd
be out with guns to shoot and traps TO
destroy the automobiles.
AS it is the man who drives with
disregard of his own and others safe
ty gets away with il.
But it makes little difference to the
person in the hospital or the nnorgue
whether the injury came thru a wild
machine. a wild animal or a wild man.
1t all amounts to the same thing.
Man is a reasoning animal. Usually
be doesn't need killing. Quite often ii
stiff fine with the prospect Of a sitter
one suffices. a day or two in Jail al
most invariably brings him to rea :
eoHahle state OF mind. Why not try
these on the scorcher?
And while we are about il. why not
insist that those who propose to drive
cars along crowded streets shall have
attained reasonable proficiency? Why
no. insist that he learn {, run his car
somewhere " here other people are no.
in immediate danger of being killed or
crippled
In short, why rot accept the automo-
bile as the biggest and most useful
addition to human comfort and eff
ficience of the past quarter century
and make it so?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.


The Puritanical Sabbath has been
shot to pieces and it perhaps is just as
well. You must give it TO the auto
mobile for helping puncture the biggest
hole in it. Possibly we misinterpfe'
the good master when he said, The
Sabbath was made for man. and not
man for the Sabbath If we study the
environment we Will find he was In the
field, and his disciples with him: they
had plucked some corn and We're cat
ing IT, The stcklers for the law were
complaining and talking about the law
Of II. just as they do today. and they
were rebuked. There are forms OF SAP
bath dissertation today which even
publican can not endorse, but it strikes
us that the crime or the sin would pc
in holding one inside who has been
forced to work in a stuffy store or fac
tory six days out of the week. we oe-
lieve God made the sabbath ana the
open air for man to enjoy. winch ne
should do in clean, sensible way. A
religion that breeds consumption and
other house diseases has the wrong
foundation-has no foundation, In fact.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
GOOD ADVICE.

Now that the struggle is over and
the Transcontinental is the official
highway thru Iowa the Des Moines
Register and Leader which had natur-
ally favored a route which would in
clude Des Moines offers some excellent
advice when 1t says:
1t is altogether likely that Iowa VIII
have every dollar to meet of the cost
Of putting the transcontinental road,
selected by the association, into shape.
1t is not too early to understand this
and to be preparing for the work. For
the moment II is assured that the Lin
coin highway Is a go, Iowa must be
ready to have It's part of the road a t
least as good as that of any other
state.
The Lincoln highway thru Iowa is an
Iowa road. 1t should as 1t probably will
receive as 1t deserves TO receive en-
couragement and support which is
transcontinental belongs largely on the
counties thru which it passes directly
and which are directly benefited by it..
The road should be made one worthy
of Iowa ana that premier section OF
Iowa thru which 1t runs.
Boone and Story county have the
right idea They want good roads for
themselves and had taken advantage
of government money before the Lin
coin association decided in favor Of the
transcontinental. Perhaps the progress
siveness of these counties had much to
do with the decision OF the locating
board. The other counties on the route
at any rate may take model by them
andNstart making a tourist road across
the state which shall be an advertise
ment for themselves and the state and
permanent convenience and pleasure
to those who have crops to move or
who ride either upon pleasure or bus
iness.
From a strictly practical point of
view the location of the Lincoln high
way thru town may be as man in
overalls remarked as he studied the
road chart at the corner Of Center and
Main better than a new railroad" At
any rate it has the promise Of much
business in It. The greater the thor
oughfare the better the business
chance. That is certainty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
Topics of the Times

Let's drag the Transcontinental this
fall and get ready to begin cutting
grades and making a real road next
spring. And while we are at that let s
drag all the roads and put some sort
of permanent dressing on all the prin-
cipal highways.
Of course young man a 800 job may
come your way without effort on Your
part. and you may find a $4,000 pearl
in an oyster stew. or he struck By
lightning, or be run over by an auto
mobile without injury. Strange things
happen all right.
Mayor Gaynor said that he forgave
everybody in the morning and started
new every day. That is eight hours Of
unnecessary delay. Do it the evening
before and sleep well.
Mr.. Bryan is still making a desperate
fight TO fend off the wolf. Perhaps as
sistance for secretaries Of state mod
eled on the widows pension might re-
move this necessity and permit more
time to be given toward earning the
$1,000 month that fails to reach the
b. c. OF !. in Washington.
The best thing New Hampshire can
do is to keep Thaw over until next
summer season. Next 10 a competent
sea serpent he should be the big draw
ir.r ..t. En-. l.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
PLACING THE BLAME.
rW-a+erIoo Times Tribune


The engineer is to blame. The Rock
STAND officials have spoken. The en-
gineer who pulled the train on the
DEBORAH branch, when two people
lost their lives and thirty were in
iured. more or less, was running his
train TOO fast. lie vas g rev man on
the run. He had reason to think that
the track would hold up light train
going thirty-fve miles an hour But
they didn't The rails We're light and
out of line The ties were rotten: 1t
was a stretch of track that the Rock
slanG was going to place IN repair las'
year. but the work was not done.
The engineer is to blame. He should
have known, new man. that under
the weeds and moss which lined the
track there were bent rails and rotten
ties 1t was his business to know con-
dticns that could not be seen by him.
The engineer Is the goat. The com :
panv is perfectly competent, in an in
vestigation," to absolve itself.
Engineers will be responsible for
accident. as all err; we all make
mistakes: accidents will happen.
But why was not this stretch of road
in proper condition? The "investiga-
ton" does not disclose where the re-
sponsibility should be placed for this
part Of 1.-THE most responsible part.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
ouackery in Morals.
minneapolis Journal

A correspondent of the New YORK
Sun writes concerning the drama o.
debauchery' in such plain language
that it makes one aghast at the
thought Of what the plays he de-
nounces must be.
New York appears given over TO a
run of the libidinous drama. Sex re-
lations, cugenics and the white slave
traffic are its favorite topics. Eagerly
grasping at the most tentative hypo-
theses of science, the stage has lent
itself to a garish decision Of questions
that medicine is cautiously approach
ing.
The play with "the punch the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17
THE LAW AS TO DRAGGING ROADS.

With hardly a mile Of country road
in Marshall county dragged this sum-
mer and similar neglect prevailing
turnout the state it is time that our
people and our officials read the law
upon this subject If there is an i'm
preston. abroad that the new road law
abolished the provision for road drag
ging it is time the mistake was cor
rected.
Under the new law the county board
pf supervisors and the county engineer
Pare charged with the duty Of having
III county roads dragged. The board
may adopt any method and pay any
price OF getting 1t done, but the county
roads must be dragged which they have
not been this year.
Here IL the statute:
THE county board OF supervisors and
snAe engineer are charged with the duty
II repairing and dragging the county
6uad system as is required 20 keep same
N proper condition, and shall adopt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-17

When We reject an amendment dealing
with the currency question, it does not
mean that we oppose that provisions
but il means we do not propose to deal
with these different questions In TINS
particular bill.
The plan is logical. businesslike and
accords with the primary rule OF con-
duct. lone task at a time" The gen
eral public has no occasion to criticise
this order Of business the democrats
have announced II is more particular
" concerned in results. Parties. like
men. MAY have different methods for
going about a task. Both are to be
Judged. however, by results. At this
time it looks like the democrats are
going 10 meet that test as affecting
the tariff and currency measures. What
they will accomplish IN dealing with
the trusts and in handling the trans
portatior problem can not now be fore
cast.