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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28
Topics of the Times
The shorter the ballot the surcr the
average shot to the bullscye.

The shorter the ballot the surer the
average shot to the bullscye.
Twelve divorces granted in three
hours time is court record in Des
Moines Des Moines it appears also
undocs things.
Nevertheless had Roosevelt cut it al!
out he wouldn't have TO sue the fellow
for libel. Nobody ever insinuated that
w j. B. takes anything stronger than
grape juice.
Even white wine is raging and
waxeth itself within the cup at Ish-
pemingI but if nobody exceeded
Rooseve!t's drinking program it
wouldn't be worth while to pay can
vassers 10 circulate saloon petition.
over in Indiana a county fair has
elected q woman secretary. She is the
only woman secretary of a county fair
association IN the United States. Why ="
Mexico will hold presidential cleo
ton oct. IS. No date has been set as
Yet for the execution of the person
who shall be unfortunate enough TO be
elected.
Now that IT has been esta hiished
that Iowa can raise as fine alfalfa and
as good apples as anywhere on the
face of the earth. why don't NC raise
them?
TIE town that pays most attention
to conditions at home and least to
those in the town next door will al
ways DC the best town TO live and do
business in.
In the lower house of the North Da
kota Legislature Representative Snyder
has introduced u measure which would
apply the short ballot TO the state gov
eminent. BY the provisions of this.
the governors term of office would be-
extended from two 10 four years, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28
UNITING pREsBYTER1ANs.

The church politicians, like the poll
ticians Of politics, are maneuvering to
get the factions together.
The four erea, divisions of Presby-
terians. the Northern. Southern,
United and Associated Reformed, now
holding joint convention at Atlanta,
Ga are trying to get statement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

iowa land is getting TO be worth so
much money that a citizen with mud
dy boots feels like an aristrocrat,' as
serts the Sioux City journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Don't think OF the weather. adj
Vises the Mason City Times. The
weather always has way of adjust
ing itself and OF giving Iowa the great
est crops of any state in the union"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Roosevelt may secure q judgment
in his libel suit against Michigan
paper for alleging drunkenness, but II
the case came off in Iowa the supreme
court would salt the colonel on his adj
mission that he takes SIX spoonsful of
brandy Year" says the Iowa City
republican, which is peevish over the
passage of the five milo limit law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Whats that" demands the Davcn-
port Democrat Senator Cummins on
a Cancellation committed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Noting that Cato Sells is slated for
Indian commissioner the Mason City
Globe Gazette says: Cato was always
a good Indian and will therefore make
d good Indian commissioner
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Nevertheless had Roosevelt cut il all
out he wouldn' have TO sue the fellow
for libel. Nobody ever insinuated that
". j. B. takes anything stronger than
crane Juice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

According to the Rockwell City Adj
vocate. What raises the devil with
the politicians is the fact that the peo-
pie are ready to indorse good legisla-
ton without stopping to examine the
party brand"
The Cedar Falls Record SAYS: The
Ottumwa Courier is the last To enter
the lists of treasury watchdog. 1t secs
gra IT" in the capitol grounds extern
sion and ncidentally some material For
copy and sensation. Go to il! Just that
kind of work has kept Iowa at the tail
end Of the procession for years.
Ks IAN observation to certain base
ball fans. the Cedar Raipds Gazette
SAYS; The greatest enemy Of the ma
tional game Is not an umpire who may
make wrong decision. Intentionally
or unintentionally. TIE greatest enc
my Of the game Il. the fan who en-
courages rough house tactics or uses
language tina, is offensive to the vast
ma !ioritv Of those who van; to enjoy
the game for the love of the sport
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

READ THE T.-R. WANT ADS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-28

Twelve divorces granted in three
hours time is court record in Des
Mones. Des Mones it appears also
undocs things.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

up his position in opposition to cap ital punishment, and his reprieye Of five cold-blooded murderers. who now await execution in the state peniten-
 tiary, is causing to be circulated in each county petitions praying for a referendum election on this proposi- ton. In this work his appointees are lending the chief executive every as
 sistanee. If they didn't they might
 lose their official heads. Behind these
 petitions the governor proposes to
 hide until a referendum election can
 be held in November 19lE to decide
 whether the capital punishment penal
 ty shall be abolished in Arizona. These petitions do not represent a spontaneous demand upon the part of
 the people for 6 referendum election on this subject. The petitions are be.
 ing circulated upon the demand of
 the governor. It must be remembered
 that he has twice before reprieved
 these same murderers in absence of any petitions and without any author fly of law, but solely upon the sentl- I mental idea preached by Kate BeT. nard and other petticoat Teformers. That the governor and his administrae | tion coterie can secure the necessary signers will be granted. It is so easy to secure signeTs to petitions when placed in the hands of paid circula- 1 tors, but the governor knows, and his
 administration followers know. the
 public sentiment in Arizona is in fav- or of the death penalty when jury of
 twelve men. unanimously infiict that
 penalty after hearing all the evidence l in the case.
 The governor has adopted this means to save his official face and in his next reprieye message we expect
 him to state, as his reason for another
 reprive ,thst ten per cent of the vot- CTS of Arizona have demanded a ref erendum election upon tEis question. A more speedy and effective verdict
 of the voters of Arizona could be se- cured by means of a recall petition | circulated against the governor, in- dieting him upon the charge of failure
 to execute the laws of the state.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Thus far the pure food people hay, not yentured 10 interfere with the common hash of commerce or to de termine what It's contents shall be or their proportions. But they did some time ago announce what mince meat should consist of. and incident. ally decreed that fhe meat element should constitute hot less than 10 per cent of the total The nanrfa1tur CTS lean strongly toward vegetarian. ism. and obpected to so much meat The pure food officials have since pro. hib,ted more than per cent of ce- real or per cent of water in sausage, and a big packing concern in st. Louis has appealed to the courts OF the ground that it has a quantity or castings which would be ruined by an attempt to print on them the presence of cereal in the sausage. It appears that sausages are as heavily watered as stocks, some carrying s to 10 per cent of cereal and 90 to 40 per cent of water.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

about to pass away. Begun in error. If not in corrupt intention, it has rom the start fattened upon itself. There is reason to believe t got to be com. mercialized in other ways than those originally implied. Under an amiable and indulgent president, like Taft, the Dollar Diplomacy conceived pri- vaie, not less than public, advantage. ;he two became Interchangeable and. as a consequence. some queer trans actions are beginning to leak out O. the Department of State. Truly. it was high time that we had a change of parties
 We have now a man in the White House who is tolerably sure nor to err on the side of amiability and h. diligence. The sdhool-master, which the Courier-Journal very early dis covered in Woodrow Wilson, has sui. fciently asserted itself at Washing ton to be obvious to all men. Happily, just now it is a good thing to have. We need a schoolmaster st the helm who knows what he is about, has his birch in hand and is not agraid of "the boys"
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
NOT GROUNDED fN IOGiC

In the New York legislature the proposition to incorporats into the constitution of that state the initia. tive, referendum and recall, those useless governmental appendages which bore a number of demagogues into office in Arizona IS now al tracing attention The Review has always maintained that these pro. gresslve measures which the people have been exicted to believe in many states and localities were the cure-all for government evils and ills, would prove a delusion whenever they were relied on for remedying unsatisfac tory conditions in our state and county governments. In discussing these governmental features. now a live issue in New York state the New York World says:
 The sentiment in favor of the ini ative. referendum and recall is not grounded in logic. It is not grounded in history or the philosophy of govern. rent. Sometimes 1t is grounded ir. demagogy and ignorance. But t is 9 protest against abues os the existing system. and it ought to be construed as solemn warning.
 The people arc not infaIlIble. They are not always wise. But their in. stincts are usually sound. Their rem edies for existing evils may be mis taken, but their protests against tho evils themselves usually have theif source is a strong sense of public jus tice.
 Tn the long run they will not tol crate representative government JhaT is misropresentstive. The thing they substitute may work quite as badly as the thing they reject. It may even be worse, but they will not hesitate for a time in the fear of making : mistake"
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
cooIln, system Ia inmense


 And you kin run her all day iong and at very light expense. She's never laid up for repairs, she doesn't have to wear no tag. She never plunges in the ditch, for she's a very docile nag. The speed laws she don't violate and I have never yet got pInehed, For safe and sane enjoyment, have surely got the method cinched. No folks that walk are cussin' me. 1 don't scare 'em out of their boots By runnin' up behind 'em quick and lettin' out lot of toots. She don't use up no gasoline or balk or back or wheeze a bit. She kin go by a roadhouse without trying to turn in to it. I Widn't have to pay no mortgage on my house when I got her. My creditors don't stand and wonder what on earth bought her fer. She's good for many seasons and each year she don't go out of style And make me buy a new one every spring and lost my hard earned pile.
 She never yet has tossed me out into tree to break my neck. Of course, the autos are all right, but give me my old mare, by heck.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
Advlee to hushsnds

When your wife makes a hat for herself with total expenditure of 39 ents, don't fail to admire it, no mat ter what it looks like. Don't admire it so strongly that she will grow sus. pieious, but admire it judieiously. Don't tell her it is the most beautiful creation you have ever seen, but one Of the most beautiful.
 When your wife's relatives come to spend a week or two with you. try to make thirgs pleasant for them. Let the furnace go out and forget to crder the meat and groceries.
 Whistle merrily when you come up the front steps late at night and make all the noise you can getting into the house. That will show her that yoe have no reason to conceal anything and that your conscience is perfectly clear whether it is CT not.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
SINKING OF TWO SHIPS.

Whewi Brother Dunbar of the Der- ocrat sends in the following editorial broaGside: Many stout hearts stood on the quarter deck of the Titanic and sang Nearer My God to Thee" as that monster was sinking into tho wild Atlantic. So it is with Arizona many patient and gallant men are standing on the deck Of the sinking ship of state singing, Farewell, Vain World, Let the D--d Thing Sink" as they gradually watch the old hulk diving and plunging into the muddy waters of incompetency and extrava cauce."
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

There is a professor :n Colunbia University who is dissatisfied because the income tax bill will not hit him hard enough. He thinks the line Of exemption should be lower than s20OC instead of at s4OoO Most persons who get les sthan s4000 will probably dis sent from him and accept immunity without complaint. He makes one in teresting and very true remark about the new tax. More people will take an interest in the amount of national h. come and purposes of national outgc than now. when the greater part of the national revenue is paid by those repreheEsibEe persons, the consumers of beer. whisky and tobacco;. they care little about their expenses or they would amend their habits. and they get no sympathy whatever from the nonusers of these iuxuriss.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

tate that has less population than the city of Denver is certainly going some. But We have these >fine-haired progressive commissions with their clerks, door keepers, bottle-holders, etc, and of course it takes money. This statehood was great pToposi. ton for Arizona to view from a dis. tance"
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
SEND BRYAN.
''the boys.

Ii has been suggested at Washing ton that the president send as agen. o California to Investigate and report
 pon the legislation pending in that state which discriminates against the Japanese. The idea should be adopted The agent should be William J. Bryan. secretary of state. He should be charged with something more than investigation. He should by plain speech awaken the people to their luty, says the World.
 The situation in California is full 9f possibilities of evil. l. involves all assertion of state contempt of na- 'ional obligations as offensive as the most violent expressions Of the slav- cry seeessionists. It promises to em. broil us with great power which We have no reason to affront. It Is the Ioutgrowth of demagogy.
 In 1907 and again in 1869 President Roosevelt quieted a similar movement in characteristic fashion. He sum moned local ofice-holders and poli- ticisns to the White House and lee. tured them. By exaggerating the dan ger of war he carried his point, but in SO doing he sacrificed dignity and gave our critics an opportunity to say that he had been influenced, no: by right, but by apprehension.
 MT Roosevelt intimidatei the dema. gogues. Mir. Bryan might easily in- struct the people. His appeal should not be to their fears. but to their sense O. justice, to their rational re- responsibilities and to their respect for law. If they have been missed by the Japanese-bafters he is able to recall them. If. as is probably the case, they are misrepresented b. the posers who have brought on this strife, be is able to stir them to proper action
 For the first time in his life Mir. Bryan is in an administrative office charged with oversight of the foreign relations of the country. TEis. then, is peculiarly his joh, partly because he Is secretary of state and partly be- cause no other is better qualified as orator and leader to gain and hold Iopular attention. Always an agitator himself. it would be new role for him to appear as one who sssailei agitation, but we believe that he would acquit himself we'll
 In this affair good faith. good neigh borhood, treaty rights. peace. civiiiza- ton itself. are all brought into ques- ton by the narrowest Of race preju- dices and the mesnest of provincial .s,a With such text where eoold we find a more powerful pleader than WI.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
M.THE .SPVRs!:E Es 2.THEN1CNENI by Rok k kNfoalton.

are handy. it must he confessed But when it comes to pleasure en-
 joy the old bay mare the best. When I go out joy ridin' with my best
 gal sittin' by my side,
 know that I will git back hum. for
 my oid more is true and tried, Sue never makes me walk nine miles
 to fnd a country blacksmith shop, Where kin get her tires repaired.
 I'm not afraid of any cop. She's got it forty ways upon sEort'
 in', sneezin gas machine. And she's the best old sparkin plug
 that me and my gals ever seen. Her arbareter works flust rate, her
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
Personal

Personal
 Anxious Wlfe-You say every time TOUT husband comes home he sm els of whiskey. Dear Madame, Go not worry. If he only smells of it the Ehiskey will never hurt him Drinking | is what does the harm @ fnth0er You aslE Us what to HEsaE 9hen you go to the theatsr. We'll re would advise a coat. vest, trous- ITS. shirt. collar, necktie. cuffs. socks and shoes. There may be others ~ho think differently but this is the usual order.
 Sour Grapes These here new fangled auto cars
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Wealth Second After Character.
 My prayer to the gods is that. if possible, we may have wealth also in abundance. but that at all events wo may maintain our character of being trustworthy and truthful-Demos- thene9.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Raleigh. \. C., has adOpted the com mission plan of government.
 Harry St. George Tucker has with drawn from the Virginia GJberna- torial race.
 Equal suffrage will prevail the whole length fthe Pacific Coast after Jruc 2f. when the bill giving women full suffrage in Alaska will come into effect.
 L. Thurman of Ohio. grandson or Allen C. Thurman, who was the dem ocratic candidate for vice presiden- in 1888, IS slated for the post of col lector for the department of con- merce.
 Present indications in Alabama arc ythat Representatives Underwood Clayton and Hobson will engage in a three-cornered contest for the seat of United States Senator Johnston, whose term will expire in 1915.
 Thomas walsh, the successor Ct Joseph hi. Dixon as United State5 senator from Montana, is regarded as one of the country's foremost ex- serts on the subjects of irrigation and land laws.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Says the Arizona Democrat: The million dollar appropriation bill for e
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

liam J. Bryan of the department Of state:
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

Leading merchants of Boston are said 10 have approached George von L. Meyer, who was secretary of the navy under President Taft ana who has been American ambassador to Italy ard Russia, and have asked him to allow the use of his name as a candidate for the republican nOmi' nation for governor Of Massachusetts next fall.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

The eonstitutionaI amendment pro yiding for the direct election of United States senators is expected 10 have it's first tryCUt in Georgia. Senator Bacon of that state was re nominated at a direct prlmary last wear and would have been reelected hy the legislature next June. The change in the constitution will force the calling O "a general election when the legislature assemblies, and Sena- tor Bacon's name will be submitted I'd inc people for direct approval.
 Ex-Nayor George ". Guthrie. oi pittsburgh. who is chairman of the Penusyivania Democratic State com mittee. is said to be slated for an ina- portant diplomatic post.
 Oregon has it's first woman mayor Miss Clara Munson of the town or Warrenton.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Raleigh. N. C., has adoPted the com mission plan of government.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Harry St George Tucker has with drawn from the Virginia EIbeTna- toTial race.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-04-24

Sour Grapes These here new fangled st
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-17
Influenza.

The tin had cru1abled in gray
lust, but the plumber WIS nos IN the
least nonplused.
st caught cold" he SAID. "That's asi
ain is very Liable to catch cold II II
gets in a temperature under 60 de.
g-ees. As rule 1t RECEIVERS, but Q
In cold often turns to influenza. ane
then the case is hopeless. Nothing car
be done. The tin loses its luster. de-
Gays. and finally crumhles to gray
powder Hike this here.
These tin colds are contagious. A
dn dipper will give a cold to a sauce
oan. and lineup has been known to
sontaminate an organ pipe.
only pure tin catches cold. Tor
shat reason. when tin Ia to OCCUPY m
exposed position or to encounter q
low temperature. we alloy It WITT
had. Only alleged tin is free tror
vnduenxa-
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-17
lets them stay up until Monday

lets them stay up until Monday
morning.
Fourteenth, cold suppers are
to be the rule at the White
House Sunday evenings; the
old Presbyterian rule will pre-
vail.
Fifteenth, the president de-
clined an invitation to the Che
Wy Chase Club.
Sixteenth, all sorts OF lntoXl-
eating drinks have been tabooed
at the White House.
Seventeenth, he delivered his
message to congress in person.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-17
IN LITTLE, BUT I'LL TRY
rave Child Of Section Foreman Savos
TraIn and Set Example for
Al, Others.

She was only seven years old
eileen Martin. the section foreman'l
laughter, as she stood reaching up ia
telephone at the little town Of Alta,
Cal, telling the agent at the nearest
station that rail was broken. Child.
like, she knew the semaphore signals,
had come to the track to see the Over.
land Limited whirl by and had watch.
ed the long finger drop. letting the
train into the block
I'm pretty little, but I'll try" she
said, when the station agent asked her
# she could not stop the train that was
past him. and started out with her
sister Of fourteen who had Just appear
al. They ran down the track, stopped
re train and saved q wreck.
Pretty much every primary schuel IN
The city ought, within the next week
20 hear Of Eileen's Pm pretty little
but I'll Try" The alert attentica
which knew the semaphore signal Ne
quick Wit which understood what Q
broken rail meant. the decisien and h
itiattve which alone sought the tsle
phone, the courage with which she ane
her sister started up the track. waving
their aprons to stop the big Overland
Limited as it bore down upon them
these are the qualities which through
life bring self-help, for others. success
and happiness.
And shs was only seven years old
pretty little" but ready to Try
Philadelphia Press
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-17
Smashing the Precedents.

President Wilson has been in
office but little more than one
month, but he has smashed pre-
cedents right and left. For the
Houston Post this precedent
smashing has been classified as
follows:
First came the downfall of
the inaugural ball.
Second, the favorite barber.
President Wilson shaves him
self.
Third, parading ofice-seekers
at the White House. No pie
hunters are admitted until sent
for.
Fourth, the president is going
to run the government. Politi-
clans may only make sugges-
tons.
Fifth, the president goes to
church to worship, not to be
seen.
Sixth, the gold braid and lace
business has been eliminated.
Major Rhoades dresses like an
everyday citizen when he goes
out with the president.
Seventh, tRe khaki-clothed
motorcycle policemen who used
to follow the White House auto
mobile Have been given other
employment. The president
rides without bicycle escorts.
y Eighth, the ancient custom of
draping the presidents box at
the theatre and playing the ma
tional anthem when the presi-
dent arrives has been put in the
discard.
Ninth, the old cit is said" has
disappeared from the White
House, and instead it appears
"the president said"
Tenth, "that was said in a cab
met meeting is and can not be
made public" is Of the past.
What transpires at a cabinet
meeting is public property.
Eleventh, the bi-weekly cabi-
net meetings are under the ban.
The cabinet will meet when
there is something to be done.
Twelfth, the promiscuous use
Of the executive order" has
been stopped.
Thirteenth, President Wilson
rests the seventh day. He puts
the bars of the White House up
Saturday night at II o'clock and