Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-25

OOe8 NOT NO - 0ltHcE tVO WsUoO - 49,
views or - afraid Of his subject. PROD
ably not posted. II he breaches OF the
love of God he il accused OF shying the
devil ana the good old roaring hell Tor
unrepentant sinners. If he breaches iu-
ture punishment he Is called back
woodsie and accused OF shaking them
over the fiery pit to scare them INTO
being good. If his voice Is SOFT ana
pursuasive in its tones, he lacks 1orce'
II 1t IL like that of the untaned puhs
Of Bashem, ne Is blatant ass that
tries to make up in noise what ne RACKS
in knowledge. If he does not touch
upon temperance he is accused OF ne
ing in league with the liberal element.
II he does preach upon temperance ne
is accused by a set OF alleged chris
tians who have a strong business slant
toward the saloon, of disturbing busl-
ness and reaching politics. II ne men
tons that social conditions could De
improved for the poor. he IS an uh-
rcgenerate socialist, u long halreo an
archist and is plotting against the gov
eminent. And thus 1t goes. Ihese
fancied objections are taken by many
as a sufficient excuse Of defraudlhs
him out of his salary and rendering
his life a cat and dog-betWeen TWO
flres-damned if ne does and damned
if he don't existence, that would drive
a man not full of the grace OF God into
Mysteries Don't nag the minister.
When you do, you cause him worlo
of trouble and demonstrate to the
world that you have no such religion
as you profess. Nasging and religion
do not go together If you are Il
nagger. go get religion that will cure
YOU. If you have religion you won t
nag.
THE COMPLETED ROAD BILL.
IDes Moires Register and Leader.]
The Register and Leader publishes
in full! his morning the fnal draI,
of the rev road law rs reported by
TIE Dads committee.
1t will be seen that verbal changes
have been made in the draft Of the
subcommittee, and that In some
minor respects the bill has been
strengthened.
But with all the added verbiage
there has been no provision Tor
state aid nor any provision for rea!
state SUPERVISION. In other words II
Iowa is 10 have any different roads
than it has been having it will be
here and tncre as county boards
may he moved to act and they VIII
i,e such roads as county boards are
willing 20 use the county road fund
for
In how many counties will county
boards rick ont any ten miles OF
main travelled road and use the
county fund to make q permanent hard
surfaced road of 1t?
There is nothing In this bill 10
prevent any county in the state from
doing what Marshall county did last
vear. reduce the local road tax oS
inst the amount of the automobile
tiny and use the automobile tax for
ordinary road mending Of the OLD
sort.
The bill is drawn in an heroic ef-
fort to appear to do something aiu
vet avoid meeting the real demand
Of the situation.
,rhe distance II falls short Of beinG
such road law as Minnesota or
Wisconsin has is so much greater
than the distance 1t gains on the
present Iowa law. that to commend
IL in details would be to lose slgh'
entirely Of the opportunity before
the committee to put Iowa IN the IRON
rank Of western states.
Measured by what ought TO haNs
been done the bill is the most mad
eouate ever presented to an Iowa
legislature.
SPEAKER cUNNINGHAM's PART
rDes Moines Register and LEADER
Since it has become generally known
that Speaker Cunnin CHAM was himself
a former county supervisor. 1t Is begin
ming to be suspected that there Is more
of n,ethcd in the plan Of campaign o.
the opponents Of state aid and state
superyision than was at first sus'
pectcd.
It is certainly most remarkable tha'
the speaker should have named com
mittee so unanimously and spon'
taneously opposed to the plan OF roae
building adopted by every state thai
has really accomplished anything.
It is hard to believe that Chairman
Brockway would have been the frs
legislator to give out an interview OF
arriving in Des Moines and that to'
the purpose of throwing cold water OF
The proposition his committee was Il
deal with, If there had not been some