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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
BAwLED sALINeER OUT.

The action Of republican convention
IN Marshall county in condemning the
candidacy of Ben Salinger for the SUI
preme court Notwithstanding the fact
that Salinger has been a republican,
should call the attention Of the state
to the mans unfitness for so high
position.
The resolution introduced in the con-
venuon by an attorney who has served
in the state senate, read as follows:
We call the attention of all voters
to the extraordinary and serious sit.
uation which confronts this state in
the nonpartisan candidates which are
to be elected to the supreme court Of
Iowa and 1t is our firm conviction that
B. 1. Salinger. tho republican, is
not worthy of the support of republican
voters for SO exhalted position OF
public trust, while Seth Thomas. a
democrat, only four years out of law
school we believe lacking in maturity
and experience TO qualify for position
of so high responsibility. therefore we
commend to all voters a selection for
| three supreme court judges from the
| present members. Judges Withrow
| Laid and Weaver and former district
! Judge Prouty, all of whom have been
| regularly nominated.
! 1t was debated and finally adopted
after eliminating mention of Thomas
| so as to avoid the suspicion that there
| might be a partisan effort to censure
! the only democrat running on the iu-
| jni say In hn lah a..Yi no
| every lawyer and even the present
state senator admitted that Salinger
| was not worthy of place on the su-
! preme bench but some thought that a
republican convention had no business
resolving about nonpartisan candi-
dates. To that extent they might have
| been right but the convention never
/ theless rendered distinct public service
| IL notifying the voters of Iowa that
this man should not be dignified with
the robe of judicial preferment. 1t
also was within its rights to have de-
clared that any lawyer only four years
out of law school was presumptious
| in claiming place on the supreme
| court of Iowa and the resolution as to
| Thomas should have stood as 1t was
introduced.
Lawyers all over the state regardless
| of party or of faction are protesting
at the very thought of such a man
being elected to the supreme court
and those who attended the meeting
of the state bar association could SET
an expression OF what was in theii
minds when President Dawley spoke
of the nonpartisan judicial primar,
having invited men to become can
didates who would not think of pre-
! senting themselves to state conven-
ton Of any political party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
owa.

If congress were TO offer me my
choice of any state in the union. as
reward for my worth and modesty,
should say unhesitatingly, Give me
Iowa"
Because Iowa Is the most American
state in the nation.
There are few millionaires. few pau
pers. No scum. no dregs, to speak OIL
They are just plain United States folks
Iowa buys more first class readlne
matter than any other state, except
ing New York.
Every ten miles or so in Iowa there
is chautauqua in the summer time
And where you find chautauquas you
find the people of the western world a.
their best.
II any foreigner wants to see what a
real. genuine, dyed-in-the wool United
Stateser is, let him attend chautaI'
qua
Iowa is the New England. New Eng
land is not New England any more. II
Is swa,nped. diluted and washed ou'
by immigrants.
There Is about as much Of the ole
Mayfower stock left in Massachusetts
as there is old colonial furniture III
Nantucket.
Boston is Irish, Worcester is Swed'
ish. and Lowell is a little of everything
Iowa is where the New Engianders
that had snap have gone tor. frank
Crane in Los Angeles Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29

arc being melted OF by their frequent
use. Tho SONS" are Just in their ele-
ment-Bensons, Olsons. Petersons and
Swanson's are exchanging names with
Hansons, Jacobsons, Paulsons and
Ericksons backwards and forwards.
Ole Peterson's girl marries Peter OLE
sons boy. but they all retain the son
in their names. And the next gener-
alton and all others will retain these
names, but the present younger gen.
GRAFTON is so thoroughly Amerlcanized
that nothing but the blonde hair and
an occasional slip of the Scandinavian
brogue distinguish them from the Eng
fish descendants No better class of
immigrants ever crossed the Atlantic
to come to this country than the fair
haired Danes. Swedes and NorWegians.
When they marry they become home
makers and it is rare that they go
wrong or become public charges. The
Scandinavian is home lover and a
home Of his own Is his first thought.
WinnebaSo is a county Of homes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29

sport concerned IN the issue Of the
game.
| The public likes to see sport we'll
done. 1t likes to see display Of all
F., the skill possible, but 1t does not thor
oughly enjoy games that are merely
machine work. by highly developed
automatons.
! 1t takes money to maintain high
class baseball. A recent statement
says that over 100000 fans pay more
than s10,000,cOO every season to watch
the 5000 professional ball players
making up the more than fifty major
and minor leagues in the United States.
These athletes combined earned SAL
aries amounting to more than $4,000
900 a season-some star players are
said to receive more than $4,000 for
six months work.
| Men must give their time exclusive
] ly to the game In various capacities.
Players are entitled to good pay. Man
! agements are entitled to a reasonable
profit. But the 10000. 900 fans still in
sist that the dollar shall not stick out.
and want to see baseball played by
those who. tho paid. are still gripped.
| They want to see some OF the real
human element In 1t and feel that a
players league. team and town mean
something to him.
! Either this Is the case or We have
had so much baseball that at least we
are growing a little tired OF 1t, and at
Effectiveness OF golf and tennis. Of
country club amusements, Of auto rid
ing and other outdoor diversions are
thinning the crowds in the grandstands
and bleachers.-Omaha World. Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29

for supreme justices and only three
for district judges.
The absurdity and the injustice OF
this provision are readily apparent.
Provided he follows instructions and
votes for six candidates the primary
voter has two alternatives. he may
use his best judgment and vote for
the six men whom he considers to be
the six strongest candidates Thus. by
voting Tor al extra three good men,
against his will he contributes TO the
possible defeat OF the three candidates
whom he considers to be best fitted
for service on the bench. Or. II ne
is crafty, after voting for the three
men of his choice. he may then vote
also for the three men whom he con-
sderes the weakest candidates, thus
in the interest of his three first choices
deliberately doing what he can to Sc
cure the nomination at the same time
of the three men who in his judgment
are the least fitted to serve on the
bench.
True. any voter can vote for as few
candidates as he may wish to marx
his ballot for. but with the instruc-
.!ons staring him in the case. Vote for
Six" the average voter Is likely to do
a. he Is told 10 do. At any rate. when
there Is no apparent excuse for 1t. ne
ought not to be told to vote at the
primary for more men than he can
vote for in the election.
In all the discussion OF the nom
partisan primary law which has been
in progress during the past few weeks.
during which this particular de-
feet has been pointed out repeatedly
and denounced as mischieyous and
ridiculous. The Journal has not heard
or seen one word Of attempted explana :
ton for this peculiar provision OF
the law. It will await with interest
whatever informa ton may be vouch-
safed in its defense at Burlington. In
the meantime it may be predicted that
the next legislature will so amend the
law that no voter at a primary will be
asked to go thru the performance oil
voting for three men whom he delib-
erately proposes to vote against In the
election.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
IOWA OPPORTUNITY.

John Rath passed away a. Ackley a
few days ago. another illustration Of
the fact that Iowa is the land of OPP
portunity. He and brother came to
Iowa in 1861, and their combined cap
ita consisted OF so cents. Here he en-
listed in the war for the union, and
served to the end of the war. He came
back to Iowa almost as poor as he
was when first he landed in the state.
But he had the German habits of in
dustry and thrift and he got on. held
various positions of honor and left an
estate of more than 100000, and he
left what is better than the half mill
lion, name that is honored and re-
spected thruout that section OF the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
Did He Near, Ben Sa1;,1ger?
IT, F. Dawley. President stat. Bar A.,oc,aaon.l

the original primary law was edopeo0
It was generally conceded that the
nomination Of judges should not be
left to the lottery OF guess work OF
primary election. If 1t is desired to re.
tain the non-partisan feature, provide
for partisan conventions.
This new law permits the elector to
vote for twice as many. candidates a.
there are places to be filled, and the
ballots used at the recent election d.
rected him to vote for that number.
Practically all the voters naturally
thought that they had to comply with
this direction. and SO when they voted
for the candidate Of their choice they
also voted for his competitor and put
him in just as good a position a. the
one preferred by the voter. This could
be changed. by amendment, but even
then 1t would be bad law. It 10 q
statute for the encouragement and as.
sistance of incompetent candidates for
the bench. as is we'll proved by many
of the nominations made at the pri-
mary three weeks ago. Men who would
not have dreamed Of presenting them
selves to any judicial convention We
ever had. and asking for nomination,
have pushed themselves in and OBJ.
tanned nominations under this law.
There Is great danger that many Of
them will be elected. The law en-
ables the most unfit and the most
brazen to lay unholy hands on the
judicial ermine. and it threatens to de-.
grade our courts.
TT may not be advisable to adopt
resolutions on the subject, but be-
lieve the members of this association
could not do a better thing than to
work for the repeal of the judicial pri-
mary law, the substantial increase OF
the salaries OF the judges. and an
amendment to the constitution ma
terially frightening their term OF Of
flee"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
Topics of the Times

Perhaps it would be less trouble to
move Fl. Madison. That's an angie
from which its city officials do not
seem TO have seen the case.
Whatever may be the matter with
Teddy's larnyx it hasn't become cpl
demic among bull moose orators.
Three political conventions con-
county Saturday Chances are that
Polk will have lot of second hand
mac hines on the market before long.
Kenyon wants the church to take
part in politics. Why not, shouldn't a
man shoot as he prays?
French society is surely in a bad way
when it makes function out of a figh.
between a white shaving niger" and
a white man low enough to fight with
him.
Don't worry about the state of af
fairs between the two Iowa senators.
The only place they are having trouble
is in the fiction columns of demo-
cratic and bull moose newspapers.
Ed Knott drew s6s,000 salary as
U. $ marshal before the gobbleuns got
him. No doubt he has saved enough
to live on but if not. any man who can
hold an office that long ought to draw
as a slack wire performer.
Running a campaign with Mr.. Roose-
velts voice eliminated would be like
| running a photograph with the RECORD
| left off
It might suggest itself that Col
Dave Palmer had by those long years
! of faithful service earned a right tc
res. the remainder of his days. Office
holding thru long lifetime is ar
onerous job. Why not give Dave G
| little rest?
The bull moose Polk county conven
! ton refused to endorse prohibition
They led the bull moose to water blu
they couldn't make him drink (water)
How folks hang onto a gentleman
cellar once it has been stocked uD II ;
gentlemanly way.
4 Why should Mr.. Bryan run and hid
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29

In his address before the state bar
association at Burlington last week
the president Of the association, p. F.
Dawley. of Cedar Rapids, most I'M
mercifully scored Ben Salinger's nom
partisan judicial primary law and in
fenentially. as many believe, its alleged
author when he said OF it, Men who
would not have dreamed Of presenting
themselves to any judicial convention
we ever had and asking for a nomi-
nation, have pushed themselves in and
obtained nominations under this law.
There is great danger that many of
them. will be elected. The law enables
lay unholy hands on the judicial err
mine and it threatens to degrade our
courts"
Three OF the candidates nominated
are now distinguished members Of the
supreme court hence 1t Is not likely
that Dawley referred to them. Who
then? Another is now congressman of
ability and mad creditable record as
a district judge. 1t is not likely that
Dawley had him in mind when he
spoke of the most unfit" and the mosy
"brazen." who then? There are only
two more left, Salinger and the boy
Thomas. four years out Of lew school
President Dawley said in his cd
dress:
Besides this, the next session Of tho
legislature ought to promptly repeal
the vicious judicial primary law en-
acted in 1913. 1t was passed without
any public demand for It, There was
no discussion of 1t among the mem
beers of the bar or in The newspapers
The proposition was not heard OF by
most OF them until 1t had become .
law. There had oeen no complaint
made against the system Of nomination
by judicial conventions provided
for in the general primary law. When
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
WOLF CONSERVATION.
IClinton Herald

Never kill an adult wolf. Wait un-
til the cubs are fourth grown, then
capture them by hand and collect the
bounty by presenting their scalps al
the court house. The old wolves should
be fed on sheep. They will do their own
foraging. The county will reimburse
the farmer for the value Of the sheep
out Of the domestic animal fund" In
the following year. there is another
litter of cubs on which to obtain
bounty.
This scheme has been applied sue
cessfully in a number of counties In
Iowa. 1t is sure winner.
Put if the legislature should re-
peal the law granting recovery fol
destruction of domestic animals by
wolves there would not be wolf In
the state of Iowa after two years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
MIR. sALrNGER's Law.


The law reform committee of the
Iowa State Bar Association has it's eye
on the non partisan judiciary law, with
the purpose in view Of securing either
it's amendment or its repeal AS
topic for discussion at the annual
meeting of the association in Bur-
iingten this week it is expected to Stir
up considerable excitement especially
as Ben l. Salinger. father of tho
law, has declared his intention OF
being on the ground to defend the
law against all corners.
With due respect to Mr.. SalinSer
and the principle of non partisanshtp
in the choice of judges, the law cer-
tainly should be amended in at least
one particular. The voter at the pri-
mary should be entitled to vote for
only az many candidates as. there are
judgeships to be filled in the election.
Under the law as 1t now stands,
strange as 1t may seem, he is not only
allowed. but is specifically instructed
TO vote for twice as many candidates
as there are prospective vacancies,
! this applying alike to the supreme
bench and the district bench. Thus in
the recent primary each voter OF
Woodbury. county was ordered to vote
for six candidates for the supreme
court and six candidates for the dis
trict court, in spite of the fact that IN
J November only three are to be chosen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
MOVE THE FENITENTIARY.

Fort Madison residents who have
seen fit TO criticise severely the man
agement OF the state prison there and
have objected rather strenuously to
some OF The methods OF tho prison
authorities, notably the granting OF
permission to convicts to work at odd
Jobs of various sorts within the limits
Of the city. are likely TO have the condi-
lions Of which they complain remedied.
but not in the manner in which they
have expected, or desire.
According TO an announcement made
by one OF the members of the state
board of control the next state legisla :
ture will probably be asked to abandon
the penitentiary at Fort Madison and
authorize the building OF a new state
prison In central Iowa. Reasons for
this move are advanced as follows:
The land a. Fort Madison is worn
out and besides the state does not own
enough land there for the needs OF the
Institution.
The only building of value in the
present plant is the new cell house now
under construction. and granting tina,
sooner or later the penitentiary must
!! be moved. the present Is regarded az
logical time for It's removal. before a
greater amount is invested in.iInprove-
ments which are now demanded
The location of the penitentiary ir
the extreme southeast corner of the
state. costs Iowa thousands of dollars
for transportation of prisoners every
year which a centrally located prison
would save
The citizens of Fort Madison are be-
coming more and more hostile to the
prison every year as lately evidenced
by the passage of an ordinance for
bidding prisoners from appearing or
the streets and working outside Of
| prison walls.
There can be no denying the weigh
and logic OF these reasons; that o.
| location alone being sufficient to justify
the proposal to move the penitentiar!
| 10 some town nearer the central par
of the state. Fort Madison's evident
! irritation over the methods of thu
prison authorities furnish an i'm
mediate Justification for action of thi!
| characte by the state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
LET PRIMARY ALONE.
[Carrofl Herald


Nothing should be done TO interfere
with the efficiency OF the primary. No
law that can be devised can make men
of opposing views, and purposes to
agree, and the primary should not be
condemned because II does not suit
everybody. 1t has removed nine
lenths of the mischief Of the old caucus
system, and we fail to see wherein ii
has in any way lowered the standard
Of public service. II is a step forward
and will not be emasculated by any
legislature that the people are likely &c
81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
KENYON'S BACK TRACK.
MASON City Times

Senator Kenyon should bear in mind
that the coming campaign will not he
Il vesper service and that If he expects
to be an effective spellbinder in the
coming fray he will be expected to use
the same kind of meat axe he used
while prosecuting offenders in the
courts. Mr.. Connolly belongs to par
ty that has a gain brought disaster up
on the country and who will ask ar
election as a vindication OF the admin
istration which has made mess Of
everything undertaken. There is no use
being mealy -mouthed about the coming
engagement For Iowa to elect rep.
resentative Of the democratic party tc
the United States senate Is unthink-
able.
Instead Of making paper flowers Sen.
ator Kenyon needs to be sharpening w
his bowie knives and razors. because
there VIII be hot time in Iowa this
fall
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
II. knsv. th. Answer.

His name was Tommy, and he cane
home from school looking 20 down II
the mouth that mother asked him s.
verely what was the matter? Out q
his little trousers pocket he hshsd 8
note from the teacher, which, said:
Tommy has been . very naughty
boy Please have . serious talk With
him." What did you dot" asked
mother. Nothing" .sobbed Tommy.
"She asked a question and I was tho
only one who could answer it,
HIN" murmured mother. What was
the question:" who put the dead
mouse In her desk drawer!" N.
swered Temmy-Lippipcott's Mage
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
Iona Newspapers
DOWN IN FRONT.

While We are discussing few reg
ulations that might be enforced, why
not taboo the man who gets front
row position near the band stand on
concert nights and leaves his auto top
up. A man who would ride around
evenings with a top up doesn', know
how to get the most for his money
anyhow, but that's his affair. However,
when he completely shuts Off view of
the stand for hundreds of spectators
behind him then it's other peoples
business. Don't you think SO. too?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

There is little question but that the
new order established by the last leg :
islature is going to work out to the
benefit Of the state" says the Councll
Bluffs Nonpareil. The new road and
bridge law is not, however, perfect
piece Of legislation. 1t needs amend
ment. There is some red tape about
the law that needs cutting. but the
principle features are sound and II the
law has time to demonstrate Its merits
1t will be approved"
The Washing ton Democrat suggests
that IF Woodrow Wilson and w. j.
Bryan can be dry and still be demo-
Gratis. it mighty lily behooves any small
fry to draw the lines.
do you wonder why Senator Cum
Minis is so unpopular with certain
people?" asks the Traer Star Clipper
and answers: There is an old saying:
Scratch q Russian and YOU will find a
Cossack' Scratch one OF these critics
and you will find reactionaary stand
pat whom he is fighting, or democrat
who wants to break his influence. The
same is true OF the other champions OF
republican progressivism."
''One is almost forced to believe that
a good politician is a man devoid OF
art. but thoroughly filed with honest
purposes. free to take the people into
his confidence, remarks the Carroll
Herald in discussing the republican
gubernatorial contest. That is about
the kind of a man that Governor Clarke
proved himself to be-"
VIII the long distance candidate
kindly so away back and 81, down
at least until after the November 1914
election" requests the Des Moines
Capital.
"Proba bly, he will have no use for It.
but the sympathy OF Richard A. Bal
linger undoubtedly is AT the disposal
of George W. Perkins. says the Sioux
City Journal.
How could MIR. Roosevelt trim his
sails in this campaign to catch the
favoring breezes of 1915, and no.
by that very act make serious con
sideration OF himself impossible asks
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
The Manchester Press says that e
man who runs for state office under
the primary system without some sor
of machine stands the same show as g
hare lip girl al kissing bee.