Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-30
CRITICAL OF WILSON

I LIS -uc4lcS TecSlsteI dIC LedCeS.J
] The best friend of the administra-
of the independent press is much
more frankly critical towards the
president than II has been.
! This is the more noteworthy be-
cause the president has accomplished
a large part of the program that is
| TO be the ground work of his appeal
for popular commentator.
| The democratic supporters OF the adj
ministration alone are not in the ma
tority- The president was stronger
than his party in the last campaign,
and yet was elected by majority vote
| He must be stronger than his party
/, in the coming campaign, or the opposi-
ton must be again divided. He can
not be stronger than his party II the
| independent press and the forces IN
i politics II represents are not with him.
and 1t daily appears more probable
that ne viii not have the advantage OF
a divided opposition
Just why the president should not
be enjoying the cordial commenda-
ton OF such newspapers as the New
York Woric and Evening Post, Phila-
/ delphia Public Ledger. Spring feld.
Mass. Republican and others I,
might be hard to explain. Segregation
might be assigned In one instance, the
evacuation OF Vera Cruz In another.
But II Is not the particular occasion
OF the change that is important. it is
the fact of the change and what II
/ may mean during the closing two
years Of the term. For these news
papers are the barometer Of a public
feeling that Is tremendously signif
cant. a feeling that may determine the
next presidential election.
| It liz clear that in spite OF all that
| has been done In the last congress.
and in spite OF all that has been said
OF the president, the administration Is
still on trial In the minds OF students
of public affairs. and keen Judges OF
men. II Is not yet quite established
that the president in all his remark
able success in getting legislation ac-
complished would seem 10 suggest. 1t
is not quite established that he is the
man Of destiny.
] This attitude OF inquiry and frank
criticism is bound to make the closing
two years of the present term much
harder than they would otherwise be-
For now that the glamor of achieving
| legislation is gone. and the inevitable
1
! the president will need the benefit Of
the doubt in every instance. II he is
! no, to have this his road to renewed
/ commission is going to be thorny
road indeed.
KILLING THE TREE SQUIRREL.
/ Hampton Chronicle.1
How many times have you stopped
on your way to watch and admire q
pretty little bushytaiIed squirrel az 1t
lleaped about on the grassward. or
scam pered up the side Of a tree out of
the way OF your startling gaze? How
many times has the little child begged
to stay just Q minute longer to watch
1.-The antics OF one or more Of these lit
tie innocent things? Yes, and is II not
always a pleasant sight to see several
Of them playing about the grounds at
! Hartman park. along The roadside,
i maybe In your own front yard, or with
| some OF the tanner and more domes:f-
l Gated ones, in the down town park ?
i They are becoming tame. 30 tame in
I fact that they will almost eat out Of
j your hand, and many Hampton house
Il wife daily throws out tempting NOR
i sci for the sport Of seeing one come
isiyfy towards II, finally get 1t in his
little paws and turn 1t over and over
|. and then after placing the nut or NOR
j Eel OF food in its mouth. scamper away
/ to some nearby tree to eat 1t.
i Hampton - fortunate in this respect
but in the great barren cities with only
here ana there fenced-in green spo,
with signs conspfcuously displayed
warning the child ana the 8 ,wn-up &c
keep on the grass" the squirrel Is
welcomed and every effort made to ge,
them TO stay. The man born and bred
IN the city. can appreciate one OF these
smsiiest Of Gods pretty creatures-he
admiSas the little bushytailed things
j ana his children clap their hands in
4 eIee 1t the sight Of them. Squirrels
are appreciated In the metropolis they
Il are protected, they are cared for al
i ooeneshine precious. something senl
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