Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-10

Clarke's election will be conceded; UNI
less the unexpected shall conclude to
indorse the Wilson administration by
electing q democratic United States
senator and . democratic governor.
THE IOWA DEMOCRATS
ISioux City JouEnaI.l
The Iowa democrats would richly
deserve their fate II they should per-
init themselves to fall into a family
row at this 1uncture. 1t will be many
year before they will again have
such an opportunity as Is now before
them.
y they have brains, self restraint,
competency. now IL the time to show
it. The very stars In their courses
have fought for the Iowa democracy
and can do no more. Here 10 the bull
moose party drawing to itself large
following. Here Is the republican
party divided into two hostile camps
between which there Is no sign Of
pariey or compromise, tho the primary
preliminaries have already begun.
There was an immense secession Of re-
publicans to support the democratic
ticket at the last election. and there
is prospect Of the same thing next fall
the democratic party be not neces-
sarily wise. but merely not crazy.
It Is incredible that the democratic
leadership should at UGH a time
break up into mutually Jealous bands
Of knockers and backcappers, each
paramounuy intent on beating and
battling the other. Yet there are some
ominous signs here and there At any
rate they are not agreeing and getting
in shape on any definite line for the
primaries. as would be expected now
that the first and main batch Of pa
tronage has been disposed Of. II the
Iowa democracy can not stand this
first cutting Of the pie It win be long
time before they get another.
1t is no wonder that President Will
son shows some signs Of apprehension.
His urgency that q common sense pro.
gram be agreed on may imply con.
Germ over the situation. He shows his
own good sense by aversion to take
hand in q matter which state leaders
and representative local men ought to
be able to manage.
In dne, the collapse Of the Iowa
democracy. It's failure thru faction in
the teeth Of unprecedented good luck,
would be the joke Of the generation.
TWO kids" AND TWO MEN.
lCedar Rapids Republican,
When the writer came to Cedar
Rapids. more than few years ago,
and signed his drst note, to cover bor-
rowed money, from the hands Of that
prince of gentlemen, the late Capt.
Charles E. Putnam. then with the Mer-
chants National Bank. a somewhat
gaunt looking kid" lowered around
the bank, running errands. That was
John Burianek. On Friday night that
boy was the host OF all the bankers Of
Cedar Rapids, at the best dinner ever
served in the Hotel Nontrose, now
owned and managed by q man who
was q bell boy in an eastern hotel.
In a bank. Charles E. Taylor, who 10
BuriaAek gave his dinner as president
OF the Cedar Rapids Clearing House
Association. OF course, John Burianek.
as boy. and also Mr.. Taylor. attended
to business They did not begin life with
a cigaret in their teeth. nor did they
spend much time in pool rooms and in
the evenings they did not go to the
picture shows, not every evening In the
year. They slept Of nights and when
they arose in the morning their eyes
were bright and their minds active
upon whatever work they had to do.
Twenty years from now some one
will write In this same manner about
some Of the kids Of today. But We
can almost pick out the ones who
will be in Mr.. Burianek's place and
the ones who win be in Mr.. Taylor's
place. They are the boys who are now
| bright with attention, faithful to their
minor duties as we'll al their larger
ones and they are boys who are think
| ing Of their mothers and helping them
and thinking OF mothers is in itself
sufficient to eanob!e and usefuiize any
young mans life-and both Of the men
We have mentioned have been pecul-
iarly conspicuous. among their friends,
for the care and attention and help
they have given to their mothers. The
future il all mirrored in the present.
| for every body on earth.