Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-30
GOOD DEMOCRATIC ADVICE

lOsceola Democrat
Jack Dalton, editor of the Manson
Democrat, and a veteran OF democratic
hostilities, for Jack has eft" a good
many battles. has issued his ultimatum.
To get down to brass tacks Jack al
lows that all this bosh about a dry
plank for the democratic state conven-
ton is worrying his frayed democratic
nerves. He simply will not exist on
diet OF grape juice and one raisin a
week. He says that il the democrats
are determined to shipwreck the grand
old party. he (Jack) is going to with
draw his valuable sheet from the next
campaign.
All of which seems to be about as
inconsistent as jumping off the Masonic
temple with a lighted cigar in your
mouth and trying to imagine you're a
skyrocket. After Jan. / Iowa is going
to be dry, the men that you and
sent to the legislature last year say
so. and we have every reason to be-
lieve they mean it, 1t would seem al
most a bit inconsistent that the demo-
cratic party in such a state would
have a dry" plank in their platform.
I am not a teetotaler myself, any one
Of my friends will tell you that. But.
do believe that the old time third
ward heller has received the knockout
blow, and he might just as well lay
down, and ask for his favorite flower.
If Jack wants to take his Manson
Democrat away from the democratic
party-let him do SO. But, Oh. Jack,
do not forget that it Is Mr.. Subscriber
that pays for your bread and butter.
You may hear a howl which will make
the annual yells of Iowa and Ames
sound like the chirping of cuckoo
clock
IDLE GOSSIP.
[Muscatine Journal
KILLED by idle gossip" was the YER
dict returned by an Illinois coroner's
jury In the case Of Mrs. Ida Bodman
of the town OF Western Springs. H.,
who committed suicide rather than
struggle against a calumny which
threatened to cloud her life. "Pois-
oned" telephone calls which were re-
ceived by the young mother is well as
by her friends brought about the
tragedy. TIL unfounded scandal d.
vorced the young woman from her
friends who preferred acceptance of
the untruth to the companionship of
the one maligned by the small town"
talk. At first she pluckily sought to
give the tale the lie, but with the de-
sertion of each new friend her heroic
resolution weakened and on Saturday
night after tucking her Riddles into
bed and giving them a farewell kiss
she ended 1t all.
The murderer" is known to all in
the small world in which the young
woman lived. yet he will not be
brought to justice for the law does
rot construe the tongue to be a dead
~ weapon.
The verdict Is an odd one, yet the
cause of death is commonplace. Idle
gossip has brought tragedy into not
few lives 1t is not often that a cor
oner's jury has the perception to ar
rive at such verdict nor the courage
to place the brand upon the instrument
of death.
Their finding not only vindicates the
young wife but breaches a lesson to
the little world Of Western Springs.
There are many Western Springs in
the country and unfortunately to but
few of them will the jury's verdict
come. In all tho there have been and
will continue to be the wrecking OF
lives and hopes thru the idle gossip OF
the town.