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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08
PROHIBITION AT WASHINGTON

The District Of Columbia prohibition
bill is prohibition triumph-of cer-
tain sort.
However, the law in question doesn't
prohibit. 1t is special, partial, frac-.
tional legislation The diplomatic corps
Of foreign governments are excepted
from its provisions. Ithas been pointed
eGt that q foreign ambassador is thus
given rights which the president of the
United States doesn't possess. And
even where American citizens are con-
cerned, there is discrimination. There
are to be no more saloons. a provision
which millions of Americans will ap-
prove, but any body is to be allowed to
bay liquor for his personal use. The
rich man can still get all he wants.
The poor man is virtually deprived ot
the privilege.
The act as 9 whole is undemocratis
and un American. Congress should
either let the matter alone Of 60 furs
ther. s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08
BRYAN AND PEACE

White praJsing President wilson a
eloquent appeal 10 she nal ian,s at
war, William jennings nrgan is
opposed 40 tlla sageesiion otfsrsd in
the Presidents address hefora ina
saaase.aa concert Of power fs main
tain the peace of the word Ha az
plains:
u dissent entirely from lha nron.
ositiou that this nation should ioin
in q movement So effect peace in Eur
ope II the nations viii aeree to
peace on terms suggested by The
president they viii NOT naaa onr ao
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08
MBxICo's PROPOSED
CONSTITUTION


That new constitution which has
been prepared for Mexico is won
derfulIy made ins rament and it is at
once evident its makers are not can
able of framing d Fundamental law
for the goyernm8nt of free people.
They are starting in much farther
back in some th.ngs than did the
American eoloniats when they settled
on The shores Of be Atlantic. A few
things, however. theY have brought
down do date and carried bill over
into the future.
The provision ragardiag the separ
alton of church rom state is little
more than an article conliscating the
property OF tie Catholic church.
There is not great complainc about
The prohibiting af clergYmen teach
ing in the public schools, but the
requirement tbat'al clergymen must
he natives of Mexico is intolerable.
An atheist government one ia con
vinced who has given the matter any
attention,
There is little wonder, knowing
what the commission proposes for a
new constitution. That there is jnsur-
rection in that country. Such ideas
must be dispeilea before there can be
senblanee of democratic form OF
government.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Newfoundland's drastic prohibition
law found it necessary to order van
lila extract off the marlet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

The more President Wilson comes in
contact with militant suffragets, the
better he likes the other variety.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Great Britain's boasted mastery of
the seas seems to have been greatly
exaggerated.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

The Teutons are rapidly cutting out
the free passes in the Roumanian
war theater
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

The rear guard moving out of Mex
leo seems to be saying to the Mexi-
cans as it slowly moves on Don't
push.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Madam" said the tramp, II was
once member Of the legislature.
And are you sure" she said, inclin-
ed to believe him, . that your reform
alion is complete?''
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

After another four weeks the rumor
committee which has been busy with
the presidents cabinet can adjourn
sine die.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Sioux City Tribune: Reports from
the border say that the bandit Villa
Is following on the heels of General
Pershlng's retiring troops. An eff
tectlYe back kick might do business
yet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

That Danish sea captain called the
bluff of Ehe German submarine com.
mander who threatened to sink his
craft. l may be that If other cap
tains had the same kind of nerve and
used it there would have been fewer
sinkings. 1t may be that the Ger.
mans have been getting through on
bluff, but if the submarine commands
er had called tae bluff of the Dane,
well there would have been q differ
ent story to tell.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Fighting has been resumed on most
of the battlefronts in Europe. Will
sons peace plans seems to have given
new energy to hostiIities.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

E&- Consul Bopp, who violated neu-
tFality and was sentenced in Californ-
ia, will be promoted when be returns
to Germany, it is reported From
iron bars to iron cross?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

A Maryland woman still has a goose
which was given her on her twenty
hTst birthday. Lots OF women still
have the goose they got on their
wedding day. y.-Britton Sentinel
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Is the gentleman who formerly gave
sympathy to the farmer in the audi
ence? The farmer has brought it
back and is waiting outside.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

The public has bad its fill and more
with the antics of that birth control
propagandist whose crime is scarcely
less rcprehensible in the eyes of the
law than the crime of the professional
abortiopist.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Wisconsin and Illinois are consider.
ing voting dry Missouri nearly went
dry last fall Nebraska is IN line. and
Minnesota and South Dakota are think
ing it over. Iowa seems contagious.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Senator Owen, in hfs proposal to GUST
federal judges from Office who have
the nemerity to question the constitu-
tlonality of any act of congress, dis
plays an inexcusable ignorance of the
purposes of the United States consti-
tuition which distinctly provides for
three branches of government-the
legislative, the judicial and the execu-
tive the legislative to construct the
laws, the judicial to construe the laws
and the executive to enforce them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Sioux Falls Tribune: In regard to
varying opinions about American
prestige abroad, it should be noted
that the American dollar is very much
IN demand at face value and plus.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

A French editor, commenting on
President Wilson'S peace proposals
made recently IN an address to the
United States senate asserts they
have that kind of an arrangement in
Europe now. He regards the entente
allies as p, league to enforce peace
If President Wilson'S league don't
make better progress when he gets it
organized, if he ever gets it organized,
than the entente is making it will be
the next thing to q failure.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

That marketing is the most impor
tant farm problem today is generally
conceded. Better information re-
garding markets is required. The
Standardization of products and
knowledge OF what various market
grades and classes mean is demanded.
Familiarity with transportation rates
and proper billing and means of re-
covery of losses is needed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

The Omaha Bee, having Inspected
Governor Neyille's imposing staff
of chesty colonels,' pleads with the
United States to avoid war at any
cost.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-08

Elihu Root is for the league to en-
force peace and also for universal
military service. There is no thing
inconsistent in that-it's compulsion
all around.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Ripping Rhymes
MARCHING HOME.
y WALT MAsos

When they come back from blood
stained fields, the country's hero fight
ers. displaying. on their belts and
shields the scalps OF Prussian blight
ers. when they come back across the
foam from active German hunting.
how proudly they'll be welcomed home!
Well deck the land with bunting!
The bands will play to beat the band,
brave airs in handsome doses. and
pretty girls, on every hand, will pelt
the boys with roses. And there'll be
music in the kirfi loud organ peals and
singing, and every man will quit his
work. and keep the welkin ringing. I'd
hate to be the Stacker lad who skulked
and lodged the fighting, when from
Paree or Petrograd the buys come
home a-kiting! I'd hate. to be that
young man then, disgraced beyond re-
demption, who claimed a SPAWN or 9
wen, as reason for exemption. Oh.
better far to fill grave in some red
field uncharted, than stink around
when banners wave to greet the lion
hearted. When we, to see the heroes
back, before the courthouse rally. tho
bloodless fellows who were slack Will
hide in some dark alley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Invocation.

o Thou whose equal purpose runs
In drops of rain or streams Of suns,
And with the soft compulsion rolls
The green earth on her snowy poles;
o Thou who keepest in thy ken
The times of flowers, the dooms of men,
Stretch out a mighty wing above
Be tender to the land we love!
If all the huddlers from the storm
Have found her hearthstone wide and
warm; e.
If she has made men free and glad,
Sharing, with all, the good she had;
If she has blown the very dust
From her bright balance to be just,
oh, spread a mighty wing above
Be tender to the land we love!
When in the dark eternal tower
The star clock strikes her trial hour
And for her help no more avail
Ter sea blue shield, her mountain mail,
But sweeping wide, from gulf to lakes,
The battle on her forehead breaks,
Throw Thou a thunderous wing above
Be lightning for the land we love!
Wendell Phillips Stafford, 1.-THE Land
We Love-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
n,,n,;no out Of booze.

shall we Of this generation i've 70
see the world running out OF oooze
Win the supply get short. Until " 10
hooked upon as q Curiosity
The other day someone went TO an
old time business man. who had ms
friends and his enemies with a report
!, something an enemy had said about
hin, BUT the old man stopped the
teller Of the story In the middle OF ms
first sentence:
never mind" he said 7 don't want J.
70 hear IL. / am running out OF, hate. !.
sometimes wonder If the worio
isn't running out Of hate. and II the
end Of the war Is not nearer than We
now think, And wonder Il the wori :,
isn't running out Of booze. The sun
NAV seem to be lying around carelessiy
IN great quantities, just Ike the nate
but i notice that they are asking more
for it. 1t is getting to be an expen !
ave stuff again, just like the maze.
II the world is running out OF hate
and OF booze, and perhaps OF greed !.
some even seem to think that that stun
il getting superfiuous, too-ss ny, then ,ss!s
this will be pretty good place 70 i've
In for a few decades more, before We
give it all UP In despair, - Minneapoiis
Journal. II s %
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Billy Bunny and His Friend.

Bunny into all the empty milk cans
and one full one, they found the driver
up in a weeping willow tree.
"Ill come down II you'll promise not
to run over me- he said, for he was
nearly frightened to death and looiced
dreadfully funny, for one Of the milk
can covers had fallen on his head.
Il thought he would be mad ~ .
hornet" whispered Billy Bunny to his
rabbit uncle.
"But where's my horse?" said the
millanari when he reached the ground
So they all locked around ana every
until they looked up into another
weeping willow tree. And there was
the poor horse high up in the baancheA
"Oh, I'll come down from this willow
tree,
II you'll promise me Just one thing.
And chat Is never again to ray,
'Gid-ap' as you drive me along the,
way,
For always go the best can;
I'm a faithful friend to every man,
So please don't hurry me so.
For I'm not trying to go too slow.
"All right my good old horse" said
kind Uncle Lucky. Your master shall
give me his word" SO the horse Jumped
down and the willow tree stopped
weeping right away. Tor it was 90 Glad
that the poor old milk horse was never
again to be hurried on his way. And
in the next story I'll tell you why.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Topics or the Times

The young woman who marries anan
to assist him in lodging the conscrip-
ton 10 certainly fit wife Tor him.
Let them marry. why spoil two FAM
lilies?
Goal" and telephone pole rhyme
but probably the governor never mo-
ticed that.
Ever notice that an optimist always
wants to ride on the front seat?
Appoint the road patrol men and see
that they earn their pay. It's the
cheapest road improvement and the
surest Of any ordinary proposition of
highway maintenance so far brought
forward. There's as much sense in
keeping the road up as in keeping the
line fence fixed.
That INDIAN pow-wow seems to be
drawing crowds like an old time camp
meeting.
Naturally the business man worries
over the alien business man, thus find
ing viewpoint where he may UNDER
stand how the American laborer and
trades worker views importation Of
foreign labor.
The Rolfe Arrow says the prevailing
rate for harvest hands UP that way is
So a day. Well, Henry Ford pays that
and his business depends on the har-
vest And he must make his own mimi
mum price. Congress didn't do 1t for
him.
Davenport IS now sorry that It didn't
meet Wallace at the train with the
butt end of billiard cue.
As to the coal situation everything
isn't being done that isn't being done.
Great activity in doing nothing.
Of course If we can in justice use
aliens in this war let's do it-but who's
country is this and isn't it worth sac
rifce on our own part? OF course 1t IS
hard lines to .eaVe an alien competitor
at ho1le to get the business while
go to war. At least we
might see to it that the alien VINO
doesn't fight pays in special taxes for
the privileges he claims.
A Knoxville woman wants to know
if it is just and right for lawyers to
charge poor men So for making cut
exemption applications. II the Knox
vile people will rake up few in
stances of that sort and make thsm
public property those IS bill; VII be
the most expensive pisces of money
those lawyers ever took in.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTOWN iowa AUGUST N 1911

vain regrets OF such men when they
have reached the final goal OF In
decency and disrepute? What living
death they must endure. For with the
shock of understanding comes remorse
and unavailing regret. Like the VIC
tim of the quicksands looking back
hopelessly on the green fields and the
firm earth they sink from sight and
human knowledge In an agony OF spirit
as unlmaginabie as indescribable.
Mile posts of indecency landmarks OF
disrepute. What memory to leave
when the world Is left behind,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07

Well, I'm glad to say 1t was some
thing nice that happened just az ! LETT
of: in the last story. You remember
the Policeman Cat had arrested Billy
Bunny and his Uncle Lucky. Well.
Just as that Policeman Cat lifted his
club to tickle Uncle Lucky's left hind
foot. a big elm tree began to bark and
Of course the Policeman Cat was near
scared to death. He thoughht it was
dog. you see. and instead of tickling
dear. kind Uncle Lucky with his clup,
he turned tail and ran off down the
road. And he ran so fast the he ieit
his number behind and Uncle LUCKY
picked it UP and put 1t on his automo-
bile, and after that they asked two
little firefiies TO sit inside the lamps
and make them shine, for you remem-
Der the electricity had all burned up.
Well. after while, they came to
turn in the road and, goodness gra-
cfous. before they could stop the auto
mobile they ran into a milk wagon.
And, oh. dear me! there was whipped
cream all over the place, and Biny
Bunny and Uncle Lucky looked ike
two little cream puffs.
And / suppose you are wonderins
where the driver of the milk wagon
was all this time. And SO were Uncle
Lucky and Billy Bunny. and II you u
wait a minute III tell you, as soon as
my typewriter ebhaves itself. nor 1t got
so excited when the 1uckymobile ran
into the milk wagon that it caught my
thumb and pinched 1t. ,..
We'll. pretty soon, after Uncle LUCKY
had looked behind the moon and Billy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
Wher, FUR 10 Cheap.

The fur trade Is a good line OF busi-
ness, judging from the prices COM
manded by raw furs and the finished
products Russia is one Of the prin
cipal sources Of supply for the better
grades, and any woman is familiar
with the fancy valuations placed upon
a Russian fur.
Every year big fair Is held at Trbit,
Russia, and furs are sold to buyers
from all over the world. The diner
ence between prices obtained and
those which will be asked for the
goods are illuminating. At the most
recent fair 5000 badger skins sold Tor
80 to Sc cents each. Three hundred
bear skins brought from $11.43 to $50
apiece. The coat Of the lowly house:
cat was worth only quarter and
$4,000 were sold at that and lower QUO
tations The deg Jared hatter, 1000
dressed skins bringing up to $1.S8 each.
E:riIiiiiHf almnst priceless on Broad
way commanded $3.50 for the best
skins. No less than 10000 skins were 2.
sold, some Of them going for q price
as low as SO cents. The best red fox
skins brought $40 Only blue fox
skins ran to anything like the dgures
quoted in this country, thirty skins
selling up to $171.42. Many u otnef
kinds OF fur were sold, the tofai
mounting into thousands Of bales. But
the fur dealer will no doubt assert next
fall that the crop was short
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07

thinks that thus he can escape hill
tary service, or the young woman VINO
allows herself thus to be used by one
who is obviously coward, shirReI'
or both. The two will be ftly mated
In mat they share like form OF base
moss but the worst feature OF such
unions is not the factor the possi-
bility, for their miserable putpo
seems likely to be foiled-that Ihe
country will be deprived OF poor
soldier. but that the characteristics VI
such parents will be emphasized IN
their children and far more serious
injury to the nation be thus enecteu.
The eugenist is more alarmed by tne
present rush for marriage licenses than
the recruiting sergeant is disguised Wy
n for the former looks further into
the future.
These wretched marriages can not
he stopped by law, but most OF thein
could probably be prevented y II
clearly and convincingly explalneu inc
exemption from draft can not win an.
certainty thus be secured. the cnan.ea
are that the young men mus tahine
shelter behind petticoats dislike Ihe
sponsibilities and restrictions OF ma
rage only little less than the haru-
ships and perils Of war.
There is some, tho a poor. consola
tion in the thought that each OF tnees
husbands will get bad wife. and eac,i
~ these wives will get bad hus oahu'
EacN can confidently be expected 70
detest the other within year. ana
lifetime Of pickering and quarreiing
will he a punishment to fit the crime
thew are now committing.-New YORK
Times. XXX
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
LOOSE CRITICISM IS ISLANDER.

The public. looking on from the out
side, needs be extremely cautious OF
criticism in this matter of physical eX-
emptions. The young man who comes
out of the examination rejected may
appear the picture Of health to the
common observer, but it is safe to say
and assume that the medical examin-
ers have done their duty and that he
called to fill Uncle Sans specifications
for a soldier.
Those specifications require practi-
cally physical perfection. The selec-
tive Consumption is especially selectire
in that it is demanding those physical
ly the best men men among us. Many
a man who is fully convinced Of his
physical fitness would be astonished to
learn how far he actually is from the
requirements of the draft.
So let US be most careful of idle
talk and unwise and unfounded sneers
at the rejected man. 1t is easy TO do
these men a great and lasting injus-
tice. The public must be fair. The
man whose sons were not drawn to
this ordeal and who for obvious
causes is himself unavailable Is guilty
Of a shameful act when he suggests
SANDER against the man examined or
those who examined him unless he has
facts and proof to bring forward in
support Of his suggestion. And if he
were to possess such proof he is a
traitor to his country if he fails to
place his information in the hands OF
the proper authorities.
Let every person understand that
the boys who are undergoing the test
are entitled to every honor we can
give them, that they have been Sc
leeted to bear the stress Of great
emergency which we, undrawn. are es-
Gaping, that they are bearing our bur-
den. carrying our load and that those
who sneer without cause are con-
temptibly unpatriotic.
All honor to the men who are walt
ing the decision, to the wives anu
mothers and sisters and fathers who
are passing thru the crucible with
them-all honor, all kindness and all
Justice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07
CAN NOT KEEP 1T OUT.
Huntington Hawkeye.1

There are indications that party
politics is to be revived soon. TWO
recent congressional elections in both
of which the republican candidates
won out by increased majorities have
attracted attention and over in Illinois
an organization has been brought into
being which has for its obpect the task
OF making the state safe for the re-
publican party. 1t is argued that this
is no time for politics. Well, there s
something that might be debated.
Others will argue that all times are
the time for politics-politics being the
peoples business, the peoples means
for keeping in their own hands the
management Of affairA
There will be found not few who
are convinced that IL is not 70 the best
Of the country to have political parties
practically wiped out, or lying asleep.
And whether for good or evil the fact
remains that there is a growing inter-
est in party politics. and that we are
going to see some OF the most interest
ing political warfare In the next few
years that this country has ever
known. It will be made donbiy inter-
esting by the fact that the president
has demonstrated that he 10 q master
Of the game.