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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
IOWA NOTES AND OPINION.

"The notion that Henry Ford Is go
ing to prove to be indispensable tf
the working out of proper policies a,
Washington during the reconstructine
period after the war is calculated tC
give one pain" says the Sioux City
Journal. What Henry Ford is wanted
in the senate by the president for Is to
provide one more democratic vote. and
to provide it from a state where the re-
publican party Is dominant. The solicit
| tation of Ford to seek the office Is not
a move toward nonpartisanship, but
new proof of extreme partisanship, OF
at least of inability on the part of the
president to understand what nonpar-
tisanship Is. 1t looks like a political
trick no worthier than many which
brought old time bosses into disrepute''
why should convicts not be allowed
to enlist in convict regiment, and go
to the French front" asks Mount Ver-
non Record. Even a convict gets
some protection from this nation. What
| is more, many convicts would make
fine soldiers. and would render eplen-
did accounting of themselves"
The Iowa Falls Sentinel declares that
booze is expensive any way you take
it." While trying to conserve grain we
are permitting breweries owned large
ly by Germans and managed by men OF
that nationality to consume millions Of
bushels Of grain in the manufacture OF
beer"
And. say" eSclaims the Odebolt
Chronicle, won't it be glorious to walk
down town and miss the usual street
loafer. whose boast is that he never
works?
THE primary law is coming in for
some hard knocks these days. but 1t
must be admitted that one thing 1t
used to be accused of is not true says
the Upton Advertiser. at was said
that no one could afford to aspire to
officve because the cost Of getting q
nomination under the promary law
would be prohibitive. However, a
glance over the cost bills filed by coun-
ty candidates shows there is nothing in
this. The highest cost to any candt-
date in this county was less than SIS
and several OF them reported no cost
Whatever"
There are some loafers about Iowa
City who ought to have the work or
fight rule applied to them They are
not working, and we do not know
whether they would fight If forced
into the ranks. They are not only
young men of loafing habits" ex-
plains the Iowa City' Republican, but
healthy. strong men. many Of them
owners of farms, who are doing prac-
tically nothing. To be idle now Is to
fail the country in its time. Of need.
Ii. the fellows who FISH and are able
to work do not work, it would be saw
ing to push them into the river and
save the cost Of their keep. 1t Is time
to make the work or fight rule OF
some account"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
HAnDplcx,se IN WISCONSIN AND n lcu,eAx

| Comment on the presidential inter-
| ference with Michigan's senatorial af-
fairs rarely fails to remark also upon
the similar interference in Wisconsin
and to express caustic comparison be-
tween the administrative proposal to
| subsequent attempt to direct partisan
and political affairs in state primaries.
The presidents selection of Mr.. Ford
in Michigan as a personal and admin
istration candidate for the senate in
tevitably brings the Wisconsin case into
! the perspective. 1t is impossible to see
one without seeing the other. They be-
long in the same political prospect.
Democrat politicians like Lewis were
expected to give Davies full assistance
in, Wisconsin. 1t was no surprise when
Vice President Marshall threw his in
fluence," such as it is, to Davies and
against Lenroot that is the only sur
prising thing about it was that the
president should have permitted the
vice to mix in a state election. 1t was
a shock to the country, however, when
the president himself took a personal
hand in it and to the extent of ques-
tioning. indirectly at least, the loyalty
of Lenroot-of which there is no ques-
ton in the mind of the country.
Davies was handpicked by the presi-
dent and the administration in Wis
consin as Ford is handpicked for Michi-
gan. Davies was picked before the "ad
jotiTnr1eTlt of politics. Ford was picked
after. And there we are again.
One incident of the Wisconsin fight
not generally commented on was the
effort made to influence the soldiers in
the cantonment at Rockford when a
Rockford paper told the soldiers:
Tuesday. April ?, you are entitled to
vote for United States senator from
Wisconsin to succeed Paul O. Husting.
President Wilson. your commander in
chief, desires all loyal Americans to
vote for Joseph f. Davies for United
States senator.
It is to be assumed that the president
neither approved nor knew of that pub
LEGATION, but it shows how the poll
ticians backed up the handpicked can
didate in Wisconsin. The story is not
complete, however, without the returns
from the vote of the Wisconsin soldiers
at Camp Grant Lenroot had hand
some majority over Davies.
Adjourning partsanship and speak
ing for the common American citizen
there is unease whenever deliberate in
reference by politicians and presidents
with elections becomes a rule.
Moreover there is no basis for the
utter disorganiza.ion and abolition of
parties. On the contrary in times of
great stress there is the greater reason
why one party should balance another.
Of course the assumption that the re-
publican party should meekly come to
heel behind a partisan opposition is
ridiculous except to the politicians who
seek partisan advantage and hope for
retention of power thru such political
camoufiage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25

always exposed to attack by the Turks
and other nations who surround them
they have been obliged to conceal their
real ideals and to win their victories at
times automatically. But their hearts
have always been true to the ideal of
Liberty and all that liberty means to
the mind of man.
Think. oh! Americans! what 1t means
when these few men offer their lives for
the freedom Of the world, their money
they have always given freely, their
services no matter how lowly have al
ways been given.
Today another little band will start,
perhaps for the battlef1elds of France.
They may return to take their places
as citizens of these United States, they
may stay ''over there to write their
names beyond the stars, but neverniore
let the word foreigner" be applied to
those who give their life blood for the
country of their adoption and the prin-
cinles Of freedom,
William Dumeuliahos,
Angeles Piculis,
John Matsos.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
HE ALSO NEPT our FOR WAR.

Isl
Debate in congress or the erection
OF a statue Of James Buchanan. once
president. brought out expressions
that might he applied to recent his
tory. Buchanan was president for four
years preceding the inauguration OF
Abraham Lincoln. There were undls-
puted evidences OF reb ellion, and war
seemed immiaent to most honest OBJ
servers. The president was what In
these years would be calleda pacffst-
He refused to believe that there would
be war. His attitude toward success
sion was yacillating and underlined. He
was not disloyal In the sense OF ia
voring the demands OF the south. but
he did nothing toward of secession or
to prepare for armed struggle when it
came He hoped to keep US out OF
war" and was popular with coterie
of pacifsts for that reason.
The election of Lincoln brought to
the presidency a man endowed by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
RIPPI ING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
COSTLY VICTORIES.


gained mile Of ground and whoop with u m i
ahre His went forward wave I'VE on
provided by the foe they
lay there rotn the rain IN many
with old Red Bill ne can gain
mile
battered old
OF ms
in the while he kes IN
wont"
Or truce: will be- OH Bill where thy
Vilhelmp what {, q y IS & .4- .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
Topics Of the Times

A Charleston paper points to Her
bert Hoover as an example of the
extraordinary genius Of Woodruff Will
son in the choosing OF men" and never
mentions George Creel and Secretary
Baker.
When Iowa's Class / is exhausted
next month by draft Of $4,000 we
shall miss the young mems faces on
the streets as never before. And We
shall miss them more in the homes and
in the work we have to do.
1t is a great victory that on the
Italian front and one which may have
far reaching effect. But it u well not
to be too optimistic or to imagine that
it is the beginning of the end. We have
a war on that one battle or one VIC
tory will NOT decide.
Rev. Mr.. Schurmann, the Pomeroy
preacher has been convicted of trea-
sonous activity and will be punished.
There is only one thing wrong with 1t.
The Job should have been over with
much earlier.
That the New York Times should be
awarded the Pulitzer prize is not sur
prising. The Times is the best edited
newspaper in the world today.
Less than three days supply of meat
is in storage in this country. That is
the occasion for the effort to induce
the people to adopt the pound and
quarter Of clear beef ration.
Federal Food Administration Pres
colt, Of Michigan, has issued state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
GREEKS TRUE AMERICANS.

Ever since the days Of Marathon and
Thermopylae the Greeks have been
noted for liberty in thought and action.
To secure their liberty In modern
times they have enaigrated to America
in large numbers and have looked to
this land as to a god.
In spite of sometimes adverse crit
icism they have become the best Of
citizens and being very Industrious and
thrifty have been uniformly successful.
AS they have been few in numbers and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
Encourage Spirit OF Adventure.

The spirit of adventure, so nearly
universal In youth, commonly is
thwarted at every turn. Yet this Is
one Of Its finest gifts; when it has
gone, LIES greatest promise is past.
An educational system should nurture
and direct this spirit, bringing it to ex-
preston in daring. to aim at high
standards, in adventures into new
delds Of action, thought. and knowl-
edge; In desire for the hard, strenu-
GUS things which temper and stabilize
character. The sporting instinct Of
youth demands these difficult tasks,
and life IL stale when they cannot be
fcand-ArtAur p. Morgan, in the At.
lsns.e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
! FELT LIKE TEARING !
MY CLOTHES OFF !
Because Of Itching Skin.
|. Cuticura Heals Cost $1.75.

my trouble began with an itchy
sensation, and al of my body was
broken out with pimples. The PIN
pies were hard and red. at irst and
then they began to turn to water and
dry up. They were irritating and
hmads me scratch all the time. could
not sleep at night, and sometimes ]
felt like tearing my clothes all of
"Ths trouble lasted about mn weeks
before used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
mont. l only used two boxes Of Cuti-
cura Ointment and three cakes 81 Gu
ticura Soap and l was healed"
(Signsd) Mrs. Carrie Jordan, $40
Presbyterian Ave-, Madison. Indiana,
June is, 1917. 4.
Cuticura Soap daily and cuticura
Ointment occasionally usually prevent
pimples, hlackhsads or other srupticns.
Unsightly complexions are often bar
to social and business success.
Sampls Each Free b. Nall. Address pcct;
card: CSeisura. Dsps. II. 1assoe." Sold
everywhere. Soap Csc. Ointment IS and sc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25

providence with the qualities that fit
men to deal with great crises. There
was no preparedness to meet condi-
tons that had gathered with cumula-
tive force to destroy the solidarity OF
the nation. The safeguard of the ma
tion lay in the wisdom anc purpose of
the president and the loyalty Of the
people who still believed in nation
united History has recorded the
events OF tina. era. but what might
have been had man like Lincoln
been president during the period of
Buchanan's incumbency can only be
ccn1ectured.
Historical events and the place men
occupy in the annals OF the country
often turn on very slight Incidents.
President Wilson's election depended
upon the vote OF one state, which gave
him hut "A slight majority. Had he
been defeated after the campaign
waged for him because he kept us
out of war" because he had RETAINED
from any step toward preparedness,
what would have been his place In
history? Had Hughes been elected
and the war prosecuted to successful
peace as 1t viii be, what place in
history would his political opponent
have been ASST gned? Would some fu-
ture congress debate on his lack Of
backbone and his complaisance in
the presence OF imminent national
danger? Would the reasons urged in
his behalf while a candidate for re-
election be brought forth in debate
to cloud his record and discredit him
In history! As we contemplate what
might have happened had a Roosevelt
or a Lincoln been president from 1857
to 1861, It is but logical to think OF
some OF the things that might have
happened had Wilson been defeated
and Hughes elected In 1916.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25
Must Travel 20 Know.

Must Travel 20 Know.
The world II country which no
body ever yet knew by description;
out must travel through 1t ones self
to bs acquainted With it-Chsster.
Held.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-25

Federal Food Administration Pres
colt. Of Michigan, has issued a state
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27
4 Fe1U Smiles

An Irish soldier had lost an eve in
battle, but was allowed to continue
in the service on consenting to have
a glass eye in its place. One day he
appeared on parade without his artl.
fetal eye.
Nolan" said the officer "you are
not properly dressed. Why is your
artificial eye not in its. placer"
Sure, sir" replied Nolan. ct left u
in me box to keep an eye on me kit
while I'm on parade"
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27
A Stole in Frugality

In his habits Clemenceau is most
rigorous. He is up with the lark and
to bed, whenever possible, by 8 at
night. AT every morning a Swedish
gymnast puts him through a severe
course of exercise. He writes in the
morning and attends to public duties
in the afternoon. His diet is en-
tremely frugal, partly on account OF
his stole disposition, but mainly be-
cause of an ailment of the stomach.
1t is related that on one occasion,
invited to luncheon by General Joffre,
he presented himself at the head
quarters kitchen half an hour before
the luncheon time and handed the
generalissimo's cook small parcel,
saying:
II am Monsieur Clemenceau, who is
to lunch with General Joffre. This In
a packet of noodles Please have the
kindness to boil them for me in plain.
unsalted water, because never eat
anything else"
He is of medium stature, quick and
graceful in his movements and polite
and amiable beyond the ordinary need
of even the proverbial French good
manners, especially toward women.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

ent-ThomaS and Lecompte were in
command OF these troops. They met
with resistance. A riot and fierce
fight ensued, and the two generals
were slain.
CIemencaau protested that, as Mayor
Of the reimbursement, he had endeav-
ored to quel the riot and protect the
generals. An officer of the War COun-
Gil expressed doubts concerning Glenn
enceau's Veracity, whereupon the fiery
young Mayor challenged him to duel,
On the Field of Honor
On the Field of Honor" after the
officer had fired his shot and missed,
C1emenceau said: "AS you are an Off
Ger of France l will spare your life;
l will only break your leg above the
knee. You understand, it is less dan
gerous to be wounded there than be-
low the knee"
The bullet struck where he had in
dicated.
This was the first of some six or
seven duels which Clemenceau en-
gagged in during his turbulent political
career. His duels almost always pos
sessed an element of picturesque diff
ferentness." which redeemed them
somewhat from the stupidity of so
Anticipated and feudal a method of
proving" ones honor. For instance.
q journalist had deliberately sought to
insult him by refusing to bow in &C.
acknowledgement of Clemenceau's greet
ing. A challenge was the result, and
before the shooting began Clemenceau
announced:
AS you appear to find it so Irlt-
some to raise your hat, I will take it
off for you
Clemenceau's bullet went through
the mans hat and knocked it off his
head
Another time Paul Deroulede, in
speech in the Chamber of Deputies,
accused Clemenceau of corruption in
connection with the French Panama
Canal scandal At the conclusion of
the accusing speech Clemenceau arose,
and after saying Monsieur Deroulede
lies!" sat down. The Code of Honor"
left no choice. Deroulede was com.
PEELED to challenge.
So dreaded had Clemenceau become
as a due1ist that Deroulede felt death
was inevitable. He made his will, babe
friends adieu and on the field of
honor" cut from his own head a lock
of hair which he divided between the
seconds as souvenirs. So nervous was
he that his bullet went wide of the
marlS and Clemenceau smiled grimly
and refused to fire in retura.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

though the paper reapreared at Bor~
deauX under the name of L'Homme
Enchaine oman Chained'). the CEN
sor's habit of blocking out "the choic-
est paragraphs moved the irascible
editor to such wrath that he put all his
resources in motion until he succeed
ed in getting the censorship removed
in regard to political matters. It was
not until he became Prime MinistP-
for the second time that he r<s-nzed
how fortunate it would have been for
him If the censorship had not been re-
moved from politics.
Needless to say he was made the
target of the fiercest kind of attacks
France, during the first few weeks of
his incumbency, was either furiously
for or against him. But when the
salutary effects of his genius for gov
eminent began to be felt and France
was seen again to have recovered her
wonted fervor, the hostile spirit
against him died out and he came
more and more to be looked upon as
the Deliverer."
He had spent days at a time among
the troops, reviving their spirits and
making them believe that nothing but
victory was possible. And he was the
first to bring to Paris from Picardy,
from Flanders and from Bethune the
welcome news that the Germans were
fleeing before the French, the Brit
ish and the American arms.
In his devotion to his public life
he was negligent of the duties which
would have insured him domestic hap
piness.
Never was there a more loving or
devoted wife than Nine. Clemenceau,
and yet, after thirty years of mar
ried life, and after all their children
were grown up, she obtained a divorce
and returned to America. Monsieur
Clemenceau married again; this time
a Partisan.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27
Is Hailed "The Deliverer''

Next, as War Minister in his own
cabinet, Clemenceau shaped events so
adroitly that Field Marshal Foch was
chosen commander-in-chief Of the AL
lied armies; the union with England
and Italy was frightened and, with
Frances spirits thus rejuvenated and
the will for victory revived, the French
people were now convinced that, at
last, they were being properly gov
erned
It was not altogether easy sailing
for this grand old man" Of France.
He himself had sowed the seed of the
trouble which as Prime Minister be.
set his way. Through his efforts in
the Chamber of Deputies the French
censorship had been removed from all
but military affairs. His newspaper,
L'Homme Libre CFree Man'O, in
which he had launched many of his
most scathing philippines against inef.
ficiency or corruption, or both, in high
places, had been suppressed, and. al
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

After he had served a year as
Mayor his Montmartre constituents
elected him to the General Assembly.
He had won their affection by his man
ner of housekeeping for them. He
had found their streets poorly paved,
the policing wholly inadequate, the
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

Geraldine fearfully(-Jack. our en-.
gagement is at an end and I wish to
return to you everything that YOU
have ever given me.
Jack (cheerily) Thanks; you may
begin at once with the kisses.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

sewerage insanitary and nearly every
thing wrong that should have been
right. His years incumbency as
Mayor was spent in dynamoltke Ell
forts to reform all this; and there is
no doubt that he accomplished much.
Almost Immediately he became a
power in the General Assembly. His
biting satire and thunderous, crushing
dialectic onslaughts, both as orator IN
the assembly and as writer in the
paper which he had established, made
him a factor which the highest and
mightiest in the land soon realized
they had to reckon with. From 1871
to 1875 he was a member of the Paris
Municipal Council and became its pres
ident.
In 1876 lie was elected to the Cham
Der of Deputies to represent the Mont
martre district. And from that day
to the present time, except for nine
year withdrawal from politics IL the
eighties his voice has been ringing
out, loud and clear, a clarion call of
opposition to everything that savored
of injury to France.
Rights Dreyfus Injustice
During the celebrated Dreyfus case
he risked his career and life in espous-
ing that deeply injured army officers
cause. In his paper, LAurore, to
which lola also contributed some of
the finest productions of his genius in
behalf of Dreyfus, Clemenceau sur
passed himself in his efforts to vim
dictate justice against intrigue so wide
spread that it threatened to engulf the
entire nation. OF Clemenceau's Drey-
fus letters in L'Aurore Sydney Brooks
has said:
They remain, / suppose, the most
brilliant masterpieces OF polemics that
French literature has produced since
PascarS famous Provincial Letters"
And to Clemenceau's untiring activ-
ity was largely due the victory which
brought freedom and rehabilitation to
the young Jewish captain who had suf-
fered as a Gagged prisoner on Devils
Island on a trumped-up charge.
IN the early years of his political
career, as Mayor of Montmartre and
deputy In the National Assembly,
Clemenceau was the leader of the Rad
icals. So entirely radical was he that
he was said to have been independent
even in his radicalism." BY an al
most imperceptible evolution he has
emerged. as one of his biographers
says, ITO a saner advocacy OF just
and free democracy"
When prime ministers did not seem
TO him to be pursuing course cal
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

What did the landlord say when
you told him you would leave If tina
janitor didn't give YOU more heat?"
Didn't seem to worry him. In
fact, he suggested another location
where 1 would get all the heat
wanted and then some"
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

Briggs--What time did the clock say
when you got home last night?
Griggs--I don't remember what the
clock said, but I'll never forget what
my wife said.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-27

culated to produce the best results for
France; or when while pursuing the
right course they seemed to him to
lack efficiency, Clemenceau would
move every engine of political, orator.
cal and literary destructiveness to
hurl them from their high position.
Sixteen ministers has he thus upset in
his time, and q vast number of in
dividual ministers have been laid low,
politically, by his single-handed efforts.
Among the prime ministers whom he
thus unseated were Jules Ferry De
Freycinet, De Broglie, Rouvier nd Call
lauX. The title of 'king-maker" came
to him thirty-eight years ago, when he
forced President Grevy to retire to
make place for Carnot. 1t has been
said of him that without his support
no cabinet or president has long main
tanned supremacy.