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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
FREE SPEECH.
Waterloo Courier. I

Waterloo Courier.l
There Is good deal of loose talk
concerning free speech" and a free
country" There should be a we'll
defined cutoff as to what constitutes
freedom. both Of country and speech.
The cutoff, SO far as it relates to
speech. should occur at the point
where the opinions of certain people,
publicly expressed, give offense to
other people, become dangerous to
society at large and the country as a
whole. The rights Of the whole are
paramount to the privileges Of the
few.
At the recent convention Of the
state federation of labor at Fort
Dodge special mention was made of
the fact that everybody who had
anything to say at that convention
was given the right of way to say 1t.
1t was declared that the policy of the
federation was to permit the fullest
and freest expression of views. the
delegates being credited with suffIci-
ent powers OF discrimination to sift
the good from the bad.
That program sounds alluring and
eminently fair. but Is 1t wise? It Is
admitted that under that permission
some speeches OF the wild and woody
type. radical in the extreme. were
made. which the delegates as a body
repudiated. Probably 1t was known
before hand the kind Of talks that
would be made, and the men were
allowed to get the dope out of their
systems just to keep the record of
free speech clean. But was that good
ical talks did affect some delegates
and plant bad seed? Is it good policy
to permit in convention Of men
who have the interests of the coun-
try at reart, speeches known to be
poisonous and harmful to the coun-
try. II the doctrine advocated by the
speakers should prevail?
To bring the case nearer home
would the levelheaded. right minded
delegates to such convention favor
letting loose IN the auditorium a
couple Of adult rattlcsnakes? The
argument that the radical talk need
not do any harm II nobody took stock
In It or permitted It to make an i'm
preston on the mind. applies to the
presence Of the mathematics. The
presence Of the reptiles need not do
any harm If they did not sting any
body with their fangs. All the dele
gates need do would be to keep out
OF the way Of the rattiers and moth
ing would happen: why not let the
vipers In and give them a run for
their money, so to speak?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
THE REAL ISSUE.

Republicans of the more positive
type have noted with some apprehen-
sion the absence Of the old time
ringing declarations" which char
acterized party platforms when
slavery, free trade and free silver is
suer drew line Of cleavage as wide
as the ocean between the two parties.
Once those paramount" issuse DEM
ocrat was democrat and republic
can a republican,. Every man be-
ieved the gold standard was all right
or all wrong. He believed slavery was
all right or it was all wrong. He be-
lieved free trade was the best econ
omic policy for this country or he
believed in protective tariff. And he
believed it with the fervor of saint.
Today it cannot be said that the
members of the parties differ so
radically upon many OF the issues.
Many OF the old time issues are not
to the fore.
Both parties have division of
opinion in their ranks upon the ques-
ton Of the league of nations, which
Mr.. Wilson has sought to make a
paramount" issue. Democrats differ
with democrats and republicans with
republicans on this issue. It Is a DIFF
ference largely Of degree. Most men
and women want a league Of some
kind, or an International tribunal
some kind Of an organization that
will crystalline the earnest desire Of
all to avoid the scourge of war.
Most Of them too have q vague fear
Of the Wilson compact, II they do not
believe 1t radically wrong.
Many think 1t exceedingly danger
Gus. The great powers were willing
to accept the notifications proposed
by the senate. President Wilson
casting aside the judgments OF many
of the best men in his own party and
in the republican party insisted and
demanded that it be accepted or re-
jected without change The result
was that it failed.
But Wilson cannot make It the
paramount issue In this campaign,
and even If he did he could not win
upon his record In respect to that is
sue. His attitude has been about as
consistent as to demand that a man
wear black suit Of clothes or none
at all.
The truth Is the great issue In this
Fcampaign is the demand for a change
In the control Of governmental affairs.
The people are sick and tired of the
confusion, the mismanagement, the
burdens which the democratic admin
istration has heaped upon them. They
are restless and afraid. The country
II like q ship whose captain and
crew scorn charted seas. The pas
sengers want new man at the wheel
and the sailors educated in the good
old school.
The record Of the party and it's
chosen leader are on trial. not the
league Of nations.
Perhaps Mr.. Lodge put it in harsh
way. but he sounded tho keynote and
made the issue when he said the viii
son dynasty. its heirs and assigns
must be driven from control Of the
government. That was "ringinga
enough. The platform makes clear
the charges upon which the indict-
ment Ia brought.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

accidental crimes. Penalties are paid
without reference to the degree Of
guilt. It brings the police court into
contempt because the accused beliey-
es ne can settle the matter in the
absence of the judge and go his way.
1t makes the court an automaton
without dignity and held In contempt
instead of In respect. Every person
who forfeits appearance bail should
be arrested, tried. and If convicted.
flned and required to pay without
consideration of what he forfeited by
his refusal to appear according to his
bail terms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

why stick to archais, small town.
grandfather methods of transacting
public business when all private
business has moved up to modern
accounting practice? Why confuse
the average voter with counting
machine for him to operate when the
adding machines could better be
used by accountants trained in their
operation?' asks the Council Bluffs
Nonpariel why not give the voter
the kind Of ballot he knows how
to use and let the men who draw
their per diem fuss with the ma
chimes? Why pay overtime fees for
old men to sit up all night after
hard days work at the polls when
expert accountants could each be do
ing the work Of three inexperienced
counters and do 1t in broad day
light? Let's get up to date"
Senator Johnson's expenditures
must be great but he escapes. Gen.
eral Woods expenditures are ex-
tremely large. but are in general
way. and he escapes. Governor
Lowden has been betrayed. but his
friends love him and believe in him"
declares the Des Moines Capital.
There are a lot of men who wear
silk shirts who have never done any
thing to earn the price Of the silk
remarks the Cedar Rapids Republic
can. They are more to be reviled
than those who wear them because
they have had some boost in wages
and who want to feel the touch OF
silk, something for which they may
always have longed with never the
ability to acquire it."
The Grundy Republican "can not
understand why Brookhart received
az many votes MS he did in this VI
c!ntty where the farmer Is supreme
and whose interests arc much more
on the side Of Cummins than they
are that of Brookhart."
''Rut the Senator should worry.
He got the state by nearly $4,000 ma
jcrity" says the Story City Herald.
The Sac Sun says 1.-THE drst bat
tie with the Gompers forces Is ended
but another will end in November.
Let no one doubt that Claude r.
Porter. the democratic nominee, can
readily adjust himself to the situa-
ton. He can be q farmer Of farmers
among the credulous farmers union
mon and he can sympathize with
tears In his eyes with the down
trodden' laborins man. He can OUT
Brookhart Brookhart. II Brookhart
had won Porter would have been
conservative. Senator Cummins:
hardest fght may be in the months
ahead"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
Topics of the Times

Wonder what Harding and Coolidge
think about2
The United 6tatss governnaont has
bought $4,000 tons Of suEsF from tbs
Argentine, But that doesn't afceot
tho faot that u the Cuban cscp had
been purchases, ~ Il should have
been and would havo been without
interference by Wilson aud Pal1ns4
we'd have had plsnty OF sugar at
half tbs cost,
], Bussna ChFIsm&u, o1 AIbtpu,
long time oontEthu4or Of vsuvs to The
TfsnAs-Rapublinan is nnAing mar
hot Dor his talent With sAsAoyn maya
Xmas aud newspGpa0s Of chs metro
pslitsn class, One Of his poems takes
its place On the editorial Page Of ths
Vow York Times,
The democrats don't IKE the way
The republican convention handed
things, But like as not thsyn feel
worse over the Frisco convention,
80
Tbs Iowa Journal of History and
Politics contains for this quarter in
tsrestiag articles on spseisl municipal
- = - + 90 se,ty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
DEAD FOR A DUCAT.

webster City Freeman Journal
When it comes to voting on strict
ly moral questions the women will be
found on the right side nine times
out Of ten. That Is one reason the
legalized saloon will never Come
back" 1t was q pest-hole Of cor
ruption and Generalization. Nothing
good ever came out Of it and 1t is
dead for all time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

cisco. On the other hand, If the
Hon. Mugene should be elected,
would the Hon. Woodrow pardon
him In time to appear in Washing
ton for Inauguration? Who knows
anything about ethics in this unique
situation?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
lowa Newspapers
ANXIOUS OVER DEBs.
[Des Moines ReRister.1

II Harding Is elected president,
will he consider 1t his duty next
spring. as q courtesy to one Of his
competitors in tho race, to pardon
Gene Debs from the penitentiary
The same question applies to the
democratic nominee at San Fran
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
CUMMINS' VICTORY.

IBurlingtOn HaWkeye.J
Senator Cummins has achieved a
great victory at the primary cleo
ton: greater than surface indica-
tons would suggest. There was an
extraordinary combination Of discon-
tented elements and political dys-
peptics against the senator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

The custom of telling the bell at
funeral is Of pagan origin. The
ancients believed bells drove away
evil spirits and they pulled them
vigorously whenever any one died.
The custom was adopted by the
church as in invitation to Christians
to pray for passing soul.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

In some parts OF Scotland the
fishermen very frequently call them
selves by their wives surnames.
Thus James Smith marries Mary
Green. He signs himself even In
business affairs, James Smith
Green"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
FAyoRs ANCIENT WAYS.
TAleona Republican,

IAISUIld 1t5puUIICdlI.1
Every time we have q primary
election 1t dawns upon the voter that
the old time convention is the best
way by which to select the best men
for office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

Two Persian monks secretly took
some silkworm eggs from China t.
Constantinople in the fifth century
and introduced silk manufacture in
Europe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
FEARFUL ALLIANCES.

FEARFUL ALLIANCES.
Turkey & Russia. 5.
Stand & Deliver.
Supply q Demand.
Me & Gott-
Yeast & VETS.
Time & Tide.
That impending affair at San
Francisco looks less and less Iike q
convention and moro and more ike Z
dark horse race.
We donbt whether the Golden oate
has enough stalls to accomodate all
the entries.
Some Of which seem to have spa,
win.
According to the wool profiteers.
the charges against them are made
out Of whole cloth. On the other
hand. the prosecution holds that the
indictments are all wool and a yard
wide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
TAN Young ,Kansans.

"The board Of education has re-
solved to erect us building large
enough to accommodate seven hun
dred students three stories high
Wichita Eagle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

Paris as Lutetia. was a prominent
town for several hundred years be-
fore it took the name of Paris in the
fourth century.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

Tho resistance to the motion OF
tidal waves, tho small, must In the
course of ages result in increasing
tho length Of the day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

The ancients had complete COM
mand over gold. hammering It into
very thin plates and drawing it into
fine wires.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

The tongue Of the woodpecker Is
covered with a sticky saliva for
searching bark crevices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

A scratched bicture Of NAM
moths tusk. found In q French cave,
Is believed to be TIE earliest artistic
attempt Of men now extant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

the first composer of modern music.
He died In 1921.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15
The w ndnill
BALLADE OF WIND.

BALLADE OF WIND.
ITO meet my mate. the wind that
tramps the world"--Kipling.
Much talk resounds thruout the
land
From soapbox height and judy
ment seat.
With burning words and phrases
Men squawk in council hall and
street.
They yawp with violence and with
heat;
Denunciations by them hurled.
(A1as! ,Alack!) they go to greet
Their mate, the wind that tramps
the world.
We hear the voice, serene and bland,
OF him who sells us things to eat.
He wishes we would understand
Why he must soak US so for meat.
His arguments run smooth and sweet
AS any brook that ever purled
And haste to Join on pinions fleet
Their mate, the wind that tramps
the world.
You hear the heads OF labor's band
Their hoary sophistries repeat;
And now. supreme, on either hand.
The politicians voice deceit;
Forsooth, the chorus is complete.
The bagpipes by such stuff ara
skirled
Their statements seek with burning
q q :
Their mate. the wind that tranps
the world.
L'ENVOl
But still the vocal surges beat:
Past deafened ears the words ara
w1irled
And hurried on their way to meet
Their mate, the wind that tramps
the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

Most Of the old carols were set to
dance tunes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

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to the use for republication Of all news as
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
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published herein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein ara also reserved.
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THANKS-wE ACCEPT THE
NOMINATION.

Nine. Sybilline Bellaush, the Hum
garian national prophecies. declares
that II there Is in America q man
who is blond, slightly bald, wears
glasses. is surrounded by flne child
rem. and is an aspirant for tho presi-
dency, he is the mar OF destiny =
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-08

ing Ell Centro the pivot point of runs
to Imperial, lockwood, Calipatrla,
INLAND, Heber and Calexico. on the
Mexican boundary. Night stops on
Thursday and Friday will be at Ei
Centre where sone Of the biggest pub
lie demonstrations of the entire run
will be held. I.
The sixth day will find the caravan
swinging back toward Los Angeles,
with new cargoes Of freight, consist
ing of Imperial Valley products, the
nature of which has not yet been an
nounced by the committee. San Diego
will be reached on the sixth day, the
trucks following the mountain route
by way Of Seeley, Coyote Wells,
Devils Canyon, Campo and Portrerc
Grade. This route includes travelling
elevation Of 5000 feet, and provides q
gruelling test of power and endurance
yet with, safety and ease cohtInensur-
ate with efficient transportation.
5 The sixth and seventh nights win
be spent in San Diego. public parade
and meeting being held Saturday,
while Sunday will Be day Of rest
for the trucks and drivers,
5sa bs RETURN HOME
The eighth days schedule calls for
run over the Coast Highway through
La Jolla and Oceanside to Santa Ana
which will be- the night control. In
the Orange county city big meeting
to arouse interest in the ship by truck
and good roads movement will be held.
Also, the committee issconsiderfng an
other demonstration at the prosperous
city Of Orange, only three miles dis
tant, where big celebration will be
held in connection with the turning
on of current in Oranges beautiful
new street lighting system.
The final leg of the record breaking
truck run will be from Santa Ana to
Los Angeles by way of Anaheim, Full
lerton, Whittier and Monticello, wind
ing up circuit of 500 miles.
A committee of prominent motor
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-08
RUMOR SOORTACE
GAS IS UNFOUNDED

Wild rumors of a gasoline short
age seriously inconveniencing motor
lists throughout the southern part
set at rest yesterday following an
investigation of the situation by the
Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia.
Hundreds of inquiries received by
the club from eastern owners as to
the conditions along the trans
continental routes have indicated
that the idea is prevalent in eastern
states that little or no gasoline was
available along the ''long trails"
Telegraphic communication h s
established the fact that gasoline is
plentiful on each route leading to
Southern California. No difficulty
will be encountered at all says the
club.
In the Imperial Valley motorists
have been put temporarily "on ra-
.rations," but the situation is in no
sense serious.
North of Paso Robles there is
more noticeable scarcity, but by get
ting supply in the larger towns
where there is plenty, no trouble
will be had. Some of the smaller
towns are. working with a limited
supply, and the touring public is
warned only to be foresighted in
making purchases.
Truck trains have relieved the
situation wherever it threatened to
become acute. A steady stream Of
trucks has operated out of Los An
geles to the north and south, and the
Imperial Valley is being well sup
piled at this time.
Motorists may secure up-to-the-
minute information on the subject by
telephonipg the Auto Club at any
time,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-08
NEED OF HIGHWAYS
SHOWN BY STRIKE

WASHINGTON, May 8. = The
freight tieup as a result of the "out-
law railway strike has resulted in
another turn in the evolution of the
highway as national public utility
and once more, emphasized the ne
cessity Of constructing system Of
national highways with as little delay
as possible.
The federal highway council, a
body formed for the specific purpose
Of developing the construction and
use Of the public highway along
national as we'll as state and county
lines, took an immediate and active
part in cooperation with various
communities in moving freight by
motor truck in congested areas. The
council was in telagraphic commune
cation with leading centers through
out the country at all times during
the tense period.
During the unauthorized strike
Gov. John j. Cornwell Of West Vir-
ginia was in Washington and wanted
to get back to Charleston. The gov
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-08

Five hundred miles of Southern Cal
ifornia highways, including every kind
of travelling from boulevards to sandy
desert and twisting mountain grades
will be traversed by the. caravan OF
trucks, with Ell Centre as the pivot
point in the circuit through Imperial
Valley points.
START MONDAY. MAY II
The start will be from Los Angeles
in the morning of Monday, May II
following the Valley Boulevard
through Ell Monte, Puente, Pomona
Ontario, thence to San Bernardino
Redlands and Cotton to Riverside
where the first nights stop will bt
made. Here as in other cities where
night stops have been decided upon
public meetings which include band
concert, motion pictures and speeches
on good roads and motor Transports
tion, will be held.
The second days run will take the
fleet of trucks with their loads of Los
Angeles merchandise for Imperial
Valley points. across the desert to
Indio and Coachella, which will he the
Tuesday night stop. Here the farm
ers in the Coackella Valley region will
be invited to the city to witness the
parade and attend the public meeting
THIRD DAY SEVERE q
The third. days run will be the most
severe of the tour, being over the
rough, sandy desert country along the
Salton Sea to Westmorland and Braw-
lay, the latter city being the night
stop. The going will be tough over
this stretch. but the exacting demands
of desert roads will be tempered with
smooth running over long stretch OF
newly finished paved boulevard.
1t is such travelling conditions as
prevail in the Coachella- -Brawley link
of the tour that will give the truck
run an aspect of real transportation
demonstration rather than triumph
ant tour over glass-like boulevards.
TW0DAYS IN Ell CENTRO
The fourth and fifth days will find
the truck caravan cruising over the
highways of the Imperial Valley, max
Imperial Valley press., 1920-05-08
FAMINE AvERTED
IN METROPOLIS
BY MOTOR TRUCK

DETROIT, May 8.-Concrete evil
dence of the vital part motor trucks
play in the economic life of this
country was shown following the
calling of the switchmen's strike
when terminals were piled high with
congested freight. Possibly no other
city was so hard hit as Detroit.
Within few hours after the walk
out the city was in danger Of food
famine. Little if any food was NOV
ing into the city by railroad, prices
were soaring and the situation became
alarming. Although organized pri-
marily to solve the problems for
the truck owners and promote the
general welfare of the motor truck
transportation business through CO.
operation, the Detroit Transportation
association proved the medium thru
which the city Of a million inhabi-
tants was able to function with little
or no inconvenience.
Answering the cal1-of F. L. Henk,
managing director of the association,
300 motor truck owners, members
of the association, placed their We
hicles at the disposition of those in
Manufacturing plants owning fleets
of trucks registered them with the
association for carrying food and
fuel when the plants closed down.
Within few hours Mr.. yHenk had
1000 utility trucks at his call, and
he knew, where he could get 5000
cars, most of them heavy duty
trucks, capable cfsmaking long hauls,
With. a. capacity of 2O0, 100000 pounds
Of freight. After completing pre-
liminary arrangements for transport
alton facilities in Detroit and Michi-
gan, Mr.. Henk hurried TO Toledo and
arranged for cooperation with trans
portation associations Of that city
for exchange of service and. loads
through the Toledo gateway.
Mr.. Henk's next move was to get
priority on the supply of gasoline of
the Sinclair Oil company, so there
would be assurance Of fuel supply
for the trucks. Gasoline stations
were urged to curtail delivery to
passenger cars on the ground that
trucks must run or the city's popu-
lation suffer a. food shortage. Many
stations saw the justice OF the
request and complied.
With these made, Mr..
Henk proceeded with his plans for
steady moving caravans Of trucks
over the highways carrying reciprocal
loads between points in and out OF
the state. The trucks have been
scooting between Detroit and Grand
Rapids, Cleveland, Saginaw, Elkhart
and many other points. 1t was agreed
that current rates should be charged
for service. AS result the city suf
fered little from the tie-up, and al
serious situation was averted because
the motor truck has been developed
to the degree it has.