Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-12
SENATOR poLLlvER REQUESTED
TO FURNISH FORM OF PETi-
TloN TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
GOV CUMMlNs' TRIP EAST
RI. i. mahin Says Reports of Tariff
Conference With President Are
Thrcadbarc ard Without Foundation
Colonel Hephurn's Speeches.
Thy H. j. MAHIN.l
Washington Bureau of the Courier,
Washington, Dec. 10, l9oS'

Washington, Dec. 10, l9oS.
Senator Dolliyer received a request
from Ottumwa the other day for d
form of petition to be used IN getuhs
M q o petition there favoring ms
bsli r%epealing the bankruptcy Jaw.
Mr.. Deliver has had several such ~
a,lests from a number OF up-1o-aate
towns of the state and has othel esti
dence Of the fact that there is a great
interest in the measure. h bill vas
one which Senator Dolliyer offered
last year but it was crowded u ps
tl,e statehood deadlock. he has re-,
;~rtroduccd it at this session and VIII
nl,sb 1t as much as possible:
measure provides simply for the y
ing Of the bankruptcy law from the
nation's hook OF laws. The bill seems
10 he heartily favored by manufactur-
ers and wholesale and retail mer-
chants throughout the country. oeir
ator Clay of Georgia has d
bill exactly the same as the DolilNer
bill.
Sensational dispatches from Des
Moines to Washington this week tolu
of Governor Cumrnins' trip east which
has been cut short today by the news
of the illness of the governors mother,
and gave the usual but someWnat
~threadbare rumor, that he was 10
have a conference with the President
on the tariff question. Governor Jun
Minis should he return and make the
visit he anticipated will undoubtealy
rail- on Mr.. Roosevelt as he always
does when in Washington, but MS
present visit was not in IN name
due to a request from Mr.. Roosevei1
nor will the two be at all likely to dls-
cnss the tariff question when they
meet. -
Gov. Cummins' visit east was prl-
mari,y to speak at a banquet in Q
ton and while there he will attend a
dinner given by Harvard students
who hail from Iowa. He was to stop
in Washinton on his way back.
The most important reason Tor Mr.
Cun,mins' visit to Westinghouse told
by him to the Courier representative
in Iowa some weeks ago is to go BEFORE
the wal department and make a strong
plea for the correction of the RECORDS
Of the services of the Eleventh ana
Twelfth Iowa infantry in the battle OF
I'll Shiloh.
Ihe Eleventh and Twelfth Iowa in,
fantry participated in a sharp combat
on the morning of the great battle OF
Shiloh which rightly should be class
ed as n OF the actions of that battle
but of which there is no description
on the records of the war department
For this reason, the names Of the Iowa
men who we're killed in that struggle
will not appear on the monuments
which are to be erected on the Shiloh
battlefield unless Governor CummlnS
is successful in convincing the war de
partment that their records are I'm
perfect.
The old soldiers of Iowa and espe
cially the survivors of the Eleventh
and Twelfth infantry are vitality inter
ested in the result. The story OF TIL
occurrence is as folioWS:
On the morning of the day on which
the battle of Shiloh occurred a de
tachment Of infantry which includes
the Eleventh and Twelfth regiment
from Iowa was marching toward tn
battle ground when they suddenly ra,
into quite a large body of confedel
ates. The clash was without niue
NHs WdTIluS anu llC ICoulI "oo - oA0A
fight which lasted several minutes an
was fierce enough to take the lives
a hundred or more brave fellow
among whom were a number from th
two Iowa regiments. This action wa
OF course not a feature of the battl
of Shiloh proper and for some reaso
1t was never reported to the war d
partment SO that the men who loI
80 xt.e: 1;,o, 4l,n, 1,va nm pjacn f,p II
records OF the dead of that bloody da
at Shiloh.
The erection of the monuments c
the battle field which are to have upc
them tne names OF the soldiers wi
lost their lives in the battle vas Il
cause Of bringing this matter to q cri
il at this time and the old soldie
found little difficulty in getting Go
ernor Cummins deeply interested
the matter. He voluntarily offered b
services to go before the departing
and make a strong plea that justi
should be done the brave boys Of Ios
who gave their lives for their count
during that little premature strugg
The two speeches made in congre
recently by Colonel Hepburn on t
question of protection have attract
wide and favorable attention. Colon
Hepburn's remarks were as usual rig
to the point and dealt with the vii
points of the matter in Il most convi1
ing way. The first speech especia
was generally remarked upon and o
OF the most flattering eXpressiO
c9ne from Senator Stewart, the w
known member of the upper hou
from Nevada. who declared that
was the strongest argument for p
lection he had ever heard"
Every once In a while som G
FRESHMAN presents q protest fl.
sclae OF his constituents against
3s.seae Of colonel Hephurn's
amending the interstate CONNIE
Law, This bill which was presented