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That Stock Shippers Move.
Will the stock shippers organization
turn out to be another grange or farm
ers' alliance movement like those of
1873 and 1888, respectively?
A prominent member of the leeisla-
ture who occupies a leading place in
the councils of the republican admin
istration, said today that he believed
the farmers We're getting ready for an.
other great movement such as those
mentioned. He said that the stock
shippers association seemed to be the
nucleus for it.
Not many public men agree with
this view. They think that the stock
shippers movement had the wrong
foundation. to start with. The with.
drawal of passes from shippers by the
roads does not appeal to the people,
generally, SO far as expression among
public men is an indication, as valid
grounds for a great reform movement.
And yet there are political germs in
the situation which may develop a
formidable movement.
The Farmers Alliance.
"The farmers alliance movement in
1883 resulted in giving Iowa the low
est freight rates of any surrounding
state said the public man referred
to- "The people of other states sur.
rounding us have not awakened to the
fact, as vet Spasmodic efforts have
been made in Wisconsin and also in
Minnesota to get some such rates as
exist in Iowa. but 1t. has been fruitless.
LaFollette in Wisconsin is doing what
he can, but it doesn't seem to avail
much. 90
Il ship in both Minnesota and Iowa.
The rates I am charged in Minnesota
are from twenty to forty per cent high
er than they are in Iowa.
loWa's Railroad Law,
Il regard the Iowa law as the best
railroad rate law that, ever was enact.
ed by any western state. Iowa has no
large city. 1t never could have one,
at least in Des Moines. If the Missouri
river ran where the Des Moines river
runs, perhaps Des Moines would have
been large city. But the railroad
law has helped to keep the city down
to a normal level and it has helped
every community in the state.
Which is the most good to the largest
number, as take it,"
Lane For Congress.
1t is common saying that Scott
county will have candidate for con-
gress when the time comes. This is
constantly heard among the politicians
here.
1t is commonly believed among them
that Joe R. Lane will be asked to
be candidate for congress again, and
that he will take it. Mr.. Lane Is said
to have accumulated very large
quantity of this worlds fortune and
that while he retired from congress
for business reasons, he will not OBJ
ject to returning to the political field.
1t mas been assumed that A. F. Daw-
son of Jackson county, would be chosen
without much opposition, If any. Re.
tirement of Mr.. Ellis in Clinton county
and the endorsement given Dawson in
Jackson and Clinton was taken by
politicians outside the district to mean
his nomination.
But it is rumored that an objection
to his nomination has arisen in the
SO much out of the, district. AS private
secretary to Mr.. Allison, 1t is said, he
| has been at Dubuque more than at
home. But the objection is regarded
as very far fetched. The thing that
| will defeat Dewson, in the opinion Of
politicians, is the candidacy of Scott
county man.
Miles and His Boom.
The Miles boom was started in the
hope of heading off the Hearst boom
That is the secret of the democratic
development. 1t was undertaken with
no thought of effecting any landslide
to General Miles, but to furnish a raj
lying point for those who are bitterly
opposed to the Bryan candidate for the
presidency.
The reorganizers in the democratic
party have no faith in their own efforts
to control their party this year. Last
year they were able to stop a reaf-
firmation plank by nominating reaf-
| firmationist for governor. That was a
half victory. In the first flash Of the
first victory for. seven years the gold
men thought themselves invincible and
began to distribute the offices among
themselves when they should elect a
| democratic president.
( But it has become apparent that Mr..
| Hearst is dangerous man. His bu.
reau never sleeps. And the way the
Bryan influence and the bureau have
been rolling in votes and counties
alarmed the gold men in the Miles
movement.
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