Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-02
DOLLIvER, HEPBURN And THE PEOPLE.

| edly fooled some people, but they did
MT fool Raymond of the Tribune, nor
| Wcllman of the Record Herald, nor
| Lincoln of the Washington Post, nor
the old and experienced Washington
| correspondent of the Boston Herald.
This is the way he looks at it:
| while he said that there had been
no administration measure, he care
fully detailed the extent to- which he
had consulted the president and to
| which Attorney General Moody had
aided in the preparation of his bill.
| The obvious purpose was to fasten his
bill upon the administration SO far as
possible But the fact that Attorney
| General Moody had merely had Mr..
Hepburn's ideas put into legal phras-
eology hardly commits anybody other
than Mr.. Hepburn to those ideas in
particularly
In this connection I commend to Mr..
Stllman d western story A prodigal
hal left his fathers home in Massa-
chusetts and was taken sick in Col
orsldo, where he wrote to his people.
Subsequently he stole a quarter of beef
and was serving a. term in jail-when
he received letter from his father
expressing grave concern about his
health, hoping he was better and desir-
int: him to write if only line. The
boy wrote: Dear Father: I am very
much better; 1 am still confined to my
room but have gained 100 pounds in
flesh
see some Of the newspapers still
continue to explain the Corning incl
y to-, hi Tn Lot
If Mr. Hepburn fooled anybody with
that letter it was probably just what
he set out to do. But apparently he
didn't fool Henry Wallace, for his in
terview in the Register and Leader of
February 26. shows clearly that the
olGl man is onto Hepburn's game. ask
again, what are the facts? Whitewash
applied now, no matter how thick,
won't change the facts. Mr.. Hepburn
YVES in trouble. He asked for that let
ter, certificate of character" to the
PEE ple he had represented for many
We lrs; he got 1t. Mr.. Hepburn is a
politician: Attorney General Moody is
Politician; the president is a poll
tician, too, and a very shrewd one, he
has to be to accomplish results for he
must rely on politicians for support.
TIE attorney general had to accede. The
letter was a "holdup' pure and simple.
They did not dare refuse. so the at
toi.ney general wrote a very guarded
letter which says much or little as
you please, and the president endorsed
it still more guardedly.
II were unable to see thru a scheme
so gauzy would think my years of ex-
perience in d ealing with men counted
for nothing. Mr.. Hepburn is a strong
man. The president knew he could
be useful and by this means, let us
hope, he attaches Hepburn to him.
There are several other Iowa con-
gressmen, at least two, who ought to
provide themselves with similar certif-
Gates in case of emergency.
Now, considering the peculiar nature
of Washington atmosphere, it is not
surprising that we find our representa-
tives scolding US for applauding the
speeches of Cummins, and Van SAINT
arc Larrabee, but we least expected 1t
from Dolliver. The senator says the
people are demanding results rather
than remarks. The senator is right.
The people do want results, and they
are going to have results or somebody
the senate to give us results? II he
cannot, and / am afraid he cannot,
then he can show us he is with us by
trying, and within the last few days
Senator Dolliver is trying, and, all Of
us believe, honestly and sincerely try
ing.
say I doubt the ability OF men
Hike Dolliver and Allison to get results
In the senate, why? The Townsend
Es!ch bill has been trying to break
In 20 the senate for several weeks, but
the page at the door-see Minneapolis
Journals cartoon-informs Mr.. Bill
that the senate (Mr. Aldrich) is in
Europe. Personally I care nothing
about the TownsendEsch bill 1t is
a miserable subterfuge and makeshift
and no more carries with 1t a vital
remedy than the Hepburn bill, but if
tn, senate looks askance at a bill that
sives so little, what will it do with
one that gives what the president and
thu people ask But remedial legisla-
tion can wait, while the men who are
so sensitive about their dignity, their
prarogative, the enemies" Of the re-
public" insult and try to discredit the
president. The other night at the EAST
Side banquet District Attorney Jer-
cnle said "he may meet a setback from
thu, rich mems club, many members of
Which ere under indictment now ard
many more would be under Indictment
IL they got their deserts" This state
ment, made in the presence of the
president was not in good taste, but it
YVES true, and coming from one Of the