Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
GOL. D. }. PALMER
WANTS A GALL
Thinks He Is Big Enough For
Railroad Candidate For
Governor
TREwIN is TOO WELL KNOWN
Iowa City Republican Is Given Some
Specific Information As To Railroad
Press Bureaus-Money Has Actually
Been Offered For Publication Of Rail-
road Stuff.
to r,mes-Repunllcan.

Special to Tlmes-Republican.
Des Moines June 24.-Hon. David j.
Palmer, state railroad commissioner, 1t
is believed is only waiting with fav-
orable opportunity and the au spiclous
moment to declare himself as avowed
and active candidate for the office of
governor 1t has been understood for
some time, and even back as far as
other campaigns that Mr.. Palmer
would not look with disfavor on the
suggestion of his being candidate
for the high office. One newspaper
down in Mr.. Palmer's own country re-
Gently was unkind enough to say that
no campaign was we'll launched until
the candidacy of Mr.. Palmer for gov
ernor had been announced. This. how
ever, is probably not true. But what
ever Mr.. Palmer's attitude III past
camnaigns has been he is at the pres
ent time believed to be actively engag-
ed on his candidacy tho he may not
properly be classed as an active can
didare." Mr. Palmer is attending old
soldiers reunions. AS a platform ora
tor his abilities are recognized by ms
foes as we'll as his friends. There IS
no denying but that he is very pleas
ing and entertaining speaker, and is
much in demand at such gatherings as
old soldiers reunions, being a veteran
Of the civil war himself. On these
speal<ing tours, which are interrningled
with various trips to points in the
state on business as a railroad com
missioner, Mr.. Palmer takes time to
feel the pulse Of the people as to his
candidacy.
There is a story that seems to come
from close to the fountain head, at
least it was told q state official py a
Cedar Rapids man, that Senator James
II. Trewin is out of the race rot pc
cause of the court house squapoles IN
Linn county, but because OF the fact
that he is too radical and pronounced
a railroad candidate; that the rail-
road interests realize that somewhat
middle of the road pan must be sup
ported in this year Of the lord nlne-
teen hundred and rate legislation.
Whether this same measure can pe ap-
nlied in the case Of Col. Palmer is
question now being asked. His friends
saw there is no mistaking the coloners
nosition on state issues and that he is
standpatter and that describes the
whole matter. The colonel has not
recently been interviewed on state IS
sues but it is safe to say that ne be-
lieyes the less the tariff schedules are
touched the better and that the freight
rate question is one of stopping re-
hates and determinations and allowing
the rates to adjust themselves in the
hands, of the railroad rate pakers.
The Iowa City Republican edited by
David Brant impugns the motives OF
the writer of this column in telling OF
tho enormous newspaper lobby main
tanned by the railroads to mould puolc
sentiment on the rate question. we
had supposed that the facts Ill that
case were too well known by the edl-
tors of the state to be questioned ana
the article was written not for editors
but for the information OF the public
that all the facts and collateral infor-
nation ON the rate question might be
known by the public. Since the edl-
tor of the Republican has become per-
sonal as to say that the pond
ent to the Times Republican has lied
purposely and maliciously' it is per-
haps not going out Of the way to sug-
gest that possibly he is the last editor
in the state to become aware of the
money that is to be had from this, rail-
road lobby, being in much the position
that he was at the Cedar Rapids con-
vention when he was allowed to carry
water on both shoulders till the elev-
entla hour of the last day. The Oma-
ha Bee of one day this week cont aimed
an editorial telling Of this newspaper
lobby in terms that implied that
everybody knew all about it. The
Washington Star of some days ago
went into greater details, told Of the
EXPENSIVE suites of office rooms at New
York, Boston and Chicago and the
branch houses at ST. Paul, Kansas
CITY. Atlanta and Washington. The
New york offices are at % Broadway,
and the Chicago offices at 1875 State
street. There are six editors to our
certain knowledge that have received
offers of money for the publication of
railroad articles in this state. Thurs
day written offer along with lot of
articles which it was desired should be
printed were received in this city sent
here to a prominent man from daily
paper out in the state that had re-
ceived them from the railroad lobby.
There can be no controversy over the
matter as between newspaper men. II
these editors who have received the Of
fers care to acknowledge the fact they
can do so, we vii. not mention them
withou. their consent. AS the news
item to the T.-R. complained OF by the
Republican did not profess to go into
the question of the right of the rail-
roads to conduct a lobby with the
money that belongs to the sharellold-
ers of the railroads a large part OF
Col. Brant's editorial it is not at
tempted here to a.-.swer. If the Re.