Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-08
Cummins, La Toilette and 9th
er National Characters Will
Speak During Summer
WILL TAKE ADVANCED GROUND
Political, but Non Partisan Addresses
Will Be Made at chautauauas and
Elsewhere and Will Do Much to
EnIishten People and Will Have
Wholesome Effect.
oecial to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June S.--Despite the fact
that on account of the adoption of the
biennial elections amendment, the pol
iticians for tha most part, are either
now on or planning to take most Of
the summer for u vac ton, a number
of public men expect not to abandon
even temporarily the campaign which
they have been carrying on in behalf
Of the people.
Governor Cummins, beginning some
time this month, will make a large
number of addresses before chautau-
qua assemblies, and under other aus
pices, and will devote them to discus
sion of the vital public questions in
which Iowa people now are
peculiarly interested. Governor or
United States Senator LaF'ollette, of
Wisconsin also will come into Iowa to
deliver number of chautauqua ad-
dresses on like subjects. These ad-
dresses, of course, are not to be par
tisan In the ordinary sense, being de-
livered before the public generally
without intervention of party commit
tees, but in view of the fact that there
seems to be put one party in Iowa
the epublican-they are bound to
have a wholesome political effect.
The addresses OF such men as Gov
ernor Cummins, LaFollette and other
men who take their progressive view
Nf
are demanded by the people, whose
wishes find expression in the requests
of live managers of assemblies for the
time of these men for summer platform
work. II the people were not absorb
ingly interested in the live political and
economical questions of the day there
would be. no demand for the addresses.
Nothing more clearly indicates the
fact that economic conditions are not
entirely to the liking of the people and
demonstrates the folly! of that school
of political apologists who stand
against even investigating the feasa-
bility of proposed changes because the
nation appears to be prosperous.
A coterie of inspired newspaper ed
itors in Iowa, for instance, devote whole
pages to a propaganda designed to sus-
tain the proposition that since the peo-
pie are prosperous 1t is unwise even
to inquire as to the future. Tons of
this sort of rot have been circulated
all over Iowa in the effort to lull the
people. into the belief that those who
support the presidents contention in
favor of railroad rate legislation and
who endorse the inquiry into tariff
schedule inequalities are mere agita-
tors deserving of no countenance.
But every wave of popular sentiment
on these subjects is SO much higher
than the one which preceded it that the
vigorous reasonableness of the stand
pat propagandists of Iowa has given
way to positive fury, in the case of
some Of the leaders Not even jun
ket to the Philippines. it is thought.
will be effective in restoring equilib-
rum of mind, for while the excursion
fists at government expense are enjoy
ing the typhoons of the orient, Cum
minis and LaFollette and the other
leaders of the people will be back here
in Iowa preaching the true gospel OF
reform and progress.
Lafe's Case Appealed.
The appeal in the case of the state
of Iowa against Lafe Young will be
perfected within few days and the
attorney general hopes to be able to
submit it to the supreme court Inn
mediately after the two months recess
which that tribunal takes in the sum-
mer time.
This is the case in which the state
sought to recover about $4,000 from
Young OH account Of over payments
alleged to have been made to him
when he was state binder There were
two classes Of overcharges alleged by
the state to have been made by Young
One was a charge made by him for
covers Of pamphlets when the pamph
let's were not covered; the other was
for sewing books that the law required
to be stitched, In binding, the stitching
rate being lower than the sewing rate
When he presented bills for covers
and sewing when the law required
stitching George L. Dobson, the secre-
tary Of state, allowed them and he was
paid $4,000 more for the two years
than the law appeared to allow him.
The state did not try to recover for
more than two years Of the six which
Mr. Young held the ONCE. The dis
trict court in this county held that
since Dobson allowed the bills know
ing that the law required the books
which Young had sewed to be stitched,
the tax payers cannot recover from the
beneficiary Of the over charges.
This holding was so extraordinary
that the executive council which is
composed of Governor Cummins,
Secretary Martin, Treasurer Gilbert
son and Auditor Carroll, and the at
torney general, G. W. Mullan, decided
that it should be taken to the supreme
court for a decision from the highest
tribunal.
If the holding Of the district court is
right then boards Of supervisors and
other public officers may allow bills
for anything in violation of law and
the tax payers may not recover for the
people who benefit thereby.
The Iowa Idea.
When In Iowa on his recent visit
Governor Shaw had nothing to say
about the decision Of President Roose /!
welt and Secretary Of War Taft to buy
supplies for the Panama canal in
whatever market was the most adj
vantageous for the government.
While denouncing reciprocity and
making an effort to make ridiculous
Blaine Mckinley and other eminent
defenders of reciprocity, 1t was sup
posed that he would attempt ridicule
of the policy of the builders of the |
Panama canal.