Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-16
Many Letters Received Com
mending His Speech Before
Senate Committee
NEWSPAPERS MAKING COMMENT
Former Railroad Attorney Says the
Governors Argument Was the
Strongest Yet Made on Behalf Of
Roo.eveIss Plan to Control Rates by.
the Government.
sneciai to mes-Republican.

lSpecial to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 16.-There is big
stack OF lettars on the desk OF John
Briar private secretary to Governor
I Alb. Cummins, all of them personal to
tthe governor thanking him and con-
grAtulating him on the remarkably
| strong presentation of the peoples sloe
lof the railroad rate question before the
/ senate Investigating committee III
Washington. The more people read
the address the more they see the
strong points in it. The address was
made Thursday of last week. Inc
Times Republican, we believe, was
the only afternoon paper in the state
that published the speech in full on
that day. A number of papers pub
lished the address Friday and Satur-
| day. The Mason City, Times Herald
and Des Moines News had extracts
| from it on the day it was published.
! The address will not get into the week
tly papers until this week, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Hence 1t will be
! the end of this week before the gov
ernors statements to the senate COM
mittee will be fully circulated over the
state. In spite Of this, however. the
| address Is being commented on exten-
sively. The last mails brought In adj
ditional letters to the governor compll-
| menting him on the creditable appear
| ance and forceable arguments he made
to the committee.
Joseph w. Dyer, a lawyer of this
city, who was deeply interested in the
last two congressional fights in this
i6;strict and was a warm supporter of
Both Governor Cumrnins sand Judge
Prouty,s the candidate against Hull
stated today that the governors argu-
ments were the strongest he had seen
upon the question. "The influence Of
that address Of the governor is sure
to be far reaching" said Mr.. Dyer.
| The concise, clear manner in which
he put the problem and the conserva-
to win support to that side. 1t seems
| to me that the railroads must surely
come to see that unless they support a
conservative program such as the gov
ernor suggests, which allows an appeal
from the railroads and doesn't leave
them the final authorities to pass upon
their own rates. they are sure to drive
the people to more extreme position
as the governor suggests which is what
we don't want"
The strongest statement made yet
on the railroad rate question in this
city was made today by former dis
trict judge in the reservation terri
tory He gave up a practice as a
railroad attorney to become district
Judge. He said that fully one hum
dred men had recently stated to him
in discussing the railroad rate mat
ter that unless a conservative but ade-
quate remedy was given by congress
on the rate question the next president
of the United States would be William
Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Neb. While
the statement comes from a man of
conservative character, it comes also
from a man who has always been in
terested as an attorney with the rail-
roads and is not bitter against rail-
roads as he has never had any disap-
pointments at the hands Of the rail-
roads For his own part he doesn't
take as extreme position as the one
hundred men with whom he has been
talking.
The railroads this year have been.
in more active fight for patronage
to the state G. A. R. encampment at
Oskaloosa, than ever before except one
year. On one occasion a great many
old soldiers were carried to Davenport
free in order to get the business This
year there has been an active CAM
paign where formerly the roads gave
rate thru the passenger association and
stuck to it. But this year from. Des
Moines where there is possibility of
reaching the encampment city over
more than one railroad there is compe-a
tition. The Burlington has been de-
clared the official route for klnsmar.
post on the East Side for the reason
that the drum corps is to be, carried
free. The Rock Island tried hard to
get the business. but refused the drum
corps TRANSFORMATION free. There are
twelve members of the corps and as
the post had decided on taking them
down the post would have paid for the
expense. The railroad took this Off
their hands and got the business for
that post.
The date for the dedication Of the
new pipe organ at the Iowa lndustrfal
School. at Eldora, has been fixed for
Friday evening, May 10 at 8 o'clock.
Invitations have been issued by the
school and many in Des Moines have
received them. The members OF the
board of control and large number
of the state officials will be present
at the dedication.
The last volume of the Messages and
Proclamations Of the Governors OF
Iowa, issued by the State Historical
Society and Of which Professor Sham
baugh of the Iowa State University
Il the author. has been issued and sent