Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-13
IOWA FARMERS
ARE AROUSED
The Sentiment on the Freight
Rate Question Is Strong
All Over the State
WANT IMMEDIATE AcT'
Farmers Institutes Are All Heartily
Committed to the Proposition of Wit
aIizine the interstate Commerce
Commission-Rcsentmcnt Against
the Senate is Worry Apparent.

Special to Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. 13.-H. X. Wrlght'
state dairy commissioner has been
quite occupied of late attending far
ners' institutes, and during this week
has dates fixed for five Mr.. Wright
was in his office this morning and says
he finds at the Institutes he has at
tended the farmers talk no politics ex-
cept freight rates. "a great many Of
institutes are thoroughly convinced
that something ought to be done and
that quick said Mr.. Wright. "A great
many are not sure just what is needed
but they know that something is need
ed That is the only kind of politics
that is being talked at the farmers In
stitutes The biennial election law and
Payne's lath sword attack on 1T is
never mentioned No one seems to
care at this time who is going to be the
next governor even, or who will sue
ceed Dolliver or anything of the kind.
But they do talk freight rates. You
can't tell what mans politics is by
the way he talks, either. Everybody
talks alike. They all know that some
thing is needed right away.
"In that connection l think Henry
Wallace got off something up at Dows
that was about the best | have heard
for a long time Mr.. Wallace was
talking about character on the farm
and the need of farmers and farmers
wives, and sons and daughters, having
backbone of their own and doing some
thing for themselves. He led up to the
fact that the country is undergoing a
peaceable revolution at this time be-
cause of the fact that people are
thinking for themselves and said that
Il year hence there will befno republic
cans. and democrats, but all either
'standpatters' or Square Dealers For
myself after talking with the farmers
of Iowa, l am firmly convinced that
unless the senate passes this bill there
will simply be all kinds of trouble for
a year till congress meets again. II
they do pass it l have an idea that
things will adjust themselves for the
time being till the bill has been given
@ test to see how it works. What the
people want. and the senate should
wake up to that fact, is bill that will
regulate freight rates. that is that will
give the interstate commerce commits
sion power to regulate rates There
need be no uncertainty about that
point"
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A Des Moines man has received a
letter from Mr.. e. p. Bacon's assistant
at Milwaukee in which he states that
Mr.. Bacon has written that he has
private assurances that the senate is
awake to the temper of the country and
will pass the ToWnsend-Esc bill. Mr..
Bason is the secretary of the Inter-
state Commerce Law Convention, who
was so belittled and mistreated by
Colonel Hepburn, when he appeared
before the committee of the house to
argue for the Cooper-Quarles bill.
A politician from the reservation in
the Eighth district was in the city
Saturday. For obvious reasons he will
not permit the use of his name, but he
is an ex-county official. He says he
thinks there is no chance of defeating
Hepburn in the convention because of
Blythe's railroad attorneys and Hep
burns newspaper er-postmasters. But
he thinks that a good republican who
would run as an independent candi-
date could sweep the district. He says
Furthermore that the speech of Col
onel Hepburn down at Washington is
considered by large percent of his
constituents as a grand stand play.
About the corridors of the state
house there is mention of the name
of Senator Whipple of Vinton as a
possible candidate against Congress-
man Cousins for the next campaign.
From the same source comes the mem
ton of NJ. j. Tobin as a candidate to
succeed H. G. Mcmillan of Cedar Rap
ids as United States district attorney.
E. D. Chassell is mentioned in the same
connection for secretary of state. He
is understood to be desirouS of being
the next public printer. Judge w. r.
Miller, of Bedford, Hallam of Sioux
City. Tom Healy of Fort Dodge, are
also mentioned as possibilities for
state offices.
Governor Cummins headquarters
during the inaugural at Washington
will be at the Arlington, where he has
engaged a suit of rooms. If the gov
ernof can arrange to see the presi-
dent on the Shiloh matter Immediately
after the inauguration he may remain
in Washington for some days. Other
wise he will return home Immediately
following the exercises.
Professor w. r. Patterson and Sec
retary A. H. Davidson have been TAX
ing up the matter of the possible tab
les and combination that will be re-
ported in the census Out of the pop
ulation cards there are possibilities for
some 14000 combinations. For in
stance there are the black, white, yell
low and red of the primary races.
These may be classified according to