Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-10
oliticians Now Speculate as to
What He Will DO on
Rate Question
SUCCESSION INVOLVED
Secretary Shaw May Be the Blythe
Candidate For Delivers Place
Cummins Men So Enthusiastic as to
Talk Governor For Presidcnt-The
State News In General.

Special to Times Republican
Des MONIES, Feb 10.-Will Senator
Dolliver succumb to the demands and
threats of the standpatters of the
reservation or will he break loose and
assert himself in the interests OF the
people? Politicians who visit Des
Mones are asking themselves the
question 1t is claimed that Senator
Dollver has been told by the stand
pat element that he must get in line
or face a fight in 1907. Senator Dol
liver has never had Il political fight He
doesn't know what 1t is to fight and IN
such contingency how would he fare!
In the event he hesitates and trys to
please both sides and fails to please
either would he be sure to lose ms
seat or would he have less of a fight
if he came out openly on the side OF
the people? IT is the strong belief OF
a number that Blythe will not be
candidate against Dolliver in case
Dolliver does not come to the Blythe
terms but that Secretary Shaw who is
slated to be out OF the cabinet by that
time will be the man to fight for the
place. Shaw as senator would be
much stronger as presidential posi-
bility in the campaign the year follow
ing his election as senator and IL is
now settled and recognized that his
ambition is directed toward the presi-
Dental chair.
In case the country should take an
extra sympathetic streak for the inno-
cent and growing financial interests
OF Wall street 1t is conceded In some
quarters that Shaw as a presidential
possibility might be strong. But the
wave Of the sentiment that Is passing
over the country at the present time
seems to be rather in the other d.
rection that a man of Roosevelts type
would best serve the interests OF the
entire people and that the people need
some protection instead of the favored
interests. Politicians who are IN
clined to grow prophetic believe that In
such a contingency, and they can see
no other contingency, there are two
men in the nation who would be turned
to logically. These are Cummins and
I.aFollette. LaFolette it is believed
is less of a possibility because of his
extra hard fight and the fear In many
quarters that he is too erratic. Govern
or Cummins on the other hand is today
one of the most conspicuous In the ma
ton as of that class of public men who
are eminently fair and believe all IN
'terests should have their cases pre-
scented fairly and their rights defended.
AS the logical man to carry on the
work of President Roosevelt Governor
Cummins' supporters can see none
other.
The condition Of political affairs at
the present time is such that the presi-
Dental candidate need not longer come
from New York and the vice president
from Indiana. The party can win
without these. There is no doubt but
that the entire state would rally to his
support, and that he would be a for
midable candidate. In the meantime,
however, the senatorial campaign, II
there is one, comes first and the con-
vening Of the legislature which elects
senator will be just following the
close of Gov. Cummins' term as gov
ernor.
The Iowa library commission is
bracing up it's books on the railroad
situation to meet the demands of the
people for information along that line
The congressional library has issued a
pamphlet giving all>the works that are
in that library and reference to hosts
of magazine articles and an appendix
giving reference to the Northern Sc
curity case. Today there were but
two volumes in the Iowa travelling IL
brary. These were Arthur T. Hadleys
book on Railroad Transportation; It's
History and Laws; and George III.
Lewis book on National Consolidation
Of Roads. There are in the library
seven other works ON the railroad
question. These are: Railroad Prac-
lice, its Principles and Suggested Re
forms Reviewed by Alexander e. Por-
ter; Shall Railroad Pooling be Permit
ted? by George r. Blanchard; Public
Regulation of Railways by w. d. Dab
ney; State Railway Control by Frank
H. Dixon; The Railways and the Re
public, James T. Hudson; American
Railway Transportation, Emery R.
Johnson; The Railroad Question, Will
lam Larrabee. There are great num-
Der of magazine articles that have been
written covering many years back. The
pamphlet issued by the congressional
gives an extensive introduc-
ton to the subject and many valuable
suggestions on study.
sah
w. o. Mitchell, late Of Corning, and
now of Oklahoma and member of the
Iowa Shiloh commission, is not to be
blamed for remaining member of the
commission tho a resident now of an
other state, as 1t is being sought to do
by some of the state newspapers. Mr..
Mitchell when his business affairs in
Oklahoma demanded his attention de-
cided to resign and insisted on doing
so. but the other members of the COM
mission insisted on his remaining a
member of the commission. They ar
gued that Mr.. Mitchell had undertaken
certain lines of the work and it would
be a great loss to the state if he should
sever his relations with the commits
sion The result was that he remain
ed on the board. When the matter of
his compensation had reached the gov
ernor the fact that he had moved out
of the state was called to the atten-
ton of the other members and they
laid the matter before the governor.
Mr.. Mitchell has been ready at any
time to resign. The fact that he has
not resigned is so much gain to Iowa
and the old soldiers.
Mr.. Payne of the Nevada Represen-