Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-01
Will NOT CONSIDER
COMPROMISE TALK
Cummins and His Followers
Would Enjoy Harmony But
Not Defeat
COMPROMISE WILL MEAN THAT
Mason City Times. Herald One of the
Latest Newspapers to Suggest That
FactionaI Feeling be obliterated -
Proposed Method, However, Would
Mean Victory for standpatsers.
Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, April 1.-If any of the
the republican party surmise that the
| friends of Cummins are to be persuad-
! ed into abandoning their fight thru
suggestions or compromises and COM
promise candidates, they may as well
| save their efforts and energy. The
Times Herald of Mason City is one Of
the latest to suggest that factional
lines be obliterated and says If the can
didacy of Senator G. M. Titus is
launched and Shows any indications
! Of being means of quieting factional
| disturbances, it will secure at once q
formidable following" etc. The gov
ernor and his friends would enjoy per-
feet harmony in the party as much as
anyone, but the efforts Of the governor
and his friends from the very first have
been to accomplish certain well defin-
ed and oft stated objects. On the
standpat side a compromise secured
from Governor Cumnins end his
friends would mean victory for the
standpatters. On the governors side
to compromise would mean to admit
defeat. This is no new idea and has
been pointed out time and again and
yet well meaning people who admire
<t- ,s,l1 ,,f,
cess fail to see the point. Under Gov
ernor Cummins' administration for the
first time there has been perfect har-
mony of opinion in the executive coun-
cil This executive council has added
$40, 100000 to the value Of the railroads
Of the state as fixed for assessment
purpases. This is the first time the
/; assessments have not been fixed In the
interests of the railroads, but have;
been fixed in the interests Of the peo-
pie. This is ,but one of number of
reforms that the governor stands for
and it may be said that he will go
right on fighting for those things.
| There will doubtless still be talk Of
compromises, but those who are in
favor of just and equitable assessments
Of all property; who are in favor of
pure and statewide primaries that will
put the selection of candidates in the
hands of the people, and take it out
of the hands of the politicians; who
believe the railroads should be COM
PEELED to treat all persons alike and
give neither passes nor rebates; and
who believe that the duty of a public
official is to the people of the state
and not to his particular political
friends, will continue to give the gov
ernor their support and give little at
tention to compromise talk.
Circulars are being sent out by the
State Marshals' Society in which it is
claimed that there are now 14S clubs
in the state and thirty additional cities
have been organized. Circulars have
reached Des Moines and it is under
stood are being sent elsewhere over
200 newspapers including eight week
lies in favor of the state marshal bill
and promise to carry the bill to sue
cess at the next general assembly.
They claim Archbishop John J. Keane
as in favor of the bill and state that
A. C. Rankin and other organizers will
be in the field continually from this
time on till the assembly convenes, or
ganiZing clubs.
Governor Cummins has received a
request from the Daughters of the
American Revolution of Commodore
Perry Chapter of Memphis Tenn,
stating that a movement is on foot to
raise enough money for a monument
to be erected over the grave of Mrs.
Dorothea Spotswood Henry Winston,
| the oldest daughter of Patrick Henry
who has been discovered to be buried
in a nearly forgotten spot in the Elm
wood cemetery there. Considerable
money, has been raised, but it is de-
sired to raise $500 more.
The freshmen of Drake University
and Simpson College are in the near
future to debate the question:: Re
solved, that an amendment to the, con-
stitution of the United States should
be enacted whereby senator's shall be
elected by direct vote of the people,"
There is a diversity Of tastes as to
the artistic decorations in the rounda
of the state house. The scaffolding
has now been torn down TO such
point that all the upper part of the
dome can be seen easily. Some think
the blue at the top is too deep. There
are few who like the dark color but
others think the old sky blue was the
prettier. Hon. John Cownie, of the
board of control, is among those who
prefer the sky blue. He thinks the
| dome looked higher when it was paint
ed a light blue. There are others,
however, who admire the present
painting. The gold on the bell of the
dome is rich, deep gold and is adj
mired by all. The columns between
the windows are light covered. Be
low that the scaffolding has not been
moved sufficiently to judge. Scaffold-
ing is now being erected above the
grand staircase and also in the cor
ridor in the south end of the building
above the stair case leading up to the