Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
Have Three Distinct Moves In
Mind For Working Against
Rate Legislation
TRY TO MAKE FARMERS FORGET
Another Scheme Is To Work Thru the
Labor Unions and Still Another Is
To Scare All tho Capitalists Who
Own Railroad Stock = Two Iowa
Officials Affected.
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Des Moines, March II. - According
to Henry Wallace the railroads have
already begun campaign to turn the
sentiment of the country away from
rate legislation Mr.. Wall Ice says the
railroads are taking advar tage of the
fact that the farmers from now or
will be busy in their fle. ds and Will
forget political matters ard that they
propose in the interim, to make
the people believe that the
agitation for rate legislation was start
ed by demagogues for self sh purposes.
Mr.. wallace says the campaign has
progressed SO far that some OF the
lines on which 1t will be fought are
already we'll marked. He says the
railroads will first use the subservient
press to create q sentiment IN 1aVor
oe the corporate interests and IN IA
yor of leaving we'll enough alone as
we'll as to malign the mtn VINO nave
been agitating the question. The sec
ond move of the roads Is to work thru
the labor unions and persuade them
that IL the interstate commerce COM
mission is given authority to fix rates
1t will fix them so low that the ROADS
will not be able to pay dividends ana
SO will be forced to cut down wages
and discharge men. Mr.. Wallace says
the work along this line has already
begun and the officers Of he labor un-
ions are circulating petition Tor tne
employees to sign to send to the con-
gr4ssmen and taking position against
legislation. Still another move IS 70
scare the capitalists, both big and lit
tie who own railroad stoc (.
asAas e
The. application of this two term
limit to federal appointees which 1t IS
said President Roosevelt has decided
upon will affect but two officials IN
iowa. These are United States Mar,
shall Ed Knott, of Wav srly Of the
northern district and United States
Marshall Christian of Dt.s Moines, OF
the southern district. Both are serv-
ing the second term. Kr oft Is UNDER
stood to be a candidate for reappoint-
ment and there is opposition IN the
field against him. There is some re-
mort that Mr. Christian will not again
he candidate. Distr ct Attorney
Miles of the southern dis rict and Dis
trict Attorney Mcmillan of the north
ern district. have both said they would
not be candidates for reappolntmeeht.
Pension Agent Clarkson IS serving ms
first term and the two revenue collec-
tors are new men.
The appointment Of Colonel w. ~.
Hepburn to the chairm;tnshtp OF the
committee on appropriate ons might ev-
an indicate that Hepburn did pull
away from the railroads on the inter-
state commerce commission case a1ter
all. II the report that Speaker Can
non will make the appointment is true
Congressman James r. Mann OF CHI
caeo will take his place. Mann IS
owned body and soul by the railroads.
cannon is said to be a man who does
as the railroads wish. Ftence 1T might
he inferred that the railroads did not
want Hepburn as chairman OF the
lcommittee. There are equal gronnos
for inferring that as chairman OF lhe
Interstate commerce con mittee tne nre
Of politics grew too warm for Mr. Hep
hurn The craftsmanship of the ap-
nronriations committee is promotlon
as compared with that of the inter-
state commerce committee.
Mr.. Henry Wallace is very emphat-
ic in declaring that he would not con-
sider the offer of the governorsi,ip =
oe the state. Mr. Wallace believes he
can best serve the people IN the man
ner that he is pursuing ana iears ms
position would be misunderstood I'M
| mediately if he became candidate 1or
any office: Mr.. Wallace Is quite con-
fdent that the anti-pstss law Wnlcn
the governor has declared himself 10
favor, will be passed at the next
| meeting Of the general assembly.
| Charles Aldrich, curator OF the MIS-
torical building, is again confined at
his home in Boone. Mr.. Aldrich was
at his office last week: but the trip
was q little too much Tor him. and ne
will not again attempt to come to Des
Moines till the weather is entirely
moderated
Some of the papers over the state
which are claiming that the primary
election law with provi''ions to vote on
senator is aimed particularly at Sen
ator Doliver, are misinfor1ned. The
primary election law was discussed
by Governor Cummins in his address,
es before the present scontent on the
railroad question arose
1t may not be known to the house
wives generally over the state that a
three pound can of tomatoes contains
but two pounds and u half and that
two-pound can of &C rn contains but
one and half pounds, but it is well
known to the members Of the board Of
control In fact many of the travelling
representatives of the wholesale groc-
cry houses are not an are OF the fact.
There is perhaps nothing that the Hon.