Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-13
Not With Governor Cummins'
Friends But With a Mistak-
EN- Fractional Element
HARDLY WORTH ANY NOTICE
The Only Ground for such Talk APP
pears to Be "What Will cummins'
Do When His Term Expires and
Until He Can Succeed Allison p
Position Not Lucrative For Him.
Special to Times-Republican.

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| Des Moines, June 1S.-The limited
amouut of talk of third term ior
| Governor A. b. Cummins is not being
done by the governors friends but py
/. fractional element of the republican
Marty who can conceive of but one
| thing and that that the governor is
| in politics for the sake of holdlhg
office and not as the champion of the
people for certain well defined ideas.
| The amount of third term talk in the
first place is so small that it is hardly
worth noticing. The sole ground for
the talk seems to be What will the
governor do after his term expires and
until he can succeed Allison?' Every
time that denial is expressed that
the governor will under any circum-
stances be candidate that is the re-
sponse as tho the governor had but
one object and that to hold office.
While 1t is perhaps not matter for
the public to pry into too closely it
is an open secret that the governor
has not made money out of holding
political office. He gave up a law
practice that is variously estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000 year to accept
an office that pays $6,400 and unlike
Governor La Toilette, William j.
Bryan and other men prominent in the
public eye his popularity has never
brought him money. La Toilette and
Bryan and others never make a speech
but they are paid for it from 500 to
| $500. Bryan was paid for making the
| political speeches during his own cam
spaign for president. Governor Cum
| Minis for years before he was governor
was in demand everywhere in the
state as public speaker and never
was paid anything. For the speeches
that he makes as governor he receives
| nothing but his expenses.
1t is perhaps true that the governor
has given no thought, whatever, to the
idea of third term and the only
thought his friends have given to the
idea is to deny that he will be can
| didate and to advance the argument
that with the exception of term in
the legislature the only time the gov
| that he was influential in politics in
the state before he bcame governor
and would continue to remain inf1uen-
tial after his term has expired and
| that so far as his political influence
is concerned it is wholly irnmaterial
whether he remains in office or not.
They state, too, that the mention of a
| third term at this time is an embar-
rassment as the political campaign is
| too far ahead for anyone to tell what
will be brought forth and that the only
possible influence that could induce
the governor to be a candidate again.
they are confident would be the belief
that it was his duty, coupled with a
unanimous demand from the people.
Finally they add that the least said
about the matter the better.
| Charels Aldrich, curator of the his
| torical building has returned from a
| trip to Webster City and he says he
| believes that the new Webster City liz
| brary, known as the Kendall Young
| library, is the most complete and fin
est in the state. There are other IL
| braries that are larger, notably the
one at Burlington, but none that are
! better arranged or better finished.
Kendall Young was banker and bus
| mess man who amassed a fortune of
about 100000 and he gave it all to
| found and endow that library which
will ever remain a. monument to his
name. The building is now approach
| ing completion and it is understood
| that the library board is planning to
do the proper thing by having full life
| size paintings of full length made OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Young and hung in the
| building.
| Mr.. Young was a hard working man
and very frugal. He once ran a small
store in Webster City and it is told
of him that he went to John V. Far
| we'll in Chicago to buy some goods.
He was asked as to his resources and
reported his store and house and lot.
Asked if he had other property he said
he owned some farm land. What is
| it worth?" he was asked. Not a --
cent" was his reply. He got the
goods on credit.
| At Boone Mr.. Aldrich says the peo-
|! pie are doing a work in connection with
the public library that the rest of the
i state seems to be ignorant Of They
/ have started local historical Depart
ment and have authorized Carl Fitz
Henning, local taxerdermist to make
| a collection of all the birds that in
| habit the county. He has already very
large collection, and is gradually MAX
/ ing it complete. He is also collecting
specimens of all the animals that in
habit the county. Historical relics
| of all kinds have been gathered and a
really valuable collection has been OBJ
tanned The work is in charge Of Mr..
Brainard, an ex-newspaper man, who
is handling it very capabiy.
| While in Webster City Mr.. Aldrich
met Lieutenant Estes, who was in the
regular army in the early days and