Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-26

| was very Courteous" extremely
courteous All the dispatches agree
| in this. Possibly Senator Elkins had
| in mind this kind of courtesy when he
! wrote his letter.
| In Golfers, that great and fearless
weekly. of March "a, there is an ar
| ticle dealing with some of the great
| men that hate Cummins. The writer
| is Henry Beach Needham and every
| man in Iowa ought to read it. hope
the T.-R. can arrange to publish it.
1t is one of the most graphic pictures
of the people VS.. monopoly that has
| ever been put into print.
1t gives twelve portraits. Six OF
these are of the presidents enemies
the men who are trying to destroy
him. Six of them are of the presi-
dents defenders. The first group is:
Foraker, Aldrich, Elkins, Knox, Kean
| and Crane. The second group is Bail
ey, Tillman, Cullom, LaFNollette, Clapp
and Dolliver.
We are all surprised to know that
Knox is now rated among the presi-
dents enemies, but such seems to be
the fact When wrote my letters to-
the T.-R. from Washington 1t was
then generally believed that Knox
would eventually line up with the
president but the influence of the
Pennsylvania Railroad seems to have
been stronger than conscience. Knox
is a man of great ability. He shows It
in his face. All these likenesses are
perfect. except Kean's and Cranes.
They both flatter. Kean is a littla
mean, insignificant looking fellow re-
Winding one of a Jew peddler, Crane
is slight. pale, almost anaemic a
man betraying weakness of intellect
and character in every lineament. He
is very rich, yes, so he is, but his
father left him great fortune and to
this he has added, machine like, be-
cause by some hook or crook he be-
came the owner of one of the most
valuable patents in America, and he
has thru it one of the most absolute
monopolies on earth
Mr.. Needham explains the Court
of Review feature better than any
writer has explained it yet. A great
deal has been said about the president
weakening. While 1 was in Washing
ton / knew that this was all rot. Late
ly my faith has been hard tried and
when the Register and Leader per-
sistently asserted that the president
had yielded, l still could not believe
it. You see / have great faith in
Roosevelts stability of character. Mr..
Needham puts an end to all doubt,
and until very recently Golfers has not
been friendly to Roosevelt. The pres
ident has not yielded and he will not
yield. He says that the hostile senator's
have had their day at the White
House; that the president will no
longer even treat with them.
The president did acquiesce in the
Knox amendment. He had faith in his
former attorney general and when he
told him that the only purpose Of the
amendment was to settle the question
of constitutionality, he believed him.
The amendment then went to Moody
and Moody showed the president that
it was bunco scheme to deprive the
measure of all vitality. Since then
all negotiations with the White House
have ceased.
Now let me make this clear If l can.
The original wording as to rates is
lust and reasonable" and to this Knox
proposed to add and justly remuner-
ative.'" Here are three very Innocent
looking words, but Moody quickly dis