Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-11

WILL AFFECT FOR YEARS
Frank Admission Made BY Attorneys
For Acknowledgements That the
Situation is Not What 1t Ought to
Be-Active Railroad Men Opposed to
Campaign Lies.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 1.-THE campaig
of the political railroads TO. control O
| Iowa politics has been not only a los
ing game from d political standpoint
but also a losing game from a financia
view; and the cost in dollars canno
yet be estimated, for il is likely t
| cover a series of years.
This is the frank admission of tn
railroad representatives who have bee
presenting to the state officials tn
matter of valuation of property TO
taxation purposes.
The political fight in Iowa this year.
SAID Hon. George w. Sewers, of Oska
ioosa, representing the Iowa Contra
and the Minneapolis & St Louis rail
roads, has already cost the RAILROADS
or Iowa in depreciation Of value o
their property and actual loss of bust.
ness, far more than we can ever esti.
mate. 1t is a situation the active work.
ing men OF the railroads do rot relish
They recognize that it is indeed seriou.
with them. They are alarmed, anC
rightly alarmed. over situation int,
which they have been drawn without,
their consent. And the worst of it is
mat we are only at the beginning and
the cost is likely to be distributed over
series OF years. with what end we dc
not know
Are the railroads in politics perm-
anently in Iowa."
They have been dragged into poll
tics this year; and there is just one
way they can be gotten out of it. and
that is in the way opened here before
the executive council by Mr. Wright of
the Rock Island and Mr.. Davis of the
Northwestern. They can be gotten out of
politics by a straight forward admis-
sion that the whole mass of literature
prepared for circulation among the vot-
ers of Iowa in this Campaign so far as
IL relates to the relation between the
assessment of railroad property and
other Kinds of property, and so far as
1t relates to the official conduct of state
was without foundation and
grossly unjust. The railroads can be
gotten out of politics by their represent
Mr.. Sewers lad presented to the
council the facts in regard to the phys
ical condition of the two roads he rem
resents in Iowa. They are railroads run
on business principles, and they keep
out of politics. The report shows that
they are not greatly profitable, but
they would be sadly missed by large
il they should cease to
operate their trains
Before the executive council Mr..
Sewers had been just as outspoken as
in private.
Il desire to commend the position
taken by Messrs. Wright and Davis
before this council" he said. land
am ready to endorse all that they have
said in relation to the aspersions cast
upon the state Officials by newspa-
pers and others. 1t is appropriate that
The representative of the twol great
ines, the Northwestern and the Rock
Island. should state to this council the
of the railroad, people toward
assessments. The railroads represent
I'd here before this council, with one
exception, repudiate the campaign
which has been made in this state.
And now that these infamous false
hoods which have been scattered
broadcast over this state to wrongfully
influence the voters, which have ema-
lated from politicians without charac-
er or honor-noW that these have been
'epudiated and condemned by the rail-
'oads in whose name they have been
given circulation, | hope that the au-
'hor of these stories will give the re-
9udiaton and retraction as much
prominence and publicity as he has
given the original INSTRUMENTATION
There can be no doubt of the sim
erity and honesty of the representa-
ives of the railroads in their attitude
oWard the political phases of the rail-
Dad question, as it has been devel-
ped recently. The one railroad which |
till stands out and apparently is still
tanding for the most Infamous lies that
ave ever been given currency in news
'apers i'm this state. could probably be
famed by 100 per cent of the people of |
he state. even With their hands tied |
ehind their backs. But it has been |
made very plain here this week that
he men who from year to year are en-
Gritty of Iowa railroads have no SYM
Athy with Blythe and Hunter and
heir gang of sycophantic followers.
The railroad men anticipate there
viii be some slight increase in the as
essment of the railroads, but that
here will be no general raise in valu-
tons. They rely absolutely on the
onesty and fairness of the state Off
ials, and they believe that no matter
DIV much a few self appointed lead-
rs of the railroads have misrepresent-
d the state officials, and no matter
ow much the railroad organs have
arped upon the alleged prejudice of
ne governor and his associates. the
ouncil will act judicially and fairly
he four state officials concerned are
ne last men in the world to meet viii
Tiny by official injustice. Were thet
.sposed to be resentfu they would
lrely get back" at some of the rails
Dads. They may respond to whatever
+ actual public sentiment for an i'm
rease in railroad assessment has been
used by the work of the railroad pol
icians, but in general they Will be
lir
A Wedding at Terril.
pecial to Times Republican.
Terril, july 1.-A very pretty we'd
ing occurred at the home of Mr.. and