Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-28

Now IL the contest here in this coun-
try at the present time was only a
contest between individuals, ! should
not feel at liberty to take any part
In it, whatever, much more than /
should If We're asked to show par
TALLY among my own children. Here
is Major Rathbun, of Linn county. He
is candidate, splendid man, who as
a young man rendered the United
States and the state splendid service.
Here is Lieutenant Governor Herriott,
of Guthrie county, who rendered splen-
did service on the executive council,
and ! only wish that every Individual
in the state would read some of his
writings concerning the actions of
that executive council. We have
George d. Perkins, of Sioux City, Il
man who had a splendid record for
ty-five years as a splendid citizen of
this state, and ! am sorry to say, and
it pains me to say, that the depraved
corporation men are endeaNorng to
use him for their purposes. l am
afraid he Is like poor dog Tray, and I
am sorry for him because no one es-
teens him more highly than / do. but
can say to you, LADIES and gentle
men, that the corporation managers
have no idea whatever of nominating
him for governor this year; they are
hunting the state over at present to
bring in a dark horse. They have no
use for him only to defeat Governor
Cummins, who has not been servile
to the corporation interests and they
are determined to defeat him at all
hazards. That is the use they are
making of this man.
Now what are Governor Cummins'
offensesa 1 understand they bring a
are they? 1 can tell you. Governor
Cummins was employed some years
ago to help break down the barb wire
monopoly in this state. He was en-
gagged several years in a great suit. 1
remember the state legislature took up
the matter and he conducted it to a
successful issue. think that was the
first time there was any disposition Of
the monopolies to find fault with Mr..
Cummins. The next offense was when
he was elected a member of the leg
islature. The railroad men expected
him to serve them because he had been
in their employ before that as a rail-
road engineer and also as an attorney
They expected him to serve them af-
ter he was elected to the state office
just as they expected Senator James
F. Wilson to serve them. Senator
Wilson, after he was elected senator
of the United States, declined to ac-
cept railroad pass. He said: Il have
a different clientage now. [ am at
work for my client. / am not at lib
erty to accept any favors from the corr
porations any more" Thomas Upde-
graft was in the same position. He
had been a railroad attorney; he was
elected member of congress, and he
served his constituents faithfully, and
the railroad company that had ems
ployed him turned upon him like a
tiger and tried to destroy him. Gov
ernor Cunlmins in the Twenty second
general assembly acted the part of a
faithful member of the legislature. He
exercised his best Judgment.
was told the other day by one of
the corporation managers in this state
that l had written a letter giving too
much credit to the part Governor Cum
Minis took in that railway legislation
in 1888. / said to him that knew that
Governor Cummins was a good friend
to the legislature of 1888, and that law
stands on our statute books today. He
was appointed member of the confer
ence committee that put the finishing
touches upon that law. He was put
upon that committee upon my recon-
mendation. l said that he wasn't the
servant of the corporations, altho they
expected him to serve them, that he
was fair. square man, and that was
all we wanted of that legislature. You
remember how the legislature was mis-
represented. 1t was charged it showed
a spirit of anarchy in respect to rights
OF property; that we were going to de-
stroy railroads and all that. / saw he
was fair man. and / saw that he got
on that committee. and he voted for
he law as did every other member of
the general assembly, and that law
has never had a word changed from
that day until this.