Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-22
ny, have been the recipients Of this

any, have been the recipients of this.
money;
third, who are the masters of in
trigue that are spending the winter in
Des Moines,' and where are they To-.
Gated"
Governor Cummins yesterday
published in his official organ the Des
Moines Register and Leader, an ad-
dress ito the republicans of Iowa."
stating his reasons for asking a NOM
nation for another term as governor.
This address starts as follows:
You have twice honored me with
the office Of governor. In asking
third nomination it is due to you that
shall state with the utmost frank
ness the reasons for my candidacy,
"The efforts on the part of our gov
ernments, national and state, to curb
the growing power, abolish the evil
practices, and regulate the manage
ment Of corporations, has created the
most vital isshs SINCE the civil war. 1t
has been estSe 8 by abundant ex-
perience that if railway companies
are permitted SO to do they will con-
solidate to destroy competition; they
will issue unlimited quantities of
stocks and bonds, simply to make the
people pay dividends and interest up
on them; they will charge excessive
rates; they will give rebates to fav-
ored shippers and unjustly discrimin-
ate between localities and kinds Of
traffic. 1t is likewise known that If
Industrial and manufacturing COM
panies be let alone they will form mo-
nopilies, restrain trade, ruin rivals,
and inflict the most grievous injus-
tice upon the unprotected public,
I'VE are attempting to compel these
corporations to conduct themselves up
rightly and to be fair, square and de.
cent.
"In this situation the corporations
have concluded. first, that they will
defeat every regulation that can be de-
feated; second, that it they must be
regulated, they will be regulated by
their friends; and their campaign is
to secure control of the legislative and
executive power Closely bound togeth.
err, not only in sympathy, but in inter.
est, are corporations which represent
more than one-fourth of the aggregate
wealth of the nation; they move with
absolute unanimity; they have an or
ganization as perfect as money and
skill can make It; they have innumer
able avenues of reproach to the self
ishness of mankind; they know how
to fight and they are willing to fight;
they have fought, and fought success
fully; they are now fighting In this
state desperate battle to regain their
power and prestige; and the question
1 that concerns you more deeply thar
any other is, will they win?
1.-THE mask has been removed from
the issue, and it is now plain. Who
shall master, the corporations that are
to be regulated or the people in whose
name the regulation Is imposed?
while giving to the corporations
the most complete protection in ths
prosecution of their legitimate enter
prises, we must expel them from poll
tics We have but to look over the
history of the past few years to know
how determined they are. The strug
gle now going on In Washington
shows how well they prepare them
selves to resist the just demands o
the people. The history of the las
four years in Iowa is crowded will
evidence of the determination of tn
railway companies not only to man
age their railroads, but to manage tn
state as WELL At this moment, the.
| are opposing with might and main tn
proposition to abolish free passes ant
free transportation. They ought t
welcome an enactment that will re
quire those who ride upon their train
to pay for the service. but on the cor
trary they are employing every othe
device to kill or cripple the pendin
measure. Why? / leave you to ar
swer the question"
| Legislators Are lncensed.
Then follows an arraignment Of tn
railroads as recited in Senator Gill
lands resolutions, and the letter close
with a declaration that the governo
believes in the principles Of the repui
lican party and leaves the decision q
to his candidacy with the members {
that party in the state.
Many members of the legislature ar
incensed by the intimatfon that the
are being bribed by the railroads unles
they are in favor of the primary Law
They also point to the fact that ther
lare fewer representatives Of railroad
jim Des Moinea this year than thar