Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-07

dial days, but / mean that great mass
of people that have no special interest
to subserve. no special favors to ask
of their government, national. state.
county. municipal or township. except
those which they ere willing should he
enjoyed by all the people in common
"On the other hand, there is ii class
Of people In this state and in this ma
ton that believe they have special in
terests to protect. that they have spe-
cial rights to look after, and thslt they
are entitled to special favors at the
hand of the government, and are ever
alert by all the Observation-Disclosures at
their command to enforce these rights
against the rights of the common peo-
pie. And / feel, my friends. that in the
contest that is being now waged in the
state Of Iowa, the supremacy of one or
the other Of these forces will be estab-
lished; and I for one thank God that in
the demonstrations that we have met
over this state I am convinced that at
least once In the state of Iowa the
cause of the common people Will tri-
umph" (ApplauscD
Thus did these two distinguished
define the issues. If ambition alone
were involved in the present candidacy
Of their fellow townsman. none would
be quicker to see 1t than his own neigh.
bors and rival lawyers These men
had grown up in the same profession
and in the same town with Cummins.
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harbor jealousies Of his rise in politics.
yet both could see involved no contest
as between the Des Moines man and
the Sioux City man as individuals.
Rather did they see the one contest be-
tween the common people and the spe-
cial interests, and they were proud of
their neighbor who, as Chairman Coffin
said. had honored the state about as
much as it had honored him. And in
closing his speech as chairman he told
why the people OF Iowa and of Polk
county believe in Cummins:
He said:
THE people believe in Cummins. in
know that political graft can never
flourish around him. His opponents
are accustomed to say, o, yes, he is a
pleasant man, genial, clean. and all
that, but the issue is one of principles
and not men. We believe In both prin-
ciples and men. He may he a little
more of tariff reformer than some of
us, but it is a satisfaction to know that
he does not learn his tariff lessons from
the STANDARD Oil senator of Rhode Is
land. l would rather support a man
sometimes differ from, that can trust.
than one always agree with, but must
continually watch, and to he honest
about 1t, have never yet seen man
so wise that he always agreed with
me; nor one SO stupid that he always
disagreed with me. But we ought to
be, big enough, broad enough and
brainy enough to be kind to the man
we can trust.
In the papers you find careful and
and timely message from President
Roosevelt. an able and merited denun-
citation of the abuse by which the
Standard Oil Company has crushed its
competitors and build up its system;
a message that deserves and should re-
ceive the hearty approval of every one.
In the face of an issue like that some
public men will hesitate and equivo-
cate. But Mr.. Cummins never does.
He has never been a mere pipe for for
tunes finger to sound what stop she
please; and has never crooked the
pregnant hinges OF the knee that thrift
might follow fawning. He has filled
the office of governor with fidelity and
ability, and has added luster to the
office and re-electing him the state
will not only confer deserved honor
upon him, but will likewise honor it
self"