Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-06
KOSSU1H SOLID
FOR GOV. CUhM|NS
County Convention Adopts
Strong Resolutions Instruct-
ing For denomination
ADMINISTRATION is INDoRsED
Solid Delegation for the covernor
Whose Record is Given Unqualified
Indorsement-Warm Fight on for
Nomination for Representative-Text
of.the Resolutions.
Special to Times-Republican.

special 10 IlneS-Republican.
Algona. April 6.-The Kossuth
county convention, called to order AZ
IL o'clock by County Chairman Cur
tiss 7. p. Harrington, of Algona. was
elected chairman and Ed Weimer Of
Ledyard, secretary, after which the
several committees were named on orr
ganfzation, credentials and delegates
and an adjournment was taken until i
O'Clock From the present outlook it
looks as tho T.. r. Holmes will not have
enough delegates to nominate him on
the first ballot and there seems a pos.
sibility of Mr.. John Scheible OF Whites
more, securing the nomination. IL
this can not be done c. C. Wartmann
of Germania, will be the. next strong
est candidate.
The resolutions indorse President
Roosevelts administration. 1t says:
Governor Cumnlins is indorsed and the
delegation instructed for him.
I'VE endorse the administration sOf
our honest, able and fearless leader,
Governor A. B. Cummins, because It
has been fair, patriotic and fearless.
We believe he is the champion of true
Irepublicanisn, and advocate Of the hiss
toric principles Of justice and equality,
typical American.
1--WE recognize that the time has
come when the people must take a
stand against the gigantic trusts, COM
binations and monopolies which are a
menace and an obstacle to permanent
business prosperity. We realize the
object of these institutions is to stife
competition, make and control prices OF
products, both to the consumer and
producer, and to usurp and defile the
law-making power of the state and ma
ton, and we denounce their scheme Of
collecting tribute as an "up- to- date
system Of highway robbery in utter
disregard Of the natural and constitu-
tional rights Of all the people thruout
the nation. These institutions have
been permitted to thrive until now and
every avenue Of human endeavor is !
compelled to submit to their demands
or cease to exist
1--WE are opposed to existing condi- (
|tions which enable railway corporations
to collect excessive freight and pas
senger rates; we declare against pay +
ing interest on five billions of watered 3
and fictitious railway stocks; we be-
lieye that. the poor should travel by
rail at the same price as the rich and I
that the small shippers should have
the, same shipping rates and priv
ileges as the large shipper; we believe
in the enactment Of such laws as
will compel the railway corporations
to furnish cars to farmers for transport
tation of their products within reas-
enable time after demand or be com-
PEELED to pay penalty for willful
neglect to do so within such reasonable
time We declare for the enactment
of such laws as will secure to the
people their rights as against railway
oppression and such as will compel
these institutions to keep faith With
the people and stop monkeying with.
the law making powers thruout tn"
country.
"The fight against these conscience
less criminals is being waged by our
fearless leader, Governor A. b. Cum'
minis, and we therefore deem 1t OF tho
greatest Importance that he be com
tinued in office to the end that the
people may have an advocate OF thef.
cause who will continue the fight, tho
great battle between the people and
corporate greed until the burden now
intolerable and too heavy shall have
been lifted.
"To this end, therefore, we hereby
instruct our delegation to the state,
convention to put forth every honor.
able effort to secure the nomination.
Of A. B. Cummins as his own successor
- the office of governor Of Iowa."