Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-17

If is said that Il certain candidate
for governor has promised certain met
that they shall have the redistribution
of the patronage" in their localities OF
sections of the state, rather, for then
assistance in selecting delegates. Lev
the people get on to the deal, as theS
will if the report is true ana they
won't do q thing to the candidate ana
tbe mon who are to deliver the goods
The unpledged candidate is the mar
who should be and who doubtless VII
he nominated. Who ever the cahdl-
date may be he will have to rely upoi
tho people for his election ana IL ne
goes into office unpledged he VIII DC
=, nosition to give a fair, square
deal to all.
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SAWED DICKINSON co. S14,21o.
Esprit Lake Beacon.J
To break the force in the rise TO rail-
,..v assessments on the part of the
Cnmmins administration, against bit
ter opposition, it has been falsely as
serted that Cummins has raised the
"a rmers' assessment more than that oil
the railways.
The reader is reminded that While
all power of railway assessment hes
with the executive council, of which
the governor is the head, it has no
mower to fix values on real estate ex-
cept in the way of adjustment between
COMMITTEES. But while our farmers have
been fed with the foolish statement
that Cummins has raised their assess
ment, what has actually happened!
The Cummins administration has
actually lowered their taxes within
four years to the amount of $14,27O, by
cutting values fixed by our own asses
sors.
These facts are from the county rec
ords: 1903 assessment of real proper
ty. as returned by assessors and ad-
iusted by the board of supervisors, 81
347,S5O This amount the executive
council reduced six per cent, or $14O,-
S71. The general levies on this sum
for that year. including road tax, was
1876 mills, making a saving to taxpay-
ers of this county of $2,746 for 1904,
or total of $5,492 for the two years.
Nineteen hundred and five real estate
assessment as returned to council, 81
1850. This was reduced by the
Cummins administration 10 per cent.
or s217,267. General levy for the year
1905, 202 mills, making a reduction of
actual taxes now being paid by Dick
inson county taxpayers of $4,3S9, and
estimating the same saving on this as
sessment made to cover 1906 taxes, the
for the two years is $S,77S.
tav on
tate valuation for the four years on
account of reduction by the Cummins
administration of $14,270.
This is the answer to the silly
charge peddled locally that Governor
Cummins has increased the taxes of
the farmers. Go to the county records
as we have if you doubt these figures.
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IN NEBRASKA ALSO.
Register and Leaderl
John N. Baldwin's confident claim
that the railroads of Nebraska will
have 500 of the 500 delegates in the
the coming United States senator is
taken to mean that Nebraska is to
have the same fight that Iowa is hav-
ing, as openly and aggressively con-
Quoted. Mr.. Baldwin is now the polit-
ical director of the Union Pacific rail-
road, and the Union Pacific holds
even greater power in Nebraska than
the CO. system holds in Iowa. Mr..
Baldwin received his training in Iowa,
is an orator and an aggressive organ
izer. With the great power that is
hi, he va a n IA lxa
good his prophecy.
1t is we'll to be asking what this
open and bold attempt to control the
politics of the western states means.
Why is such an effort being made to
restore definite railway domination
In states like Iowa and Nebraska?
Why are the railways, which were
never more prosperous and never bet
ter treated by legislatures and polit-
ical conventions than they are at
the present time, dissatisfied, and de-
termined to direct the whole current
of political affairs? Why should the
Union Pacific insist upon naming the
next United States senator from Ne
braska, and why should the combined
railroads Of Iowa have their heart set
on naming the successor Of Governor
The News of Lincoln. stalwart re-
publican newspaper, has no difficulty
in answering these questions to it's
own satisfaction. Down at Wash
ngton the president is having the
fight of his life trying to get thru
SQUARE deal legislation. There is only
one way to strengthen the hands of
he president, and that is to see that
The railroads do not control the state
Exactly what this
means the News does not conceal
rom it's readers. ut cannot be done
oy simply sitting down and resolving.
It will take more than that. 1t means
10 get into the fight, and do some
work yourself"
Every state convention that is not
With the president this year will be
,painst him. Ond no state conven-
ion will be with him that is DOM
mated by the railroad attorneys,
.ither of Nebraska or of Iowa. The
ime has come for the people to
neak. If they believe the president
$ right. they are to have the oppor-
unity to say we'll done. II they 90
,ot believe he is right, or if they are
ukewarn, they will allow the Bald
wins and Blythes to write the repuD-
lean resolutions.
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IOWA.
Manson DemocratJ
What state is ruled by temperance
cranks?
Iowa.
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