Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-06
THE RAILROADS ARE FOR cUMMINs.
Claims Of Cummins Machine that Railroads
are Against Him Falls Flat in the
Face of the Facts Names Of
Railroad Attorneys
for Cummins.

Iowa, has been basing its campaign
largely upon the false issue that the
railroads were against Cummins, con-
sequently the people ought to be for
him. The facts are rapidly becoming
known, and the people are turning to
Perkins. Nearly every railroad town
in the state. has gone for Cummins,
and the farmers for Perkins. In the
most of the counties the leaders among
the Cummins workers are railroad at
torneys. This is especially true in the
fourth district, not excepting Winnie
shiek county. 1t is also generally
believed that railroad money is being
used to elect Cummins. Here is a
partial list of railroad attorneys in
Iowa working with might and main
for Cummins
Many of these railroads attorneys
have already been placed on the Cum
Minis delegations to the state conven-
ton, among them being George S.
Struble, attorney for the Northwestern
at Toledo, who is on the Cummins
delegation from Tama county; F. F..
Faville. attorney for the Milwaukee
at Storm Lake, who is on the Cum
Minis delegation from Buena Vista
county; Ebert N. Weeks, attorney
for the Milwaukee at Guthrie Center,
heads the Cummins delegation from
that county and engineered the deal
to down Lieut. Gov. John Herriott
Leslie Francis, attorney for the Rock
Island at Spirit Lake is ON the Cummins
delegation from Dickinson county
Charles Ellis, attorney for the Mil
wamkee at Charles City, heads the
Cummins delegation from Floyd
county Duncan Rule, attorney for the
Northwestern at Mason City. heads
the Cummins delegation from that
county.
Among the most active of these rail-
road attorneys in behalf of Governor
Cummins are @. o. McClain at New
ton, White g. Clark at Abel, Clark,
White & Clarke at Perry and L. M.
Hayes at Knoxville. The Clarke in
the Abel and Perry law firms of rail
road attorneys is former Speaker
George W. Clarke of the state house of
representatives, who was elected to
that position by the Cummins majority
in the Legislature.
The additional railroad attorneys
who are lined up with Governor Cum
minis are:
9. r. l. g. P. railroad-Leslie
Francis, Spirit Lake; G. o. McClain,
Newton; w. H. Berry, Indianola; J.
A. Nash. Audubon; John Guiher,
| Winterest.
9. M. & St.P. railroad-Ellis Bros. :,
Charles City; Albert Grundy and H.
! G. Hemingway, Cedar Falls; Harry
Hancock, West Union ;J.W. Sandusky,
New Hampton F. F. Faville. Storm
Lake; White g. Clarke, Abel; Ebert
w. Weeks, Guthrie Center Clarke,
White q Clarke, Perry.
Illinois Central railroad-W. j.
Knight. Dubuque.
G. & N. w. railroads.&c.. S. Stru.
BILE, Toledo; J. H. Stevens. Boone.
Chicago Great Western railroad
Geo. H. Carr, Des Moines.
q. B. & @. railroad-L. M. Hayes,
Knoxville.
E. HI. Addison, Nevada, local attor-
ney, Northwestern, Milwaukee, d. M,
1. F. & N.
Col. Sewers, general counsel for
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
Tom Healy, general attorney Chi
cago Freat Western.
Tom Way, general townsite agent,
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
S. d. Riniker, Rock Rapid, Mil
waukee.
F. X. Dyer, Boone, Northwestern.
w. L. Eaton, Usage, CummiLs' can
didate for railroad commissioner. Mil
waukee and Illinois Central.
Senator w. H. Berry, Indianola, Rock
Island.
Senator Tom Cheshire, Des Moines,
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern.
Howard Clark, Des Moines, local
attorney Northwestern.
Judge Stevens, Boone, Northwestern.
Arthur Wells, Corning, Burlington.
@. M. Harl, Council Bluffs, North
wstern and Milwaukee.
J. b. Rockefeller, Atlantic, Rock
Island
H. w. Byers, Harlan, Cummins'
candidate for attorney genreal, Great
Western, Northwestern and Rock
Island.
f. b. Wilson, jefferson, North
western. w. r. Lee, Carroll, Great
Western.
w. K. Odell, Des Moines, former
attorney Northwestern.
N. f. Coffin, Des Moines, promoter
interurban.
Many other railroad attorneys of
greater or less note, who are supporting
Gov. Cummins with all their energy
and ability. might be mentioned, but
this list is certainly enough to show
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