Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-20

llCo. A1S says.
ITO the Republicans Of Iowa You
have twice honored me with the Of
lice of governor. In asking the third
nomination it is due to you that shall
state with the utmost frankness the
reasons for my candidacy The efforts
on the part of our government, nation
al and state, to curb the growing pow
er, abolish the evil practices, and regu-
late the management Of corporations,
have created the most vital issue since
the civil war.
"It has been established. by abun-
dant experience, that if railway COM
panies are permitted so to do, they will
consolidate to stop competition. They
will issue unlimited quantities of stocks
and bonds, simply to make the people
pay dividends and interest upon them.
They will charge excessive rates. They
will give rebates to favored shippers,
and unjustly discriminate between To-
calities and kinds of traffic 1t is like
wise known that, IL industries and
manufacturing companies are let alone.
they will form monopolies to restrain
trade, ruin rivals, and inf1ict the most
grievous injustice upon the unpro-
tected public.
"We are attempting to compel these
corporations to conduct themselves
uprightly, and to be fair, square, and
decent. In this situation the corpora
tions have concluded. First, that they
will defeat every regulation that can
be defeated; second, that If they must
be regulated, they will be regulated
+hni~ 0ov a ION
is to secure control of the legislative
and executive power. Closely bound
together, not only in sympathy and IN
terest are corporations that represent
more than one-fourth of the aggre-
gate wealth Of the nation. They move
with absolute unanimity. They nave
an organization as perfect as money
and skill can make 1t. They nave
innumerable avenues Of approach to
the suffrages Of mankind. They know
how to fight, and they are willing to
fight. They have fought. and fought
successfully. They are fighting now,
in this state a desperate battle to re-
gain their power and prestige. and the
question that concerns you more
deeply than any other, is will they
VIM The mask has been removed
from the issue. and it is now plain.
Who shall be master, the corpora
tions 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 the pros
ecution of their legitimate enterprises,
we must expel them from politics. we
have but to look over the history OF the
past few years to know how determin-
ed they are The struggle now gong
on in Washington shows how we'll they
prepared themselves to resist the just
demands of the people.
"The history of the last four years
in Iowa is crowded with evidence OF
the determinatio of the railway COM
panies not only to manage their ran
roads but to manage the state as wen.
At this moment they are opposing
with might and main the proposition
to abolish free passes and free trans
portation They ought to welcome an
enactment that will require those VINO
ride upon their trains to pay Tor tnelr
service. But on the contrary they are
employing every device to XIII or GRIP
pie the pending measure why: l
leave Won to answer the question.
There is pending before the general
assembly a measure which, II II pc
comes law, will permit the voters 10
make their nominations by direct vote,
instead of thru caucuses and conven.