Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-14
The Blythe Organs Have Not
and Will Not Print Truth
About Assessment
ONLY EvAsIoNs
When Railroad Attorneys Gave the Lie
to Perkins Campaign Literature
4standpat Press Ignored it and Pro-
ceeded to Discuss Other Phases of
the Hearing.
IBy Ora Williams1
/ to Times Republican

Special to Times publican
Des Moines, July 14.-The expressed
hope of Mr.. George w. Sewers, of Ma
haska county, speaking for the rail-
open hearing of the state executive
cotncil, that the author of the infam-
| Gus falsehoods about assessment and
| taxation and outrageous ISLANDERS of
! the republican administration of state
affairs, would give as much publicity
| to the denial and denunciation of the
| themselves, is a hope destined never
/ to be realized.
| The railroad organs have refused to
| publish the retraction.
There is suspicion that they are I'M
der orders of the author of the CAM
paign of falsehood to not mention the
retraction at all. The local railroad
organ sent it's most unscrupulous Jug
gler to attend the meetings. and after
listening to the strong words of the
representatives of the railroads de-
nouncing the falsehoods of the cam
paign, he proceeded to write about
something else, and even in this 10
bear false witness as to what was said
and done. The organs which are sup
piled with news" thru the railroad
press bureau were never informed of
Issue at the hearing.
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feet of a discount on what was said by
the representatives of the railroads to
the council. 1t forces debate on wheth
er or not these railroad Representatives
were candid and honest in what they
said. It may be, so it is now argued,
that this appearance before the ceun-
ell of the railroad representatives is
part of very pretty play by which
it is intended that the state officials
shall be as completely fooled as were
some of the voters in the state; and
that it is the plan of the Hunter
Blythe cabal to play possum" onsas-
sessment matters for a few days and
then to return again to their nefarious
work after assessments for this year
have been made, and on this issue eff
feet the defeat of the republican tick
ct in Iowa this year.
Itsis recalled that there appeared be-,
fore the council representative Of the
Burlington railroad, prominent dem
ocratic politician, Mr.. Baldwin, and it
was understood when he arrived in the
city he was loaded for speech to the
council; but that after listening to the
reputation of the whole Blythe Hun
ter campaign of SANDER and vituper-
alton, he went home with his speech
unsaid.
1t is not a little significant that the
democrats have opened state headquar-
tiers already and that they are busy
collecting. material for their campaign,
even tho their state convention has not
been held. Thav are preparing for an
aggressive campaign, and it will be di-
rected against republican administra-
ton in Iowa and in the nation They
are already collecting all the cam
paign literature which has been sent
out by the railroad press bureau, es-
pecially that relating to railroads and
assessments, and the attacks on the
legislature and county and township
assessors and the reflections on the
heads Of the state educational and
other institutions in the matter of
wasteful use of state money They say
they will be able to defeat any repub-
liean state ticket by judicious use of
the statements which have been al
ready published by the enemies of re-
publican administration of Iowa And
it was very much desired by the DEM
ocrats that the public retractions of
the campaign falsehoods by the rep
resentatives Of the railroads should not
be accepted by the railroad organs
The democrats say that the litera-
ture made use Of by the railroad press
bureau is an Indictment of the repub-
lican party Of Iowa and that it shows
conclusively that republicans cannot
be trusted with the state institutions
and the appropriation of state funds
This will be the nucleus of their cam
paign argument.
The denuncialion of the campaign Of
falsehood as made by Mr.. Sewers, and
by James G. Davis, of the Northwest
ern, and Carroll Wright of the Rock
Island, was complete and unquali-
fled. 1t was acauiesced in by every
railroad represented except the Blythe
road. In order to make it effective
and that it MAY carry some weight
there is insistence that the newspapers
which are guided by the Blythe in
terest shall at least recognize the fact
that the retraction has been made. |
Unless this is done the republican
party, as represented in state affairs by
honored and trusted state officials, will
be subject to criticism at the hands
of thousands of honest but misinform-
ed persons in the state if the state |
council this year does it's
simple duty as it has in the past.
The council will spend some time
making a careful analysis of all the
railroad reports and comparisons and |
the assessment will not likely be made |
until near the end of the month.
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