Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-28

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ness beyond the limits of 2-3 of their
/ capital stock. think the act was a
meritorious one. but any governor of
this state, gentlemen, who would not
have done the. same thing would not
have merited your approval but your
condemnation. Any man of self-re-
spect who had the good of his country
the good of his state, at heart, would
4 have done the same thing. Therefore
contend that that is no reason why
Governor Cummins should have his
term prolonged to seven years. But
now am going a little outside Of the
record. am going to make some
statements, and gentlemen, believe
there are men in this room who are
familiar with the facts. No self-re-
specting public man should have ac-
Ecepted the nomination at the hands #
the men who gave that nomination to
him in 1901, and with the implied
promise that he would use his great
executive power in their interest.
charge this-and I charge it as an eye
witness because was delegate to
that convention, that but for the sup
port of the emissaries of the Chicago
& st. Paul railway, the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway, including
their local attorney Of this city, the
Iowa Central railroad company, the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern,
the Chicago & Great Western, that
4 Hon. A. B. Cummins would never have
/ been governor of the state of Iowa.
4 (Applause.) I say, further, that many
of the seats of his delegates would
j. have been vacant at Cedar Rapids
! when he was nominated had he not
himself and through his personal rep
resentatives distributed passes from
these railways which carried them to
| Cedar Rapids. Now is it any wonder,
gentlemen, that man who has &C
cepted such favors from these railroad
corporations should have been expect
ed to do, their bidding? Is it any won
der? Certainly, gentlemen, it is not a
man of great discernment or high re-
gard for honor who would have accept
| ed such political favors. think can
plant myself firmly upon that moral
principle. No, I'm going further, I'm
going to show you something further
1 from the record here, and then COM
| ing down to recent history. But let
\ me digress that you may understand
my position little more clearly, and
determine whether / be justified or
not in my position. You may con.
clude that my motions for this assault
is personal, but I'm going to unfold
the facts as they exist and leave them
for you to pass judgment upon. re
ceived this letter yesterday, written
from Iowa City: Noticing in the
i Register and Leader the proof that IN
1887 Cummins and Baker we're the
regular republican nominees for the
legislature in Polk county, your Iowa
: City friends are at loss to know
4 how you broke into the legislature at
that time. Can it be that you were
on democratic ticket? An explana
ton will be appreciated. Was
Sam Oldfeld democrat? The
more we study the situation the more
clouded is our political vision Now
gentlemen, do you know anything
about Iowa's history during the last
twenty years? I will simply refresh
your recollection. was so unfortl
nate as to have been member of tbs
house of representatives of the TWEEN
ty-frst general assembly. We had {
stormy session; / voted and worked
for certain measures that did not NEE
the approval of certain leaders ant
they practically proscripted me.
became a candidate for reelection.
though had done my duty fairly well
They nominated as my associate Mr.
, Oldfeld, now of Mitchellville, and il
!, the course Of month or two we heart
that we were confronted with an in
dependent republican bolt. A mum
: Der of the citizens of Des Moines, wht
protested to be interested in the res
! toration Of the saloon. although an
! inclined to think that in view of TIL
I issues, there were other reasons TO
their action, presented A. B. Cummin
| as an Independent candidate for tn
: legislature, with Adam Baker OF Eas
: Des Moines, his associate. Under tn
: manipulations of Fred w. Lehman
l now of st. Louis, Cummins and Bake
> were both nominated by the democrat
!, ic populistic combination. Our frien,
Griffith, over there, is familiar wit
}, all the circumstances. 1t is possibt
I he was with the independent republ
q can boilers. l know one thing, how
4 ever. that your old father, the hero Q
Cherubusco, was not there because h
fought by my side throughout tha
campaign. Gentlemen. had the figh
? of my life. 1 had to stump Polk cour
= ty from one end to the other for nine
= ty days and was elected, but fortl
= nately I had an independent republ
d can whisky democratic populistic CO
III laaa,ra. What was his name? A. T