Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-10
Demand For a "Bill of Particu-
lars" Might Have Caused
Herriott Embarrassment
SOME HERRIoTT WRITINGS
His Speech to the Senators criticising
Cummins and His Articles in Wal
lace's Farmer COMPATIBILITY Not
Submit His Affidavits Now?-No
Candidate Against Hull in Polk.
Special to Tines Republican.

/ Des Moines, April 10.-Politicians
are debating as to whether or NOT
lieutenant Governor John Herriott
should be taken seriously In the an
nouncement of his candidacy Governor
Herriott said: My record as state
treasurer and lieutenant governor may
give you assurance as to my course, if
nominated and elected" In his fare
| Well address to the senate on the day
Oh adjournment Governor Herriott
said in commenting on the reckless
charges of evil deeds and purposes. J"
that: Justice requires that such
charges be accompanied by u bill of
| particulars If honorable and faithful
publlc servants are to be kept unharm-
ed ana the guilty pilloried before the
| people,. Turning to Governor Her
RIOTS public record and utterances to
winch he invites attention it is dis
covered that in the year 1900 he was
conducting u campaign against the UNI
| equal railroad assessments and was
writing some interesting things for the
newspapers of that time In an issue
of the Wallace Farmer of about May,
1900, there appeared some of these
articles in which he tries to show that
the inequalities between railroads is of
vital Importance to the people as we'll
as the railroads for the reason that in
equality invites the railroads to partic-
| ipate in politics and he gives some In
teresting things along that line. He
says that members of the executive
| council represent railroads and adds:
1t has not been two weeks since the
public was informed of the offers made
a man to induce him to come out as
candidate for secretary of state, being
offered not only his campaign expenses
and the solid support of certain rail-
roads, but large sum of money" and
In 1895 a candidate went to Chicago
and obtained from the president of one
of our trunk lines sufficient money to
| carry on his campaign" Farther on in
the article he says: ut is very COM
mon belief that candidates for the eX-
ecutive offices of the state are sue
cessful or not, according to the prom
Uses they may make the managers of
the political railroads regarding their
assessment for taxation. There is
more truth than fiction in the popular
belief. A candidate for membership
on the council in 1896 who until short
ly before the convention had fair pros
meets of success. was ANONYMOUSLY de-
serted when he refused to make
pledge to protect certain road in the
assessment. In 1897 a leading candi-
date before the Cedar Rapids conven-
ton was likewise deserted when he
manfully refused to mortgage his ca
reer in the council"
In his farewell address to the SEN
ate he says: Respect for law, re-
spect for the trainers of the law is the
keynote of democratic government,
and For the most part the history OF
Iowa has been exempt from accusa-
lions of misconduct on the part or her
lawmakers" and Every citizen owes
IT to himself and to the state II there
are grounds for such charges to expose
them to view," and other similar state
ments. This was interpreted by the
Daily Capital. as being a dehlai OF
"Cummins' lobby charges.
The point that impresses politicians
is that some years ago Mr. Herrlott
could see the railroads exercising Won
derfrI influence ON the executive coun-
oil and In politics, even paying the
oomnairn expenses of candidates for
,,,a,ohersl,ip of the executive council
ord In some instances giving them
some additional money, while In the
s,oar 1eo6 he believes that the legis-
10 tive was never so free from influence
and deplores any accusation not ac-
companied by bill of particulars:
AS a matter Of fact, on the very aas
that Herriott was delivering ms rare
we'll address, the railroad represents
lives were handing out passes TO men-
hers of the Legislature Governor folh
saws a pass is as much brlDe as
money. for the pass represents hAeo
value. .,,, >,
II the railroads were so influential IN
nolitics six years ago. why should MT.
,Herriott deplore charges now? is the
question that IL being asked.
There will be no candidates against
Hull from Polk county for the Seventh |
district nomination for congress.
There is no candidate available now,
and there would not probably be one
brought out anyway on the grounds OF
Hulrs fighting Cummins Senator
Cash Dowell, the only available candi-
date at this time, is out as candidate
for senator Cummins leaders are
making the campaign on Independent
lines and will see to 1t that the dele
cation from this county is for Governor
Cummins. There have been claims
that Hull will ''be good" and there are
still such claims, but it can be settled
that the Polk county delegation will
be for Governor Cummins, and it will
behoove Hull to not be too active In his
opposition to Governor Cumnlins, for
the reason that strong Cummins del
egation might be in position to hand
the nomination over to Berry, of War
rem. or Nichols, of Dallas, since Polk
and one other county makes the nomi-
nation. Not to say that this would be
done, but a too vigorous campaign
against Cumnlins by Hull might put
the delegation in the temper to do it.
There is an interesting fight reported I
to be under Roadway in Delaware coun-
ty. Politicians from that county de-
clare that it will do the standpatters
no good to have Senator Durham de-