Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24

New York, Feb. 14.-Altho it has
been more than a. week since | left
Washington, l have kept close tap
on what is going on in congress, ana IL
is very amusing to read the New YORK
papers. You must remember that
Roosevelt and rate regulation nave
very few friends among New YORK
papers The World and Journal
American favor rate regulation, but
they never miss AN opportunity TO huft
Roosevelt. The Sun is friendly to the
president but it is against his policy
The Times and Post are not only OPP
posed to the presidents policy, Dut
they are hostile to the president hlm-
self. The Tribune stands by the adj
ministration, but this is expected from
it's owner, Whitelaw Reid who repre-
SCENTS us at the Court of ST. James.
The Globe, edited by our old friend
Allan Dawson, once of the Des Moines
Leader. stands by the president and his
policy.
IT is a curious fact, but true, that
aside from McClure's, the Review of
Reviews, owned and edited by an Iowa
man, and the Globe. edited by an Iowa
man, have done more than any other
DerlOulCal OF newspaper III A>'N ioiiN
to hold up the hands of the president.
/ have already told you how they ex-
aggerate and pervert many little INCL
dents to make it tell against the pres
dent. There Is now later illustration.
The other day Senator Lodge, In the
senate, arrayed himself against the
Hepburn bill. Now everyone in WASH
ngton knew that Lodge was opposed to
rate legislation. Both the Massachu-
setts senator's and think all her rep
resentatives are against 1T. But be-
cause Lodge is an intimate personal
friend of Roosevelt and like Spooner
|of Wisconsin, has often arisen to de-
fend him against detraction, there is no
reason whatever to think that Lodge
represents him in any sense In TINS
controversy. Roosevelt in this fight
is represented in the senate by Dolliver
and Clapp and he will not betray them.
The New York press eagerly seized the
Lodge incident to make 1t appear that
at last the president had weakened and
that Senators Dolliver and Clapp were
COMPOUNDED and left without support.
There is not one word of truth in 1t,
and while it is not at all certain that
they will win out, my belief is that Ill
the end 1t will be the representatives
of Standard Oil in the senate, and not
Dolliver and Clapp who Will weaken.
Crane of Massachusetts is very
rich man, naturally his sympathies are
not on the side of rate regulation.
Lodge and Roosevelt are intimate per-
sonally and have some things In COM
mon. Both are from Harvard and
both are scholarly, but Lodge is an
aristocrat and as cold and distant and
devoid Of human sympathy for labor
and the toiler as blue blood can make
him. If / did not think that sooner or
later this miserable, selfish cabal would
Weld to the people, would have no
faith in the future OF this country.
New York City is study. The other
aay l went down to Judge McAvoy's
court, where Colonel Mann of Town
Topics, is having his hearing on the
charge Of perjury. Mann is a coarse,
vulgar looking man. He wears a SILK
hat. and gaudy red necktie. Under
his bushy white whiskers his face is the
color of boiled lobster, and yet this
bankrupt old reprobate knew some
things. So when he asked keene TO
lend him 100000. Keene was only too
glad to oblige him. Inc aflStocratlc
Vanderbilt cheerfully coughed up S25,-
900, J. P. Morgan came down with 81
500 and Thomas Fortune Ryan. the
great philanthropist, who bought
Hvde's stock in the Equitable to save
the country from a panic, dropped 81
600 in the slot. What could have been
the nature of the secrets that this old
blackmailer held? Colonel Mann looks
like a circus treasurer. The court is
quite an informal affair Judge Nc
A oy, a smooth faced, pleasant look
ing gentleman, came into the room
and took seat at the table around
which the lawyers were sitting. Nod
ding to the attorneys he remarked:
"Our audience is getting smaller" He
then asked them if they were ready
and said: We'll proceed" No monkey
work; no hear We, hear We, hear ye,'
etc. I have often wondered why that
fool preliminary was retained by our
Judges. The witness was an expert
on handwriting, named Osborn. The
week before Colonel Hay, Washing
ton expert had made an ass of him.