Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-23
sen. BERRY SPEAKS
Warren County Legislator De-
livers a Telling Address
at Alden
POINTS OUT SOME DANGERS
Corporation and Railway Control of
the Government Must be Eliminated
Desperate Attempt of tho Special
interests to Defeat cummina-po-
Iiticai News.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times epublican.
Alden, Oct. Ex-senator W. H
Berry, of Warren county, one of the
most eloquent of the speakers for the
republican cause on the stump II
Iowa, q man who believes, like Gov
ernor Larrabee, in talking plain abou1
the situation, delivered an address al
Alden last evening In which he show
ed what Is in the campaign for this
year. Among other things he said:
THE holders Of wealth have too Of
ten sought to and succeeded in casting
burdens on shoulders less able to beal
them, and brought and then awaited
themselves OF stress OF conditions tc
ipense OF others; they resist reasopa-
BILE demands and as result cause I'M
reasonable demands to be made on
them; they defeat attempts at rea-
sonable legislation and as a result re-
action occurs and vicious unreasonable
and distracted laws are enacted. Then
inordinate greed causes them 10 over
look self protection, and the people IN
their evaporation forget fair dealing,
right and justice. For years the rail-
way corporations have been resisting
the effort of the people to contrsl
them The railway corporation has
,.s.. u. ~ ~, fc ~ cd
protection Of the law. They have a
sight to be heard before legislative
committees and executive officers but
when the railway corporation or any
other uses the power of Its organiza-
ton to dictate policies, control legis-
lation, substitute the press and corrupt
the individual, 1t becomes the duty OF
patriotic citizens to arouse, and the
political party that fails to meet such
an emergency will and should go down
to defeat. In this state today that con-
dition of affairs exists It cannot be
met by resolutions in party platforms,
it cannot be met by promises, and
stump speeches. These are good In
their place but 1t must be met by men
who in office are able to standk against
these selfish influences and make and
EXECUTE laws for the good OF the
whole people President Roosevelt has
just emerged from a conflict with this
power, against an organization which
sought to manufacture and mould
public sentiment against him thru the
avenues of subsidized papers and hired
agents. The battle was royal. but un-
der the leadership of men from
Iowa in house and senate, who have
been backed by a public sentiment in
their own state WHICH Governor Cum
minis did more, Infinitely more. than
any other man in the state, to build up,
President Roosevelt has succeeded in
securing legislation for the control of
the railway corporations. Think you
that they intend to quietly submit. Far
from It, Governor Cummins is marked
by these organizations for defeat, and
and the democratic party as party
in this state, today are backed by this
influence In their fight in this cam
paign. From the Burlington Hawk
Eye, owned and controlled by the c..
B. & @. railway, and operated in it's
interests. masquerading as a republi-
can organ. down the line to the cross
roads country newspaper that printed
last year syndicate letters and editorials
furnished it, by the railway organiza-
ton that was fighting rate legislation,
they are all fighting the republican
party and Governor Cumnlins. The
democratic party has a platform fay-
oring tariff for revenue only, and have
unfinished a. camnaign text hook ey-
cry. line of which is against Governor
Cummins, and not a line Of which is
devoted to the giving of facts or figures
showing the benefits of a tariff for
revenue only, but much of which is
taken up with things which they claim
prove Governor Cummins not sound on
the question of protection. Strange
Is 1t not that they expect to catch
votes OF republicans for Claude Porter
on tariff for revenue only platform
for the reason that Governor Cumnlins
is not, a s some claim, as good a pro-
tectionist as he should be. The re-
publicans of the nation, under the
leadership OF President Roosevelt. and
such as he; the republican party of
Iowa under the leadership of Governor
Cummins, and such as he, will win; #
not this year, then next OF next Men
who are right will win, 1t may not be
today, 1t may not be tomorrow, but
sooner or later It will be. Albert B.
Cummins ts right Mr. Porter, under
the direction Of the corporations
which are trying to dictate politics in
Iowa, Is wrong. and he Will fail this
year and Governor Cummills will win