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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17

His reference today to my Iegisla-
tive record in 1888 is so dissimiiar to
his former references that it is in eff
fect an apology. The bill offered by
me IN 1888 was substantially the same
as the Hepburn bill this year. The
court review clause which Elkins ana
Others stand for now was the same
1nlng that the railroads wanted in the
iowa law in 1883. The supreme court
held unconstitutional the rate fixing
power given to the interstate COM
merce commission. Mr. Perkins was
IN congress, but did nothing to aid the
people of his own state and nation.
Not till 1904 did the congress move.
and then at the behest Of Theodore
roosevelt, have lifted my voice at
every opportunity for the rate regula-
ton program. What was Perkins do
ing from 1897 to 1902? He was as
dumb as an oyster"
Governor Cummins then related his
visit to the President and his talk on
this subject. in 1904, and said that the
President already had covered it in q
message. which he read to Cummins,
Van SAINT and Bacon. 1t was that
message which awakened congress.
The governor also recalled the con-
ventlon called to hold up the hands
OF the President and said that Sioux
Clty's Commercial club, Of which PERI
kins Is member, sent no delegate to
sustain the President.
The governor argued in favor OF
minimum rates as we'll as maximum.
He said 1T was necessary to establish
the proper relation Of rates. He de-
clared that the charge that he favor
ed higher butter and egg rates was
ridiculous. He said he had been long
| fayoring more equitable Interstate
rates for Iowa. He insisted that it was
impossible to injure Iowa farmers IN
the matter of butter and eggs.
Il may have made mistakes" said
the governor, but not mistakes OF
silence. 1t is important what verdict
Iowa will register on the battle nov
going forward in this nation between
the corporats---- sd the common peos
pie"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17
was still there for the platform of 1903

was still there for the platform of 1903
and made a. contest for it's reafirmal
ton, one Of three 1t was suggested
that we have a minority report, but we
had none, and when got back to the
convention, the governor was maxi
ing speech for the platform, what
ever 1t might be.
"I am not candidate for United
States senator, but for governor. I am
not candidate to try to regulate all
the great national questions in con-
gress, but to discharge my official du-
ties in accordance with my oath. Lam
a republican. and the republican party
is the progressive party Of the nation,
and greater than who shall be COVER
nor is the question Of the election of a
congress this year and man of the
Roosevelt type to succeed him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17
LIKE 1896 CAMPAIGN.
Perkins Makes Reply to cummins
and His Argument.

49, '''S ~ SA'bSuss
"The present campaign in Iowa is
something like that of 1885," said Mr..
Perkins, as he took the platform to
make reply to Governor Cummins.
A scene such as this we have here
today is new to the republican party.
Personally, am not responsible for
it. regret that the line Of cleavage
in the party should be drawn by the
governor would not be present if
my ambitions alone were at stake. |
am here to defend my name and re.
cord as a republican, which are dearcr
to me than any office. do not pro.
fess to be a Moses nor a better repub
lican than any other man, but / dc
profess to be republican, loyal, and
loving his party, and willing to serve
where he may serve best.
President Roosevelt is making a
speech this afternoon. saw an ad
vance copy, and stand with the
President in the counsel he gives the
republican party, and in his condemna
ton Of the muck raker in politics.
at may be ungracious in me not to
reciprocate what the governor said
about me personally, but he really
/ UlOuSnG lhC d luOot oOIlOuS
charge. am neither fool nor a
knave, but must be one or the other
| if his charge is true. No amount Of
proof serves to stop misrepresentation
and abuse of Perkins. For some rea
son the republican politics of the
state have drifted into a cesspool II
made governor would have no higher
ambition than to lift the party out anG
put it's feet on solid ground.
What does Perkins stand for?
"For Iowa, protection, railroad regu
lation, corporation subordination.
docs the governor object to tha
platform and can he refuse to vindi
cate me on it because he wishes s
third term?
II deny that the present emergenc!
demands third term. / am willing
to trust the people and not depend OF
one man."
standpatter Not Disgrace.
i Speaking further, Mr.. Perkins salt
he was entitled to square deal ant
i denied that he was not member o
the Grand Army as had been stated b.
two of the governors friends. HI
said he recognized that Cummins wa
ii uOL d oIdAupdlCCls O0e eiiouShe ~ "a
disgrace to be standpatter with one'
4 self. He declared that he had endeav
ored always to be fair, honest and con
sistent, and that he would have tn
people Judge him by the record h
has made.
when it is asserted that if an
elected will be the servile tool Q
corrupt influences, resent it," cor
tinued Mr.. Perkins. There Is not
peg to hang that accusation on.
[ have worked without thought of RI
J ward for the usefulness and unity
the republican party and because
have done that I am indicted becaus
; II am SO much for harmony that ar
too weak to preserve my Independent
/ manhood in the Office of governor.
at may be purely accidental, but
Il never was in the service Of railroa
!. corporation or trust. I never receive
salary or distinction from those Unfit
: ences. The governor never receive
salary or office which did not com
! through the corporations. He know
.. he would not have been nominated i
Il 1901 but for the corporations. TIL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17
Continued from First Page).

Office without his consent. His author
ity is SO great that he changes the
political tone of the newspapers by
telegram. He has been able to SO
make and unmake public men that
there have been drawn to his throne
a host of faithful followers in all parts
of the state, and he is courted by all
candidates who prefer the easy path
to public place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17
Perkins Republican Record.

1.-THE governor objects to me because
though am fair citizen, am in OBJ
jectionable company. have been a
republican since the time Of Fremont
I enlisted as boy in the union army
as private soldier. So through the
whole line. presidential and guberna-
torial wears as well. In 1902 was de-
Tending the platform Of Mr.. Cumrnins
In 1908 had one conference with j.
w. Blythe at the suggestion Of Cum
minis. was for harmony then. He
spoke of me in the highest terms then.
One thing was anxious for in 1908
was an Endorsement Of Roosevelt. In
conference with Allison, Blythe and
Cummins, we made platform which
the party adopted. In 1904 the gov
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-17

(Here an editorial was read, caution.
ing the legislature to go Slow.
| 81 leave your record and mine upon
this phase of the controversy.
"You have constantly tried to be-
little my work for the railway rate
! legislation now pending in congress
t 7 do not claim much for it. but at least
it will compare favorably with yours
made upon the subject I have stood
| for an increase Of power to the in
terstate commerce commission
happen to have in my hand a copy Of
a speech that l made before the upper
Mississippi Improvement convention
| in Dubuque, held in the early fall o.
| 1904, and I want you to hear a few O.
it's sentences.
/ .In November of that year I Wen
to washington at the invitation of E
4 P. Bacon and in company with Cover
nor Van SAINT Of Minnesota, to urg,
| uron the President a recommendation
| to congress upon the subject. Happll!
1t turned out that the President hat
! already formulated his views in TIT
message that he had prepared, but
at least indicated that my heart wal
in the right place. have done VIVA
] I could in hundred speeches or NOR
1 to awaken public sentiment tt
strengthen our members of congress il
the struggle for the enactment of thu
law. I have incurred the hostility o
every railway company, from one Dor
der of the country to the other, in m.
persistent advocacy of this measure
4 May 1 ask you what you have done
AS I remember it, you were dumb un
til frightened into speech by tn
4 clamor of your own district, after yo,
became candidate for governor; an,
even since that time you have won
i dered. in your editorials. whether
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

Mr.. Dix should have an understanding
with his proofreader as to the spelling
OF certain words not disturbed by the
sinplifcation board.
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The friends of w. r Rutherford have
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"A Look on the Brighter Side" and
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Betterment. by F. Wade Cook: Fred
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
Comprehensive and Timely Worl
on the Canal

c. II. Forbes Lindsay has put into
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Mr. Lindsay begins with tie dis
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While the authors view of matters
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
Make What You Will of Mr..
Mitchell's Odd Story

The puzzle book Of the year is The
Silent War" by John Ames Mitchell,
editor of Life. If it were not for the
illustrations we should wonder il it
were a satire on the struggle OF the
masses against the classes. The pic
lures. by william Baifour Ker. are
fierce and terrifying things. The first.
THE Great Socialist represents
Christ; the second. From the Depths
depicts the poor and downtrodden
wretches TRUSTING their toil-scarred
hands up through he floor at a
Snillionaire's entertainment; the third.
When Extremes Meet the skeleton
hands of tho poor reaching out for the
yniser's sack OF gold: in the fourth,
The Modern samson. the heartless
rich watch The blindfold man in the
tresdmin, pitablo and yet sinister.
These pictures stamp the purpose OF the
book as serious.
The story OF q gigantic murder con-
spiracy called The Peoples League
against the millionaires OF the trust
These magnates, modelled after some of
New Tork's kings Of finance. are asked
TO contribute TO G fund for the sup
posed benefit of the poor. If they re-
fuse they arc condemned TO death a. a
secret session OF a committee o; seven
who control the affairs of the league.
The whole novel is not gloomy-AIr.
Mitchell could not be that Much OF It
IS light, in the style we remember SO
well in books like his Last American, .
and decidedly humorous in spots; but
the story is slippery with blood and
Ills the mind with horrors
So much has been said and written
on Socialism that one is surprised at
this story, which gives a plain outline
70 the converts TO Socialism and am
Rrchy OF what they might do. No one
would accuse Mr.. Mitchell of the de
liberate suggestion. Perhaps his real
purpose is to create such feeling
against the malignant type of anarchist
that the physical force" idea OF reform
VIII provide its own undoing. This
theory is borne out by the fact that he
allows love episode to save the life
Of one Of the condemned millionaires.
William Chapman. 2 millionaire with
so many good qualities that he hardly
seems human. loves the daughter {
one Of the dread committee OF seven
To add q touch of meloorama TO the in
cident Chapman had befrierded the
man twenty years before. and the mis-
guided man with the one good trait
OF gratitude votes TO save his life when
the death question is put.
The book IS sure Of much discussion
snd some adverse criticism, but it IS
undenisbly interesting and well writ
ten.
(Life PubHshing Company, New York.
Price sl.50.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
Forgiveness the Medicine to Heal
Hurt Hearts

Myrtle Reed has called her new
novel "A Spinner in the SUM- some
what obscure title. but provocative OF
curiosity enough to make one run II
down in Shakespeare. IT is out OF
Twelfth Night" Here are the lines;
The spiusters and the knitters in the sun,
And the free maids that weave their threads
no nse 'e 70 Oo chant IL: il is silly sooih.
AND dallies with the innocence OF love.
Like the old age.
The story is interesting and unusual
in manner II not in plot heavily
yelled woman appears in the first chap
ter and bit by bit the story OF her
heart tragedy is unveiled: how her
cheuafst-iover. whom she has sacrificed
herself TO save from a laboratory eX-
riosion. hears at the hospital that her
Beautiful face is horribly dishgureo
and thereupon coldbioodedly aosolNes
himself from his vows and marrles an
other woman; how she goes through
the ordeal unscathed as to her beauty
save that grief over her lovers de-
lection turns her hair white; how
thenceforth she goes always Teiled,
conveying the impression that her race
Is too badly marred TO be looked at
how twenty-five years later she returns
20 the scene Of her unhappiness there
70 find her little hour OF triumph when
She meets her old lover, now Wild
over with a grown son, well beloved
The description of the mental suffer
snrs and the horrible self-accusations
Of the old doctor are well done. Fin
ally he sees her still beautiful face and
realizes what his youthful cowardtce
and weakness have cost him.
A wandering peddler, the Mad
Piper a man with no desires for
earthly honors and Announcements, but
irving TO live out the golden rule, and
constantly going out Of his way TO
helm souls in distress. wanders by her
home. and perceives that she must be
taught the beautiful doctrine of for
s-i,-eness and that until she learns this
lesson she cannot be happy Another
beautiful little love story running
tbrouTh the book. the romance Of the
doctors son and the niece of the kind
hearted. busy body ncigilbor TO the
spinner" is all of innocence and
The spinner" does not really deserve
her title until the end of the story.
Early in the novel the piper says to
her. From the distaff of Eternity, you
take the thread of your life, but you're
sitting in the night, and God meant
YOU TO be a spinner in the sun When
the day breaks for you you'll be finding
the loose link TO set yourself free"
The piper's high ideals. and his gen.
tie preaching to the Spinner, finally
conquer the hurt heart and show her
the way to happiness through forgive
ness.
C. p. Putnam's Sons, New York; -.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
Books of the Season Built fer
Young Readers

The Story Of General Richard Mont
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invasion of Canada. Percy. K. Fitzhugil
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children. II is told with simple
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tains some good color plate iilustra-
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tMcLoughlin Eros. New York;
Trail and Trading Post" by Edward
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the colonial series tby the same author
The mystery OF the twin boys whom
Sam Barringford discovered in pre-
vious volume is here fully solved and
the army of boy readers who love this
series win wait anxiously for the prom
Used story of the lads taking part in,
the war for American Independence.
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Boston. Price s1.a5o
"rhe Wishbone Boat" by Alice c. d.
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A little princess starts out in quest
VI Dcdut9s WHICH SlIS idChS, ana saLLe1
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finds ii in her own heart, thing not
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(H. NJ. Caldwell Company. Boston.
Price 75 cents.)
Saturday Mornings" by Caroline
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THE Jingle of a Jap" by Clara Bell
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Every dolly has q heart,
Although you may not know Il.
So when you pin doll dresses on
Pray try to pin below 1t!
The decorations, illustrations and
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~
when II Was Girl in Italy" by
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
Keeler's Account of the City That
Used TO Be

Some years ago Charles Keeler wrote
pamphlet for the California Promo
ton Committee, San Francisco and
Thereabout." Then, with all the scenes
before us, we hardly realized it's inn
portance and sent it away to our
friends and relatives in the East or in
Europe. Now Robertson has brought
out a new edition, enlarged and very
fully illustrated with photographs of
the city before the calamity. Mr..
Keeler has been most conscientious and
painstaking in preparing this work
and San Francisco will be as much in
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a. NJ. Robertson, San Francisco.
Price sf.}r
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
George Moore's Memoirs. a Lit
erarY Misdemeanor

IL IS not altogether easy to be patient
Win George Moore's Memoirs of Ny
Dead Life. The philosophy paraded in
II is readily reducible to q sha bbv. sor-
ala sensralisnl. guised in q prose that
IS rather ornate than pictureful, more
fantastic than rich. One must gag at
the ioudly advertised dictum OF Pro-
lessor Harry Thurston Peck that
George Moore is the greatest literary
artist who has struck the cords O..
English since Thackeray"; one must try
70 forgive the publishers for calling
MN the wearer OF the Ermine of Eng
llsh literature" whatever that may
mean. Besides its unesca pable gross
ness. the dominant note of the book is a
snirking self-satisfactfon. fat and
Oily egotism that would be enough TO
offend elemental good taste without the
aastiness OF soul that is wra pped up
with IT,
The spirit of the man and OF he book
may be glimpsed in passag es like this:
The legitimate occupation OF
mans mind is woman; and listen
ing to my friend who is playing
music-music II do not care to hear
Brahsls-I fall TO thinking which
OF the women have known in
years past would interest me most
to visit.
And if.there be not in this enough TO
damn and double-dasrln, consider the ut
ter caddishness of the following:
] remember her eyes; one day in
an orchard, in the lush and luxuri-
ance of June, her husband was
walking in front with a friend, and
! was pleading. We'll" she said,
raising her eyes. you can kiss n1e
now" But her husband was in
front end he was ttick-set man.
and there was stream, and 1 fore
saw a struggle-and an unpleasant
one: confess and be done with it'll
] didn't dare TO kiss her. and l don't
think she ever forgave me that
lack OF courage
The publishers are 10 be thanked for
this. at least: that they did not quite
dare to print in full the two chiefly OBJ
Jectionable episodes of the manuscript.
taking in lieu of the 'ezcised portions
the authors Apologize Meis Scripts.
which is. il anything. even more banal
than thestext Here is fragment fro.a
the Apologize" sufficiently suggestive
Of Moore-s philosophy" as well as OF
his self-praise:
Myself and Doris we're spiritual
gamers by the Oreiay adventure.
Doris rendering of The Moonlight
Sonata" till she went TO Orelay, .
was merely brilliant and effective:
and have not all the cities in Eng
land agreed that the story in which
4 relate her creations some OF the
hest pages OF Lrose l have written?
Ali in all, the book is a true bill on
the charge OF degeneracy gone bad. OF
a pruricacy turned puruie2t. MooTes
novels might have Won him no high
piece among tie writer's OF his time;
his .'aIemoirs- should exclude him from
snv classification in which consldera-
ton is taken OF tic fundamental de-
cencies.
ID Appleton & Co, New York. Price
$500