Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-06

I.aFOllctie to C TO Iowa Ior lew
speeches. 1l&S 'eport was that La
Toilette couI,f'S away at this time. 1t
was known c his heart was right
and he wouiu be glad to aid IN the
fight here as In any other state where
the railroads are seeking control. NO
sooner was it made known that La
Toilette was to come to Iowa than the
railroad forces got busy at Washing
ton. Their Elkins letter sent INTO
Iowa has proved a boomerang, but they
had other schemes. They set out TO
keep I.al'olette busy at Washington.
They got reports from committees on
bills he is Interested in and 1T Is sald
that they secured a move to reconsider
bill which had passed and In which
LaFollette had great interest. At any
rate. they brought about conditions so
that 1t would be impossible for the
brilliant young senator from Wisconsin
to get away Then they shipped Shaw
to Iowa and put him under instruc-
tions to open UP on Cumnins and to
denounco the progressives as populists.
as he die in his Des Moincs speech last
winter. But LaFollette has let 1T be
known that he regards the fight In
in Wisconsin and other states where
the railroads have sought to dominate
politics, and it is the same fight as
that which Is being made against the
trusts and combines and mergers In
Washington. While they could keep
LaFolette out of Iowa, they have lot
been able to keep La Toilette from
giving encouragement to the Iowa pro-
gressives.
One on Rev. Smith.
A good story is told at the expense
of Rev w. T. Smith, who thought he
was running for representative in
Story county and had been led to be-
| licve the railroads could nominate him.
He went to the voting booth for the
primary and scanned one of the pri-
mary ballots. Then he turned 10 one
of the Perkins judges and asked Tor
instructions as to how to vote the
thing. The progressives smiled, and
felt tina. the chances were good that
without special instructions the cam
ddate for the legislature would have
voted for the Cummins delegates.
''But you must remember" said one
here when the story was told, that
Elder Smith is fresh from the reser-
vatlon, where they don't have pri-
maries, and such innovations are
| looked upon as dangerous
| Elder Smith formerly lived in the
southern part Of the state, and he had
been in Story county only few years.
1t was not recalled there that he ever
before voted at republican primary
in Story. The nominee. Mr.. White,
! It,,n TN, pnc n
Nevada, and he was bitterly fought
by the trust elevator men and gram
dealers.
Buying Up Newspapers.
The policy of buying up newspapers
/ Is one which appeals strongly to Man
ager Hunter, in charge OF the Perkins
! campaign Several have been taken IN
{, for service in the railroad cause. The
! owner of a small weekly paper at BUS
sey. In Marion county. came to the city
1 some time ago with proposal to the
/ Cummins committee to have his paper
circulated all over Marion. Poweshiek,
i and Monroe counties, and to contain
Z speciai matter for the campaign. For
this he would charge a sum about equal
| to the value of his entire plant He
was sure he could carry all three OF
| the counties for Cummins If he was
paid enough. His proposals were turn
ed down cold by the Cummins people.
Now Hunter has him on his list and
Mr.. Johnson is sending his little paper
all over Marion county filled with the
meanest of Lafe Young's great variety
| of falsehoods about Cummins Mr..
| Johnson is not doing it for fun, nor
because of his love of party. He was
for sale and it must be presumed that
| Hunter did the rest.