Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-24
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you will learn that you don't have to
tell the railroads what to do
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So tlJnkS at WuCn OF interest,"
In closing Senator Smith said: 'sThe
senator from Mills is afraid that the
people win listen to Governor Cum
Minis They have listened to him and
they will continue to listen to the
words Of this peerless, great-hearted
and conscientious man. The question
involves good government, it involves
peculiar government and good morals.
The governor will send letter to this
general assembly on this subject and
believe me, it will be of a very in
teresting character and it may not suit
the senator from Mills, either"
When Senator Gilliland took the
floor, he said that he supposed the
members we're all familiar with the
merits Of his resolution, since it had
been SO ably discussed, upon it's mer-
It's, by the senator from Mitchell, the
senator who is the bell-ringer In this
body every time the name Of A. B.
Cummins is mentioned" Continuing
he said:
Make Good or Shut Up.
g 4 have offered resolution calling
upon a state officer to make good or
shut up. That's what it amounts to.
The senator says that the governor
will go on talking to the people as
he has been talking to them. Now, /
want to say to the senator from Mitch
ell that If Governor Cummins goes on
impugning my motives, my integrity,
he will some day get very busy.
haven't got anything but my good
name and not even the governor shall
be permitted to impugn that. Because
he sits in the governors chair, he
shall not be allowed to continue his
assaults upon members of the legis-
lature." Referring to the letter which
Senator Smith had read, he said:
'They cannot get G. B. & @. at
torneys enough in Des Moines to write
to my constituents and make them be-
lieve the insinuations against me.
Integrity Unquestioned.
, II was born in Mills county, tell
the senator from Mitchell that my in
\ tegrity cannot be questioned. He
says the governor is going to write a
letter to the legislature. want to
have the facts The governor needn't
60 into literature. The facts are what
4 l want. l want to find out If this leg
4 islasure sent here to represent the
Apeople Of Iowa, Is composed of lot
Aof rotten scoundrels, or of men about
Rs honest as the governor himself"
IA Closing he sold: II appreciate the
/ fact that the bell-ringer Of Governor
\ Cummins in this chamber, the man
who rings the bell whenever trouble is
looming, seems. to be watching my bus
Iiness very closely. And am glad his
4 attention has been called to the work
& Of an honest man in this chamber"
The resolution was put upon Its pas.
4 he will some day get very busy l
sage and carried without dissenting
vote, though several senators did not
ANSWER when their names were called
The result Of this scene is difficult
to forecast. The resolution will go
over to the house as 1t is concurrent
land some members suggest that a
good plan would be to let it wait a
more favorable season" Others
think that 1t will lead to an investiga.
,tion.
A representative of the railroads
said last night they do not fear any In
vestigation "They will probably find"
said he, that the railroads have done
according to their custom in the mat
ter Of furnishing the members with
transportation. But they will also find
that the friends of Governor Cummins
have received as much to theirs"
Educational Bill Passed.
y, The Warren educational bill was
BASED.