Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-01

III
the senate to the policy of national
control of interstate trafsc-
The Cullom interstsI commerce
Dill, passed in 1887. received the hearty
support of the entire Iowa delegation,
and Col. Hepburn made masterful
speech in it's favor
The Elkins bill, for the prevention
of rebates and discrimina tions, under
which the present administration has
successfully won far more than half Of
Its entire victories against combined
capital. though not of Iowa origin, re-
cefved unsolicited and without pres
sure and In the face of gibes that the
Dill would be worthless because it bore
the name OF Senator ElSins, the sup
port of the entire Iowa delegation.
venture that ten wears from now the
people of the United States will recog-
nize that they are receiving more ben
Gifts from the Elkins bill than from
any and all other legislation on the
subject of transportation.
The recently passed. rate bill will
always be known as the Hepburn bill
Tor he drafted 1t and it received the
hearty support Of the entire Iowa dele
cation.
Iowa is and ought to be proud of
her record. 1t is said that when Lin
coin was told that Grant had been
drunk, he asked if they knew where he
got his whisky, and expressed a desire
to get some Of the same brand for all
his other generals. If Iowa has been
dominated by corporations, let 1t con-
tlnue, for no state can boast of so clean
a record and no state holds SO envta-
bic a position. For years she has had
admittedly the strongest delegation IN
congress and she has led in all reform
legislation. The nation would look up
on 1t as calamity if any of these hon
orable gentlemen should be defeated
and especially those who have been in
congress long enough to become inf1u-
entail In legislation. But as Iowa has
never been dominated by railroads or
other corporations, l am heartily in ia
vor OF the platform pledge that it never
shall be.
Record of Campaigning.
seldom mention a candidates
name. When running for governor
never urged anyone. to vote for me, and
except when talking to the convention
that nominated me I never made
pledge or promise as the record Of my
speeches will show. In accepting the
first nomination at Cedar Rapids told
the convention that was not so wise
but that l would need advice. that
was not so foolish as to suppose l
could follow all the advice was likely
to receive, and that was not so weak
as to allow others to solye for me the
questions that would appropriately
come before me for solution.
u never mentioned state issues but
once in each campaign. and then only
to the extent of referring to what had
been done, making no prelude as to
what should be done. On all other oc-
casions l taught as best l could the
principles of the party that had hon
ored me. l did not find it convenient
or necessary even to say that l believ-
ed them myself. Two years ago I trav-
eled twenty-one thousand miles and
spoke in more than twenty states, but I
seldom mentioned my chief, who was
then the standard bearer of the party.
l frequently said and now as frequently
reiterate that after Theodore Roose-
welt is dead, and when the members
of his cabinet are forgotten, the prin-
ciples for which speak will be as true
and essential to the government as
they are now or as they have been from
the beginning of our national exist
ence.
But to avoid all possibility of being
misunderstood, desire to make it plain
and clear in this the first speech I
make In the state, that am for the
ticket and every candidate on the
ticket. If we can give Governor Cum
minis our undivided support it ought
for at least a decade to insure the state
against disturbing forces and save the
party from further factional controver-
sizes. No one will be likely again to ask
Mr.. Blythe's assistance, and he certain
ly will not intrude himself. In fact II
can think of no one who will be likely
to intrude. Republicanism is worth
more than any mans ambition. The
state has been safe under Governor
Cummins' control for the last five
years. and 1t will be safe as long as he
Is In control. He promises to look after
the business interests of all. What
more does anyone want l am for the
ticket and every man ON the ticket. Let
us have peace"