Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-15
HOT ONE FOR BLYTHE

HOT ONE FOR BLYTHE
Governor cummins' Speech at Burling
ton Wins Many Friends in Railroad
StronghoId-Hot Shot for Editor
Waite.
Burlington, May 15.-For the first
time in the history of the reservation,
Blythe has local opposition. Gov
ernor Cummins invaded the very home
of the enemy yesterday and with three
speeches. the climax of which was
reached IN Burlington yesterday. doub
led the CONSERVATION which the rail-
road forces In Iowa politics have felt
In this section ever since progressive
organization gained u foothold In this
city a few weeks ago.
The Burlington meeting last night
was one OF the greatest held by Gov
ernor Cummns in this campaign The
opera house was packed and every
necessity of throwing off the yoke of
corporate control in Iowa was greet
ed by tremendous applause. The gov
crnor took up the Burlington Hawk
Eye and excoriated Its editor
Roast for Waite.
DO the people believe I'm entitled
to fair play and a square deal?" he
asked. DO you think I've had it?"
There came cries OF no
You have 4 newspaper down here"
Gaughter)( he continued, edited by a
pious man. Gaughtcr). Does he car
W the love of truth into the columns
of his paper? Ceres of no!) Then
how will he explain all this publica-
ton when he knocks at the door OF the
New Jerusalem. (Cries of He won't
knock.o In the columns of this news
paper, II it be entitled to be called
newspaper Caughter), which seems de-
voted to the effort to overthrow one
man, and 1t has IL wide circulation
since this campaign opened. I am
charged with the responsibility of state
expenses.
1T seems that l am boss, and ii
says that IL you must have boss, take
local boss. I've no treasury, no mon
ely. no band of followers gathered
about me for profit (Cheers). and there
Is nothing bout me to suggest Il boss;
but this paper attempts to lead you to
believe that / am responsible for the
state expenses. Some one. IL there Is
any one intimate with him, should tell
him that the money of the state is APP
propriated by the legislature, and not
by the governor. The governor has no
more to do with the appropriations
than you have. I'm not boss. do
not presume to substitute my opinion
for the mind of 1916 legislators"
The governor then went on to eX-
plain that the legislators were obliged
to increase the state expenses because
of burned buildings; soldiers monu-
ments, ETC.; then he said: IF these
people who criticize the increase made
by the legislature in state expenses
want to be honest, why do not they
point out the appropriations they OBJ
ject to. 1t Is a cowardly thing not to
do this. / say that any man who
spreads these statements about without
accompanying thern with specifications
as to what legislative appropriations he
criticizes, whether of soldiers monu-
ments or replacing burned buildings
for the states unfortunate and it's stu
dents, is coward, and the people viii.
condemn him for unfairness." The
declaration was greeted by wild cheers.
The governor answered the Hawk
Eyes charge that he is not a repub-
lican, pointing out that he served as an
elector several times as national COM
mitteeman, that he was twice elected
governor as a republican, and that he
received the largest majority any re-
publican candidate for office ever got,
and that he was cn the national COM
mittee in the most memorable cam
paign of 1905. He said:
How does he know what republic
canism is? 1 believe i have access to
sources just as pure as the G. b. & @.
officers from which to determine what
republicanism is"
Cheers and cries of good followed
this utterance, and it was several mo-
ments before quiet was restored.
The governor renewed his declara-
ton. faith and confidence in the re-
publican principles of protection, and
declared that he stood for a higher
tariff than the average of republicans.
Prolonged cheers greeted his dec
laration, that while standing for pro-
tective principle, he believed that when
a duty became so high as to be a bur-
den to the people, they should take it
down. But, he added, he would not
touch tariff. except when he knew it
would do more good than harm, and
wanted it's friends. to change it, not its
democratic enemies.
Mr.. Cummins paid high compli-
ment to Eugene Buttles, and declared
that whatever the Burlington did he
expected to do all he could to nominate
him for railroad commissioner, because
he is an honest man, who does not
stand in the shadow and the fear Of
the railroads.