Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-14
CUNM|NS MEN ARE
NELL SATISFIED
Outcome of the Gilliland Reso-
luton Debate is Satisfac-
tory to Governor
POLITICAL TRICK IS FolLED
Attempt of tho Standpattors to Repu-
diate tho GiIIiIand Resolution Fails,
and It Is Put Thru tho House--The
Debate Was Intorcsting--Temple
Amendment Is Defeated.
rBy Ora wllliams.l

lI5y Ora WillaTlS.J
Special TO Times Republican.
| Dcs Moines, March 14.-The members
Of the Legislature went off on an excur-
Ision party today. but the progressives
hare rejoicing greatly over their suc-
CESS In having put the standpatters in
Eto the attitude of having repudiated
atheir own child--the much Haunted
siilljland resolution--und having, tried
kto destroy their own work. The work
twas well done in the house. II showed
fvcry plainly there was nothing In the
Resolution but factional politics and q
desire. as has been said to put the
governor In u hole" The progressives
Itook the position, and properly so, that
Ithis was purely senate quarrel and
Ethat the senate having said what was
WANTED to keep up the political game,
I the house should not interfere with a
proposal for an investigation when
there Is nothing to investigate. The
plan was originally to put the COVER
nor In hole" and this was advertised
as the result Of the resolution. But
the governor was out Of the hole and
making headway In the tall grass, and
hence the scheme was devised of fixing
up another hole, and to keep the mat
ter in the hands OF the legislators. But
the house would have none Of 1t.
In the debate. Mr.. Temple read from
1.-THE governors address and insisted 1t
meant bribery, then read at length
from what the governor said in Wash
ington last year, to show that the gov
ernor Is not now as conservative and
gcousiderate as he was then. He also
charged the governor with an effort at
coercion In making his statement at the
time he did. He wanted a full inves-
tigation.
Mr. Kendall grew very sarcastic In
his reply. He wanted the senate to
continue to have an exclusive monop-
oily Of being political debating club.
He surm!sed that Temple was against
the governor. He not only read from
the Cummins letter, but from the Per-
kins editorial Of last November, time
when everybody was cool, and con-
trasted the two to the disadvantage of
the editorial. II 1t was fair to take up
here the campaign documents of one
candidate, why not those of another?
and Perkins had made stronger accu-
sations OF corporation influence than
had Cummins. 1t was Mr.. Kendall
who called attention to the purely fac
tional character Of the Gilliland resolu-
ton. 1t was prepared for that pur-
pose and failing in Its purpose the
proposal for committee to investi-
gate had been devised to still further
keep up factionism. How would 1t
look. he asked, to see Temple and Gill
Hand at the head of committee
gravely engaged in trying to find out
| the names Of the railroad lobbyists who
have been spending the winter In Des
Moines. Why everybody knows who
they are save these gentlemen. He de-
MED the pessimism of the gentleman
from Clarke who had insisted that the
roll calls show that votes were cast In
| the house on factional lines. He did
not believe that men were voting for or
against measures because Of factional
differences and the only reason Tenn
pie had said so was because 1t har-
monies with his pessimism. No good
could come from naming a committee
to investigate before we know whether
there is anything to investigate In so
far as the resolution referred to brib-
cry Of members, 1t was known to every
one that the governor had not made
any such accusation, and had In all his
speeches and utterances disavowed
any such intention. IL it should prove
that there was something to investi-
gate, then there would be time enough
to do it.
| Mr.. Weeks suggested the cost Of an
investigation and Mr.. Head did not
want members to leave their work at
this time. Mr.. Cummings said the
whole thing was POLITICAL the Gilliland
resolution and the Temple proposal
and that nothing but meaningless
report would be got from committee
formed as Temple had proposed II 1t
should turn out there was some cause
for investigation then go about 1T In a
business like manner and have real
| investigation, but this was not con-
templated in the amendment offered.
| Mr.. Wise wanted it laid on the table
but did not move that this be done.
Mr.. Hart suggested that the resolu-
ton would afford the governor a
chance for another campaign docu-
ment.
The vote was taken on the amend
ment and it was defeated 3S to 54;
then the resolution was carried 70 to
49, There were twenty of the mem
bers who lodged the vote on the res
olution. The resolution now goes to
the governor that he may do what ne
pleases with it.
The following was the roll call on
the Temple amendment to the Giiiliaho
resolution:
AyesrBealer. Bixby, Garden. cassel
| Clary, Coburn, Conn. Davie, Freeman,
Geneva. Greene. Gregory, Hakes,
Hambleton, Hanna, Hart. Heles. Jac-
] obson, Jepson, Jones, Kennedy. Laird