Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-09
He WON The FARMERS
Fear at First That Cummins
Would Disrupt the
Institute
srANDPAT COUNTY APPLAuDED
Chairman Arose and Declared Cum
minis Had Made the Kind of Speech
Farmers Like to Hear and Served
Notice Of the Politicians to Let Cum
Minis Alone.
[By Ora williams.l
Special to Times-Republican.

ed incident of the governors meeting
of the week. Cherokee is a standpat
stronghold The politicians up there
are opposed to Cummins and were
dreadfully alarmed when the farmers
institute invited him up to speak. They
pounded the officers of the institute
and tried to gather up the dodgers adj
vertising the meeting but the hall was
crowded to Overlooking.
When Cummins arrived, the officers
Of the institute took him to one side
and explained that the politicians had
made life miserable for them that day,
that they had been scolded for bringing
the governor up there to make po-
litical speech and break up the insti
tute. They then asked the governor to
make a nonpolitical address.
Governor Cummins replied that he
had some idea of what would be appro-
pirate for an address before a farmers
institute, but that if he was to be
muzZled he would prefer not to speak
at all. He was then told to go ahead
and he made his speech. He talked of
the menace of monopoly, of the crime
of pitalization by railroads, Of
the danger in participation of railroads
in politics. of the need of enlarged
foreign markets for farm products,
anti-pass legislation and the need of a
statewide legalized primary. Applause
was vociferous thruout.
When he had finished the chairman
of the institute arose and said in sub
stance: Gentlemen, the politicians of
this town have made life miserable for
me all day because i invited Governor
Cummins to speak to us. They said
he would break up our institute. He
has spoken and l want to tell you that
IS the kind of a speech we farmers like
to hear. II the politicians don't want
us to hear it they will soon have the
farmers Of this county to reckon with.
Senator Whipple of Benton stated
yesterday that the insurance resolu-
ton of Senator Molsberry which was
referred to sub committee of which
he is chairman could not be reached
till Saturday or possibly the first of
next week Senator Whipple has been
busy with the educational bill /, for a
board of regents and has not been able
to take up the insurance matters. Ac-
ton is promised next week without
fail.
Senator Hughes has introduced
bill for the continuance of the 1-5
millage tax for new buildings for the
state university.
Senator Young of Washington has
introduced an appropriation bill for
monument to Timothy Brown, now
buried in the cemetery at Washington.
He was a revolutionary soldier.
A committee consisting of Senators
Taylor, Lewis and Young of Lee, has
been appointed in the senate to act
with committee of the house and
draft resolutions to the memory of
Edward j. Gault, member of the
house in the Ninth, and member of
the senate in the Fourteenth, Fif-
teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first
general assemblies
An odd legalizing act is before the
judiciary committees. 1t is from Dav-
export and concerns street improve
ments done ten years ago for which
the city paid the contractor and is now
trying to get pay from the property
owners. The property owners have
resisted the payment twice in the state
supreme court and once in the United
States supreme court. They have now
advertised for bids all over again
and let new contract trying to make
assessments to pay the contractor and
expecting to get the money refunded
from the contractor.
The senate committee has reported
out again the Smith bill requiring
mulct petitions to be circulated every
three years in towns of less than 5000
population having made the correc-
lions necessary.
Senator Young of Calhoun, has in
troduced bill to appropriate $4,000 to
be paid to Andrew T. Ness, who was
accidentally injured necessitating the
amputation of a leg while he was an
inmate in the state asylum 81 Inde-
pendence. He received nothing from
the state except an artificial leg. The
claims committee held its first meeting
yesterday and took up this and other
claims. appointing subcommittee on
each claim to make an investigation.
The house calendar today received
with favorable mention three bills
from the ways and means: the Court
right bill to exempt stepchild from
the operations of the collateral inher-
itance tax law, the Turner bill to per-
nit constables to collect delinquent
taxes. and the Buckingham bill to fix
a fee of 10 cents hundred words for
certain instruments recorded with the
secretary of state.
The house committee on appropria-
lions has heard the plea of the state
fair management for an appropriation
for a new steel amphitheater. Seventy
five thousand dollars is asked though
the association will build a structure
costing more. There is also bill be-
fore the committee to appropriate
s12O 900 or so much as may be neces-
sary. for a swine pavilion. In behalf
of the latter,i can be said fairly that
the swine dealers have been promised
this and they are becoming impatient
for some action.
The house committee on labor has
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