Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-12


speech. Mr. Cummin|s agrees with Mr.
LaFollette and sometimes l think that
no matter what LaFNollette does Gov.
ernor Cummins agrees with him, or
tries to do the same thing. Now what
is the difference? Here is an extract
from Governor LaFCllette's speech and
one difficulty with, the bill is it does
not provide for an absolute rate. 1t is
minimum rate and the President of
the United States is not committed to
any such policy. Under the cross-eX-
animation of the governor, and not by
a corporation tool, though he says ev-
cry question asked him was hostile,
but in response to the questions asked
him by Senator Shelby NJ Cullom of
Illinois, ne thought the, maximum rate
standing alone would do no good. You
can easily get thei report and read the
testimony for yourself.
A Word for the Party.
$50 If we are to commit ourselves
to reform we are to look at both
sides of the ledger and commence
very close at home. But do not
wish to spend all my time defending
myself. 1t may be that will be
charged with extravaganza along that
line. But I do want to say word for
the republican party.
II think it is worth while for us to
remember the record ofSthe republican
party. am satisfied with being a re-
publican. will leave the progressive
things to the party itself
Because it has record of progress
from the day of it's birth to this hour
Every page of history that has been
written since that time has been writ
ten by the republican party so far and
we point to it with pride. 1t is mar
velous period of time since the repub
lican party came into activity. Here
are these old boys of the Union. Go
ing back to go there were problems
then to settle, in comparison with
which, certainly those of today sink
into insignificance. It was thai
grand old man, Samuel j. Kirk
wood, who, in 1863, in the midst of that
perilous war, retired modestly an6
gracefully from the executive office OF
this state; his successor was named
and Iowa survived and the Union was
saved. We have great example OF
this in Washington, and the great ex
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that the executive power of the nation
and state should be, at brief intervals
returned to the people. 1 am opposed
my friends, to domination of corpora
lions in this state and l am also op
posed to the domination of merciless
machine built up under executive pow
er. The republican party has had its
/ troubles; it's great contests and trials
/ it's enormous problems and years ant
years have passed in the settlement O.
them.
That Awful IS Hours"
1.-THE governor, after a good deal O
struggle and effort, got before the
senate committee on Interstate Com
MERGE, on the 18th of May, 1905. HI
had an awful time there. There does
not so very much appear on the record
4 / have carefully read it. But the Sc
cret of the governors agitation wa.
that there was sitting against the wal
a railway attorney, and he had never
'lseen anything of that kind before anC
nor didn't go down there to represen
Iowa. He represented Iowa after h,
came back. Very likely the party IL
whose interest he went to Washington
was reserying of his time-The low;
: State Manufacturers association. Thu
thought was that Madison, Rockford
Freeport Chicago and st. Louis ant
some other of these competing points
had practically the same rate that the,
had over in Iowa and they wante,
those points to pay more of the dist
ance tariff, in other words. And tn
governor was urging the propriety o
that way of handling the railroad rat
question. That led to that cruel cross
examination. 1t was rather cruel TO
some of the questions were brutal,
) direct. He undertook to meet one O
them down at Mt Ayr. The examine
said to him: Don't your Iowa farm
ers and producers get their surplu
grain and live stock to market unde
this low rate under the long hauli
Mr. Cummins said: No, they do moi
suppose you mean to imply excessive
or unreasonable rate?' Chairman: :
mean just as the business is, conducte,
today Mr.. Cummins: No, sir;
think our people get into the easter
markets with butter and eggs unnn