Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-28

SENATOR o. b. COURTRIGHT.
trigue who are now endeavoring to
thwart the will of an overwhelming
proportion of the voters of Iowa are
spending the winter in Des Moines."
Senator Gilliland's resolution recited
these statements from the letter by
the governor and called upon the chief
executive TO give the legislature spe-
cific facts as distinguished from mere
assertions by answering in writing to
the legislature the following ques-
tions:
Frst-How money is being used by
the railroads to defeat the primary bill?
Second-What legislators, if any,
have been the recipients OF this money?
Third-Who are "the masters of in
trigue that are spending the winter in
Des Moines" and where are they To-
Gated?
In presenting the resolution to the
legislature Senator Gilliland and Sen
ator Smith of Mitchell became in
volved in rather personal argument,
the latter reading letter said to have
been written by railroad attorney of
Dies Moines to constituent of Sen
ator Gilliland, asking the recipient to
use his influences to get signers
against the passage of a primary law.
Senator Gilliland asked for the name
of the author of the letter and of the
man who had received 1t, but his re-
quest was refused, and the senator
from Mitchell refused to divulge to
the senate either name.
1t is expected the resolution will
pass the house without much oppo-
sition. The friends of Governor Cum
minis claim he will be able to sub
stantiate the statements made in the
open letter and that he halls the OPP
portunity to do so.
Courtright as Peacemaker.
The Weeks resolution, addressed to
Senators Allison and Dolliver and the
Iowa members of congress, admonish-
ing them as to their duty in relation
10 the railroad rate regulation bill.
las finally been disposed of by both
houses. But its disposition melted
bitter facticnal fight and lined the
Cummins and anti-Cummins Republic
ans up in battle lines, with the result
that as adopted the resolution is en-
trely different in language and mean
ing from the original.
The first effort made against the
vocplufinu whau IL ooyoa IN xyoc frnx,,
the friends of Congressman Hepburn,
who insisted that there should be in
corporated in the measure the names
of Senator Dolliver, who is the sponsor
for the rate bill now before the Unit.
ed States senate, and Congressman
Hepburn, who Is the author of the
bill adopted by the lower house of
congress. The amendment to that ef-
feet was introduced by Senator Jami.
son of Clarke county. This was fol-
lowed by a substitute by Senator
Smith Of Mitchell. who endeavored to
and make the resolution endorse only
the efforts of President Roosevelt.
After several hours of debate on
these propositions and one by Senator
Crossley. which covered practically
the same ground as the Jamison
amendment, Senator COPYRIGHT of
Blackhawk stepped into the breach as
a peacemaker and succeeded. after a
heroic contest. in having adopted by
vote OF "a TO IL an entirely new
resolution. expressing appreciation Of
what the Iowa representatives in con-
gress had done and failing to find any
excuse for debating to them what
they should do. The COPYRIGHT reso-
luton IL as follows:
Resolved. That the house, the SEN
ate copcprring. In behalf Of them.