Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-25

ments adopted by the senatorial con-
vention held here last December.
Upon this subject he said: II do not
counsel precipitation. l do not favor
hazardous experiments. Mature
thought should precede action. We
must not permit. however, either the
trembling apprehension of the devo'
tee who is always kneeling at the
shrine of antiquity, nor the ayarice
that finds its opportunity in the inca
pacity of the government to stay or
tLwart our purpose.
Il, for one, stand clearly and UNI
equivocally for amendments to the
constitution of the United States;
Tor an amendment that will give the
Voters a chance to say directly who
their senator shall be; for an amend
ment that will give the voters a
chance to say directly who their
president and vice president shall be;
for an amendment that will give the
Interstate commerce clause scope
enough to enable congress to control
and regulate things which the devel-
opments of commerce have national
lied; for an amendment that will al
low congress to unity our marriage
and divorce laws"
He said the legislature had the in
surance problem to solve and addi-
tional regulation seems to be re-
CURED. He would like to see Iowa
lead all the other states In the ex-
tent of its insurance business, and
"the only safe and sure path to this
eminence Is to better guard the In
terest of the policyholder than any
where else in the Union"
He referred to the recent letter OF
President Hill of the Great Northern
railroad, to Governor Johnson Of Min
nesota, and said. His analysis of
the situation may be accepted, for
we all know that the railroads have
more than they can do at the pres.
ent time; but MI. Hill did not pub.
lish this communication to state SO
obvious a fact. The lash of the LETT
ter was in the warning that if con-
crosses and legislatures did not cease
meddling or proposing to NEEDLE with
railway property and railway service,
capital could not be found to build
the needed tracks and buy the needed
cars
In conclusion he said: 1--WE ought
to stand as resolutely against any in
vasion of the real rights Of capital
as we do against the unfair agrees
sions upon the privileges of the PEG.
pie; but we ought not to be frightened
by the scarecrow set UP by those
who have already possessed field to
which they have no honest title.
When you give the investors of the
United States fair chance to put
their money into railroads, knowing
that the amount actually put in will
measure the amount upon which in.
terest and dividends are paid, and
knowing that the man who has made
no investment can have no profit,
you will find that there will be no
difficulty in obtaining all the funds
that are required to either construct
new railroads or increase the track
age of old ones. 1t takes some cour-
age, l know, to resist the insidious
and insistent appeal, but it is cheer.
ing to observe that 1t is becoming less
persuasive every day.
I'VE should emancipate ourselves
from idolatry with respect to things
that are. We should emancipate our
selves from the desire to change sim
ply to effect change. Because there
is much good in the existing order,
we should not be turned away from
the effort to make it better; but we
should not overthrow what has been
done simply to prove that we can
overthrow it."
If ssa
DoIIIver Feels Confident
Senator Dolliver expresses himself
as confident that the legislature will
re-elect him and that no opposition
will develop. He does not place reli-
ance on pledges, but on representa-
lions from both standpatters and pro-
gressive that they expect to vote for
him. AS to the question of federal
patronage, which has been the source
Of most of the gossip relative to
possible contest against him, Senator
Dolliver heard the Tenth district
members of the assembly and assured
them that he would refer them pet1-
ton for appointment of d. C. Chase
for district attorney to the Iowa dele
cation at its conference to be held in
Washington later. This petition was
presented by N. ]. Lee, representative
from Emmett county, and proposes
Chase instead of M. ]. Tobin of Ben
ton county. The delegation asked
Senator Deliver if the slate had been
made up or if the contest was open.
and he assured them, as he did others
during the day, that it was open.
House Standing Committees.
The chairmen of the leading com.
mittees of the house, as announced by
speaker Kendall, are. as follows:
Ways and means, Teter; Judiciary.
Weeks; Appropriations, Jones; Rail.
roads and commerce Meredith; Elec-
lions, Darr.ah; Insurance, Conn:
Banks and banking, Lowrey; Agricul-
ture, Lister; Schools and text books,
Bixby; Mines and mining, Handle.
ton; Municipal corporations, Sulli-
van; Telegraph, telephones and ex.
press, Weldon; Pardons, Lee; Labor.
pnran.
Miners Reflect Old Officials.
indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 23.-The an.
nual convention of the United Mine.
Workers Of America closed at noon
tuesday to meet next year in this
city. The tellers' report on the cleo
ZION OF international officers showed
all old officers to have been re-
elected, President Mitchell received
7l,O0O votes. The election was con.
Quoted on the referendum plan among
the various locals Vice President