Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-19
Senator Returns to Fort Dodge
Confident of no Oppo-
sitiOn
pRoeREssIvEs KILL RuMoR
Governor cummins Absolutely Refused
to Be Used in standpat Scheme =
Probable Federal Slate Will Be
Named and cha.. Will Lose APP
peintment.
special to rimes-Republican.

SeeS
Gus will name Senator Dolliver with
out opposition. Senator Dolliver re-
turned to his home in Fort Dodge yes
terday confident that he would not
meet with opposition either in the re-
publican caucus Of Monday night OF
on the occasion Of the election Tuesday
by the legislature.
Little of the speculation relative to
the possible defeat of Senator Dolli-
yer has persisted since his arrival fol-
lowing the positive disclosure that
Governor Cummins and his closest
friends would decline to countenance
any movement toward making the
governor the republican candidate for
senator. The idea was without SUBJ
stantial basis at any time, for the gov
ernor would not go into the scheme as
suggested by the standpat leaders.
The movement to induce Senator
Dolliver to take up the fight for the
progressive republicans and see that
the Roosevelt laws passed blythe re-
cent congress were to be enforced in
Iowa by federal appointees in line with
the Roosevelt sentiment in Iowa, has
not been very successful. The impress
sion prevails among the politicians that
the slate as agreed upon formerly, in
Guiding Temple in the southern district
and Knott in the northern district, will
be recommended by the Iowa delega-
ton to the president for appointment.
Senator Dolliver expects to return to
the city Sunday. Mrs. Dolliver is not
; well and this fact induced him to go to
his home.
It was stated at the hotel last night
that had he remained other. delega-
tons Of republicans would have called
on him to ask him to appoint pro-
gressive republican United States dis
trict attorney in northern Iowa. The
Eleventh. Fourth, Third and Fifth dis
trict republican members of the legis-
lature have not visited him personally.
They will, however. on his return to
the city.
Senator Dolliver said yesterday that
he believed despite the fact that there
Is but six weeks more of the congress
sionai session, many very important
measures would be passed.
1.-THE senate has passed two very
important measures he said, in re-
ply to inquiry as to some of the bills
pending or likely to become laws.
"These are the service pension act and
the bill to limit the number Of hours
of continuous employment Of railroad
trainmen.
Senator La Toilette introduced a
bill of this character and the commit
tee OF which am chairman brought in
a bill Of the same kind. The morning
OF the day on which the bin was to
come up for vote, La Toilette and l
got together and drafted third meas
ure which was the one that was pass
ed by unanimous vote.
1--WE believe that the house will pass
the measure. It will prohibit such ex-
actions as that in which the engineer
of one Of the trains in the recent
wreck within the limits OF the district
suffered. He had worked without sleep
for forty-eight hours and he ran his
train like a maniac into another train
and killed hundred people Congress
is prepared to do what 1t can to stop
that sort of thing.
The service pension bill is sure to
go thru the house also. 1t guarantees
$12, SIS and $50 to every veteran Of the
civil and Mexican wars. It is The most
liberal service pension act ever pro-
posed by any government on the face
Of the earth. 1t was disclosed to the
general public that there are 2. 500 vet
Grams Of the Mexican war still living,
and some Of these will be benefited by
the measure.
''The session is so short and the APP
preparation and river and harbor bills
are so important that much Of the re-
naming time will be taken up In their
consideration, I presume. But If the
session only results In acts of the
character have mentioned, it will
have done great work"