Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-06
Congressman Hull Too sanguine
in Regard to Attitude of
Cummins
OPPOSITION LACKS NERVE
Can Not Secure Candidate to Make
Race Against HuIl--Governor and
James j. Hill Clash at Rivers and
Harbors Convention - Cummins
Makes a Strong Hit.
snecial 10 Times- Republican.

Des Moin IS, Dec. 6--Congressmah
j. A. T. Hull has given out in WASH
ington that as result Of an hours
conference which he had with Gov
ernor Cummins a short time ago there
will be no fight between he and the
an interview in the Womans National
Daily, published at st. Louis. ana
given to the Washington representa-
tive of the paper Congressman Hull
is quoted as saying. concerning the
interview:
I'VE didn't mention politics during
that time. We each have about 1000
friends in Des Moines who make 1T
point to see that the governor and my
self do not get our wires crossed"
The Washington correspondent says.
suggestivey, that Congressman Hull
smiled when he said We didn't men
ton politics." AS 4 comment this COR
respondent. says: "Of course not. Cum
Minis has made it 81 point every two
years to try and defeat Hull for con-
gress, SO it is quite natural that they
did not discuss politics.
Governor Cummins is in Washing
ton and there is no yeritication for
the statement that they did not men
ton politics" nor that they will not
get their wires crossed 1t Is quite
likely that there will be no opposition
to Hull the coming campaign, but III
there is none it will be due to the
fact that there is no candidate with
the nerve to come out and not because
Governor Cummins. i'll anyway en-
dorses tie political record of$Congress-
man Hull. Governor Cummins will not
do anything to hinder any candidate
coming out against Captain Hull, tho
it is equally true he will not do any
thing to bring out candidate. Ii a
candidate comes out who is in SYM
pathy with the things the governor
stands FOR it is more than likely the
governor will support him, however.
Governor Cummins and James j. Hill
collided at the meeting of the rivers
and harbors convention in Washington
yesterday. The result was that MI.
Hill came off second best, and the
convention went VIII oNSI wv SAAiSA
Cummins and his address. He was not
only applauded most vociferously, but
he was surrounded by a great crowd
of delegates anxious to shake his hand
and congratulate him, and 1t was
long time before he could escape from
the crowd and get to his MOTEL. Inc
incident was by long odds the most
sensational and striking of the con-
.vention thus far.
Mr.. Hill was on the program for a
speech before Governor Cummins. He
declared for an eighteen foot channel
!. from st. Louis to New Orleans, and
then launched into discussion OF
persecution of railroads. He said the
roads were bounded by demagogues,
and that by the action of the states
and the general government 1t mad
been made impossible for them to Dor
row money. He concluded waterways
must be developed to carry the business
of tie country.
Governor Cummins departed from his
set speech to reply to Mr. Hill. He
spoke Of Iowa's great agricultural re-
sources, and said the people of that
state favored deep waterway on the
lower Mississippi, but likewise wanted
an eight foot channel on the upper
Mississippi and nine foot channel on
the Missouri. He, then declared that
railroads were overcapitalized, that
government regulation was not making
investors timid and would not, and
thai what investors wanted and would
insist on in the future was to know
they were getting: real value. -
More waters in the rivers and less
in railroad stocks" was what Cover
nor Cummins commended. He scored
some Of the present railroad practices
in over capitalization. severely. Mr..
Hill did not reply to the governor and
left the hall while the latter was
speaking. In the course Of his re-
marks the governor said:
THAT the existing facilities for
transportation inadequately meet the
demands of our existing commerce is,
I think, admitted everywhere and by
ev erybody. That our commerce will
ra pidly increase is not only the hope
of every loyal American, but the be
lief of every intelligent observer That
the railroads can neither catch up nor
keep up with the business of the coun-
try seems to be conceded by the rail-
road men themselves"
Largely as the result Of efforts on
the part Of State Superintendent