Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-19
Iowa Faction Composed OF Rail
road Attorneys, Magnatcs, and
Their Hangcrs-on
BROWN is WITH LAFoLLETTE
Nebraska's New United States sena-
tor Says His State is All for Roose.
welt, After Him for the Fellow Near.
est Like Him They Like Cum
minis in Nebraska.

NebraskaS new and noted Unitef
States senator Norris Brown, is in
town, coming to deliver an address at
the chautauqua this afternoon on The
Government, Who Owns 1t?' The
question to be discussed by Senator
Brown entered very largely into his
canvass for the senatorship and was
answered by the people OF Nebraska
to the effect that they had a consid-
cradle claim upon it themselves and his
election was in the nature of fore
closure proceedings.
Senator Brown is an Iowa product,
born at Maquoketa and educated at
Jefferson academy, Jefferson, and the
state university whence he was grad
iuated in 1882. He practiced law at
Perry and went to Kearney, Neb..
nineteen years ago. His next move is
to the senate chamber at Washington
and 1t may be said that the Nebraska
railroads drove him out OF the state
by not being able to down him polt-
cally and legally, He is pretty big
man. Any man who can fight the bat
ties he has fought and won and has
earned the right to respectful atten-
ton and deep consideration when he
replies to the question who owns the
government?
over in Nebraska" said the sena-
tor. I'VE think your Iowa characters
ization as 'standpatters Of the faction
the Iowa people have been fighting a
misnomer and eXaggeratlon. There are
no standpatters. 1t is easy to locate
the interests that you Iowa people call
standpatters. You can count them on
the fingers Of your hand, railroad pres
idents, their attorneys and adherents.
There are no standpatters Schedules
always have been and always will be
changed. They want to be let alone.
Nebraska for Roosevelt.
In Nebraska we are all for Roose-
welt. After him for the fellow nearest
like him. Just now that looks like
Taft. Taft made many friends in Ne
braska on his recent trip into the state.
Brown Close to LaFolIette.
Will you stand with LaFollette in
the senate, senator?' He shifted
slightly in his seat and said slowly:
Il think LaFollette one of the great
est men in the country. I am against
the arrogance of special interests that
assume to direct. think the rate law
Is good In spots but can be improved
and that it is the business of this
session of congress to improve 1t.
DO believe the railroads have gone
ont IF rn1jfinCr al to ~.
them say they have gone out and have
never been in politics in the same
breath. They'll get out when the peo-
pie put them out"
Nebraskans Like cummins.
We are admirers of your governor.
We like him for the personal sacrifices
he has made to bring this fight to a
successful issue. 1t has been a some
what similar fight in our state. The
Nebraska people made up their minds
that the government belongs to them
and concluded to run 1t themselves.
We don't want to put the railroads
out of business, but out <of politics.
The party adopted a platform of such
laws as should be made and then went
ahead and made them. Our state was
the only one to pass a two-cen fare
bill with the emergency clause. In
case Of emergency our constitution
permits law to become of force upon
publication. We saw the emergency,
passed the law in the afternoon, the
governor signed it at night and we
had two-cent fares for breakfast. I'll
tell you what our attorney general did
when the roads threatened litigation.
He brought an injunction suit re-
straining them from disobeying the
law and got to the federal court ahead