Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-22

and but for the presidents big stick it
would not have been enacted 1 have
examined about seventy-five bills in
| troduced in congress during the pres
ent session proposing to amend the
rate law. Only one of them was in
| troduced by an Iowa congressman,
and that by the democratic member,
Mr.. Hamilton. One other Iowa MEM
Der did introduce resolution calling
| upon the interstate commerce COM
| mission to make an investigation con-
corning the ventilation of cars. You
know that the ventilation of cars is
an important matter
| Delivers reference to Allison as the
! father of the gold standard arouses the
old governors disgust, and he replies:
Senator Dolliver seeks to rob John
Sherman of the credit of the resump-
ton act of 1875. Senator Allison was
member Of the committee that
framed the act, but the part played by
him is an unknown quantity. In the
history of banking and of finances dur
| ing and after the war, by j. j. Knox, a
book of $50 pages and acknowledged
by financiers as standard history,
the names of SO to 100 men are men
toned as taking part in shaping the
financial policies of the government.
In this history the names of kasson.
Price, Grinnell, Wilson and Grimes APP
pear as prominent, but the name of
Allison cannot be found in the book. 1t
is also ridiculous to name Allison as
prominent among those VINO helped to
preserve the gold standard He was
opposed to contraction of the currency
and in favor of imitation. He voted
for the imitation bill which was vetoed
by President Grant. John Sherman,
secretary of the treasury, urged him
again and again to assist him in sus-
tanning sound financial policies. At
the st. Louis convention Senator AL
lison was chasing. or rather following
the phantom of bimetalism."
He then calls Mr.. Delivers atten-
ton to the corporation fight against
the rate bill and paints my good friend
LATE" in the background, saying:
You will remember that Senator
Dolliver made the statement during
the discussion on the rate bill that the
corporations had expended more than
So, 900, 900 to defeat legislation on that
subject. Where did the money go?
President Roosevelt quotes in connec-
ton with his message of Jan. 81. edi-
torials from twenty-seven newspapers
in various parts of the country classed
with these puppets as he calls them.
could have added a few more to the
list within this state. Perhaps the
sworn statement of LATE Young as to.
The circulation of the Des Moines Cap
ltal during 1906 might give little
light on the subject. And also help
explain Ding's recent cartoon.
According to his sworn statement.
he circulation Of the Des Moines Cap
tai for the first four months of 1905
averaged a little over 10000 daily,
while during May it averaged $685.,
md during June 69,905. You will re-
member that this was just prior to
he state convention of 1906 which
nominated Governor Cummins.
arge number of the corporation daily
,apers of the state have been during
~ecent months pouring out to the vot-
,rs of the state a steady stream of
Nilsson literature. One farmer in
,orthern Iowa told me that the farm
RS in his county were bedding their
iorses with corporation literature.
Taking up the Allison record, Cover
Tor Larrabee refers to the fellow who
,pitomized Allison as "a lawyer with
tut a client, soldier without bat
lie, a statesman without a great law
o his NAME" by saying:
red from one end to the other with
pamphlet containing an address by
Senator Dolliver on the life and public
ervices of William B. Allison. The
claims of Sancho Panza for his mas
Ter, Don Quixote, were no more alb
surd or grotesque than the claims
made by Senator Dolliver for Senator
Allison. The whole address "is of
UGH stuff as dreams are made Of"
mere compilation of puffs from the
corporation journals during the last
twenty five years. The claim that
Senator Allison is the leader of the
senate of the. United States and has
oeen the author and originator of
many of the great measures that have
oeen enacted during recent years, es-
,ecially laws relating to finance and
.axation, is ridiculous. We have all
heard Of the Morrill, tariff law, the
Mckinley law, the Wilson law, the
Dingley law, the Sherman law, and the
Hepburn law, but who ever. heard of
.he Allison law"
Returning to the rate bill. the old
governor recalls that Allison actually
weakened the measure with his amend
ment. AS to this, he says:
.orhe claim of Senator Allison's