Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-29
DoLLlyER,s PLEA.

were drawn about dying man and
beautiful flowers of oratorical sentl-
ment grouped about his resting place.
He admitted that Allison was weak
with age, but noble and grand In the
strength of his peacemaking leader
ship, and entitled to the homage of his
people so long as a breath of life shall
be spared to him.
Factionalism within the party was
all unnecessary, argued Mr.. Dolliver.
II venture to say there was never any
reason for dividing the republicans Of
Iowa into two classes and stirring up
strife between them," said DolliVer
which is all true but the charge that
such division has been caused solely
by Governor Cummins' ambition to go
to the senate is an insult to the thou
sands of strong men who are identi-
fed with the progressive cause in
Iowa politics. Dolliver was once
progressive himself. He made
spectacle of himself going about the
state and appealing frantically to the
people to save him from destruction by
the corporations, which he feared
were plotting to control the legisla-
ture against his own reelection. He
then committed the offense which he
now condemns of labelling the oppo-
sition as Corporation tools" II he
will recall the incident, he will re-
member Secretary Shaw's bold rejoin-
der when he told an audience at In
dianola that he would have appointed
Mr.. Blythe United States senator in
stead of Mr.. Dolliver had Mr.. Blythe
wished it SO.
Then there is Delivers confession
made in the presence Of a group In the
state committees headquarters to the
effect that he realized that the cor
porations were trying to get" him as
we'll as Cummins. Dolliver was pro-
gressive then. He used the language of
the unterrified and promised to stand
by Cummins in future fights; even
urged Cummins to run for the senate
this year.
Mr.. liver is not to be censured for
cha his mind. That is every
mar silege. But he should not
insult tie thousands and thousands of
republicans who believe in the cause
of progressive politics by telling them
that all there is to their contention is
the ambition Of one man to hold Of
flee. It would be just as consistent
and far more plausible to argue on
the other side that this factional di-
vision is due solely to Senator Alli-
sons desire to hold office from 1864 I'M
til he dies, but every man knows that
if Allison had not been candidate
his faction would have presented
some other man. They did it even
for the perfunctory offices of presi-
Dental electors, and their sole provo
cation was that the progressives had
presented man particularly antago-
nistic to Mr.. Blythe in his own town.
Delivers sentimental argument is
all right. Dolliver possesses rare tall
ent in pleading for filial reverence for
old age, but Mr.. Dolliver is utterly
lost when he argues that the progress
sive republicans of Iowa are such con-
summate fools as to work and sweat
and fight political battles for the mere
office holding ambitions of one man.
He insults them and invites even more
frankness upon the subject of making
a graveyard of our public service for
sentimental seasons. These men be-
lieye In throwing off the rule of cor
porate interests from our politics.
They know Cummins only as an in
trepid leader, the man Dolliver ought
to be. They took away the railroad
sons locks were shorn., Having sub
dued their giant, they made it illegal
for CORPORATIONS to contribute money
to campaign funds, they put an nd to
the charge of cents per mile against
one set of men to pay the cost of car
rying those who rode free, they turned
the nomination Of candidates over to
conventions of the whole party which
we call statewide primaries so as
to strip the railroad attorneys of their
power to dictate as to who should hold
public office in Iowa. These men want
to see the president of the United
States upheld in his desire to have the
same reforms brought about in the
nation at large They want to cure
congress of baking. They all agree
with Dolliver that the aged senator's
influence has been ito lead his associ-
ates in the paths of peace and they
are tired of such leadership. They
want war upon the domination Of
American politics by the special in
terests In their mind the office of
United States senator is an instru-
ment to perform the desired public
service, not the berth of honor pro-
vided for old men who remain so long
in office that they are unable them