Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-24
Des Moines Man Launches Sen
atorial Campaign in Behalf,
of Governor Cummins
RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
Accepts Challenge of DoIiver to Make
the Issue One of Good Work in Be-
half of the People = Cummins the
First to Break the Corporation Pow
er-What Allison Has Not Done.
Special to Times-republican.

Special to mes-republican.
Des Moines, JAM; 24.-The campaign
for Governor Cumimns for senator to
succeed Allison was formally inaugur-
ated in this city last night by an ad-
dress by Judge S. +. Prouty and the
reading of a strong letter of endorse
ment from William Larrabee. The Lar
rabee letter appeared in the corre-
spondence from here yesterday.
Judge Prouty made an extended ad-
republican voters at Fosters opera
house. reviewing the fight Governor
Cummins has led on behalf of the peo-
pie of Iowa and recalling the record
made and preserved in the laws passed
by the last legislature.
Hon. l. NJ. Earle presided over the
massmeeting, and after reading the
letter of Governor Larrabee at once
introduced the speaker of the meeting,
Judge Prouty. The Larrabee letter
aroused great enthusiasm, which was
sustained thruout tho meeting by the
speaker. An orchestra was in at
tendance, and also a drum corps com
posed of veterans of the civil war. Gov
ernor Cummins was at the river inn
provement congress at Sioux City and
was not present at the meeting.
Judge Prouty, who made 101 speech
es in the campaign of 19O6--and paid
his own expenses, even--divided his
address into three parts. First, he took
a view of the general fight now going
on between corporate and special IN
terests on one Eds and the people on
the other-the people led by such mer
as Roosevelt and Cummins. He re-
viewed the record made in Iowa for the
Roosevelt square deal principles, re-
calling the legislation Of the assembly
fealty to the interests of the people
He then devoted some attention to
Senator Dolliver and his address al
Council Bluffs opening the Allison
campaign for senator.
Dolliver is Flayed.
Judge Prouty, after calling atten-
ton to the existing forces in Iowa
politics-one the corporations and the
other the people-and enumerating a
long number of good men who had
been politically assassinated because
they showed too much independence
and not sufficient subserviency to one
powerful force. Referring to its effect
on Senator Dolliver. Prouty said:
"My good friend, Dolliver. is not
unconscious of this force While he
has seen it's warning finger. He
knows that they tried to defeat his
last election simply because he had
shown a little independence in voting
for the rate bill in congress, and
shown considerable independence ir
resisting the plans of this organiZa-
ton to capture the last convention
by fraud. For this he was marked for
defeat and he knows, and he knows
that know that this organization Of
fered to join hands with the progress
ives to slaughter him. They wanted
to defeat him not because he was q
bad man; not because they hoped to
get man that would be more sub
servient to their interests, but they
wanted to teach him and thru him, all
Iowa, the eternal lesson that a man
could not hold a high office in this
state without listening to them and
obeying their behests. The little scare
that they gave him seems to have
accomplished it's purpose. He is now
eating salt from their hands. He
seems more than anxious to atone
for the wrongs he has done. He never
wants that chill to run up his spinal
column again. He wants to show them
by his pernicious activity that they
need never again fear him. But let
me say to you Brother Dolliver, you
cannot serve two masters. The first
time you show the slightest DISPOSE
ton to serve the common people OF
this country and state. this force
will be after you again. and unless
you show more pluck, grit and fight
than you have in the past, they will
get you the next time. II you arc
indeed the friend of the common peo-
pie as you claim, you had better get
in with your friends. You have shown
lust little too much independence
to ever again command railroad con-
fidence. They do not tolerate indepen-
dence. They want subserviency Ac-
cording to their code. the greatest
crime that a man can commit is to
follow his own instincts of right.
"This force does not contine its
warfare to the domain of politics. II
carries it into the domain of business
They have sought to ruin the business
of men that have dared to oppose
them.
"I have talked With hundreds OF
men who felt about this matter as
feel But they have said to me that
they did not dare to do or say any
thing for fear of its effect upon then
business. For years railroads have
used their freight rates in way to
reward their friends and punish theli
enemies They have sought to silence
opposition and crush out opponents os