Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-06
Auditors Express Sentiment
That He Measures Up to De-
mands OF Office He Seeks
is STRONG PUBLIC SPEAKER
Address is an Able Exposition Of Pres
ent-Day PoIitics-Greed Of corpor.
ate Control, and Regulation Of Cor.
porations, His Principal Theme
Pays Respects to Opponent.

livered to a room full Of interested
spectators in the east court room
Tuesday evening, was an agreeable
surprise to every one who heard it.
both to the friend and to the foe of
Mr.. Goods candidacy, and there were
many of each present. Rainy weather
and quiet interest in politics, kept
away many who would otherwise have
attended, but had they come there
would have been no seating accommo-
dations for them.
Those who did attend, in very
large degree, were the leaders IN the
republican politics Of this community.
They were there in an inquiring frame
known, save thru the newspapers and
the question as to whether he was OF
congressional size remained an open
one with them until they could see him
and hear him.
After his address these men were en-
thusiastic in their expression Of APP
prevail and they left the room satisfied
that Good was equal to the demands OF
the public place which he is seeking. The
general verdict was that Good had
made an excellent impression.
Mr.. Good is q strong public speak
er. His address was an able exposition
OF the new politics Of the time. He Is a
Roosevelt man thru and thru and pic
lures plainly and convincingly the
fight which Roosevelt Is wagtng for the
government regulation Of corporate
greed, and he makes it clear to his
audience as to the necessity Of sending
men to congress who have the heart
and nerve to stand by the public
measures of reform which the presi-
dent Is hammering at congress to en-
act.
Mr.. Good told most interesting
story Of his own experience with the
city regulation Of gas company in
Cedar Rapids. He told how three men
organized stock company, capital
lied at $150,00O, building gas plant
entirely from the proceeds Of borrowed
money, and exacted toll from the gas
consumers Of Cedar Rapids sufficient
to make an investment Of 100000
which had never cost them one cent of
original investment and sufficient to
enable them to withdraw from the
business 100000 in dividends besides.
Mr.. Good induced the city council to
regulate the price Of gas from slips to
90 cents per thousand cubic feet, and
the experience had convinced him that
If these things existed in small locali-
ties the need for regulation of the
great interstate corporations was in
finitely more important.
Good showed from the legislative
records Of his opponent, that Mr..
Trewin had been corporation attor-
ney both dn the legislature and in
his private practice and he left a very
definite conviction with his audience
that the public interests demanded the
presence Of some other kind Of men in
congress than the corporation attor-
neys whom President Roosevelt has
said are standing in the way Of public
reform.
He read from Trewin's campaign
literature THE boast that TreWin had
voted for the Temple amendment in
1902 and then explained that In 1897
Trewin led the fight for the Berry sub
stitute which killed the Temple amend
ment and that in 1902 both the re-
publican and democratic state plat
forms had declared for 1t and every
member Of the legislature, democrat
and republican, Trewin included, had
been forced by public sentiment to
vote for It.
Gas Figures Corrected.
In the haste Of reporting Mr.. Goods
interview in these columns yesterday,
an error appeared as to the number
Of cubic feet Of gas to be manufactured
from a single ton of COAL altho the
money cost of production was stated
exactly. Instead Of $4,000 cubic feet
to be produced from one ton of coal,
the figures should have been $500
which, after deducting the coke. coal
tar and ammonia, would leave a net
cost Of 80 cents per thousand cubic feet
as stated.
Hon. 3. F. Cummings introduced
the speaker. Mr.. Good visited the pack
ing house at noon today, and left for
Melbourne at 1:45 p. m. He speaks in
Gilman Thursday and State Center
Friday.