Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-20
Congressman Dawson Starts Po-
litical Ball Rolling on Behalf
Of Republicans
RoosEveLTlsm VS.. sRYAN'sM
Declares That is Sole Issue in the Con-
test for Political supremaoy-EIec
ton Of Democratic Congress Would
Prevent Revision of Tariff-What
Congress Has Done.
Special to Times-Republican.

special 10 llleS-f1eQuDlCdus
Davenport, Aug. 20. Hon. A. F.
Dawson, opened the campaign in the
Second Iowa district today ir
his speech accepting the republican
nomination for congress, by defending
the work of congress during the past
three sessions, which, he declares. are
unparalleled in the history Of the
American congress for intelligent, pro-
gressive legislation. He defended the
republican principle of tariff and de-
clared that the election of democrat
ic house of representatives would
mean that there would be no imned-
late tariff revision. as the machinery
of the nation would be at dead lock.
He also makes a digntfied but effec-
tive reply to the speech of acceptance
of Mark A. Walsh, his democratic OPP
ponent, who openly counseled the vio-
lation of the liquor laws and assailed
the local and state officials who sought
to enforce the measures of the law in
Davenport.
II would scorn," says Mr.. Dawson,
ito obtain seat in the house by votes
secured thru false pretenses, or by
seeking to make issue of a purely state
question, such as the Iowa mulct law,
with which congress has nothing what
ever to do"
Some complaint is heard" said the
republican nominee, that congress has
not proceeded rapidly enough, but how
groundless this is when we recall the
giant strides which have been taken
along the path of government regula-
ton and control of corporations during
the last three sessions in the enact
ment of the railroad rate law, with
power to fix reasonable rates and
prevent discrimination; in the anti
rebate law, which has effectually
stopped this species of commercial
cut throatisnJ; a national pure food
law; proper supervision of the meat
packing industry, and new machinery
to give publicity to the accounts of
railroads.
.rThe solution of modern social prob
lens and the welfare of the wage
earners have been promoted by the
passage, during this period, Of the en-
ployers' liability law, the government
liability law, limiting the hours of en-
ployment of railroad employees the
new law for the safety of railroad en-
gineers and firemen, further restric-
ton of the contract labor law. child
labor law for the District of Columbia,
and Investigations into the condition
of working women and children and
into the loss of life in mines.
1.-The overshadowing issue, in this
campaign is whether the reforms thus
auspiciously started shall be carried
forward along the lines of the policy
so carefully thought out. or whether
we shall substitute for them the Bryan
policies; whether we shall perfect the
machinery of progressive regulation
or face about and try policy of de-
struction and decentralization. In
sentence the real issue is, Roosevelt
ism VS.. Organism.
The Tariff.
"a revision of the tariff will be the
first great achievement of the next
administration, and a republican con-
gress has already set in motion the
machinery to revise the schedules and
correct any inequalities or excessive
rates which may have resulted from
changed conditions in commerce and