Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-09
Senator Has Been Considerable
OF a Factionist During His
Public Career
..s PLEA SOUNDS STRANGE
Every Year standpats Furnish Cam
paisn Material Which Is Later
Adopted by the Democrats - Same
Old Trick Now Being INDUCED In in
Both Senatorial and State Cam paisns
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Des Moines, May 9.-Senator DOLL.
4 ver's pleading voice for absence Of fac
tionalism In Iowa and his declaration
4 that he Is tired Of hearing the words
1 "standpat'' and progressive" has
4. awakened In the minds of some Of the
more veteran politicians of Iowa some
recollections Of Dolliver when he was
quite factionalist himself.
IA few years ago 1t was told that
Dolliyer was injected into Iowa politics
by q speech he made as temporary
chairman Of the state convention OF
1884," said veteran politician here
today. ''The fact is that his first
sneech was made in the prior conven-
zion, nominating Glib Pray for clerk OF
the supreme court. have nothing to
ysrify the date but 1t was Glib Pray's
tirst nomination.
s'The keynote Of the speech was
nominate him on behalf of the young
ropublicans.' fractional. AS the scene
reourrs,to me Doliiver had hard work
to ret the floor. The convention was
+ tired. The day swelteringiy hot. The
i speech was let in on close vote. But
the speech was Dolliverian and as II
said plea for the young republicans.
a. delegate think from Jasper
county druggist know-caught the
80 ,;vI n,,t Mt
1t by arising on Its close and after get
ting the attention of the convention de-
Hberately wiping the sweat from
brow that extended from the eye brows
to the base OF the neck, in voice that
Afied the hall said: ON behalf Of the
/ bRldheaded men nominate somebody
else He didn't take Dolliver serious
+ ~. or course he was >factional.
s''Dolliver doesn't believe in faction.
olism. was delegate to the Web
ster City convention that first nonl-
9nated Dolliver for congress--one Of
the younger members Of that body and
& distinctly remember George Roberts
appealing for votes for Dolliver on the
B theory that the young men should tie
& recognized. His exact words were: IT
We are to wait till all the old soldiers
1 are taken. care OF, where will you ard
"a come ing Another appeal to faction
sglism, If not by, certainly for, Doll
liver
Every campaign for many years In
Iowa the standpatters during the party
Champaign advance arguments which
tn democrats adopt later in the cam
raign preceding the election. Some
years ago the democrats started OF
with an argument Of extravaganza
II against the republican administration.
The standpat newspapers defended the
Republican administration as against
I the democrats adopt later in the canl-
/ later brought 1t up themselves. Then
they not only made the charge of e:t-
4 travagance against the republican adj
Manifestation but charged that the rail-
roads assessment had not been III
creased IN proportion to the increase
In the assessment Of farm lands and
other property In the state.
This was going too tar and the rail-
road attorneys who had worked with
4he standpatters revolted. In July,
1901, before the state convention WIS
held. and while the party campaign
,vas still on to determine the month";
<sess the railroad attorneys went before
The executive council and in lengthy
arguments denied the charge their CO.
workers in politics had advanced. Car
TOLL Wright OF the Rock Island and
flames G. Davis Of the Northwestern
I IN written arguments filed with the
council dIsproved the charge.
Following the state convention Audi
tor b. F. Carroll entered into q loag
argument which was sent out with
the republican literature by the re-
publican state central committee show
s Ing that the assessment of the rail-
roads have been raised 21!1 per cent
and that of all other property 9.S per
cent. He also by the figures in Ills
s,fKice disproved the charge of extrava-
gance Of the administration and showed
that there had been an apparent In
crease Of per cent In the expenili-
lures for the various state offices,
boards and commissions, that in fact
NV changing the system so that All
1 tees were paid into the state treas
spry instead Of going into the pockets
,pf the employees there was a saving
TO the state.
Now the old trick Of furnishing cam
sipaign literature for the democrats is
again on. Standpatters are again
charging extravaganza Of state admin
& istration. The tact is the arguments
and facts are just as they have been
for many years. There is no extrava-
& gance and the state is administered
economically. During the last Jew
years the state has entered upon an
era Of building permanent buildings
7 for It's state institutions. When Les
sslie NJ. Shaw was governor he called
the attention of the state to the nee
essity Of better buildings. He urged
them to pass appropriation bills that
were hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars greater than they had been appro-
priating. He called their attention to
the fact that the temporary buildings
erected when tho state was young were
inadequate for the needs Of the times
and that nothing but fire proof
permanent buildings that would last
Tor generations should be erected.
The state entered on just that cam
paign and in the last few years has
put up immense buildings that are
needed.
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