Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-21

was no politics on the commission
wrote the resolution which was adopted
at the close of our work thanking Gov
ernor Cummins and giving him credit
for his great work in our behalf, and
giving due credit to members or
congress for their assistance. Colonel
Bell, a staunch standpatter, at once
said that he would approve the resolu-
ton with great pleasure. SO with 9TH
ers on the commission who had not
been political associates of the COVER
nor. The members of the commission,
and the old soldiers generally, know to
whom is due the real credit for COM
polling the authorities at Washington
to do justice to the Iowa veterans, and
nothing that anybody can say for poll
cal purposes will change the facts"
Insult to Cummns.
Others go further and say that it is
little else than an insult to Senator
Cumnins TO have the effort made to
show that ne had nothing to do with
the Shiloh controversy. He never pre-
pared a law suit with such care and
never got so deeply interested in any
matter as in this. And the Iowa old
soldiers know that but for the fight
Cummins made the secretary of war
and his commissioners would have
done a griveous wrong to Iowa war
history.
Inasmuch as Taft was the secretary
of war and Cummins twice carried the
case to the president over his head
and later threatened TO carry the mat
ter into congress and have a special
bill passed compelling his department
to do justice, it is not improbable that
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little petty spite and malice. Score
tary Taft was not pleased at the activ-
ity of the Iowa governor in compelling
him TO reverse himself, and very likely
President Taft has not been able to put
aside the humiliation felt by the secre-
tary
President Taft, however, states in his
letter that there are other reasons why
he waits Smith kept in congress.
Carroll Doesn't Make Good.
The campaign gun of Governor Car
roll didn't have the slightest effect on
the situation One VINO read the speech
said that about all that was attempted
was to show that being governor re-
quires talent on par With that needed
for a deputy county official in any
county of the state-merely matter of
checking over bills and figuring up the
balances. Insofar as it had relation to
national issues, the governor fully ac-
cepted the issue as it has been forced
upon Iowa by the conditions at Wash
ington. He takes a position that is all
that could be desired by the interests
that are bent upon the destruction of
the Iowa influence in congressional
matters. He insists that it is none of
the business of the governor of Iowa
whether anything is done by congress
that is good for Iowa or the reverse.
The progressives say that the gov
ernor's acceptance of the issue makes
it plain that if Iowa is to continue to
be the leader in the progressive move
nent the voters must feel free to cast
their ballots for governor who viii
lend his influence for progressive meas
ures.
CAROLS Friends Discouraged.
That the close friends of Governor
Carroll are not very much encouraged
crops out every day or two. The gov
ernor went to Oskaloosa on the occa-
sion of the "Mahaska day celebration
and his Des Moines organ reported that
there We're 10000 people there to do
him honor But as a matter of fact
he was not very much of a hero. For
instance, he went to the hotel alone
and there met George Pencil, one OF
the state bank inspectors, one of his
political henchmen and part of his Of
fetal family when he was state auditor.
Carroll and Pennell ate dinner together,
paid their bills and sat in the lobby
alone talking for q long time after
wards. George Woodson was the only
man who came up to greet the gov
ernor Mr. Pennell admitted that the
reception was rather chilly for chief
executive of Iowa. Tt simply showed
that there is no interest whatever in
the Deserted village of Standpatville'
for Governor Carroll.
Avoiding Personalities.
On the part of the progressives there
has been no disposition whatever to
make the campaign personal, rather TO
avoid that and to deal with principles.
They have not been disposed to attack
the Carroll administration, tho perhaps
they would be justified in view of the
fact that Carroll himself has attacked
the last progressive administration and
is misrepresenting Governor Cumnins
and his friends. Governor Garst has re-
fused absolutely to join in controversy
with Governor Carroll on these petty
things by which Carroll seeks to snow
that his administration is far above
that of his predecessor in character.
Flooding State With Literature.
Chairman w. B. Mckinley, of the
committee in charge of the defense OF
Cannon and Aldrich, is flooding the
state with literature. Mckinley is the
Illinois street car millionaire who is
seeking a franchise in Des Moines. and
he held the famous conference in
washington early in March when 1t
was decided that there should be war
to the end in Iowa. The literature is
being circulated in several forms.
A weekly letter is furnished in plate
form to weekly papers, free of all eX-
pense, save that where publishers can
be induced to pay for the same this is
collected.
The speech of Nicholas Longworth
In defense of the Aldrich tariff in
pamphiet form goes out under congress
sonal frank.
The speech of w 3. Mckinley on
tariff and prices is going out in the
same manner, the public paying the
postage and printing bill.
1t is said that copies OF the Long
worth and Mckinley speeches will go
to every voter in the state. The cost
to a committee to circulate similar
amount of literature would be not far
from $4,000. It is done at govern
ment expense.
"Nvashinoton Letters" Gratis.