Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-26
BRUSH With cUMM'Ns

BRUSH WITH CUMMiNS
Finally Says Iowan is as Good Re-
publican az Himself, Remark
Taken to Indicate Peace
Wedge.
Washington, D. c., April 23.-Sen'
ator Elkins, in charge of the admins
tration railroad bill, cracked the sena
torial whip in the face Of It's foes and
announced that the bill must be put
on It's passage next week. He de-
clared that there should be no more
dallying, "as many senators are anxl'
GUS to absent themselves" meaning
thereby that many political fences
needed repairing at home, and thaf
the senators who are not up for re-
election in the fall campaign should
not hamper those who must go before
the people again. There are twenty
four Republicans whose terms expire
on March 3, 1911, nearly as many
Democrats and a few insurgents, so
that his remark could not be con-
strued in partisan light. or the
twenty-four Republicans, twenty Will
be up for reelection by the state
legislatures to be chosen in Noyem-
Der. The four who will not be candi-
dates for reelection are Aldrich, Hale,
Flint and Piles.
Twenty Senators Seek Return.
The twenty who will ask to be re-
turned on March 4, 1911, are Lodge,
Clark (Wyo), Beverage, Bulkeley,
Burkett. Burrows, Carter, Clapp, De-
pew, Dick, Du Pont, Kean, La Toilette,
McCumber, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Scott,
Sutherland and Warner.
The insurgents are equally inter
ested with the regulars in securing an
early start. Senator Warner must
make an uphill fight.
And SO the railroad bill is to be
hustled to final vote next week by
| early and late sessions, so that SEN
ators may get home to mingle with
the people once more:
In addition to cracking the whip on
filibustering, Senator Elkins had 1T
tie clash with Cummins which might
be considered as an effort at rap
prochment between regulars and IN
surgents. The antitrust repeal provi-
sion was under discussion at the time.
Mr.. Cummins asserted that the SELL
ator who would be willing to repeal
! the antitrust law without providing
an adequate remedy in it's place would
not meet the approval of the Republi-
cans of the country. Mr.. Elkins con-
strued that as an effort on the part
Of the Iowa senator to declare him un-
qualified for membership in the party,
and said:
Probably the fact that the senator
from Iowa has been so frequently read
out of the party himself has caused
him to desire to retaliate."
EIkins Praises Cummins.
After an interruption from Mr. Cum
Minis. explaining his position, Mr..
Elkins said, amid laughter:
II consider the Iowa senator as good
Republican as am land | know that
am among the best. Well need all
TIE good Republicans next November.
A few minutes later Mr.. Cummins
declared that he did not believe the
people Of the country had any more
faith in the Democratic party than
previously, despite the recent results
in New York and Massachusetts,.
Proceeding then to say that the PEG,
ple were devotedly attached to the
antitrust law, he uttered a warning
against any effort to repeal it without
in some other way providing for the
protection which, he said, 1t affords
against conspiracy and monopoly.
"The question at ISSUE" he said,
then, is, shall the agreed rates OF the
railroad companies go into effect with.
out the approval Of the commissions"
Mr.. Aldrich said that by none Of the
PROPOSITIONS Of the bill could a rate
be fixed by an agreement, because all
of the rates must be subject to the
control which the commission has over
other rates.
AIdrich and cummlns Clash.
"You propose by indirection to give
the commission the right indefinitely
to suspend rates-to suspend them
forever II so desired"
Replying, Mr.. Cummins said his com
plant was against the permission to
the railroads to enter into agreements
that may become effective without the
previous approval Of the commission.
Mr.. Elkins declared Mr.. Cummins'
contention for approval of rates in adj
vance to be impracticable and absurd.
He said that from 5000 to 10000
people were now employed by the rail-
road companies In establishing rates,
and declared that the interstate COM
MERGE commission must have a great
force Of experts In order to carry out
Mr.. Cummins' idea.
IT am not ready to stand here and
destroy the entire freight traffic
structure OF the railroads." he said,
land I do not believe that the people
demand that we should do so"
He said he did not want the anti
trust law repealed, but that he did
desire to assist in relieving the
executive officials Of the embarrass-
ment they find themselves under in
enforcing the law.
CASTORIA Forlnfaais and Children.