Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-08
C. s. GiLeERTSON REVIEWS WORK
CUT OUT FOR IOWA PRO-
GREsslVES,
CONTEST FOR PRESERVATION
OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
Now Up to Voters to Say Whether
They Will Control Party Affairs or
Turn Them Over to Jackson's Crowd
of Henehmen Employed by Special
Interests.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April SIT will be
campaign of self defense and for the
preservation OF the republican party in
Iowa" said Senator G. S. Gilbertson.
speaking of the progressive campaign
just started.
| His only regret is that he will be
unable 10 have any part, for While his
health is fairly recovered his doctors
have forbidden that he re-engage in
anything that will be likely TO break
| him down again Mr. Gilbertson has
/ been at the head of the small organ
I ization which has handled the pro-
/ gressive cause for several years. He has
I devoted both his time and his money
! 10 the cause. He has always been will
| ing 10 work. and always with no
t thought OF himself, for under no cir
cunstances could be ever be induced
to get into the game for himself
! Temporarily the campaign will be in
! charge Of Robert j. Fleming, one of
the owners of the big Fleming block in
! Des Moines, and president OF the Des
!
much the same kind Of man as Mr.
Observation-Disclosures loyal, earnest,
/ a devoted republican. believer in the
principles Of the parry and convinced
! that if the party is TO survive il must
] go forward along the lines indicated
I by the senators and the state leaders
! Of the party.
! The plans TO be made for carrying
/ on the fight TO keep Iowa in the pro-
gressive column are well in hand but
lit is regarded as probable there will
! be a conference Of somewhat general
nature to have the leading republicans
Of the state compare notes and ar
range a program.
! II is now up 10 the republicans of
! the state 70 decide whether they shall
/ retail, control Of their own affairs or
transfer the control 70 the small group
Of special representative of the in
terests thru the Mckinley syndicate
committee which is ready with its mill
lion dollar fund 10 take over Iowa and
administer the state according 10 its
! pleasure. But for the action taken at
the time of the good roads confer
ence in organizing to capture Iowa
nothing would have been done except
TO insist upon Endorsement of the re-
y
the party leaders of the state. But the
/ standpatters have shown that they in
tend to sweep everything If they can,
and they claim to have the state and
national administrations pledged 10 aid
in the fight. Hence the progressive re-
publicans who stand by the platform
are determined upon making the fight.
Headquarters will proba bly, be opened
soon and work Will be comm enced i'm
naediately.
Wednesday morning John Cownie
got on a street car and started for the
state house.
/ You're not going to work again to-
i day?" was asked
NO. feel as if great burden had
! been lifted from me- he said. at is a
great relief and I never realized it until
today. I think possibly I have taken
It all too seriously The fact is that
for twelve years l have been weighted
down with the thought Of good for the
5000 or more helpless persons in care
of the board: have had this on my mind
| day and night and never for a moment
! have been able to get away from a
feeling of deep responsibility. realize
now that possibly have too often car
made it my whole life.
But / have a clear conscience as to
my service for the state and have en-
joyed it greatly because it has made
me feel I was doing something for the
good OF humanity and to better society
as a whole. But today ] also feel glad
that the responsibility has passed to
others and no matter what happens I
can not be responsible now
DO you intend to make any state
menr in defense?' was asked.
We'll. that depends upon eircum-
stances. I am Informed, tho not Of
hcially, that the governor is making. or
going to make an investigation and
viii report on the same. If that investi-
CATION is fairly conducted and the facts
brought out there will be nothing 10 say.
The people are entitled to know the
facts But it may be necessary for me
to defend myself and the state and tell
of conditions as they are and have
been. You may be sure that if SAY
anything I will state facts just as they
are
For one thing, it must be remem-
bered that no person making a hasty
visit to the institutions can ever have
any real knowledge of what is going
on The Law requires that the members
of the board Of control not only visit
the institutions but grant an audience
TO any inmate. The members Of the
board are required to know what Is go
ing on, not what the superintendent
saws, or what some outsider may say,
but get il from the inmates and all
others The inmates have an absolute
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