Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-20
NOW n'S DIFFERENT
TIME WAS WHEN GOVERNOR OF
~ IOWA STOOD FOR SOME
THING.
CARROLL ASKS APPROVAL
OF DlGNlFIED INDIFFERENCE
ignoring Real Issues in National and
State Affairs-Takes No Position on
Vital Fight of West on Railroad Bill
Formulated by Trust Attorney
Wickersham-credit Due Other.
Special to Times Republican.

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Des Moines, May 2o.-I ran across
q funny thing the other day" said a
state official TT was in the history
Of an eastern state good many years
ago when it stated that a United
States senator resigned his seat to be-
come a candidate for governor of his
state. That was the old idea, and
good one. The governor represented
all questions. He was leader of his
party in his state and he had a right
to talk out about matter affecting his
state and his people no matter who else
was concerned
TN Iowa history it is found that
when Grimes was governor he stood
high in the councils of the nation, for
he had the courage to represent his
people. When Kirkwood was governor
and a great conflict came on at the ma
tional capital involving human slavery
he did NOT start good roads movement
and send word to the interests that
Iowa was not going TO interfere in the
LILLE " els d. w GSl4lIiS loil S/l4, iIO'
he dared to reflect the sentiment OF
Iowa in word and action.
Right now we have another conflict
under way at Washin gton. In the view
of very many of the American people
1t is one of the most important since
the slavery question was a disturbing
factor. It involves placing under in
dustrial servitude and comm ercial
bondage the great agricultural and pro-
ducing states of the Mississippi valley.
1t is a conflict in which we are vitality
interested as state and a people. 1t
comes home to us all. And We have al
Washington coura geous and high
minded men who are making sacrifices
as great as any ever made by our SOL
diers in the field to uphold the rights
Of our people as against the agrees
sions of concentrated wealth.
'4This is no sentimental view of the
situation. Our peril can be stated in
plain figures that have deep meaning to
all who care to know. The bill which
Wickershanl, the trust attorney, framed
Cor congress to pass without exercise OF
the congressional prerogatives, would
place it within the power Of the rail-
roads to levy tribute of many million
dollars annually upon Iowa production,
to raise arbitrarily the rates of all pro-
duce and thus to collect an indirect tax
from every acre of Iowa farms. Sena-
ors Deliver and Cummins and those
who have become associated with them
are striving for legislation that will
provide some reasonable and sensible
supervision Of this rate making power.
and while this great fight Is gosne
on, fight i'm which we are vitality in
which as
much to Iowa as the anti-slavery agita-
ton did for South Carolina. contest
between those who speak for the pro-
ducers and those who are agents for the
toll gatherers-while this is going on
we have a governor who asks approval
of his attitude of dignifled Indifference
He says that all this is none of our
business He says that he, as gov
ernor, as head of the state adninistra-
ton, as leader of his party in this state
ought not 10 be expected 10 say JUST
one word of commentator of our vall-
ent senators. Indeed the old days have
passed"
Mrs. Caroline Young Smith, of this
city, has been designated By General
Dodge 70 have charge Of the movement
for the securing of funds for the eerc-
ton Of the Allison monument. Mrs,
Smith became we'll known by reason or
her success in raising funds for the
painting of an oil portrait OF Gen.
James B. Weaver which was presented
to the state. She will act as secre-
lary OF the Allison commission and
endeavor to work out scheme for
raising the money While no limit was
set by the legislature on the use Of
n
the monument, yet it is believed that
the work should be started before the
next legislature meets or II never will
be. The expectation is that the monu-
ment will be located on the river front
in Des Mones, hence that Des Moines
people will contribute largely to the
fund
Governor Carroll, in his speeches, is
said to be taking credit to himself for
the work done by Hon Ole 0. Roe in
the matter Of revising the laws of
Iowa in regard to insurance matters
and generally placing the insurance de-
partment on a sound OASIS. Mr.. Roe,
who is an able lawyer and deeply
versed in insurance matters, had full
charge of this work for six years. He
owed his appointment primarily to
Governor Cummins' influence. 1t was
Mr.. Roe who prepared the papers and
had carried to the supreme court the
case involving the anti-com pact law
and secured reversal of Mcpherson
Mr. Roe was perhaps the ablest man
who ever had charge of the insurance
interests Of the state,
Secretary Lewis of the railroad com
mission has compiled a story OF the
work accomplished by the state rail-
road commission in the past year and
comparisons with the work Of other
states. the truth is that the Iowa
commission has transacted an i'm
mense amount of work and disposed
ofa larger number OF cases than comes
to almost any other commission in
the country.
DEs MONIES TURNED DOWN.