Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-04
BY[RS MAKES A HIT
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS PRO.
GREssIvEs WHY HE'S "RIsk.
NC HIS MEAL TICKETS
DESIRES TO HELP cUMMlNs
IN FuRTHERlNG REFORMS
Activity Among Candidates For State
Superintendent of schools-candi-
dates Combine to Head OFF Sentiment
in Favor Of Another Term For Riggs
Coal Situation Becoming Acute.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 4-One OF the most
effective short addresses at the Iowa
progressive banquet was that of Attor-
ney General Byers. one of the last Of
the speakers OF the evening. Mr..
Byers' remarks were as follows:
"Entwined about and woven into
every tradition of the republican party
and written upon every page of its
history is that jealous and constant
care for the rights OF humanity Tariff
rates, freight rates, the interstate COM
MERGE act, the Sherman antitrust law,
the conservation of natural resources
OF the country, are all important, but
they are merely incidental The real
conflict and the real issue that marks
the line between the progressive and
the reactionary is the old, old conflict
between the rights OF property and the
rights OF humanity. This conflict has
been on since time began: it is, how
ever. a little sharper now than it has
ever been before and il will be sharper
still in the immediate future.
In this fight, on the one hand. the
republican who is true to the tra6i-
tons OF his party believes in measur-
ing the rights Of business by the needs
and necessities of humanity; on the
other, The reacrionary believes in meas
uring the rights Of humanity by the
needs and necessities Of business; and
i the time should ever come when the
republican party as a party has more
concern for business than it has for
men and women il Will and it ought to
die. 1t is because Senator Cum-nins.
our guest and leader, has always lifted
his splendid voice in defense of the
rights OF the people that we admire
him and love him and are willing 10
follow him.
Something like ten years ago the
republican guards and sentinels had
gone TO sleep at their posts. and the
cohorts OF big business and the pirate
crew that were scuttling the ship Of
state were running riot thru the treas
IRE houses OF the country. About this
time Theodore Roosevelt came upon the
scene and for eight years. almost single
handed and alone, ne made the most
remarkable fight against graft and
piunder that was ever made by any
man in the worlds history. He. in his
messages, reWrote and redeclared the
republican faith in what IS known as
the Roosevelt policies. and listen
Whatever Illinois. Nebraska or Kansas
may do, or whatever Ohio may do this
year, the voice of Iowa will be regis
tered al the primaries in favor of the
Roosevelt policies, which will includa
an amendment 10 the interstate com
merce ac- which in its operation will
bring some real benefit 10 the producer
and the shipper. an amendment 70 the
antitrust law that VIII lift a little of
the burden from the table and the
kitchen Of the modest homes of Amer
lea, and q conservation policy that will
land every pilferer Of government tim
Der ore. coal or land. against whose
oEense the statute of limitations has
not already run, IN the penitansiarv.
and save 70 Us. our children and flu
ture generations. the great natural re-
sources Of The country.
II is because want TO help Senator
cummins 90 these things that 1 am
wiling 70 risk NY meal ticket. as one
q my anxious friends puts it, in an
effort to go 10 congress-
Just now there is considerable ae-
tivity manifest in regard to the next
candidate for superintendent of public
instruction. a stir has been created nv
me appearance of letters written 10 a
number Of the county school s1perin-
tendents feeling OUT in regard 10 the
possible candidacy Of State Superin-
tendent Riggs for re-election on the
ground that ne has made a most ex-
ceilent official. Presumably this is en-
tire!y without knowledge of Mr.. Riggs.
out as number Of the candidates AL
ready in the field are county superin-
tendents they are making use of the
fact TO discredit Mr. Riggs. In fact
there are signs of coalition of conn
~ Superintendent 10 oppose any pos
sible denomination of the present in
cumbent. On behalf of Mr.. Riggs it is
said that he not only has made mos
efficient official but he is practically in
49, must " d pl CpdSdllud Oh the ut
most Importance TO the cause of educa
ton in the state. He has devoted him
self 10 securing revision and better
| ment of the school laws and school
system. In doing this he has incurred
the opposition of a number of county
superintendent and the hostility Of
many Of the petty school officials, not
ably the school treasurers. In fact it
is stated that tile school treasn-ers.
who hold without paying interest about
100000 of the school money on an
average, would certainly defeat Riggs
or any person who advocates reform
in school laws.
Unless the cold weather is over
whelmed very soon the coal situation
| in Iowa is going to become acute. Com