Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-25
BOOM HIM FOR SPEAKER
IN THEIR RESOLUTIONS
Desperate Effort Made to Argue His
Case in Full BY Adopting Set of
Resolutions as Long as Pottawat-
tamie county-Nothins Too Fulsome
For Smith.
Special to Times-Republican.

man Walter. /. Smith Club of Potta.
wattamie county.
seems like as tho his managers
realized the necessity of going the full
length, remarked one, "and that the
eX1gencies of the occasion demanded
I heroic action Well, they certainly die
it,
| The resolutions are "a rather remark
/ aple production, and because of thei,
i1uisomeness occasion much talk. The,
read as follows:
RESOLVED. That we, as republicans
of Pottawattamie county, without re-
sard to past or present factional diff
lefehces and in the interest of the
party at large. both national ana state
cordially present and endorse Hon
waiter |. Smith of Council Bluffs, 70,
denomination as member of congress
from the Ninth congressional district
| OF Iowa and also for speaker Of the
Rouse of representatives.
/, we thus cordially endorse Judge
Smith for these high positions, be-
cause,
He Was born and reared in Coun-
GU Bluffs and thru years of intimate
ASSOCIATION and acquaintance we have
abiding confidence in his high char
acter, sterling integrity, great ability,
earnest devotion to the party and his
exalted patriotism
| He has always borne q stainless
record, both as citizen and as a pub
lie official
| In every duty of life personal, pro-
fesslonal and public he has maintam he'd
the highest standard of manhood and
has displayed marked ability and
fitness for high public service
| In nine years OF public service in
the house of representative he has
reached a position but once equalled by
an Iowa member of congress and has
attained in that body a standing and
influence equalled by few of it's mem
! bers.
In the nine years of his public
service as our representative all of the
great legislation passed by congress
during that period has been passed
with his vote and support.
ON his motion the powerful COM
mittee on rules was made elective in
stead of appointive and he occupies a
position upon that committee, not by
favor of appointment of the speaker,
but by the practically unanimous vote
of all of his republican colleagues
without regard to differences existing
among them, thereby showing the es-
TEEN in which he is held for repub-
licanism, ability and fairness by his
|shade of opinion.
LAS one of the leading members of
the great committee on appropriations
n hn hoc
in SAYING to the people millions of dol
lars.
"Thru his initiative and support, leg
islation has been passed seeking to
regulate the estimates of the various
departments and making the president
responsible therefor, that will save to
the people millions of dollars at every
succeeding congress.
THE head Of the great reform asso-
citation engaged in prom oting congress
sional legislation in the interests of
public morals and safety has declared
that Walter I. Smith is, one of the few
members of congress upon whose sup
port that association can always de-.
pend.
He in large part wrote and sup
ported, in the face of the antagonism
of the speaker and other leaders in
congress, the bill. to enable the various
states to exercise over articles of in
terstate commerce their police regula-
lions seeking to protect the morals,
health and wel1-b being of the citizens
of these various states.
"He possesses in an eminent decrea
the qualities of constructive states
manship. keeping in touch with and
abreast of the highest reach of public
sentiment. He is one of the members
of congress who can engraft these
ideas. into practical legislation.
"He has in season and out given
unremitting labor to the discharge of
his public duties and has brought to
those duties high minded devotion to
public interest, coupled with practical
common sense.
He has devoted his time and ener-
gies to practical work for the welfare
of the people, rather than to grandstand
plays for popular applause.
Thru his high character. his great
ability and his long public training, he
is in a position to exercise a profound
influence upon the legislation of con-
gress, an influence which Will always
be directed for these things which
tend to the upbuilding of the nation and
to and representation of the interests
OF the middle west.
"By reason OF his ability, experience
and influence, he can accomplish more
in the way of desirable legislation and
the advancement of the interests of our
state than any man who could be made
his successor.
HE has always both as a private
citizen and public official, stood for
those things advocated by our best
and for the enforcement Of
law, and he has stood for those things
at times and under circumstances when
it. would seem that by his outspeken
position he was jeopardizing his politi-
cal future.
His nomination and election to con-
gress and as speaker of the house Of
would moi De u triumph
of factionalism but a merited recogni-
ton of ability, character and fitness for
public service.
The east has heretofore had com
rnanding influence in the councils of
the nation because Of its practice Of
keeping IT'S able and experienced repre-