Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-27
SENATOR SAYS SOME GOOD AND
SOME BAD LEGISLATION WAS
ENACTED.
POSTAL SAVINGS BILL
AS ADOPTED OBJECTIONABLE
Also Thinks Little Of Campaign Pub
licity Measure-RaiIroad Bill Has
Many Admirable Features-DolIiver
and Family Enroute Home, Then
Will Go to New Mexico.

Washington, June 27.-Before de-
parting for Iowa Senator Cummins
talked briefly Of the work Of the ses-
sion. He said it was difficult to char
acterize in brief way.
"A great deal has been done," said
Senator Cummina Some of it is good
and some Of it Is bad. To my mind
about the worst thing congress has
done is to pass the postal savings bill
in the form in which 1t passed. I re-
gard the railroad measure on the whole
as good one, marked by advances in
number of respects. It is not, how
ever, up TO the mark that it ought to
be. AS to conservation legislation,
what congress has done is simply to
provide for keeping natural resources
from being appropriated until further
and necessary conservation legislation
can be had. 1t gives large power to the
president in the matter Of Withdrawals,
but it is essential to lodge that power
somewhere. and it should be lodged in
the president rather than any other
official"
View Of Publicity Bill.
Senator Cummins thinks little of the
campaign publicity bill. He expressed
satisfaction that Arizona and New
Mexico bad been admitted as states.
Senator Cummins made it clear that in
his opinion 1t was the progressive ele-
n1ent in congress which had done the
most to get such good features as there
are In the new laws.
Senator Cummins expects to spend
most OF the summer and fall in Des
Moines unless he makes a series OF
chautauqua speeches. He is anxious to
return to Iowa, to be there before some
OF the county conventions are held. He
has been told that standpatters are re-
sorting to every sort Of methods to
capture the delegates to the state con-
Vent1on with view to controlling 1t.
Senator and Mrs. Deliver departed
Tor Fort Dodge with their family. They
VIII take the children to Fort Dodge,
and viii then go to Las Vegas, N. M
Later If Senator Dolliver finds he
can stand a little higher altitude he
Will go to some point higher in the
mountains. 1t has been said that Sen
ator Dolliver would so to Arizona, but
he has decided on New Mexico.
Iowa Members Hasten Homo.
Iowa members generally Will lose no
S-AAAo ~ 6SCSAA5 Representative
Pickett departed Saturday afternoon,
and most of the others will go in a
day or two. Judge Smith will be here
several weeks.
Representative Hull has finally con-
cluded to go back to Iowa about the
time OF the state convention. He will
go down the river to his farm for a
month and will then go to Iowa about
July 20. later, in the hay fever season
he will go to Maine or some northern
latitude.
Representative Woods will go home
by auto, via New York, and Represent
ative Dawson and family will go west
by auto. touring IN New England en-
route. Before leaving for the west
Representative Pickett, who has been
instrumental in getting the public
lands withdrawal bill passed, said be
intended to devote his attention to con-
servation matters this summer and fall
and to seek to get further conservation
legislation considered next winter.
He expects to prepare bills on sew
eral phases of conservation including
the protection of coal, oil and other
minerals and the conservation of
water power sites.