Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-25

while was In congress, the lines be-
tween the progressive and standpa'
elements were already beginning to ap-
pear. The alignment Of forces was no,
so clear to me then as 1t is now. but
knew well enough where the leaders
stood. Reed always used his great
powers In defending the existing sys-
tenn. He sneered at those who desired
new legislation. He closed one Of his
speeches with these words:
"And yet, outside the patent office
there are no monopolies in this coun-
try, and there never can be. An. blu,
what is that see on the far horizons
edge, with tongue Of lambert fame and
eye Of forked fire, serpent headed and
griffin clawed? Surely II must be the
the great new chimera trust
What unreasonable talk this is. A
dozen men fix the prices for sixty NIL
lion freemen! They can never do It!
There is no power on earth that car
raise the price Of any necessity Of !ife
above just price and keep 1t there
More than that, if the price is raised
and maintained even for short while
it means ruin for the combination and
still lower prices for the consumers
Reed has no sympathy with the in
terstate commerce bill, and votct
against it.
1 always felt that Mckinley repre-
scented the newer view OF course. NC
Kinley was a high protectionist. but on
the great new questions as they arose
he was generally on the side of the
public and against private interests.
And this the people instinctively
sensed. In my own state of Wisconsin
during the campaign for the republican
nomination in 1896 was strongly fol
Mckinley. but the old machine leaders
Payne. Sawyer, Spooner, Pfister. and
Keyes, all worked vigorously for Reed
Reed had big business with him; but
the sentiment In the state was toe
strong for the bosses. The Wisconsin
delegation to the st. Louis convention
Of which had been elected as an anti
machine member. was instructed 70.
and stood solid for Mckinley.
I am saying this notwithstanding
McKinley's relationships with Mark
Hanna. The chief incentive behind
Hanna's support Of Mckinley. an
convinced, was the honest love he felt
for his friend. Mckinley inspired az
lection OF that sort. And Hanna, hav-
ing come largely into the control OF the
republican organization thru his gen.
.us as a leader and thru the enorm Gus
expenditure Of money. he tried to bring
all the elements together In harmony
The first and only time ever met him
was at the st. Louis convention. He
requested me to come and see him
He was extremely cordial. almost az
-fectionate. I remember he put his arm
around me and told me OF his relations
with Mckinley. He told me-and this
was the object of the meeting-that he
felt sure that Mckinley would like to
see Payne on the national com mittee
from Wisconsin. He understood, he
said. that I was making fight on
Payne, but hoped that in the interest
of harmony would stand for Payne's
selection. told him very earnestly
about our struggle in Wisconsin. that
a great movement had started there
which could not be arrested or divert
ed, that Payne and his associates stood
for the destruction of representative
government and that we could make
no truce with them. Mr.. Hanna's man
ner changed abruptly. and the inter-
view terminated.
know OF my own knowledge that
Mckinley stood against many Of the
corrupt influences within his own
party-that he even stood firmly
against the demands Of his best friend
Hanna.
Mckinley had no longer been elected
than the Wisconsin machine. backed
strongly by Hanna. demanded the ap-
poIntment of Henry C., PAYNE as post
master general And with others
brought forward the name OF Governor
Hoard of Wisconsin as candidate tor
secretary Of agriculture. A few weeks
before tMcKinley's Inauguration. upon
his invitation. went to Canton to see
him. When I called about 10 o'clock
he told his secretary that he would not
see anybody else before that after