Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-17

then this solemn pledge:
up yender. wherever he may be.
pledge to him here and now with all
my heart that intend to go on with
the work that he was doing"
1t was another way of saying that
which Senator Kenyon had said before
earlier in the evening when ne faced
5000 Of the men and women who knew
and loved Dolliver and declared that he
stood ready to follow along the line he
had so we'll outlined in his last great
speech from that same platform.
Right Above Friendship.
Thre was much more in all that Sen
ator Kenyon said to give courage to all
lovers of their fellow men.
THE most that can do to thank
these good friends OF mine" he said. as
to do my duty as see it. I intend to
do what is right, as I understand the
right. and IL I must break with friends
to do that then I am going to break
with them
He wished we had more men on the
federal bench like Judge lands. He
referred to his having been an attorney
for a railroad for short time. 1T
Is true" he said, land 1 gave to my
employer the best legal talent that I
had-but never gave the railroads my
conscience" His references to the
notorious Lorimer case were emphatic.
II am going to support La Toilette in
demanding the reopening Of that case,
and from what I know already I am
going to vote to create a vacancy In the
senate from our neighboring state"
But Kenyon's words were not all It
was more than a personal testimonial
IN m to Ill it,
folks; 1t was a great demonstration
that when the hearts OF men are
searched it is found one common pur-
pose proceeds therefrom. The occasion
was one Of the meeting OF men. and
the exchanging Of frank condolences.
Lands Breaks Traditions.
There was Kenesaw Mountain Lam
dis. quite as much as Will Kenyon. the
center Of attraction Of the day and the
night. These men know each other
better now than they ever did before.
They found each other out that Easter
morn, and what they suspected about
each other. they know now to be the
truth.
Judge Lands. keen of intellect. large
Of heart, burning with the passion
which gave to mankind the Golden
Rule-Landis broke over the traditions
Of his judicial office and spoke to the
people OF the things that he has been
learning these years on the bench.
THE one thing on which we all seem
to be agreed is that If the republic lie
to live-and we know that ii is-gov-
ernmental power must act with abso-
lutte fairness and impartiality But we
might as we'll be candid about It and
admit to ourselves that that has not
always been the case II has not al
ways been true either in judicial nor
executive places. We have had. for
instance, what for want Of better
name I call the pussy-foot influence in
legislation. Men have gone to the halls
of legislation and have given their time
and energy to putting ideas into law
that have been inspired by the fact
that they had direct and personal in
terest in such legislation.
Scores AIdrich OF nj.
I'm the matter of the making of the
recent tariff law, and shall not enter
upon any discussion of its merits.
everybody knows that the one man who
had most to do with moulding its
! schedules was up &c h!s cses 81 the
rubber business. Another was inter-
ested to the extent Of millions in cot
ton and wool Others were interested
in iron and coal One from western
state used his great power-and speak
overwhelmingly conspired with
others because Of his interest in cop
per
There has been lot OF talk about
how this world Is getting better" said
| Judge Lands as he went along, land I
am inclined to think II is; yet tho 1
am not old I well remember what q
furore there was when vice president,
speaker and q half dozen members
were suspected Of interest in the Credit
tMobilier. But as compared with what
has happened more recently they only
committed petty larceny. Yet that
which has been happening has not
caused any great stir. My friends II IL
a serious question whether we have
made such progress that we are en-
titled to shake hands with ourselves. I"
| High Tribute 70 Kenyon.
Judge Lands paid high tribute 70
Kenyon. He did II, he said, bsoauss he
had found that Kenyon believed about
these things - hs did
| You'll never hAvs 70 look Tor the
reason for his CONDUCT In his pocirst, !"
the jurist exclaimed. Z know; for
I've seen him perform
Then he told OF an incident Three