Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-04
SENATOR IN ADDRESS DISPLAYS
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL.
VRIllTY.
PROVES ne IS NEITHER
SICK. AGED NOR oEcREP'T
Addrsss Before County Convention De-
tiahts Friends and Wins Admiration
Of Enonies-1elts Of Larger PROD
lem. OF NATION ana Republican Party
-Other News Of the State.
to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. March 4.-If there are
those among the stalwarr republicans
Of Des Moines who had permitted
doubts TO grow up in their mlnos as
to the survival Of the mental and pny-
steal virility Of Albert B Cummlns'
thew had a fine opportunity Saturday
afternoon to get rid of their doubts II
had been advertised by the meanese
of his adversaries that be is terT1o4s
sick man and tina, he is becoming OLD
and decrepit: but when he appeared
before the Polk county convention, IN
response 70 invitation, he appeared
never better in form nor voice ana IN
h,s brief speech he showed a more
comn,ete mastery Of self than ever be-
fore. To the 200 or 800 regular dele
gathed gathered there to DO nun no'ioi
ha spoke kindly, thoughtfully, earnest
~. not as a senator coming from SUM
far off place but as busy resident
Of the First ward talking TO ms 'lelsn
bors. and he delighted them as Oh oio
nv his analysis OF the poiittca! sllua-
ton.
.e- that he had returned home on sao
errand but the impending sorFo" nao
bean ayerred for the time so that ne
felt he could with propriety come aitu
sneak TO his friends He thanked theti'
~. .bie manifestation OF their esteem
and confidence. ;,.o
Since I have entered acHEeis nv
,,,,h1ic life" he said Il nave had one
nd
might at all times be worthy OF 'ne
confidence you, my reno" ct.-Ne-1s'
have so generously bestowed upon me.
70 ,,hen the work shall do is finished
and shall have performed as pest
oan the tasks before me 1 shall have
nraseryed the esteem and confluence
~, fel,ow men it will be the high
est honor that can come TO me. nave
had and have now but one aiAJ'..o-,
and that is to do the very best l can
for the good Of my country ana III 'tie
service of my fellow men.
R.ouhl;ean Party Crisis.
ra .anator called attention to the
t,,o+ however we'll we may do the
-,.or,, at hand and how Well We solve
n-ohlems necessary for preserva-
-ion or our civilization. those VINO come
~. ~. 1,i,, have to be just as diligent'
,rob,ens are ever arising. The
-a,,,h,ican party has had great states
man and they have done great 'i.Iiss
t,,,+ II ia even more necessary now tnah
ever before that the party measure up
TO its full responsibility. a.
The problem is one OF proper as
+-;hu+;on of the rewards. You nave
cot to determine how our laws can De
~ a4tusted that every man can get
and keep all that he honestly earns
ard rot take nor keep single dollar
ina. someone else has honesty earned
at seems sordid TO thus discuss
money least of the things OF real
value in this world, and so IT Is; out
the taking OF money away from those
20 whom it rightfuily belongs is an ac'
Of injustice and this We va nol to!-
crate No matter about the instru-
nentalities. The Initiative, tle refer
cnduIn and the recall are matters OF &C.
rail only. We must make it possib!e
to have simple justice. alike lot NHe
rich and the poor, for one man as Wen
as another: that is the problem for ou'
time.
Must Have Competition.
There IS just one way to do il. am
an individualist believe that W.
can not attain the highest and best lot
ourselves as a people with the lnil!a-
tive and the struggle for indlvlduai su-
premac y. I believe in competition anu
in rivalry everywhere. But We nave
BEEN so long tending toward monopoly
that We find it hard to get away from
that system. We must break down
monopoly, and the power whlch
monopoly gives 10 a few men. That is
the OK. thing we can not and will not
eudure-the power Of monopoly. But
our system today is the system o.
MONOPOLY 1t has given us a condition
where there is accumulation OF MIL
lions in the hands Of few and the
consequent power which goes with 1t.
This question absorbs and over
LAPS all others: it will be in your hands
until it is solved TO the honor Of Amer
lean republics and for the perpetulty
of free institutions thruout the Worid.
1T is to the solution Of this question,
in ore phase or another, have devoted
the last ten years Of my life You mo
Il in various forns-railroad rates ano
overcharges, excessive duties levied Tor
the benefit Of some interests, Industrial
monopolies which control the manu-
featuring and financial life Of the ma
I1OU. lneSe are Uut Poi 10 ~ viz OA4e
great problem.
"As your servant / have been trying
as best l can the past ten years to co
what is possible to see that justice is
administered for all men without dis
elimination"
It goes without saying that Senator
Cummins was given an old time ova-
ton as he entered the convention hall
and his words were cheered with a
hearty good will by all who had gath
cred for the convention.
I'VE are in the midst of great tur-
u1oil," he said. I'VE are experiencing
a mighty, tho peaceful, revolution, one
of the mightiest than has been known
to mankind. Men of both parties are
conscious Of this fact. 1t is crisis
which calls for the best service of the
republican party. There has been talk
OF the instrumentalities thru which
We are to effect results. 1t matters
little. The people rule. never talk
about the people in the third person
for I am one Of them. It Is not the
people should do right but we ought
to do right. No person has a right te
sst himself off in such way that he
can speak properly Of the people a.
apart from him. The people have ruled