Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-18
Mr.. TONNES kE[NNG|
Tho Minnssotan Opens the Cam.
paign for tho Democrats Of
Marshall County.
Talks to a Couple Of Hundred Peo-
pie in tho East Court Room
Follows the Cue.
Major Portion Of His Talk is De.
voted to a Condemnation of
Philippine War.

The democratic speaking campaign
was opened in this county Tuesday
night, when ex-Congressman Charles A.
Towne. of Duluth, Mimi. spoke in the
east court room. While the number of
people present at the Shaw meeting and
this one was not quite up to the demo-
cratic ratio of 16 to 1, it was almost so,
and even SO good a speaker as Towne
failed to arouse any particular enthusi-
asm. But it was fairly good demo-
cratic meeting, as democratic meetings
CO. and the T.-R. is not going to ignore
the address, as the local democratic or
gan did that of Governor Shaw.
Mr.. A. C. DAILY, in one of his vigorous
speeches, introduced Mr.. Towne. The
ex-congressman, who left the republic
can party to take up the cause of silver,
is now completely in the democratic
camp, and in his address he accepted
the cue of his party leaders and practi-
cally ignored the subject of 16 to i, so
dear to him. Almost all the refer
| ence he made to the money question
was in connection with explaining why
he left the republican party, which is
an old story. AS a sort of explanation
| why he did not become democrat be-
| fore 1896 MIR. Towne said that in that
year, at Chicago, the heroism of the
democratic party first came TO the
| front.
The greater portion of Mr.. Towne's
| IL tal ,l,s ~,
war question and to scoring the admin
istration of President Mckinley for it's
4 policy of so-calied imperialism and ex-
pansion. While admitting that there are
a great many good and patriotic men in
the republican party, he said there We're
many who followed the republican
standard simply because it was called
republican. AS whole he did not abuse
| the opposition. The speaker quoted
from the presidents Cuban war procla-
nation to prove that the Flipinos of
/ right ought to be and are free Mr..
/ Towne said we went to war TO save
4 Cuba and are now at war to ensiave
the Filipinos. The ex-congressman has
recently returned from trip to Eu-
rope, and said he had found that the
people of the old world had less respect
for this nation than they formerly held.
Mr.. Towne might have added that this
is due as much to sympathy with Spain
as to jealousy of the influence this
4 country will hereafter WELD in the far
east. MIR. Towne also argued at length
i that the president is carrying on Wal
without the sanction or authority OF
icongress. and shat by Implication if moi
by word of mouth this country, prior te
4 Dewey's victory at Manila. recognized
treated them as allies.
i Mr. Towne must have appreciated the
4 fact that he had not the sympathy of a
Ina jority of the audience. What app
4 plause there was was half-hearted ex-
licept on the part of a half-doezn of the
4 populistic wing of the party.
Mr. Towne entirely ignored Candidate
entire peroration to eulogiZing William
Jennings Bryan
Mr. Towne departed on a night train
for Chicago. He was to have spoken al
4 Grinnell on Monday evening. but failed
to fill the date. He explained this mat
ter to the democratic committee here by
saying that he had an important bust
ness engagement in the east and was
a under the necessity of canceing one
q date. Members of the local committee
We're at the Central train to meet him
but not finding him feared for time
that he would not be on hand for his adj
dress. He came later from the east
. however