Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-10
BRYAN AND TIE ISSUES
Republicans of Iowa Anxious to
Have the Silver Leader Speak
In the State. !.
Brings Out the Real Issues and De.
feats Fred Whites Side
Schemes.
Shaw Having Big Crowds at His
Meetings The Beet Sugar
Industry.
Special to Times-Republican.

| special to TimeS-Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 10.-Bryan's sick
ness. If it results in pulling him off the
campaign in Iowa, will be distinct
misfortune to the republican party, and
| also to the democratic state committee.
Bryans trip through the state has been
looked upon by republican politicians
| as beneficial to the republican party
because it emphasizes the silver issue,
personified by Bryan. The democratic
state platform, declaring for Bryan for
1900, and reiterating silver and the en-
tire Chicago platform in whole and in
part makes this issue unavoidable
with Bryan cavorting through the state
to call attention to it. The fusionists
understand we'll enough that they can
not make any headway in Iowa, in this
or any other year, on the silver issue,
but they hoped, by a campaign of APP
peals to ignorance, prejudice and race
feeling, to get some votes this year
that would not come to them on the
silver issue. The presence of Bryan
Iobliterates these little, nasty schemes
of Fred White and brings to full light
the great Bryan issue free silver So
he was welcomed to the state by the re-
publicans. The democratic state COM
mittee will be loser because it will miss
the fun of having Bryan TO manage and
to draw crowds for some of their
speakers who would otherwise be with
out hearers. Still, the reports are that
Bryan is not drawing the crowds he has
in the past.
Fred White has been meeting with
several frosts where he has attempted
to hold meetings. In Charlton the other
night he had but handful and after
speaking about ten minutes excused
himself and quit.
Governor Shaw is having the big,
earnest meetings that have marked his
whole career. The hardest work the re-
| publican state committees speakers
| bureau has is to satisfy the demands
| for meetings addressed by the COVER
nor. The demands can not be satisfied
as he is wanted by ten times as many
places as he can possibly reach speak
ling three times day from now until
election. He is speaking twice nearly
every day, and later will speak three
times a day.
Congressman Hull has gone to Chi
cago to participate in the festival with
the president. and will go from there to
Ohio for few days campaigning. The
Ohio republicans are calling on Iowa
for speakers. as usual and are being
supplied with the best we have. Others
Will go later.
There is no state in the union that
car take care of itself as we'll as Iowa,'
That was the comment of Chairman
Hanna, of the republican national com
mittee the other day when he asked an
Iowa congressman to spend few days
in the Ohio campaign. That was a fine
compliment but ii was not overdrawn.
The array of talent that was turned
loose in Iowa last Saturday is proof of
Chairman Hanna's comment. 1t is
small wonder that Iowa. with such
leadership-having adopted the policy
of keeping its able men in Washington
until they reach positions of national
importance-is reliably republican.
Fred S. Robinson has already had the
satisfaction of seeing the Oelwein Reg
lister grow beyond the limits of its ca
pacity when he became actively inter-
ested in it a few months ago. 1t is now
a seven column quarto, all home print,
and bears evidence of being one of the
most prosperous, as Well as thoroughly
edited papers in the state. The town is
enjoying big boom, and it is one that
has solid foundation. 1t is a good
place for good paper. for both town
and newspaper are of the best class.
The Des Moines preachers have
skinned the Midway of the recent
Semi ON Sed carnival, and it would
seem that they had some cause to do SO.
This cheap relic of the Worlds Fair has
been the main feature of several street
fairs in Iowa this year. and under
cover of the leading business men"
and their interests, has been allowed
to do pretty much as it pleased Bur-
lington is the only town on record that
couldn't stand it. The majority of the
attractions that We're expected to bring
crowds to contribute to the trade of
these cities were not only vulgar and
low from moral standpoint. but We're
extremely low standard in every other
way They We're the cheapest of the
cheap: second hand, cast-off trash
that should have been retired from the
public gaze fifteen or twenty years ago
some of it before it ever had the nerve
to pretend to offer the public entertain
ment The crowd had some discrimi-
nation. however. for the attraction of
which Cedar Rapids boasts, the Cher
ries, did very slim business. The
Midway has probably had its last Ii
cense in this city
The woman suffragists are having
their state convention in Mason City
this week This is the twenty eighth
annual convention and it will probably
be the best one, in many respects, that
the association has held. The leaders
feel that they have better prospects for
u successful termination of their work
in Iowa than they have had at any pre-
vious time. The national suffrage
workers think Iowa offers better field
for their efforts than any other state
One reason for this is the uniform char
acter of the population, the high STAN
dard Of intelligence and education. and