Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-16
TIRED OF BRYAN|SN.
The Silver Orators Canvass Ap-
parently Making Little Impress
sion on Iowa Politics.
Few of His Meetings Have Been
Well Attended Advocates Un.
popular Issues.
Contest in Iowa Johnson sentorial
District-Ranck and the State
University.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
:, Des Mones, Oct. 1s--If the visit of
William j. Bryan to the state of Iowa
produced any noticeable Impression on
the politics of the state the fact has not
become known here at the political
4 Headquarters. 1t is generally under
stood that for the most part his trip
! was attended by severe frosts anG
chills. He had big meeting in lie
Mars and one or two other places where.
ne had not been before, but in most of
the places the absence of the people
/ from his much advertised meetings in
dicated very clearly that they are tired
lof him and his issue He is synony-
nous with free silver: the people re-
lmember that he was the whole thing in
1886 and that he declared not longer ago
I than the 10Th of last August that silver
is the leading issue before the Ameri-
can people and that he who seeks to put
/ something else before it .'is either
grossly ignorant or is trying to deceive
the people for political purposes Now
that he has been trying his best 10 side
track that issue, to wear different
lcoat so as not to scare the game the
question arises, which is it, ignorance
Ior deception with Mr.. Bryan? The game
I ne is after. the voter of Iowa, is a wary
bird and he recognizes the old danger
Gus shape under the new cover; he sees
the old free silver gun sticking out and
n. is careful TO keep out of range
Neither can he be caught with any of
the old. stale. anti-trust bait and made.
TO believe that he is in distress and des-
titution when he feels prosperity press
ing upon him from all sides
Mr.. Bryan used this device to snare
the farmers, but they Just laughed He
failed to make them believe they were
in hard luck, when they look at their
! bank books and their fine residences
and plenty all around. In short, the
calamity howl, the same old speech he
made three years ago last spring. be-
II fore he captured the Chicago 9conven-
I tion, was recognized and it made the
4 people tired. He even used some of the
4 same old stories for the same old pur-
pose in the same towns. and that was
/ carrying it q little too far. In one place
! an impartial comment made upon his
speech was this: What dishonest
way he has of putting things, 1t was
just about such a speech as one would
4 expect from some duh democrat who
! has been reading democratic speeches
| for three months and had swallowed all
/ the rot he saw there. Both democrats
1 and republicans We're sorely fisaapoint-
/ ed in the speech. 1t was laborea from
beginning TO end-no effort at oratory
1t looks like an effort TO fulfill his an
gaeements as a Snowman and draw his
4 salary This comment is probably
about as fair and comprehensive as
any. 1t just fits the man who has de-
clared that it was the money there is
in the office, rather than the honor that
/ attracts me and then denied that he
had said it until the fac-simile of the
letter was produced.
The extreme R,.yanites hardly know
what to say about this letter. At first
some of them said it was an exhibition
Of bad faith on the part of j. Sterling
Morton, to whom the Letter was written.
But Mr. Morton was obliged to publish
the letter in self defense, because Bryan
had denied it and declared that Morton
/ was a liar TO have charged that he.
/ Bryan, ever said such a thing. The
letter was not private one so Mr..
Morton used it to identity the liar in
the case. Now some of the popocrats.
devotees of Bryan. are indulging the
surmise that this blow was not aimed
! by republicans, but by democrats who
want to kill Bryan off and get Sim out
of the way before the democratic con-
vention of 1900 is held. They are prob
ably right, for nothing would suit the
republicans better than TO keep Bryan
| in the leadership of the fusionists He
is7as easy mark as could be asked
The .peonle know him and some other
mountebank could fool them easier.
/
The contest in the Iowa-J johnson SEN
4 atorial district is getting more interest
I ing. of course the democrats are at
tacking Senator Ranck with all the
/ bitterness conceivable They are vent
/ ing the feelings they have cherished to-
ward him for three years. during which
| time he has not been in sympathy with
| the silver element that has been in con-
| troll. At the same time they are eharg-
! ing that he is democrat yet and has
only changed to get office. Ii Senator
Ranck had been made on this plan he
! would simply have remained regular,
| without any fuss and got his second
] term without opposition. as his ability
would have made it Impossible for any
| republican to carry the district against
him. But he followed his convictions
out of the democratic party. Nor did
| he do anything but try to get away
| from the nomination he has now ac-
cepted. All spring and summer the re-
| publicans We're after him to be their
candidate. but he said. as is we'll known
to this writer, that he would not have
it; that it should go to a republican
and man from Iowa county When
the delegates from Johnson county
started for the convention they called
on Senator Ranck and asked for his
final determination. He told them he
would not take the nomination if there
was a republican in Iowa county who
would take it. and he would not take it
then unless it was unanimous. When
the convention met the Johnson county
men declared that they had no candi-
date and were for some man from Iowa
county. The Iowa county men then
said they had no candidate and nomi-