Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-23

ana what persons IN the
audience remembered OF the declara-
tions. The result of the Inquiries might
have been summed up in the expression
Of one sof our witty fellow citizene:
The devil himself could hardly
make out head or tail OF It. It was
something like this I'm wild you, boys,
in one since. and I'm little bit offish
on you in anoter since, but whether I'm
wild you or not wild you. you can bet
your bottom dollar I want your votes
just the same
OF course that was overdrawing the
matter little, but when such an able
attorney as George w. Scott states that
a combination of three papers, one Bry-
an and two anti-Bryan. could not solve
the problem az to what position Mr..
Vollmer really did take, IT is time for
Mr.. Vollmer himself to write out
statement assto his position.
This will remove all doubt as to his
position in the campaign. If Mr.. voll-
mer does not do so, the Leader must
insist in considering him democrat.
no matter how angry it may make
gold democrats to have him classed
with such an object of their political
hatred as William Jennings Bryan.
Moreover, Mr.. Vollmer's name must
stay on the democratic ticket. No one
has right to take his name Off the
democratic ticket under the heading of
the great party whose standard bearer
in this campaign is the peerless states
man, the sage of Lincoln. II the gold
democrats could only succeed in put
ting Mr.. Vollmers name in another
column, they would indeed be Mr.. Voll-
mer's worst enemy
Let them therefore not force Mr..
Vollmer into regulating his pledge of
fealty to democracy. In 1896 Mr.. Voll-
mer measured strength against Bryan.
When Bryan was nominated ne Is
sued an address saying: "a band Of pi-
rates has captured the democratic
ship.
Shortly after alta meeting called to
condemn Bryan's nomination he said:
AS mayor of Davenport tramped
Chicago. trying to borrow money and
got nothing for my pains but wet feet.
n warn you, workingmen of Davenport,
that this is due to Bryan's nomination,
and henceforth IL you come to ME for
work / Will refer you to your free sill
Yer friends.
"A few days after this a democratic
alderman borrowed a large sum of
money at ouru Davenport banks and
the workinkmen of Davenport We're
thus not forced to vote for Mckinley
to geta days work under democratic
administration.
At the Des Moines gold democratic
convention Mr.. vollmer predicted ter-
rible disasters to the country and
wound up a savage attack on Bryan
by saying:
I'VE are not stool pigeons Of Nc
Kinley, but we propose to defeat
Bryan
sat Indianapolis Mr.. Vollmer helped
to defeat Bryan by nominating Palmer
and then stumping the country advis-
ing people not to vote for Palmer, but
Mckinley.
And still-and still-in the Second
district 1850 American citizens-altho
Mr.. Vollmer then called them an
archists, mnatics. advocates Of free
riot. etc.-went to the ballot boxes and
cast their votes for Bryan.
The facts are not cited as reflec-
4 ton on Mr.. vollmer, who has seen q
1 great light since 1896. They are cited
4 to show that even Mr. voltmer can no,
boss all the democrats or order his
name put on or taken off the ticket al
4 pleasure.
Therefore, in spite of the advantage
\ taken of Mr.. Vollmer by designing
/ politicians. the Leader refuses to re-
\ tract its declaration that Henry Volt
1 mer is a. democrat, not a gold demo
Gratis that he will not bolt his party
caucus at Washington and leave the
4 democracy OF the Second district with
out a representative at the nationa
/ capital who can take William Jennings
Bryan by the hand and say: I'm nc
i caucus bolter. to be blacklisted wher
asking for Offices. Hand out the pie