Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-25

NIL lOlh[R R[PIYl'
1hss Davenport Leader Asks Dems.
cratic Nomtlss IN Second Die.
tfict Some Quest
vollmer Asked TO- say Whether h
Will stand For Silver. in
Congress
The Foreigner: Determined TO Know.
Who're Hs stsnds On the
Money Issue
Davenport. Oct. s5.The Leader adj.
dresses the following open letterst Mr..

SlTs III your recent lel-
ter you have stated that the Leaders
comment on your address at Claus
Groth hall misrepresentAdy your attitude
and that you did not recede from the
position taken In your letter OF accept
Ance In your speech. In said letter you.
did not say, II elected. you would bolt
the democratic congressional caucus, IL
it decided to introduce such q 16Nto 4
bill 40 the Kansas City platform calls
for. You state your personal opinions
an adverse to 16 to 4. but your agents,
are explaining to silver democrats and
populists thruort the district that az
you did not say you would bolt the par
ty caucus that your evasion OF this VIZ,
tai matter IL meant simply to catch
some gold democratic votes and that
you are s.all riEtft on silver. z,
The Oxford Leader, silver demo-
cratic. published in Johnson county,
says you will vote for free SILVER
democratic speaker and so organize In
favor of silver. You yourself held at
Claus Groth hall that the gold demo-
Gratis who refused to vote. for Bryan
are not democrats and that to vote for
Bryan this year Is g test OF Jefferson
ian democracy. The silver democratic
press Of Clinton, Johnson. Jackson.
Muscatine and Iowa counties is sup
porting you and asking silver demo-
Gratis to vote for you. yet you are not
asking them to take your name out OF
their columns.
4 Why this attempt to play Jekyll and
Hyde as q politician as far as Scott
IT,. "
urday that you had to write your note
TO the Leader denying you had shed
more light on your position, as the
Leaders, comment on your Claus Groth
speech gave the whole snap away by
stating that, II elected. you would not
bolt the democratic congressional eau
Gus and that your statement put you
now before the, people e loyal to Bryan
and the Kansas City platform.
You do not dare deny that ut Claus
Groth hall you said:
mo man with true JefEersoni4n
blood in his veins can refuse to go to
the polls and vote for William Jennings
Bryan"
Your declaration that voting for
Bryan this year was the test Of true
Jefersonian democracy certainly bore
out the Leaders assumption that you
had got in line for regular democracy.
do you think the average voter in this
district u 10 ignorant that he could not
understand the meaning Of such plain
declaration?
Taken IN connection with the fact
that in your letter Of acceptance you
stated only one point wherein your
personal views differed from the kan
8sas City platform thereby accepting all
the rest Of 1t. including the anti-gold
standard bill plank and the plank pro-
viding for the retirement OF bank notes
from circulation to be replaced by
10000 900 worth Of greenbacks and
silver certificates. thereby making free
silver coinage a virtual necessity for
& the next four years. and the further
fact that you had carefully avoided
! for your letter was of course studied
over before being given to the press
saying that, X elected. you would vote
with the republicans on the free coin
Aage alsztscn tssssI ss.sader begs leave to