Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-14

ignatius Donneliy. Of ldinnesota.
United Christian-Rev. b p. Clark,
OF MassAchusetts. and Rev. Charles n.
Sheldon, OF Kansas.
Socialist Labor-Job Hartman, of
California, and Max s.. Hayes. Of Ohio.
Social Democrat Eugene v. Debs, of
Indiana, and job Hartman, OF Califor-
MIA.
De Leon Socialist. r. Maloney, OF
and Valentine REM
mill, of Pennsylvania.
It Is too early to say that the list Is
now complete. On almost any street
car men can be heard saying that
want to vote for. There are two more
possible entries, from the gold demo-
Gratis and the anti-imperialistic gold
standard republicans.
MEETING WITH A SAD DEMO-
Graf.
[Eli Perkins.1
A tired delegate from the Bryan con-
yenticr came into the smoker at In
dianapolis. He was sedate. reflective
and mournful. He didn't look like a
man returning from victory. He didn't
seem to be satisfied with anything. He
sat down, put three fingers on his brow
and looked down. Then he breathed .
long breath and sighed.
Enthusiastic convention at Kansas
City said
The delegate was silent.
Nominated strong lnen?" said with
an upward infection.
Some think so, Ell he sighed.
Why we democrats haven't made
any mistaken" said.
Might have done better" Then he
looked at me over his glasses as II he
wanted to unburden himself. Then,
scratching his ear and thinking two
minutes, heEcontinued:
Yes. we all thought we did 1t. but on
reflection we find the party wasn't in
it. Do you know. he said slowly,
that the delegates from the states that
control 2S7 electoral votes out OF the
447 votes did not want free silver, Is to
| 4, at all, but Bryan with 161 delegates
behind him Knocked US out. Is tina,
democratic?'
20, that's all right 1 said. I'VE will
win on Imperialism
.Imperialism? Why Bryan drew his
| Colonel's salary to put up the Amer.
lean flag in Porto Rico and Manila
Does he think we patriotic Americans
are going to pull 1t down? Imperialism
\ Why We can't have Imperialism with.
| out an emperor. No. 1t Is expansion
or contraction, and we democrats vii
1 not contract the nation. Well pull
down no flag
But the sympathy in the platform
for the Boers-wont that catch the
masses?" asked. ~.
Catch nothing. What have Beers il
Africa, Eli. got to do with America
The fact Isl said tie broken hearted
/ delegate, we've got no platform that ar
Lon. Any boy knows that free silver i,
\ a $50 per cent bonus on the product o.
the silver mine owner, and the loss Il
! the government Will have to be PAID
some day by the corn and cotton plant
er. The farmer or the manufacturer
are not in 1t. Neither Is the shop mar
or cowboy. The old free trade and FIRE.
/. silver platform is played out. 1t vii
4 not deceive the people again. Grover.
old free trade proved a disappointment
i and calamity and now what have
they given US? Why, a chance to have
Adlai Stevenson with Growers corpse
isof a free-trade policy, which broke W
4 factories. starved the laborer. made {
deficit and sent gold Out of the country
! On the top of this they place free coin,
4 age and ask 75,Oooooo Americans L
double the price OF silver for ]. 4OO. o0O,O Ot
tpeople.
Yes, Eli, I'm a democrat; but Tam.
many Hall, Bryan. Altgeld and Till.
man have got US into trousers hind
lSside before. and we are walking back.
ward
But We democrats are down on the
trusts said.
Yes, Eli, you are. Mayor Van WycI
4 revo!u.ss against trusts with 2,76(
shares Of ice trust in his pockets-ane
the poor suffering in New York. Their
! there's Richardson, the Messages OF
4 the Presidents" monopolist. These
4 things, when think about them, make
1 ME tired.