Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-23
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Second District Democrats Making
Desperate Effort to Locats voll.
mers Real Sentimental
His Attempt to "Stand III" With
Both Sound Money Men and
Free Silveritsz
The Davenport Leader Compares
His Position in 1895 and
Now.

4
Now.
Davenport. Oct. 23.-The Davenport
Leader, the only paper In Scott county
supporting Bryan, has a two-column
article reviewing Mr.. vollIner,s charge
mat 1t had lied in saying. that he was
true democrat according to the Chicago
platform. The Leader says editorially;
1t ought to be beneath Mr.. vollmer,s
dignity to run to republican, newspa-
per office with an attack on the only
paper In Davenport that is supporting
Bryan and standing on the Kansas City
Platform, merely because the reporto-
rial staff of the paper has been unable
TO report to the Office a version Of what
his attitude is in the present campaign
that he can approve.
Unfortunately, too. Mr.. vollmer. in
the note ascribed to him, makes false
statements, which his lack Of famili-
sarity with straight democracy since
1885 may excuse.
The Leader supported Bryan. in 1896,
being the only paper in this county
that did 80, all the other dailies and
weeklies opposing him.
In 1897 the Leader supported Fred
p. White for governor. the Leader edi-
tor being one Of those who welcomed
him to Davenport and sat on the stage
With him. Mr.. Vollmer was then I'M
converted.
In 1898 and 1899 the Leader sup
ported the democratic ticket. Thus in
1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899 the Leader was
the only paper in, Davenport that sup
ported the regular democratic ticket.
Sad to say, even in this year of
grace, 1900, and of the return OF Mr..
Volimer to the democratic party and a
congressional nomination, the Leader is
not only the only paper that is support
ing the democratic national and state
tickets, but it is the only paper that
carries in its columns the democratic
county ticket.
1T is of course not Mr. Vollmer' 8
fault, but 1t is most remarkable. that on
the heels of his nomination for con-
gress, which was proclaimed to be an
omen OF harmony. the gold democratic
press bolted the democratic county
ticket, altho last year they were in line
for the county nominations.
Being absurdly wrong as to state
ticket history, Mr.. yollmer is equally
wrong as to congressional history. In
1896 the Leader supported ALI Hurst for
congress. who frankly proclaimed that
he stood on the Chicago platform. In
1893 there was no regular democratic
candidate for congress. Judge Ney re
lfusing TO stand on the Chicago plat
| form under gold democratic influence
silver was then the paramount issue
The Leaders offer to support Ney was
not accepted.
The Leader on another page takes
up the yollner letter and treats It, in
part as follows:
LEADERS REPLY TO VoLLMER
..The gold democrats have been put
tting the screws on, Hon. Henry Vollmel
aRain. and have forced him to publish
4 a. note in, an anti Bryan paper. stating
THAT ii is not true that QsD he had re-
Iceded from the position taken in his let
tier Of acceptance, or (2d) that he mac
1 most viciously attacked the banks.
According to the Davenport Iimet
lst was claimed by Chairman George w
scott the day after Mr.. Vollmers Claus
3IGroth hall speech that not one OF tht
three democratic papers in Davenport
counting in all shades Of beliet, hae
given the correct version of Mr.. Vol;
liners speech, altho Mr. Harrison OF tht
Leader. Mr.. Coulter OF the Democrat
\ and Mr. Herbrand of Der Demokra'
were there to hear what the congress
5|ional nominee was to say as to where
4 he stood in this campaign. This indi
5lcates that there must have been som.
i obscurity in Mr.. Vollmers utterarices
.lotherwise all three reporters could hav'
s|easily understood what his utterance!
i|meant.
"The instructions given to Mr.. Har
a rison We're az follows:
.First-Note If Mr.. Vollmer comes on
lfor Bryan apparently in earnest.
"Second-Note II he repudiates thu
! claim Of the democratic papers that ]
i elected he will bolt the democratic con
A gresaonal caucus.
q "Third-Note II Ar. Nollmer come
4 out for the democratic county ticket.
a las to the rest, Of course. no particu
liar interest attached, as Mr.. Bryan
addresses. given from day to day In tn
y Leader, covered the ground, no one vii
4 dispute. In more able manner thai
Z any local speaker is capable of doing.
Mr.. vollmer did not mention tn
& county ticket
4 The Leader has made inquiries OF it
q reporter and Of several persons VIII
Iwere at Claus Groth hall and ie there
i fore led to reiterate its statement tina
4 Mr.. Vollmer did declare for Bryan 70
Itpresident. Moreover, the reporter
stnotes show what he said:
No man with true Jeffersonian dem
locratic blood in HE veins can refuse I
go to the polls and vote for William
a Jennings Bryan.
The Davenport Democrat and De
Il Demokrat claim to represent true JET
A fersonian democracy and have bolte
Bryan this year, holding that he is no
II q Jeffersonian democrat, so that MI
lVollmer's utterance regarding them an
y all who think as they do out Of the par
y ty was naturally dwelt upon az strik
ling feature Of his Monday night speech
No matter what the Democrat or De
Demokrat may think Of Mr.. Vollmer'
edict Of communication, no regula
Z democrat can find fault with Il.
To the Leader 1t certainly looked
most significant utterance, as it brand
ed all anti-Bryans democrats az men no
4 having any true Jeffersonian blood 4
their veins. It looked az II Mr.. Volume
had decided to cut loose from all tn