Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-12
WANTS AN ADDENDvM.


The Dies Moines Leader, in an editor
ial article on How Bryan May VIM:
confesses that he can not win on the
issue of free silver. Ii sa MIR. Bryan
s,s right on the subject of imperialism.
vie stands for the truly American poli-
Ply. y : = But With Mr.. Bryan the candi-
date and With 16 to in his PLATFORM
square issue is impossible, unless Mr..
shall make 1t clear that he Will NOT con-
vert a victory gained on the imperial
ism issue to the uses of silverism.. Ilr-
agine Mr.. Bryan, after three years of
Vigorous Effort in affirming and leaf-
frnling the 16 to | issue and using HIS
autocratic power al Kansas City to
place it GncompronlisinglY in the plat
form-imagine Mr.. Bryan writins an.
a,'dendnm saying it didn't mean any.
thing, that it wss merely a little j,,kels,i
introduced to give variety to uttei,aroes.
# the Leader Were inclined ,obe ii, Il
funny mood its add-end en-, would be,
in harmony With ita IDEAS But asEtile
Leader isl serious ii may be merely BID
ding for an effort TO dig the democratic
grave deeper by such a traveasy. How
ever. az the matte. stands. the Leader
confes'es that suceess is impossible 1t
says, in a hopeless way:
AZ things are now, great as is the
1850.
menace of inperia lism TO the welfare
Z Of the country, greater still is the mem
ace of free silverism. Mr.. Bryan can
not success Study rid. two horses M
matter how great their feeling that the
principles of the declaration of indie
pendence need decentralization, the people
OF this country are too intelligent 10 al
low any one to introduce a Trojan
horse, out Of which, once admitted to
tbs CITADEL free silver and another
panic may emerge
GLuT OF PEOPLE AT CAPE NOME.
= washington as correspondent states
that8if the treasury department had
authority to do 80 it would sound a
rote Of warning to stop Tie rush Of
persons headed for the Camp So1ne
Alaska. gold fields. Thousands have
already started ard many Others ars
now on their way their. Aliuring prom.
ises have been held out to those who
Y want TIC get rich rapidly, and unless
every one is successful many nine rs
will be stranded with poor prospects ii
getting home.
The government would be unable e
bring large numbers from Cape Nome
owing to limited transportation faclii
ties, and conditions are ripe for a,
outbreak Of smallpox and ether dread
ed diseases.
The treasury has received lettel
from Captain Roberts of the revenu,
cutter Manning, written from Dutcf
Harbor, in which ne deals with the sit
uation. 1t follows:
The steamer Luella of San Francis
co, p Miller, master, came in iron
Nome with clean bill of health, AM
were found on board the steamers Obi,
and Santa Anna, which have been sen
5lt to Egg Island. off st. Michael's. for de
tention in quarantine. DR.. Gail. recent
~ Of our service, has been appointet
quarantine officer by the authorities.
Capt. Miller informs me that ther
are no cases of smallpox ashore, bu
that nearly every one expects an cpl
deYnic Of typhoid fever There are. Ii
believes, 10000 people on the beach witt
no prospect Of securing paying CLAIM
or OF obtaining employment. outside 0
mechanics, such as carpenters, build
ers, etc.
t.It appears impossible for the vas
~ throng that has been and is bein
III thrown into Nome by the numerou
transportation companies, which us
every means possible to induce trave
~ TT the Cape Nome fields, to find mine
4 or work. Many Of these people hav
y but little above their passage none
and outfits and depend upon indin
u gold to keep them going after landing