Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-17


the close OF the meeting.
Mr. O'Connell. who - in his full ply
sical and mental vigor. wac received. by
the audience with euch q demonstration
az Is only given to an old-time and fa-
vorite friend. The crowd gave very close
attention and frequently emphaazed its
approval with hearty applause. Both
Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. O'Connell declared
that 1t was an easy house to talk to. on
account Of the uplifting sense Of eym-
pathy received from the audience. AS
each speaker rose to his work the audi
ence broke forth in patriotic song. It
was very pretty greeting and started
the orators on IN the happiest porsible
mental mood. Mr.. O'Connell said in
part:
AT the Kansas City convention, the
same democrats who declared their In
dependence in 1861 had issued new dec
laratton Of Independence. and that about
the only electoral aid that Bryan would
get out Of this election would come
from these same comrades Of 1861.
The reason they have declared imper-
falism the paramount Issue is because
they have been beaten and exposed to
direct ridicule on every other issue they
have presented during the past forty
years. No democrat, dead or alive
dare talk tariff. because bothsthe repub-
licans and democrats have given the
country a tariff law within the past
eight years. While the democratic tar
in has crushed business and driven the
poor TO the coup house, the republican
tA1i6 has given such impetus to all lines
Of business that wealth has become
general and di6used. and the poor and
the rich are 20 rapidly approaching each
other in the enjoyment OF life'e necest-
ties and luxuries that the line Of de-
markation seems to be in process OF
speedy extinction. The poor have be-
come 90 rich during the past four years
that their girls no longer seek service
az domestics and now the only way to
secure girl to do housework u to mar
| ry her.
The democrats dare not talk on the
money question, because every state
ment made by Bryan four years ago has
been proven 70 false that to open uI
that question would subject the party te
the derision Of every person Of even the
smalle7t intelligence. In proof Of this
fact Mr.. O'Connell quoted a few leading
declarations from the foolishness Of
Bryan's calamity howls Of 1896.
| In his happiest humor he took up thu
question Of trusts and proved the In
sincerity Of the democracy in its claim
that 1t ie a trust st-hater, showing In de,
tail that Senator Jones, the chairman o,
the party, and Croker, thru whose boo
die they hope to carry New York and q
Ielect Bryan, as we'll as others. are wick
edly right in it, He said:
s.l.sty m bavc mon in 01lr: ntVr rfy
who are in some trust, but We do no
put them in command Of our party. Mr.
Bryan says this is not the republican
party OF Lincoln. One would think tha
Bryan was Lincoln republican H.
went back to the convention that nomi
mated Mcclellan in 1864 and showed
what the democrats said in 1864 ant
Equoted from the platform, showing tina
..the same copperhead spirit that con
trolled the party which existed thel
controls it today. The same hatred o
the army and the prosecution Of the wa
then, exists against the army and tn
prosecution Of the war now. In 1856
|they declared that Grant was an i'm
perialist and that the pillare Of the gov
.|ernment were rocking on their base
Ietc.. and II the republicans should euc
pie amidst the wreck Of our liberties"
He eaid with great emphasis tha
Ithoee who declared that Mckinley Is Al
imperialist know that 1t 10 false: tina
Iit " scarecrow yell that would nc
Iecare q crow.
Senator Jones Of Arkansas offered a
amendment to the tariff bill Offering I
A admit sugar free from Cuba and Port
Rico and providing that we refund t
those who had paid q tariff tax. Thi
/ would put into the pocket Of the suga
thrust 31.150.000. az no one had paid an
ltariff on sugar but the sugar rehnerle,
and not cent would 80 to the poe
. planters on the islands That II how III
democracy hatee trusts. There ie moth
ling and nobody now suffering but ii
rich" He compared the condition Of ii
lpeople and business now and shove
the great gain in the balance Of trad
lin favor OF the United States. ana q