Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08
SCORES DAVE HILL
Charles A. Walsh Says no Bolter
Can Lead Democratic Ticket.
TO REORGANIZATION
So Says the Bishop" Who is in OF
tumwa for Short Visit-Predicts
That in 1904 the paramount" Issue
Will Be Trusts.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
THE great question that is before
the people of the United States today
and the one which l think will be the
paramount issue of the campaign of
1904, is whether few capitalists, so.
called captains of industry, are to ruL
the money affairs of the whole coun-
try. This has been the great issue all
the time. The silver question,to which
all OF you newspaper men bark back
whenever you interview democrat,
was but one phase of ii, Imperialism
was another, and now conditions bring
| the country face to face with the real
| ISSUE"
| Thus spoke Charles A. Walsh, secre-
tary of the national democratic com
mittee, who arrived in this city yester-
day for few days visit with his wife.
He is on his way to Des Moines on bus
mess connected with the insurance
company whose agent he is in Missou-
ri, having headquarters at st. Louis.
Last evening he submitted to an in
terview on the question of politics, al
though he said in the beginning that
| he is now out of that line altogether
for a time
Eyes. am letting politics alone just
now," he said, "and am digging for a
living. OF course / will be back into
the swim when the campaign opens
again, but now l hardly have time to
read the papers"
Bryan No Candidate.
When asked about the probable can.
didate for president on the democratic
ticket in 1904 and whether William j.
Bryan would be named, Mr.. Walsh in
formed his interviewer that without
the slightest doubt Mr.. Bryan would
not be candidate for nomination.
However, / can assure you" he said,
Mr.. Bryan will be potent factor in
naming the candidate, and can safely
predict that no one who is opposed by
Mr.. Bryan will head the democratic
ticket two years hence"
Reorganization.
what do you think of the talk about
reorganization of the democratic par
ty," was asked.
s'The democratic party does not nee6
to be reorganized," replied the "Bish-
op," very emphatically. 1--WE have
never been disorganized, and the only
be that of getting together and naming
leaders, AS far as changing the poll
cy of the party goes there is nothing
to this talk about Reorganization. If
you mean to ask me whether man
| like Dave Hill will be declared the
nominee of the party in 1904 or any
other year, can answer you with a
most emphatic no. No man who has
ever bolted the party will ever be nam
ed to head its ticket AS | said before,
no one who is opposed by Mr.. Bryan.
or who has opposed Mr. Bryan, will be
democratic national convention in
1904.
Hill BoIter.
"Why is it that Hill is spoken of as
the coming candidate? | can see no
reason for it. He is acknowledged a
bolter. Why do you not mention Ar
| thur P. German or some other man
who has been democrat all of his life
| and was one in 1896? Hill never can
be nominated. | do not speak of Cor
man because consider him the lead
ing candidate for the nomination in
1904. but simply as comparison.
| Those men are two eastern democrats
| OF different views. German or man
like him would probably be acceptable
| to the party, but Hill would never be
elected. If the gold part of democracy
should control the convention in 1904
they would surely not nominate Hill.
| They would want to nominate some
man who would get the votes of all the
party, but Hill would not do this. l
can assure you that there are any
number of democrats who would not
vote for Hill even if he were nominal
ed. 1t would disrupt the party. l do
not know who the nominee will be, but
can safely say that he will be some
one who is looked upon favorably by
Mr.. Bryan and who will meet with the
support of all the democrats in the
country. Mr.. Hill could never do this
and SO he will not be the nominee"
Mr.. Walsh forgot that he is out of