Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-29
Republican Meeting of Tues.
day One of the Largest of
Present Campaign
NIGHT MEETING WAS a HUMMER
Secretary Shaw Gives One Of His "Pop-
ular Talks," Rsplets With Good stor-
les and ecdotes-ParabIes Of H.
lustration Make Questions Of the Day
Clearly Understood by All.

No other political rally IN iowa THIS
year has turned out SO successfully In
all its details, despite disappointments
and hasty arrangements. as the one
held In this city Tuesday. A crowded
house greeted Senator Allison in the
afternoon and again in the evening
Secretary Shaw faced an audience that
occupied every foot of standing room
at the Odeon. Shaw's afternoon adj
dress Of less than an hours duration
was the important utterance OF the
meeting. 1t was the word that has
been awaited from the secretary of the
treasury by the nation ever since the
discussion of the AVA platform, ac-
centuated by Speaker Handersons CHI
canery, arose. However, in the even
ing, the secretary Just talked" for two
hours or more and left that great audi
ence in an uproar OF applause when
he had finished.
There is not an orator in America
today who possesses ShaW's capacity
to- elucidate the knotty- problems OF
state to the totally uniformed. The
tariff, trusts, money question, Philip
pine problem. all lay before his hear
ers as plain as the open pages OF well
read book when he had spoken.
The secretary addressed his remarks
to the democratic party in his evening
talk. Beginning with til. suggestion"
Your leaders have spent more time
trying to find an issue upon which TO
win campaign than to formulate poll
cies for tire wise government Of this
nation thereafter" he went over the
record of the democratic party which
is always Il rich subject for republican
speakers. He recalled the tarin Tor
revenue only campaign how 1t won
and brought disaster; how the party
could not appeal to the voters on the
tariff for revenue only issue again, SO
stole from It's little four year-old popu-
list brother an issue Of free silver; how
that failed and the country waxed inn
mensely prosperous under q gold
standard and the issue Of Imperialism
was manufactured for campaign pur-
poses, but failed. and row the trusts
and tariff revision issues were dug up
along with free silver in some states
and an attempt to conceal 1t in others.
AS each successive issue was taken up
the secretary explained the problems
from republican standpoint. His
stories and arguments were so apt and
so amusing that when It came to the
baby story used on the same platform
three years ago to illustrate the pur-
pose Of thu. Cuban war and Philippine
problem the audience burst into ap-
plause In admiration for the man who
could make problems OF statecraft 30
wonderfully clear.
Senator Allison left the city Tuesday
evening at 6:o5 for Sigturney. via Os-
kaloosa. He spoke in Sigourney this
afternoon and tomorrow afternoon will
be at Corning. Senator Allison Is con-
firing his addresses to afternoon meet
ings entirely.
Secretary Shaw, accompanied by his
secretary. Mr.. N. G. Van DOren, left
this morning for Mar,sngo, going to
BlairstOwn and driving rom there. The
secretary spoke at Mare.ngo this after
room and will be in Davenport for a
meeting tonight. Thursday evening he
will be at Iowa City; Friday afternoon
at Columbus Junction; Friday evening
ct Washington: Saturday afternoon at
Knoxville; Saturday evening at Abba
and Monday evening at Des Moines. He
viii 70 to Denison Tuesday, Nov. 4. to
vote, and will leave De1lison that night
for Washington, where he must be the
following Friday morning. Nov. Z, at ~
o'clock, to participate In a cabinet
meeting, the first session to be held IN
the new white house. The meeting IL
to be very important one, as the
presidents message will come up for
1,acnssion. also different recommends
tons that are to be made to congress.