Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-14
SECRETARY MOODY TALKS.
Speaks at Des Moines Favorins Repea
of Duty on Hard Coal.

Des Moines. Oct. 14.-"Let them have
their pound of flesh, but they must take
it without spilling a drop of blood, de-.
clared Secretary w. H. Moody at fos-
ters opera house last night In discuss
ing the anthracite coal strike and urg
ing the repeal of the duty OF 81 cents
a ton on anthracite coal. Following
the lines of his Madison, Wis, address,
the head of the navy department took
the ground the republican party should
correct the mistake whereby duty on
anthracite coal was imposed py the
Dingley tariff law. A large share OF
his speech last night was devoted to the
coal trouble and the remedies IN the
existing difficulty. While the secretary
took the side of neither party to the
controversy he said plainly the day nad
gone by when the doctrine OF the oper-
ators could be maintained that 1t was
nobody's business what was done IN the
coal fields He defended the right OF
the workingmen to organize and In al
fusion to the refusal of the operators
to recognize organized labor. he SAID
they were fighting the stars in their
Secretary Moody touched
briefly on the tariff, declaring the party
was tied to no particular schedules.
The address last evening was the flrst
OF the campaign In Des Moines. II at
tracted large audience and Secretary
Moody was enthusiastically received
and literally applauded turnout his adj
dress. AT the close of 1t he was ac-
corded an informal reception on the
stage. where he met o number of lead
ing Republicans Of Dies MOines and their
ladies. In the Introductory OF his ad-
dress he praised the state Of Iowa In
high terms and his words of encomium
touched q responsive chord in the
hearts OF his listeners II the crowds
that thronged forward to meet him at
the close of the address We're an index
The secretary took occasion to allude
to the cruiser Des Moines and express
The wish 1t might have proud record,
in peace If possible. but In war If i
might be necessary. This alusion
served further to put him on good
terms with His audience.
The opera house was handsomely
decorated for the meeting. From the
flies of the stage hung large portraits
of Mckinley and Roosevelt. with the
national colors draped between them
The boxes were decorated with por-
traits of Roosevelt, Cumnins and Con-
gresham Hull, each Of them hung
round with bunting. In the audience.
the veterans of the Tippecanoe club,
who occupied reserved seats in front
near the stage. We're conspicuous. The
boxes of the house We're occupied by
Secretary Of State Martin. Auditor
Merriam and wife, State Chairman
Spence and number of leading repub-
leans Governor Cummins left the city
early in the evening and could not be
present, but Mrs. Cummins was seated
in box at the left of the stage On
the stage were the vice presidents.
Elk Secretary G. L. Dobson was chair
man of the. meeting, and shortly after
8 o'clock called the meeting to order
and presented Secretary Moody. Mr.
Dobson alluded to the remarkable pros
perity Of the country under republican
rule and to the fact that disaster fol-
lowed in the wake of the rule Of the
democracy. He said that after thu:
death of Mckinley the country had
steadied down at word from Theodore
Roosevelt, and as the president had
been seen to bring about him as his
counsellors and advisers some of the
brightest and ablest men of the nation
the people had been inspired by new
confidence.