Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
Ottumwa Democratic Editor
Calls Him Ideal MugWump,
With Shifty Principles
DEMOCRATS FOR FREE TRADE
Also Claim Boies Was Not Sound on
the Silver ouestion-Bryan Denies
Ever Having Said That the Silver
Issue Is Dead-silver Democrats in
Control.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones, Oct. 21.-The disagree
ment of the Iowa democrats regarding
the tariff is a matter of considerable
comment in political circles thruout the
state. The criticism of Ex-Governor
Boies by Editor Brewster of the OF
tumwa Democrat is especially sig
nificant. Mr.. Brewster is the man re-
for revenue plank in the democratic
state platform. In speaking of Mr..
Boies he says:
Horace Boies came to the democrat
&c party from the republicans on the
prohibition question. He was not sound
on the silver question, and he is so
wabbly on the tariff question that the
republican papers are quoting his OPP
position TO real democratic principles
on the tariff question. Uncle Horace is
D back number. He is an ideal mug
wump. He is dead duck politically.
and most any party can prove almost
anything 1t wants To by him, He Will
cut but little figure in this campaign.
The idea of a democratic defending the
protective tariff. No real democrat
would take such position"
Mr.. Brewster appears TO be very bit
ter toward the ex-governor 1t must
be remembered, however, that many
other leading democrats have taken the
same position. as Mr.. Brewster. In fact
Mr.. Sullivan the candidate for govern
or, occupies identically the same po-
sition. and has gone even farther. He
demands that the protective tariff be
swept away altogether and is an out
and-out free trader. Other democratic
orators and newspapers have taken the
fame stand. and 1t appears that the
democrats of Iowa are unable to unite,
even on the tariff. Some of the more
conservative papers are urging Mr..
Sullivan to be more careful in his dec
larations for free trade. but Mr.. Sulli-
ran does not heed their requests. He
continues to attack the protective tar
If very bitterly in every speech he
makes.
Mr.. Brewster, however. has other
sauses to complain against Mr. Boies.
He declares that the ex-governor was
not sound on the silver question. This
IS SlS HI VIEW VI tiiC ithSl sAi.tS
The last democratic convention repud-
ented the Kansas City platform and
made no mention of silver. OF course
Mr. Boies was not in favor of this
course. but in spite of his protests and
{ the protests Of thousands of silver dem
ocrats, the convention refused to re-
affirm. the Kansas 2ity platform.
The silver men havS been quietly at.
work ever since and there is reason
to believe that they are again In prac-
teal control of the party management.
Mr.. Brewster's criticism OF Mr.. Boies
on the silver question is another in
dicatton Of this.
Mr.. Bryan, the leader of the silver
force all over the country, has en-
phatically denied that he ever said the
silver issue is dead. He was so quoted
by a professor at Iowa City. but the
silver leader repudiated that interview.
1t is evident that large faction OF
the Iowa democrats still cling to sill
yer. Mr.. Sullivan, the candidate for
governor. was always silver man, and
his district voted for the re-affirma-
ton of the Kansas City platform in
the last state convention.