Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-10
bryan ON PLATFORM
Scores Iowa Democrats For Fail
ure to Reaffirm Kansas City
Financial Plank
ON REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
He Makes Great Deal Of the Alleged
Uncertainty Expressed in It-Trusts
Not to be kiIled-Why Party Stand
ard Was Placed in Hands of SulIi-
van-other General News.

Lincoln, Neb., July 10.-William j.
BRYAN in the Commoner Thursday dis
cusses at length the action of the re-
cent democratic convention in Iowa IN
its failure TO resffirm the financial
plank of the Kansas City convention,
saying:
THE Iowa democratic convention
was not referred to las, week because
the editor of the Commoner had not Sc
cured the information necessary for an
intelligent discussion of The situation.
He is now in position to say that the
was controlled by the re-
dictionary clements of the party and
that the refusal of the convention to
reaffirm the Kansas City platform was
due principally to the influence exerted
by the representatives of corporations.
but partly to neglect on the part OF
the friends of the platform.
The corporation democrats are in
politics as matter of business; they
assume that their salaries cover their
political services and they can attend
at little expense, while the
ordinary democrat must pay his way.
The cost of railroad fare sometimes al
fects the selection of delegates and still
more often affects the number who
actually attend. IT, for instance,
county harnonizes by sending five cor
poration democrats and ten Kansas
City platform democrats to state con-
vention and fails to instruct, the five
who can get passes may go and six of
the others may not feel able to attend.
Then the county stands to 4 against
the Kansas City platform; If they are
instructed to vote as unit the i've
may by voting the four cast the fifteen
votes against reaff1rmatior.
ITO this advantage the corporation
democrats add the advantage which
they derive from the fact that they are
In method. They are not
only willing to betray constituents but
they consider it smart to deal unfairly
with their party associates.
IN the recent Iowa convention the
delegates from Wapello county were
chosen by convention which endorsed
the Kansas City platform. but the re-
chosen by courtesy. We're on
hand and In the absence of some OF the
Kansas City platform democrats cast
majority of the votes Of the county
against the platform. According to the
American. of Creston, Mills county en-
dorsed the Kansas City platform, but
was misrepresented in the state con-
vention.
How can an honest platform be ex-
pected from men who deal dishonesty
with their constituents?
THE Iowa platform contains many
good planks, but without improving up
en- the last national platform in any
respect il shows weakness where it de-
parts from that document.
"The plank against imperialism is
not clear. The coupling of Porto Rico
with the Philippine islands leaves it in
doubt whether the self government
mentioned is self government in an in
dependent republic. as demanded by
the Kansas City platform, or self-gov-
eminent as O part of our nation, as a
few republicans favor.
Attacks Platform Planks.
Nothing is said In the platform
about arbitration, Notwithstanding the
increasing necessity for some just and
peaceable settlement of differences be-
tween labor and capital.
The money plank was written to
deceive. 1t has the flavor of the plat
form written by Wall street represen-
tatives for both OF the leading parties
before 1896 and for the republican
party since.
I'VE insist that the integrity Of the
money Of the nation be guarded with
jealous care. That looks reasonable
enough, but 1t will be found on investi-
cation to be intended by its trainers to
mean the gold standard, altho not
gold standard openly in a democratic
platform. Do they think the voters
fools and unable to understand the
purpose of the flnanciers? OF course,
the goldites will concede few words
about wanting sufficient volume of
but they construe that to mean
that we already have too much. The
deserves credit for denoun-
cling an asset currency and the Aldrich
bin, but such condemnation would
have no influence on an official who
showed as much contempt for his
platform as some of the delegates
showed for resolutions adopted by their
counties. A man who is afraid to in
dorse bimetalism lest he may offend the
cannot be depended upon in
any contest in which organized wealth
is arrayed against the people.
(. Why Sullivan Was Named.
mo wonder the reorganiaers were
to risk one of their own men
on such platform. If they had nom
mated one of their own kind his candi-
dacy on such a platform would have
aroused widespread protest, but instead
of that they placed the party standard
in the hands of Hon. J. B. Sullivan,
one of the ablest and staunchest of the
silver democrats whose county and
district made a gallant
fight for reaff1rmation. Judge Caldwell
and the other nominees were also faith
full to the party In 1895. The demo-
Gratis Of Iowa have therefore to choose
between a good ticket on a cowardly
platform partly good and republican
ticket running on as bad q platform as
could well be conceived.
What should they do?
Vote for Sullivan and his associates
on the ticket, but continue to fight for
Kansas City platform principles. The
real contest will come next year when
national delegates are selected.
Let the loyal democrats, by consid-
aring the unfairness shown by the re-
organizers this year, learn what to ex-
pect in case the party goes back into