Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-20
THE CAMPAIGN
IN MISSOURI
William ]. Bryan, Speaking in
Northern Missouri, Urges the
Election Of Jos. W. Folk.
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN.
The Good Name of Democracy In the
Nation, He Declared, Was In
voIved in Democratic sue
cess in Missouri.

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governor is better known nationally
now than William Jennings Bryan
was when nominated by the national
democracy for the presidency in 1896.
The statement must go unchallenged,
since it was made by Mr.. Bryan him
self in a series of speeches delivered
in northwest Missouri, in the ourse
of which he urged the election Of the
entire democratic state ticket, so that
the administration might be in per-
feet harmony with Mr.. Folk. He in
dorsed specifically Sam B. Cook, can
didate for secretary of state on the
ground of long and m~eritorious party
service.
The good name Of democracy in the
nation, he declared, is involved in the
election of Folk and in the majority
by which that election shall be OBJ
tanned. The good judgment of the peo-
pie of Missouri is put to the test, he
argued, by the opportunity which oc-
ours of returning Francis Marion
Cockrell to the senate.
The safety of the American republic
and the principles upon which it was
nursed and has thriven, he maintained,
are at stake as between Theodore
Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker. His
argument left no question as to where
the public choice should incline for
president.
The st. Louis convention, he admit
ted, had not done in all things us he
would have wished, but he made the
reasons in favor of Parker's election
appear 81 convincing that full, round
and clear Missouri cheers followed his
final mention of the New York Judge.
Two Points of Difference.
/. Upon only two grounds can the dem
ocrats who followed him, he said, dis
agree with what Judge Parker repre-
sents-the money question and the in
come tax. Upon many other questions
they can agree; witness the tariff, the
trusts, labor legislation, Philippine in
dependence and anti-imperialism.
Republican rule" said Mr.. Bryan,
sis debasing ideals Of government and
forging the shackles of militarism. 1t
caters to trusts through the tariffs and
is rearing its large army to use against
the laboring man"
Such was his damnation Of his op-
ponents.
Col. Bryan entered upon his two
days campaign of Missouri, expanding
freely his usual energy and eloquence.
His name is very potent in this state
and tremendous crowds were attracted
to hear him.
Beginning at Maryville in Nodaway
county, he went south to Chillicothe
In the afternoon, speaking at STAN
berry and P%attonsburg on the way.
Maryville is n of the most pros
porous towns in M of the most beau
tiful counties in Missouri. To-day
marked the opening of a street fair,
where a speakers stand had, been
erected facing tiers of temporary seats
and in front of the courthouse.
Crowd Waits in Rain.
The sky was clouded over and a
chill drizzle was falling. But men,
women and children filled the seats,
crowded the streets in q compact mass
and waited in the wet to hear the two
times candidate for president of the
United States. Old men by the score
were in the crowd-men so old and so
feeble that it would seem the exposure
were a great risk OF life. At Stanberry,
where no address was scheduled, fully
1000 persons had assembled and at
Pattonsburg several hundred.
When the Wabash train reached
~Chillicothe, Bryan's admirers crowded
the platform to the limit of it's capac-
1ty. He was escorted from the depot
by a committee composed of Capt. W.
H. Mansur, Douglas Stewart, DIR. w.
r. Simpson, F. X. Thompson, w. l..
Watkins, ]. T. Bradshaw and e. G.
Orr. After lunch at the home of Mr..
Stewart, he was taken to the park in
the center of town, where he found a
scene which must have thrilled him,
used as he is to great audiences.
Applause Generous.
Bryan is the democrat who makes
Missouri democrats shout. They cheer
and they cry Bryan, Bryan" just as
they did SO vociferously in the st.
Louis convention. To-day's crowds
were no exceptions. They measured
their sentiments in lung power, and
they showed a great deal of both.
Leaving Chillicothe over the Bur-
lington, Mr.. Bryan met large gather