Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-29
GIN. NILES NAME
MAS APPLAUDED
Mention of His Name at National
Prohibition Convention Too
day Brings Forth Cheers
CASTLE SCORES OLD PARTIES
Temporary Chairman Of the Indianap-
oils Meeting Declares the Republican
Party Is Too cowardy and tho Dem
ocrats Too Idiotic to Meet the Great
Problems Of the Day.


national prohibition convention was
called to order today in Tomlnson hail
by National Chairman Oliver w Stew
art. Four thousand delegates. alter
mates and visitors We're present. The
hall was decorated with the national
colors. over the platform hung the
pictures of Abraham Lincoln. Clinton
B. Fiske, Frances Willard and Hale
Johnson. After the opening prayer by
Rev George ii. Peeke. OF Sandusky. o.,
the chairman introduced w. S. Dean.
who welcomed the delegates on behalf
Of the prohibitionists Of the state.
When he mentioned the name Of Gen
plause and as he concluded three
cheers We're given for Dean. Chair
man Stewart made a brief reply and
introduced Homer l.. Castle, OF Pitts
burg, as temporary chairman
Castle said in part:
"That cankerworm Of the west,
ed States senate. and its power is so
great that the greatest lawmaking as
semblage of this country dare not
strike because polygamy has said there
is national election at hand. This
problem must be solved by braver lot
OF men than republican and democratic
senator's. The homes of the land have
fn, ar ma
gress, asking for such a uniform sys-
tenn of marriage and divorce laws as
will protect the sacraments of mar
riage 1t is treated with no courtesy
at all. This problem of an indissoiu-
BILE home life is one of our legacies.
Intelligent national solution OF the
mutual rights and wrongs of aggrega
tions of capital called trusts on the
one hand and labor with its organlza
ton on the other is problem never
yet approached from the standpoint
of statesmen, but always as politicians.
The exigencies of war opened the door
and the ambition Of short-sighted
leaders for empire have placed in our
keeping provinces which in times of
war would cost many times their value
in money and men to protect and when
annexed can only be to us In name. FOR
in heart and sympathy 1t is even more
remote than in distance. How to hon.
orably let go is a most tremendous
problem, for thus far it has been profit
less to anyone, except the liquor inter-
ests and bawdy house keepers. Above
all these, because greater in scope and
broader than all these, because largely
the source of the evils in them all Is
the problem of what to do with the
1000 saloons of this land.
Where is the political aggregation
that can be trusted to cope with those
evils? Shall 1t be that crowd of inane,
be-collared men who gathered last
week in Chicago to do the bidding OF
the hero of bioodless San Juan and
place democratic secretary in charge
of their national committee and coaxsd
some one Of even semi national repu-
tation to agree to run to this despoiler
of every trust, except the whisky trust?
BY no manner of means. The men
who, as senator's, have not the courage
to send back to Utah the much mar
ried Smoot, can never be trusted TO
cope with the evil whose talons are
sank deep in every municipality IN
this broad land.
Shall we trust that uncaged crowd
Of hyenas who will convene next week
in ST. Louis and whose chief occupa :
ton seems to be to dig in some grave
yard, uncovering the bones of some
bygone dead issue, and. failing to find
substance upon these. they turn to
rend each other, apparently caring
nothing for the peace and dignity ana
preservation of the nation in their de-
sire to gnaw at each others thfoats !
BY no manner of means. Nor shall we
wait to see what they shall do. For
the democratic convention can always
be trusted to do the wrong thing at
the right time"
| Castle concluded by saying there Was
never a clearer call for a party who
could stand before the American people
| sure of the need of the land. positive OF
| its position on public questions anu
| fearless in it's espousai of the cause Of
| the right. After the announcements of
| the committees were read recess was
| taken until : o'clock. President
Francis extended an invitation to the
| convention to attend the st. Louis ex
| position.