Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-02

quartet IN place of Mrs. Bessie Mercer,
the regular contralto. Mrs. Mercer Is
now in Texas. and will resume her con-
cert work in the fall
a quartet, to be a success IN assem-
bly, work, must possess voices that are
strong and have great carrying power,
voices trained to perfect harmony, ana
that the Chicago Lady entertainers
possess these qualifications was estao-
lished in the first number, the May
Dance" by j. c. Macy, and in the fol-
lowing selections, among which The
Dixie Kid by Geifel, created Juror.
All are soloists of marked ability.
Bryan's Address.
A sea Of eager, faces greeted the
noted democrat, many coming from
distance to hear him. Several were
heard to make the remark, Il deter
mined to attend this session If no
other, for l may never get to see or
hear Bryan again, you know" While
the speaker announced himself as glad
to speak a little outside of the line of
politics, his address was cleverly inter-
woven with political references, and his
dry, characteristic puns on his political
career and defeats moved the house to
laughter time and time again. His sub
iect. The Value of an IDEAL favor
tie one with him, was a broad, liberal
and intelligent discussion of the effect
of the ideal on life, not in one phase
only, but in all. The speaker defined
| it as the measure between success and
failure, and sometimes between life and
death. He regards the increasing num-
Der of suicides, excluding those due to
Il disordered mind as due in a large
measure to false ideals. He said also
that he had known mans own ratio Of
himself to that OF others to be greater
| than 16 to /. An ideal must be high
and in advance to keep us struggling
until death. Progress dies with the
| overtaking of an ideal, for life is a con-
tinual unfolding.
Speaking for a moment on his own
life. Bryan spoke of his changing am
billions and ideals, and of how he came
to enter politics, and his hopes and as
prations for his party and the nation.
He expects the ideal of citizenship to
eventually become SO high that to be a
private citizen in the United States
Will be deemed greater than to be a
king elsewhere.
He touched on the lawyers ideals,
the degeneration of the one who fol-
lows the low one and finally loses his
power to discriminate between right
and wrong. and the elevation to high
position of honor, of the one who
spends his life in an honest search for
justice.
Passing on to the national life the
speaker said man could best help his
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party which shall aspire toward the
highest standard shall finally domi-
nate this country. He confessed with
shame the decentralization of public
opinion, the thought only for the sue
cess, regardless OF how gain
ed. of some particular party or
man. He wants high ideals for ali par
ties. not his alone. and spoke of the
necessity of having more than one par
ty. However. he stated, there were
more people in the republican party
now than were necessary to watch the
democrats. Immense applause greeted
his allusion to the Australian ballot,
and the proposed election of senators
by direct vote OF the people. He said
the time WAS not far distant when we
would write on the ballot our choice
for senator and not leave il in the
hands of railroad commissioners to de-
eide After stating that the people
should have what they want, referring
TO the tariff and the Iowa idea. to lie
lustrate, he asked What more could
/ eoncede in the interest of harmony!
There must be a national ideal. It 10
that which has made this nations im-
press on the world. He spoke of the
pride we all should take in Cuba's en-