Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-06
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

The admirers of Mr.. Bryan put much
emphasis on the claim that president
Roosevelt. in his uttered sentiment an"
public practices, is merely saying Wnae
Mr.. Bryan has for years past, ana 40
ing all that Mr.. Bryan will II he oc-
cupies the presidential chair. Ihey
90 further and say that Citizen Bry-
ans "messag e," recently delivered IN
New York city, is the Roosevelt plat
form. of course excepting the idea or
government ownership. In other words
Rryan. as representative Of the DEM
ocrat party. is ready. If elected presi-
dent, to carry on the big reforms Pres
,deut Roosevelt has already accom-
piished. Admitting all this to be not
political buncombe. the country is 10
he congratulated for one thing is GER
tain and sure, the republican parts VIII
name a man with full as much OF re-
form in his political make-up us Mr..
Bryan processes and possesses.
There is this big difference between
the two men, Roosevelt and Bryan.
Assuming that both take the same view
Of a public question. Agreed that said
question Is In the nature of a reform
that the public by a big majority de-
mand shall be put In force. With this
assumption and agreement before them
will the friends of Mr. Bryan claim
that he personally has the weight, the
force, the faculty. of inducing congress
to adopt his recommendations. Put it
another way. Can any candid man
claim that with Bryan in Roosevelt's
place for the past tire years, presen.
results would be on the statute books.
Could BRYAN have forced railroad
rate bill thru reluctant senate? Gro
yer Cleveland and William Mckinley
favored many reforms and wrote many
messages to congress. Did they lead
their party or follow? Mckinley wrote
congress that 1t was our bounden
duty to give Porto Rico full and free
access to our markets" Did they get
what was due them?
The claim that Roosevelt is stealing
Bryans thunder, is as ridiculous as for
some village reformer that gets the
weeds cut along the streets and al
legs, to claim that he has performed
an original meritorious action. The
weed cutting comes when the citizens
of a town by a majority favor such ac-
ton. A Bryan may good work in the
way Of speeches to call public atten-
ito INTO the medal reform. We can
cheerfully give Mr.. Bryan such credit
marks But it is the man of action
rather than words that puts the public
under obligation. It's the mayor of a
city that has the streets and alleys
cleaned that we admire and desire to
re-elect, rather than some good citi-
large, that says it ought to be done. The
large majority of temperance reform
ers the country over, good citizens that
they are, begin and end their actual
temperance work with tongue and pen.
Hence temperance is minus rather
than plus, results.
No nation on earth evolves men to
the extent of the United States. En-
vironment hardly explains the process.
The VIM j. Bryan of eight years ago
has almost disappeared. It's prepos-
ferrous suggestion that seventy millions
of people have been educated to adopt
Bryanism of today. If Bryan should
enter this coming campaign with his
speeches of eight years, delivered YER
batim, would the present day demo-
cracy recognize their Moses. The same
line of argument is true in Roosevelt's
case. His evolution is equally start
ling E.orn of wealthy parentage, rear
ed in aristocratic circles, starting in
life physical weakling, he today is
mentally in full touch with the COM
mon people, and physical, the admira-
ton of the athletic world This coun-
try does not produce a Gen. Grant
every day, but this country does, by
process of personal evolution, have
men ready at hand for every national