Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Cato Sells for National Committeeman

Cato Sells for National Committeeman.
There are two candidates for the
vacancy on the national committee
created by the recent resignation Of
Charles A. Walsh. One is Cato
Sells Of Vinton, the other w. w.
Marsh of Waterloo. Between the
political views of these two men
there is a gulf as wide as ever d.
vided two political parties.
Mr.. Sells is a leader, who leads in
the direction of the peoples inter-
ests. Mr.. Marsh politically is a cor
poration asset.
In 1896 Mr.. Sells was United
States District Attorney for the
Northern District of Iowa, and in
that campaign he openly supported
Mr.. Bryan, Notwithstanding the fact
that President Cleveland was re-
moving men from office at that time
for supporting the candidates of
their party and the party that elect
ed him to office. In 1896 Mr.. Marsh
was hocking with Mark Hanna and
helping to celebrate the victory pur-
chased that year with corporation
contributions.
Mr.. Sells was accompanied to our
recent convention at Waterloo by a
Bryan Club from his county more
than 500 strong, and was elected
permanent chairman Of that great
convention, and presided over its
deliberations to the satisfaction Of
every delegate. Mr.. Marsh was
there also, and helped cast the first
vote Of his county for governor
against his townsman, Mr.. Boies,
which act was roundly Missed by the
convention.
Mr.. Sells political experience has
been wide and varied yet always
true to real democracy. He hasrak-
en- an active part in behalf of his
party in every campaign since he
attained his majority. Not alone in
his own state, but from ocean to
ocean his eloquent voice has been
raised for score of years in support
of truly democratic doctrines. In
1900 Mr.. Sells was a delegate at
large to the Kansas City Convention,
and was chairman of the Iowa dele
cation that year. Mr.. Sells is a
gifted orator, and as a compliment
to his many qualifications he was
selected as one Of the speakers at
the recent reception banquet tender
ed to Mr.. Bryan at Chicago. Mr.
Sells served as member and officer
of the Iowa democratic state COM
mittee for many years, and has dem
onstrated that he possesses rare abil-
ity as an organizer and leader. In
business as we'll as in politics Mr..
Sells is success, and better than all
he is highminded, genial gentle
man, who can be implicitedly relief
upon at all times to do the right
thing in both public and private life
And what can Mr.. Marsh's friends
say about his political experience or
qualifications for the position? 1t is
true that he is a successful manufac-
turer and an agreeable gentleman, but
what has he ever done to endear
him to the democrats Of Iowa? The
trend Of his mind is undemocratic.
If he had his way he would rest our
government on wealth and shift the
control Of public affairs as much as
possible from the less wealthy to the
more wealthy. In other words place
the dollar before the man. His
presence at the recent trump" rate
convention, which was held in Chi
cago to devise means to defeat the
will Of the people, was in line with
his personal feelings and political
leanings. Mr.. Marsh. has a right, Of
course, to advocate and do what he
can to promote his own views on
public questions, but he has no right
to represent a quarter of a million
real democrats, and his attempt to
do SO is raising a storm Of protests
from every county in the state, and
from no county more than Mr..
Marsh's own county where his po-
litical views are best understood.
From May Ii, to Sept. 4, of this
year, there has been an increase in
deposits of $9,79O,690 maze by the