Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-11-01

D1YlV N STRONG Plea
DEMOCRATIC LEADER ENpoRsE3
ThG TICKET.
MAKES A BRILLIANT spEscA
Demonstration at ce3 Moines the
Biggest Accorded Speaker for
Many Years-Pays His Respects to
the Register and Leader.
Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 29.-Colonel
| William j. Bryan spoke to an i'm
mense audience here tonight. He
gave strong endorsement of Claude
r. Porter which created great en-
thusiasm. Such a crowd filled tho
auditorium and crowded about the
doors that the speaker of the evening
had difficulty in securing an entrance.
He was given the greatest ovation a
| political speaker in Des Moines has
received Tor years, and while he
spoke for over two hours, no one left
the great audience. Hundreds of peo-
| pie were unable to get into the build.
ing and went away disappointed.
He said in part:
Before taking up the subjects
which | desire TO discuss permit me
to refer to the editorial in the Regis
| ter and Leader this, morning. The
Register and Leader charges that l
come to the state under the aus pices
OF men who participated i'll the rail-
way conference in Chicago called to
prevent an endorsement of President
| RooSeve,t's rate regulation program
and to lend countenance and moral
support to a state campaign which is
being financed, directly and Indirect
ly, with railroad money. The paper
refers to what said about Mr. Sui
livan of Illinois and charges that the
situation in Iowa is such that cannot
consistently object to Mr.. Sullivan's
remaining on the national committee
and at the same time support the
Democratic ticket in Iowa. gladly
accept the challenge of the Register
and Leader and make this PROPOSE
state committee who occupies The po-
sition that Mr.. Sullivan occupies,
will insist that he ought to resign
from the committee. Mr.. Sullivan is
an official in a Notwithstanding COM
pany that is constantly seeking fa-
| state. II there is any member of the
Democratic state committee in Iowa
who occupies the same position, | will
say of him as l said of Mr.. Sullivan,
that no man can serve two masters
and that no man ought to be a mem
4
who is connected w in q favor-seeking
corporation, for such a one cannot be
just to the public and TO lis corpora
tion at the same time.
Second. ii there is a person on
tic state committee who is opposed
to railway rate regulation. OF who
tried to defeat the bill proposed by
the president for rate regulation. he
ought to resign from the committee,
for the Democratic party cannot afford
to have any one connected with its
| party organization who takes the side
Of the railroads against the people ON
this proposition.
Thrill, me Register aud Leader
saws ,ire-uivaesll ~ that Tie Demo
cratic campaign in this state is being
financed. directly and indirectly, with
railroad money If that is not true,
it is libel, and the editor ought to
apologize for the statement II it is
every dollar OF such contribution be
returned to the railroad which gave
it and that the member of the COM
/ mittee who received the money resign
and that every member of the COM
mittee who knew of the receipt of
Leader will bring evidence to prove
that the committee hes received
money from any railroad in this state,
CT in any other state. to aid in this
campaign, and Mr.. Porter does not
demand the return of the money and
the resignation of those who re-
ceived it, or knew of it's receipt, |
will ask the Democrats of the state to
vote against him. Can make my
position any stronger than that?
81 am informed by Mr.. Butler that
not one dollar has been received, di-
rectly or indirectly, from any railroad,
nor from any one who is a position to
4 contribute railroad money. If my in
formation is correct, then the Des
Moines Register and Leader has, for
political purposes, libeled the Demo
cratic organization and the Democrat
lie party. If my information is incor-
rect, and the Leader will prove what
it asserts, l will insist upon the re-
turn of the money and the resignation
of those who received it, and If the
Democratic candidate does not de
mand this, will advise the Demo
Gratis to vote against him.
81 have examined Mr.. Porter's rec
ord, and it is better than Governor
Cummins' record on the railway
question, and whereas Governor Cum