Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-28
To the Members Of the Democratic
National Committee.


Walshlfrom mem bership IN your body,
friends of w. w. Marsh Of Waterloo,
represented to you that the democrat
fc state ce ntral committee of Iowa
was unanimous In the desire for MI
Marshes appointment to the vacancy
Those representations were false
and misleading. The committee Is
not unanimous for Mr.. Marsh.
Furthermore, 1T was represented to
YOU. or to your chairman, that the de-
sire here In Iowa was for the immed.
late appointment Of Mr.. Marsh. This,
as you have already learned, was not
true.
Mr.. Marsh Is regarded in Iowa as an
ltra-conservatiye democrat. He is
not in sympathy with the progressive
tendencies of his party and never was.
He bolted the party in 1896 and I'M
TIL assured OF the inevitability of Mr..
BryanS nomination by the party in
1908, opposed the Bryan influence in
the party.
He carried his opposition to Bryan
men and to all except such as chose to
ally themselves with him in his effort
to secure con troll OF the organization,
he offered continuing hostility.
He opposed the policy of rate regu
1ation advocated In the democratic
platform of 1896, and was present at
tine 'rump" rate convention In Chica-
go, organized by the railroads to dc.
feat the will OF the people.
The democrats OF Iowa 1000 of
them who untad fa- Isr. Bryan In
1885, are impressed that the national
committee would be rebuking them II
1T selected as their leader in the state
man conspicuously disloyal in 1896
They present as their candidate q
man who was loyal in 1896, a man who
has always been a democrat, man
who has ably and sincerely advocated
those principles and policies which
the party has enunciated in national
platforms. He is resourceful, able 10
organization, untiring in his devotion
to party's interests and won for him
self during his term as district attor-
ney for the Northern District of Iowa
in the prosecution of pension fraud
cases, a reputation unsurpassed by
{ that of any other lawyer in Iowa.
BE is not candidate in the sense
that he is self-seeker. He is candi.
date because loyal democrats who &C
cepted In good faith the olive branch
rendered by the conservatives" and
saw their trust abused by the covert
assumption Of control OF the state
committee, balk at this planned eli
maxical outrage upon them. He is q
candidate because they called upon
him to step into the breech and defeat
the effort to put at the head of the
lows democracy man who would
( have feeSon to fear submission of his
candidacy 10 state convention. He
is candidate because the election Of
his opponent would ALLEVIATE from the
support OF the democratic party
Thousands OF voters whoare suppressed
FROM It's past leadership liz the state
that itts sincere tn tha advocacy of it.
principles.
Under the leadership of BrysH men
the party in Iowa has polled vastly
larger vote than at any time in IFS
history. II the boilers OF 1895 had not
deserted THO party in its hour OF direst
need, it would have triumphed in Iowa
In 1895 despite the $3.50, 900 turned In.
70 the republican campaign.
The democrats In fair weather and
bad, the democrats who have borne
the brnnt Of the fray, the democrats
who are for principle and not for ex
pediency. ask the election of Gate
Sells to the succession. Their faith is
In him and their trust has been re.
peatedly proven well placed. A friend
of Bryan, q friend of true democracy
alone will have the support of Iowa's
democratic democrats as national
committeeman.
The appointment Of Mr.. Marsh be-
fore election would embarrass the
state campaign and cost the ticket
10000 votes. Ills appointment even
after election would split open the
party and inaugurats . ERht for his
reputation in 1905. -TeIesrapis Her
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