Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-20
Des Moines Democrat Writes
Scathing Letter to Bryan Be-
cause Of Iowa Speech
BRYAN INJURED BY ASSAULT
J. S. Meredith Points Out to NearasI<an
Some Facts He Thinks Ae Ought to
Know About lowa's Governor - Had
Better Leave Iowa Fight to Iowa
Men, and Not Mix in.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 2O--The Bryan
men in this part of the state are no;
pleased over w!rat 1t is reported Bry-
an said in Iowa. They say that he mas
merely spoken as atil.er, Marsh and
Johnston have desired him 10, ana tha;
he fell into the hands of the Philis
tines. j. c. Meredith of this city, yes
teriay addressed to Bryan at his home
the following letter:
Hon. William ]. Bryan, Lincoln
Neb.-Dear Sir: My attention was to-
day called to some big headlines in the
Chicago Tribune, that faithful ally and
servant of the railroads, showing great
delight over the fact that you had been
prevailed upon to come into Iowa ana
deliver one speech and in this one
speech according to the Tribune, you
devoted almost your entire time 10 a
criticism OF Governor Cummins. OF
Iowa.
II have voted for you twice, and
have been willing 20 follow your lead
almost anywhere, but permit me to
suggest that you have done yoarselt
INJURY by coming to Iowa to assall one
wno in his SpnSre, has been at leaSt
as advanced as you have been and
who by reason of having official po-
sition, has been able to do, and has
DONE much for the cause OF the COM
mon people. / believe firmly in your
willingness to put the man before the
dollar is public service. but here Is a
man who Is not only willing but has
done it, and yet you came here to as
sail him. You have been deceived
You are qLoted as saying that Gov
ernor CumminS has too much con-
science to be Il standpatter and too lit-
tie courage to be a reformer.' IT you
only realized as we of Iowa have been
made to realize, the kind of courage 1t
takes to do what Governor Cumminss
has already done, you would not say
this No man in public life, not even
yourself, has ever been more bitterly
rassailed by the corporations and their
trucking followers, than Governor
Cummins. And he has never made a
fight for any position but that he has
openly defied these political leeches.
"You complain that Cummins has
not gone fast enough or far enough In
the direction of reform He has gone
al good deal faster than it has been
possible to bring others to his view,
and in the present campaign, as you
tho Sn1a
plant about him on the part of very
large body of the voters is that he has
gone too far. He and Ex-Governor Lar
rabee have, in this campaign, placed
on higher ground for re-
form than w. j. Bryan. If NCummins
is beaten at all, it must be by the votes
Of those who not only do not believe
the tariff should be revised by it's
friends, but who believe that neither
it's friends nor it's enemies should ever
touch the tariff. You have ranged
yourself alongside of these in the fight
in Iowa. Is your choice we'll made?
eff you had been as wise as Secre-
tary Shaw was the other day in his
famous speech in Pennsylvania, in
which he said he was not there to ad-
wise them in their state affairs, but
would leave that to people Of their own
state to do their own house cleaning,
as they had local fight on their hands
in which he would not enter-if you
had shown the wisdom Of Secretary
Shaw you would not have tried to adj
wise us as to our affairs.
your chief complaint, apparently,
against the governor of Iowa has rela-
ton to the rate legislation, and you are
represented as criticising him in this
regard. While you do not say so, ac-
:ording to the report in the Chicago
organ of the railroads, you leave the
that if the people of Iowa
want federal railroad rate regulation,
hey must join you under the banner Of
Porter. and march in the ranks as. a
follower of the motley collection of in
lividuals now directing the campaign
20 beat Cumnlins.
''Do you know what this means?
Are YOU aware of the company you
nave got into!
"1'he man who grasped you by the
1and as you came into Iowa, and who
you with inform alton as to
what would do most harm to Governor
fairly represents the whole
He was last year dele
gate 20 a convention in Chicago, where
lie railroads sent all their ,henchmen on
'ree passes and paid their hotel bills,
and he joined with others in adopting
4 resolution declaring that we are
opposed to comforting on
he interstate commerce commission,
,r any other appontive agency, the
power to prescribe rates for transpor-
.ation.' Among the Others at the con-
vertion, was the man who has been
designated to go on the democratic ma
.ional committee to represent Iowa.
These men are also among those who
made it possible by their boiling to
keep you from being elected president.
This crowd which you met and is
seeking to make use Of you in the Iowa
Is the crowd which sent
yollr friend and admirer. J. B. Romans,
into ratiren,ent. which madA IL innpos.