Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-27
Democrats Fear the Peerless"
One Will Put Them In a
Hole In Iowa
LETTER IN EXISTENCE
Reply From the Nebraskan Statesman
to Appeal to Do Something to Hurt
cummins Might Be Embarrassing to
Iowa Democrats If Printed-The
Bryan Meeting.
Special to Times-Kepuplican.

Des Moines, Oct. 27.-What will
Bryan do to the corporation crowd
which has charge of the Porter CAM
paign in Iowa? The question worries
the corporation machine good deal.
Republicans are Indifferent.
1t is fact that the committee in
charge is not pleased with the prospect
of having Bryan in Des Moines; that
is, some OF the members of the COM
mittee are not pleased. They have
reason to fear the result.
There is suspicion that he might
have discovered something as to the
true state of affairs in Iowa since his
last visit, and that Is what impelled,
him to ask for chance to speak in
lDes Moines. The corporation manag-
ers fear he will let out the truth.
These same men now engineering
the campaign against the republican
party tried to induce Bryan to come
into the state or to write letter or to
do something that would do harm to
the campaign for the nomination of
Governor Cumnins. They got re-
ply from Bryan. II they would print
that reply it would be hard matter
for Bryan now to explain away.
Probably the reply will be printed pro-
vided they induce Bryan to say some
thing contrary to his then expressed
views as to the corporation alliance in
the state. Certain it is that they did
70 or In, hojr
corporation campaign.
1t was originally planned that Bryan
should be provided with a special car
by the Burlington and that he should
come over that route, making num-
Der Of speeches, but the fact is that
the managers fear to have him come
that way. There are persons down
along the line who would, II they got
chance, tell the truth to Bryan about
& the way things are going in Iowa. And
SO Mr.. Bryan, on his trip into Iowa,
will be lodging the truth
But the corporation crowd which IL
managing the Porter campaign hopes
to be able, by having Bryan here, to
convince the Bryan democrats Of Iowa
that Bryan fully Endorses them and
that he has formed an alliance with
them, and that they have his 20. K"
in the matter OF their selection of a
democratic national committeeman.
They figure that Bryan will have to in
dorse their whole campaign and that
they will have captured him before
he finds out what is going on. They
realize what Bryan did over in Illinois
in repudiating one Of their kind and
- ~ ok noe 1iff1o iiC
for the Indiana brand of politics rep
resented by the national committees
man from that state. But they do
want to have Bryan's approval on
their Parkerizing Of the democratic
party in Iowa.
Yet they fear he may not come out
squarely and indorsef Miller, Marsh,
Sullivan and all the rest Of the cor
poration crowd Their hope is that
they may be able to keep from Bryan
the facts in regard to the Iowa situa-
ton.
It is not probable the republicans
will have another meeting in Des
Moines There has been practically no
consideration of the subject. There are
some republicans who are expected to
attend the Bryan meeting and to shout
for free trade and to vote with the
democrats on election day, but their
number is not great, and it is not an
ticipated by republicans that Bryan
will say anything that very much
needs answering.
There is some speculation as to what
attitude Bryan will take with refer
ence to Roosevelt and his reform pro-
gram. Elsewhere he has criticised
Roosevelt. The democratic congress
sional handbook numerically scores
Roosevelt and all who are like him
among republicans. But lin Iowa the
democratic campaign has been arrang-
ed to catch the votes of republicans
who claim to want to stand by Roose-
yeh In this manner. Porter doesn't