Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-01
BRYAN SAYS he
STICKS TO RULE
WILL ASK THAT PORTER RETURN
CORPORATION MONEY IF
HE HAS. RECEIVED ANY
Takes Up Charge Made by the Reg
lister and Leader-Says If the News
paper is in Error 1t Should Make
Apology to Candidate.

Des Moines, Oct. 31.-The Bryan
meeting Monday night was by long
odds the largest political meeting ever
held In Des Moines. Long before the
hour for the commencement of the
speech the auditorium seating nearly
5000 people was packed to the doors
and the doors were closed, while fully
5000 people filed the street from curb
to curb in front of the building. There
the people stood in the biting wind I'M
til Mr.. Bryan arrived Demands for a
speech were incessant until he appear
ed upon the balcony and for half an
hour addressed the crowd In the
street. After bidding them good night
he went into the auditorium and was
received with a tremendous ovation.
He said In part:
| Before taking up the subjects
which desire to discuss permit me
to refer to the editorial In the Register
and Leader of this morning. The Re.
gister and Leader charges that come
to the state under the auspices of men
who participated in the railway confer
ence in Chicago called to prevent an
endorsement of President Roosevelt
rate regulation program and to lend
countenance and moral support to a
state campaign which is being finan-
ced directly and indirectly with rail-
road money. The paper refers to what
said about Mr.. Sullivan of Illinois
and charges that the situation in Iowa
is such that I cannot consistently OBJ
ject to Mr.. Sullivan's remaining on
the national committee and at the
| co tho Hnrnnnrq ID
state ticket in Iowa.
Takes Up Gauntlet.
"I gladly accept the challenge of the
Register and Leader and make 1t this
proposition. If there is a member on
the state committee who occupies the
position that Mr. Sullivan occupies,
will insist that he ought to resign from
the committee. Mr.. Sullivan is an Of
fetal in Misunderstanding company
that is constantly seeking favors at
the hands Of the city and the state.
If there Is any member Of the demo.
cratic 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 member OF
i IAS 0SuOSldC1S O16t1AalAolAOh VAO AS
connected with a favor-seeking corpor
alton, for such one cannot be just
to the public and to his corporation
at the same time.
Second, If there is a person on the
state committee who Is opposed tc
railway rate regulation, or 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 or
ganization who takes the side of the
railroad against the people on this pro
position.
Denies Railroad Support.
Third, the Register and Leader says
unequivocally that The democratic
campaign in this state is being fin
anced directly and indirectly with rail
road money If this is not true it is
a libel and the editor ought to apol
ogize for the statement II 1t is true
Mr.. Porter ought to demand that ev
i turned to the railroad which gave II
and that the member Of the COMMITTEES
! who received the money resign, ant
tudL SNOly ACluUCl VI tuc COllu1lClce
who knew Of the receipt of the money
i resign. If the Register and Leader
will bring evidence to prove that the
committee has received money from
any railroad in this state or in any
other state to aid in this campaign
and Mr.. Porter does not demand the
return of the money and the resigna
ton of these who received it or knew
of its receipt, will ask the democrats
of the state to vote against him. Car
make my position any stronger thar
that?
II am informed by Mr.. Butler thai
not one dollar has been received di
rectly or Indirectly from any railroad
nor from any one who is in position
to contribute railroad money. If m!
information Is correct then the De!
, Moines Register and Leader has fol
political purposes libelled the demo
cratic organization and the democratic
party. If my Information is incorrec
and the paper will prove what 1t as
serts, will insist upon the return o
; the money and the resignation Of those
who received it and if the democrati,
candidate does not demand this will
advise the democrats to vote agains
him. have examined Mr.. Porter
record, and 1t is better than Governo
Cummins' record on the railway ques
ton, and whereas Governor Cummin
: stands for few reforms, Mr. Porte
stands for all the reforms fol which
the democratic party stands pledged