Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-30
BRYAN TALKS PLAINLY.
Declares All Suspicion of Rail
road Influence Should be Purg-
ed From Campaign
'cUMMlNs MEN APPLAUD
APPLAUD.
cuM.MlNs
Sentiment is Greeted With Cheers by
cummins Men, But the Democrats
Are Detected - Insists That corpor-
alton Men Be Given no Part in Man
agement Of Campaign.

Des Moines. Oct. 30.--William Jen-
nings Bryan last night declared that If
any of Claude Porter's democratic
campaign managers are against rail-
road rate regulation, and If any have
accepted aid from the railroads in the
campaign against Governor Cummins.
tee and he would advise democrats not
to vote for Porter for governor as
against Cunmins, unless he, advised
and compelled their retirement and
the return to the railroads Of every
cent which they may have contrib
uted to elect Mr.. Porter.
The declaration by Mr.. Bryan Gre
ated a tremendous sensation among
the people present. The large propor-
ton of Cummins men in the audience
applauded while the democrats who
have depended on the railroads to elect
Mr.. Porter were silent or applauded
perfunctorily,
Democratic State Chairman Miller,
who sat with w. W. Marsh in the Chi
cago convention called by the railroads
to defeat railroad rate regulation, oc-
cupied a box. Mr.. Marsh came to
town yesterday morning, but did not
remain to hear Mr.. Bryan, tho he Is
the Porter democratic state commit
tee candidate for national committee
man from this state. Other manag-
ers of Mr.. Porter's campaign were not
In evidence. Few of the railroad poll
ticians, now aiding Mr.. Porter, were
present George F. Rinehart, Of New
ton, who exposed the connection of
Ed H Hunter of the Burlington rail-
road in the campaign In Jasper county
against Cummins and Maytag, occu-
pied a seat on the stage. Louis MUIR
ply, Of Dubuque, who exposed the fact
that Chairman Miller and others of
Mr.. Porter's campaign managers, were
in the railroad convention to defeat
rate regulation, was unable to hear
Mr.. Bryan's speech.
Mr.. Bryan delivered an old time
democratic speech, filed with partisan
fervor., He declared that President
Roosevelt is only popular because he
stands for democratic principles and
the things which go to make up his
record and that Of the party on which
it is making this campaign are essen
TALLY democratic, advocated by the
democratic party years ago. In effect
he called Roosevelt a democrat and
said the republicans were grown as
radical as he ever had dared be. He
denounced tariff for protection, ia
dorsed Porter's attitude for tariff for
revenue only reiterated his belief In
railroad ownership. denounced the
governments policy In the Philippines,
and talked eloquently for all OF the
old time democratic doctrines.
The meeting was tremendous sue
cess The auditorium was so crowded
at 7:30 o'clock that half again as many
people as had seats were denied admls-
sion. Practically all to whom the
democratic state committee had issued
stage tickets were shut out of the hall
altogether.
Bryan Is Barred Out.
Mr.. Bryan himself was unable to get
into the hall for fifteen minutes Like
wise. State Chairman Miller and his
chief assistant, Walt H. Butler, were
unable to get in for about twenty min
utes, and Father Nugent was only able
to get in by SUNNI oning the chief of
police, who compelled his policemen to
open the doors.
When the firemen announced that the
stage and hall were sufficiently filled
and the fire ordinance prohibited any
more, the doors were closed and the
ushers and police declined to open them
for any one. When the Bryan carriage
appeared with Mr.. Bryan, Chairman
Miller and his wife. Mr.. Butler and his
wife, and Father Nugent, an Intellectual
attempt was made for fifteen minutes
to induce the door keepers of the stage
to open the entrance. Even Mr.. Bry-
ans voice was not recognized.
Mr.. Bryan and his party were all
lowed to get next the door, but it was
useless. More than 500 people crowd
ed around the stage entrance. The
door keepers were unnloved. Finally
the idea did get thru their heads that
since it was 81 and the speaker was
not present, perhaps Mr.. Bryan was
outside, and the door was opened to
him, and to him alone. Mr.. Miller, Mr..
Butler and the others were unable to
get in, and the door closed. Finally
word was gotten to Chief Jones, and he
escorted the party to a side door and
got them in. their clothing being the
worse for wear.
Meantime the great crowd had grown
impatient, but when Bryan appeared,
spent the time in cheering.
When Mr.. Bryan, Father Nugent and
State Chairman Miller moved on the
stage. the crowd cheered itself into an
ovation Mr.. Miller called the meet
ing to order and introduced Father
Nugent who in eloquent sentences in