Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-22
Noted Southern Writer Renews
His Plea to Unite on Roose-
welt or Bryan
GRAVES SPEAKS TO DEMOCRATS
Makes Stirring Address at lroquois
Banquet in chicaso-Diverse and
IrreconclabIe Views Regarding Pres
identiaI Campaign = Graves Views
Criticized.

Chicago April 22.-The opinions ex-
pressed by democratic leaders at the
banquet given by the Iroquois clut
Saturday night to open the presidential
campaign Were diverse and irreconcil.
able. Three hundred leading local anc
national members of the party met al
the Auditorium hotel to discuss the
issues on which the party must go be-
fore the public.
John Temple Graves. representing
boldly suggested that either Bryan OF
Roosevelt withdraw in favor Of the
other.
Congressman Champ Clark of Mis-.
souri, sharply criticized Graves view.
B. f. Shively advised return to the
fundamentals as outlined by Thomas
Jefferson.
Edwin M. Circuit, president of the
borough of Brooklyn, praised Jefferson
and urged the party to adhere to the
principles of it's founder.
Congressman G.. M. Hitchcock, OF
Nebraska, approved of radicalism.
j. NJ. Dickinson struck sharply
discordant note by denouncing the or
acles of the party who think their ex-
pressions are it's ipse dixit." Dickinson
decried the obvious purpose Of dis
rupters to wrench the very govern
ment out of shape.
Mr.. Shively warned Of approaching
danger which shows itself Sin the foam
on the billow that tells Of the threats
and danger In the surging tides be-
low"
He described the tumultuous sea as
the struggle between labor and capital
This struggle has drawn the lines OF
classism' in his opinion, "till they are
perllously taut."
The speeches were long and the ban
queters late, and it was early morning
before the last speaker concluded
Graves neutral policy and suggestion to
eliminate party lines was rejected by
a majority of the leaders.
Two Powerful Leaders.
Mr.. Graves said in part:
conditions are in upheaval and thu
country in uncertainty and unrest. The
republic wants new parties and new
men. Bryan and Roosevelt hold the
keys. They know and respect each
other. They are fighting for the same
great interest. l would be ashamed
OF Bryan if, as definite democrat, he
did not prefer Roosevelt to Parker.
who was not offensive 10 the trusts
l should lose my faith I'M Roosevelt il,
as a democrat REPUBLICAN, he would
not at times prefer the patriot Bryan
to Foraker, the champion of the trusts.
These two men have on their lips
the power to change the face of the
parties and regenerate the republic
One word from Bryan would send
Roosevelt back to the White House
omnipotent One word from Roosevelt
would just as surely make Bryan pres
ident and clothe him with power TO,
reform. Each can elect the other
Never was such power, opportunity and
responsibility in the hands of two men
These two men are merely tangled
over terms enmeshed in names.
"Tribunes of the people, soldiers in
a common cause, champions of righte-
BUSINESS. they are afraid Of parties and
abashed hwy shibboleths. Yet in all the
world they stand alone fronting the
opportunity for immortality by trans
cendent patriotism. The obligation is
even upon each. Will either rise to the
great heights? Will Bryan's unselfish
conservation or Roosevelt's impulsive
and courageous honesty inspire the
waiting word? have pointed my owr
hero to his opportunity. If he will not
grasp it let us hope the other may.
I'm the name of economic liberty;
in the name of new and regenerated
state, let this campaign reach the re-
public's loftiest height.
"If Bryan, from defeat, will not re-
Irvine the laurel upon Roosevelt's cons
quering brow, then from the great
height of victory let Roosevelt reach
down to light the patriot Bryan up to
power and duty.
"These are the lights of destiny
Roosevelt is greet because he is above
partisanship. BorrM in the camp OF
special privilege. he followed orthodox
in the wake of his party. But one day
William r. Hearst flung at his feet an
array of unanswerable statistics to
prove the baneful existence and in
iquity of the trusts. Theodore Roose-
welt was never the same man again
He buckled on his sword and went
forth to war on the merger of the
Hill-Harriman lines. His sword has
ever since been unsheated in demo-
cratic battles against corporate greed
Bryan is a great man because he
has never feared to champion his con-
victions against his party. He was
developed from the militant west and
his doctrine, born of new democracy.
sparkles with the shining sentences
from the populist party. The great
economic proposition to which he has
bravely linked his name is a graft
from the dying bosom of the old farm
brand which breathed honest doctrines
forth from the soul"
Too Much Proof.
District Attorney Jerome. at a din
ner in New York, told a story about