Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-04
Evidence That He is Working
Hand and Hand With ''Sate
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and Sane Faction
WING OPPOSING BRYAN
Aid in Circulating Literature Sent Out
8 by Hearst's independents League
Reasons for Mysterious Journey
Now ExpIained--Text Of the circu-
lars.
Special to Tlme.- Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
f Des Mofpes, Sept. 4.--The adage tina
Politics makes strange bedfellows'
was never more pertinently exemplif1ee
than last fall and at the present time
There be queer combinations, but
more unnatural and grotesuue alliance
could not be imagined than the fol-
lowing OF Hearst with the safe ane
sane wing OF the democracy. Yet, t.
those on the inside of the campaign
last fall this was known.>
In fact the head and front OF the
democratic fighters, last year. repre-
s.nted by a Waterloo sssafe and sane
democrat, who opposed Bryan during
the presidential contests in 1See-19o4
was reported to have gone secretly to
Buffalo to attend the New York state
democratic convention to lend assist
,ance in bringing about the nomination
of Hearst. Not that ne had any af-
lection for Hearst but that in the event
of his nomination for governor It was
expected he would carry New York
cut of the Bryan column in 1908.
Mysterious Journey.
The Journey to New York was pre-
aled by asmeeting at French Lick
:rings, Ind, attended by two prom
x IsP two
saterloo democrats OF the safe and
,.le'I brand, and Thomas Taggart,
aairman of the national democratic
4 n1mittee. 1t was the hope. II not the
u elief, that Hearst Il could. defeat
Hughes for; the lsgovernorship. Should
he be successful. 1t was confidently ex-
pressed such a victory would start a
presidential boom for Hearst and slim
sulate him to activity in the stale of
New York .ii
With the Empire state out of the
Bryan column, 1t was figured Bryan
would be out of the running. With
Hearst and Bryan Fighting each other,
the expectation the safe and sane
democrats could run in colorless
candidate and dv,eat both for the
nomination. AT the same, time the
safe and sane democrats We're en-
gagged in covert efforts to capture the
national committee with the view of
selecting men for that body who would
assist in defeating Bryan and Hearst
The word was sent secretly about to
Ioller for Bryan in public, but to put
the knife beneath his fifth rib under
cover" &
Reason Is Explained.
d The above explains why the Marsh
wing of the democratic party was 10th
to bring Bryan into Iowa to aid in the
election Of Porter. They were conf
dent they could beat Cummins with
Porter and without any assistance
from Bryan. To allow Bryan TO take
part in the campaign would necessari-
" place the party In Iowa under inn
piled obligations to the Nebraskan
This. is exactly the thing they wished
to avoid. This was also the reason
Marsh, Miller and Mercer had to resort
to the clever p4an Of shelving General
Weaver by impressing him into serv-
ice as advisor to- attend district con-
ferences.
VI )
they planted Walt Butler in, the
state committee at s125 per month,
Both were outspoken Bryan men. #
permitted to enter the campaign they
would urge the claims of Bryan,
Hence, they were shelved, as also was
Jerry Sullivan, who was commissioned
to make speeches in hamlet and viii
lagos where his sentiments would be
confined to limited audiences and not
be likely to get into the press.
Circulars Received. j
Within the last week local demo-
Gratis have received circular letters
from the Hearst Independence League,
Of which Hearst is the dominating fac
tor, urging them to align themselves
with the independence League, and, of
course, with Hearst, in advancing its
political creed and pushing, its candi-
date toward presidential nomination.
The circulars sent out by the league
contain studied attacks upon Mr. Bry-
an. 1t is suspected the movement is
inspired and has the secret support
Of J. j. Hill OF the Great Northern,
Thomas Ryan, the street railway mag
nate of New York, August Belmont,
Harry Whitney Payne and others of
the "plutocratic' democrats of the
east
These are suspected of being the
sources from which emanate the oppo-
sition to Bryan, and who, for shrewd
political reasons, are giving semblance
Of support to Hearst. Doubtless they
expect to use Hearst so long as he will
serve the purpose OF defeating Bryan
and then toss him into the gutter like
. squeezed lemon.
The circulars, serrt out thru the
mails by Charles Walsh, former mem
Der of the democratic state central
committee, are shrewdly calculated to
create friction, If not to incite to tu-
multi the contending factions of the
democratic party in expectation that
while they are engaged in a hair pull
ing match. the "safe and sane" dem
ocrats will run in and nominate a
candidate in complete at
cord with their own ideas.
FORT DODGE GYPSUM INTERESTS
N. S. ketchum, Railway Commissioners,
Holds Conference Will, Managers.
Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Sept Am audience
was given yesterday by N S. Ketchum
of the state board of railway commits
to the managers of the gypsum