Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-08
DEMOCRATS BANQUET
Bryan and Others Address the
Jeffersonian Meeting at Des
MOines
OTHERS OF FAITHFUL SPEAK
Bryan Declares Roosevelt is Just Find
ing Out What the Democrats, Have
Known for Years-says Roosevelt
Can Not Place His Mantle on Taft
Officers Elected.
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Des Moines. April s.-Enthusiastic
democrats met with the Iowa Jefferson
or democratic club at the Slavery no.
tel parlors Saturday evening and heard
speeches from representative mem
bers of the party relative to the fight
of 1908. Hopefulness marked the
speeches and furnished the inspiration
for the cheers which punctuated the
speeches. No suggestion antagonistic
to Mr.. Bryan was heard.
The club reelected it's old officers
to whom the great success of the fifth
annual Jefferson banquet was attrib-
uted. These officers are:
President II. c. Evans of Des
Moines.
Treasurer. S. Cunningham, OF
Knoxville.
Secretary. II. McCook, of Elma
iowa.
Vice presidents by districts - First
d. A. Young, of Argyle; Second, NJ. j
Wade, of Iowa City; Third, lsouis Muir
ply, of Dubuque; Fourth, j. j. Kieron
Waucoma; Fifth. II. ). s,tiger of Tama
Sixth, O. P. Meyers, of Newton; Sew
enth, C. L. Price. of Winterset; Eighth
w. d. Jameson, of Shenandoah; Ninth
]. r. Graham Of Malvern; Tenth
George Ritz of Rockwell; Eleventh, w
G. Sears of Sioux City.
Executive committee-C. r. Porter
Of ,Centerville; ]. d. Denison. of Du-
buque; E. NJ. Carr, of Manchester;
J. B. Weaver, of Colfax; G. f. Rine-
hart, Of Des Moines; c. D. Huston. OF
Cedar Rapids; w. H. Butler, of Des
Moines: w. r. Hart of Iowa City; j
w. Copeland, of Des Moines; A. j
Anders, of Oelwein; w. G. Campbell
of Harlan.
Speeches were heard from W. j
Bryan, Champ Clark, John D. Deni-
son. recent democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor; John D. Daltor
of Manson. Tenth district member OF
the democratic state committed Judge
e. M. Carr of Manchester: %. p. Mey-
ers of Newton, vice president of the
club for the Sixth district; George f.
Rinehart, editor of the Des Moines
Chronicle; Gen. James B. Weaver, OF
Colfax, and State Chairman Charles
W. Miller
Mr. Denison said the democrats of
Iowa would welcome the contest of
1908 between Bryan and Roosevelt.
He said democrats had nothing to
fear from the fight.
William Jennings Bryan did not ar
rive till very late, but the Jefferson
banquet did not lag in interest.
Congressman Champ Clark was an
hour late, too-all this delay was on
account of trains-and Howard S. lay
lor, corporation counsel of Chicago,
who was expected to treat the demo-
Gratis to poetical toasts, telegrap Pied
that he was ill in bed and could not be
present.
William Jennings Bryan told the
democrats of Iowa that the government
ownership of railroads is not the press
ing issue. The immediate questions
relate to watered stocks, to the valu-
alton of the roads, to the high rates
now being paid by the people-and he
thought the man who wastes time
worrying about the evils of long re-
government ownership which
the people possibly may find is essen
stead of fighting to solve immediate
problems such as those suggested, is in
sym pathy with the wrong side in the
controversy.
Roosevelt seeks to place his mantle
on Taft, but you may search in vain
in Taft's record for a single thing he
stands for or ever did stand for, that
the people want" said Mr.. Bryan.
Bryan declared that federal control
Of the railroads would never be real
ity, because the senate is filled with
representatives of corporations and
that the state legislatures are now do
ing toward controlling corporations
what congress never could be induced
to do.
Roosevelt is just finding out what
spiracy exists in the party to turn 1t
over to the corporations" said Bryan.
cit is the same conspiracy we had two
years ago. 1t defeated us and it will
defeat Roosevelt.
Il am not sure but that few more
with the republicans like
those of the past few days and Roose-
welt will surrender back our ideas
which he has appropriated and to
which his whole popularity is due, He
is too democratic for the republicans
and not good enough for the demo-
Gratis. Unless Roosevelt will come out
openly and say that the trust magnates
are no better than highwaymen we
cannot accept his pretended fight
against the corporations as sincere
Bryan warmly scored the manage
ment of the Parker campaign and was
loudly cheered when he said the con-
element shall not control the
democratic campaign next time