Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-10
DEMOCRAT IN A ROW
Rinehart, Leader Of Bryan Fac
ton in Iowa, Makes Attack
on Central Committee
SCORES CHAIRMAN MILLER
Says Sop Was Held Out to Bryanites
in Order to Retain Control of State
Organization Shaw Abandons
Hope of Securing Iowa Delegation
Other Political News.
SCORES CHAIRMAN MILL
Special to Times-Republlcan.

been injected into the democratic par
Fly OF the state by the starting of Il
good sized row. Bryan democrats in
Des Moines have the lorg, keen knife
committee which took tae democratic
conventions away from Des Moines
They have started campaign with the
object of removing those committee
men from the office.
| George r. Rinehart, leader of the
Bryan faction and editor of the Demo-
cratic Chronicle. is at the head of the
movement Saturday night he made
\ the following statement:
rThe action of the democratic state
Icommittee in ignoring The claims or
Des Moines is in perfect keeping with
the opinion l have entertained for the
past year, that as a whole, the commit
tee is unworthy OF the confidence of
the rank and file OF the party in Iowa
THE party as a whole is thoroughly
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and the principles which he endorses.
! No man can represent the principles
of the rank and file o. the party in
Iowa who Is in any sense reactonist
or a so-called conservative.
There are good men on the commit
tee but they have beer so dominated
by the chairman. Mr.. Miller that for
all practical purposes he is the com
notice, voting the proxies of absent
members to promote his personal ends,
and utilizing the organization for pure
~ selfish purposes. This was demon
strated when he tried to make has
friend and adviser, w. W. Marsh,
members. of the national committee, in
defiance to the wishes of nine-tenths
of the democrats in Iowa. This move,
in the midst OF the campaign. lost the
election of the democratic ticket as 1t
is estimated that some 10000 demo-
Gratis voted for Cummins, not because
they had no confidence in Porter, but
because they had no confidence in his
com -. lee. And, altho a good man,
he could not carry the dead weight or
a committee not in sympathy with
democratic aims and purposes as
taught by William Jennings Bryan
and represented by Porter.
1.-The statement of Chairman Miller
that he took the convention away from
Des Moines because of the treatment
he had received from the local press.
shows that he is not big enough to rise
above personal spite and is conse-
quently unfit to longer serve the par
ty in official capacity. Every COM
{ta nf oh
Miller should he made to answer for
his subservience and If I mistake not
the temper of the rank and file, this
will be done"
Mr.. Rinehart is the Iowa head Of a
movement which is being started all
over the country known as the Bryan
Volunteers" This organization has re-
ceived the personal approval Of Mr..
Bryan. Its purpose is to unite all Of
Mr.. Bryan's friends into one compact
organization and at the same time to
raise a campaign fund of small contri-
buttons from his friends, because he
would not accept the contributions Of
any corporation or interested party.
A branch Of the Bryan Volunteers
will be organized in every county in
Iowa. A meeting was recently held
in Des Moines at which sixty demo-
Gratis Joined. Monday morning work
ers, from Des Moines will leave to per-
feet the organization over the state.
Friends Of Leslie NJ Shaw in Des
Moines stated last night that he had
decided not to ask or make fight for
the Iowa delegation to the national
convention. It is said letters from him
are to this effect-that he would be
glad of the delegation If 1t were given
him is known, but he will not make
a fight for it. A story has been cir
culating in political circles that he
planned on the delegation helping to
nominate Dolliver for vice president,
expecting to get the senatorial va
cancy. if unable to land the presidency
for himself.
Standpatters declare that there is
absolutely nothing in the rumors that
Senator Allison may withdraw, but
that on the contrary headquarters will
soon be Opened IN Des Moines by
John T. Adams Of Dubuque, who may
remain or put some one else in charge.
1t also is said that Mr.. Allison will
visit Iowa within a short time. Charles
Finl<bine of Des Moines IS said to be
member Of the Allison executive
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