Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-23
Court Room Crowded to Hear
Republican Candidate for
Congress
1yERs FAILS TO APP
APPEAR
Trust Regulation, Tariff Revision and
Guarantee of Bank Deposits Dis
cussed in Business like Way and
From Republican standpoint in Light
Of Republican History.

The first and only republican, rally
of this campaign crowded the east
court room to the doors and beyond
| hundreds standing up owing to the in
| ability of the committee to obtain ad-
ditional chairs. Every available chair
in town seemed to be in use by the
| Odd Fellows convention, and it was
impossible to provide for the crowd
comfortably. Attorney General Byers
disappointed the audience by falling to
appear, having been detained at his
office by some important matters of Of
fetal business. But j. W. Good. can
didate for congress. was there, and
mace good in every way He spoke for
an hour and half, holding the inter-
est and attention of the audience thru
out.
Following an hours concert by the
MarshalltoWn Union band, and the Y
NJ Z. A. drum corps, Mr.. Good
was ushered in by recep-
ton committee, composed of Hon.
Henry Stone, c. II. Van Law,
Marshall county candidate for state
senator and W. H. .Arney, candidate
for representative from this county. Mr..
Stone introduced the speaker and pre-
sided at the meeting.
Good appealed to his audience, re-
CARELESS of party affiliations to review
with him the history of republicanism.
He explained that the three paramount
issues this year We're trust regulation.
tariff revision, and guarantee of bank
deposits. He recalled the history of
the democratic party in it's fundamen-
tai doctrine of states rights, which has
always denied the right of the federal
government to regulate traffic between
the states. even as to the slave traf
fic, and it seemed to him that the
democratic party was largely ridiculous
this year in setting itself up as the only
party which could regulate trusts. Then
he recited the passing of the Sher-
man anti-trust law, how it remained
a dead letter under Cleveland because
a democratic attorney general, true to
his school of philosophy. held that the
law was unconstitutional, and there
fore no force; how two republican adj /
had enforced it, and
how some of the most important court
decisions under which the law is now |
being enforced, were delivered by
Judge Taft.
AS to tariff revision Good told of the !
industrial depression which scourged |
the country under the democratic tar
if which Bryan helped to frame. of |
the prosperity which came when the |
republicans had restored protective
Tariff, and then he explained that the |
republicans were pledged to call an |
extra session for the purpose of revis- !
ing downward those schedules which |
should be found to be too high for
adequate and reasonable protection
On questions of finance Good con-
'idered Bryan hopeless failure, while !
him to be a wonderful or
,tor. He recounted his fallacy of free
silver, and argued that the guarantee
II bank deposits. while plausible and
attractive. should be examined with
ARE. The man VINO had written that
blank in the democratic platform.
Governor Haskell. had been so thor
'ughly discredited as a paid lobbyist
# Standard Oil. and crook, that the
cheme needed more than democratic /
Endorsement. He believed that it would
all of its purpose, and that it was
ounded on an unsound principle in
hat it proposed to tax honest banking
or the populations of dishonest bank
rs.
Closing Mr.. Good paid an eloquent
ribute to Taft reciting his accom-
lishrhents and his record for doing
hings