Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-27
REPUBLICAN PARTY
NOT NOR1GAG[D
Congressman Rodenberg, of Illi-
nois, Makes Red Hot Speech
on Politics in House
W. J. BRYAN is CRITICIZED

S's~''~
Awaits Him-Bryan Doomed to Walk
The Political GanapI ank-Has Moth
ina in Common With Roosevelt.
washington, April 27.-The demo-
Gratis and William ]. Bryan in par
ticular, were criticized in the house OF
representatives today by Mr.. Roden-
berg, OF Illinois. He began by re-
Serring to "the terror that struck MS
sn,,l" when as a new member he "trem-
bled with fear as some democrauc
member, in deep sepulchral tones, tnat
smacked of the gloomy depths Of the
cheerless tomb, arose in his seat and,
assuming the attitude of Ajax defylns
the lightning, hurled anathema upon
anathema at our devoted heads and
nredicted the overthrow, swift, sure
and Immediate of the republican ma
iority in this house. In the still small
hours Of the slum berless night my
tortured soul cried out aloud: ON Lord,
what must do to be saved? 1t is all
different now. Democracy's dismal ana
doleful note of warning, which from
time immemorial has been sounded in
this chamber at regular intervals OF
two years, no longer terrlf1es-lt silii-
ply alnuses. What once was high trag-
edy Is now only comic opera.
The Democrats Are Pessimistc.
Launching into an analysis of What
as q democrat" Mr.. Rodenberg said
that the average democratic statesman
always had been disciple Of the doc
trine Of despair. His is the philosophy
{ Of pessimism His face is ever turned
towards the setting and not the rls-
ing sun. He is never so much at
peace with himself as when he is quar-
relfng with someone else. lnstlnctlVe-
", he prefers funeral dirge to a
wedding march, and believes that the
song Of the dying swan would make a
most glorious national anthem. he IS
happy only when his fellow men are
sad. Night after night he sends up d
feryent petition to the Great White
Throne, asking the good Lord above
to visit his children with some great
disaster, such as fire, or fever, flood or
famine. drouth or death, earthquake
shock or ocean storm, for in vista
tion Of that kind his mor,bid and mel
ancholy mind thinks it sees some
promising political possibilities"
Has Sympathy for Bryan.
Mr.. Rodenberg said that the demo-
Gratis were trying to extract some COM
fort out Of the fact that the republl-
cans were not unit as to who should
lead them to victory in November but
Z he was proud to state that the repub-
1ican party was not the personal as
set of any individual. No man, he as
serted, held mortgage on it's prlncl-
pies, its policies or its purposes. and
1t had never issued a commission IN
perpetuity to anyone to write its plat
forms and do all it's thinking. THANK
God" he exclaimed, ut has never been
afflicted with a political Sindbad. an
Old Man OF the Sea, who has secured
- strangle hold on its Windpipe and
choked it into abject submission to
his every whim and caprice. In all its
history the republican party had never
developed a perennial disappearless
leader who arrogates to himself the
sole power Of political excommunica-
tion.' The democrats, he declared.
long since had lost their courage, in
dependence, and manhood you have"
he said, addressing the democrats,
.'been compelled to accept Bryan with
all his idiosyncrasies or suffer the
consequences Of his mighty wrath. You
have not been converted; you are still
the same old Saul of Tarsus But your
feigned loyalty won't last. You can't
keep up the ielusion. The history of
the democratic party teaches US that
the glory of today is the pathos of to-
morrow" He spoke of Grover Cleve-
land, in that connection, as "the un-
crowned hero" to whom the democrats
swore undying fealty and devotion, but,
he said, "When I contemplate the fate
of Grover Cleveland, when I recall the
once high estate of that discarded and
forgotten idol of yours, then indeed do
/ feel sorry for one William Jennings
Bryan" The day would come, he pre-
dicted, and it was not far distant, when
Bryan would be made to walk the
gangplank of democratic decapitation
and go to his political grave, "unhon-
sored, unwept and unsung" He gloried
In the fact that the republican party
always had been opposed on principle
etc the Incorporation Of a presidential
nomination trust" and that there was
q division among republicans as to the
personality of their candidate for pres
ident.
Compares Roosevelt and Bryan.
Tracing the developments of the last
several presidential campaigns. Mr.
Rodenberg further referring to Mr.
Bryan and his paper The Commoner
as well, said that he didn't know what
the paramount issue this year would
be, but he was prepared "for almost
any old thing" II wouldn't be sur
prised." he said. "to find in the demo-
ocratic platform this year a declaratio
to the effect that the only clean. legit-
innate untainted money in the United
States is that which is derived from
the lecture platform and from the pub
lication Of the Conlmoner a newspa-
~ which. with becoming sense of