Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-26
PORTER 1O DEMOCRATS.
Temporary Chairman Of State
Convention Assails Record OF
Republicans
SAYS NEXT PRESIDENT is BRYAN
Porter Urges Free Trade Between
Colonies, Reduced Tariff on Neeessi-
ties Of Life, and No Duty on Trust
Made Artieles-PIsads for Harmony
ia the Party.

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Made ArtieIes-PIsads for Harmony
in the Party.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, March 26.--When the
democratic state convention was called
to order shortly before noon today,
Hon. Claude r. Porter, of Centerville,
was introduced as temporary chair
man. MIR. Porter delivered an address
that enthused the convention, which
vss in q receptive mood for enlogies
81 Bryan and for an attack on the re-
publican party Mr.. Porter said in
part:
MT. Porter said In part:
Never IN the past. in my humble
Judgment, has the need for the effec-
tive application of genuine democratic
principles in our governmental affairs
been as great as a. the present. The
political engagement Of 1898 has been
termed the First Battle" and so ].
was in the struggle of the people for
the restoration of the rule of man as
against the rule Of dollars. 1t was,
however, but preliminary skirmish
compared to the contest we are now
approaching. For twelve years, pred
atory wealth" has been building and
adding to Its intrenchments, but the
issues are now more perfectly under
o1o ri
and our forces, hope, more united;
the result will be more far reaching;
the battle bound to be more terrific;
hut greed, trickery and cunning must
be trampled under foot" if the re-
public is to live.
On October Panic. A.
What shall I say Of recent hap
pening? We who have been SO accus-
toned to listening to the glowing de-
scriptlons given by republican orators
OF the great benefits of a protective
tariff, and It alone; how high tariff
always brings prosperity; and these
same gentlemen have told us in equally
brilliant terms Of the wonderful bless
ings, singly and alone, from the gold
standard. Yet, to think that undo: the
highest tariff ever enacted. which had
been in force ten years, and with the
gold standard in full ,peration: with
the friends of both in full and conf
plete control of every branch of our
government, about the first of las; Oe
tober, like a clap Of thunder from a
clear sky, there came upon us a panic
as direful in it's results as any that l,;ss
been visited upon us in a generation.
Special mention is here due to our
great leader. No man in our land. at
any time. has been so greatly abused
and so vilified by the large banking in-
terests of this country as William Jen-
nings Bryan. h III season and out OK
season, they have gone out of their
way to traduce him. They have eX-
hausted the English language in their
effort to express their contempt for
him and his political opinions. Not a
thing that they could do, have they
left undone to weaken hts influence
and cause him to lose the esteem Of
his fellowmen. If man ever had a
Just cause for seeking revenge, he did
The opportunity came to him, for no
one will doubt for momen. that.
with the large personal following that
he admittedly has, a singl. hint or
suggestion at the critical time would
have caused run on the banks that
none could have withst@od. Did he
seize the chance? Did he speak the
wore? Did he by a single act cause a
suspicion that all was not we'll? Not
he. But giant of a man and patriot
that he is, he declared in substance in
q public address in Indiana. that that
man was a traitor to his country who
in his country's financial need with
drew his funds from known solvent
banks. No republican statesmen, ZEAL
Gus in defense of the administration.
went so far as that. If had never
admired him before, l should now
honor him.
Shaw's Dark Picture.
Imagine, if you please, my. utter,
complete surprise when on taking up
my Register and Leader of February
IL last. and seeing on the first page
IN fa.ge head lines the fact that the
high priest Of the standpatters, Secre-
tary Shaw. had delivered himself Of
q speech the preceding day at Mar
shall, Michigan. in which almost at
the very commencement, he pictured
q condition so dismal that hal to re-
read it several times to con. ince my
self that he was discussing conditions
under the administration Of Theo lore
Roosevelt and not under one Grover
Cleveland. The picture was this:
"Over three hundred thousand freight
cars standing empty on the tracks,
Eight thousand locomotives white
Headed and out of commission ,ne-
fourth of the population Of several
large cities idle, and for the arst time
under republican administration, Tree
soup houses in every industrial center;
the price of farm produce naturally
and materially deprecated, furnish an
object lesson which ought t. produce
a measure of sober mindedness OF the
part of the American people
Need Another jackson.
Andrew jackson was needed in his
time to loosen the hold of the bank of
that day upon the government, and
another Jackson is needed now to di-
vorce the United States treasury from
the banks of Wall street. To see that
1t is run in the interest of all of the
people of this great country, and not
for the advantage of the stock gamb-
lers and brokers of that single east
ern city.
Nearly sixty days ago President
Roosevelt. in a message, plain and i'm
possible of being misunderstood, with
all the emphasis he could comman j.
pointed out the imperative need of
present legislation that would assist in
+t,a r.ont,.nl of the law dafvjpp wealth