Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-11

pers to the men that he nsrepresents
There are enough labor men in my dis
trict to defeat me. but / want to look
them in the eyes and tell them that
have represented them in my bes'
judgment. Let us have no hypocrisy
here. II you want Gompers and Bryan
don't vote for me. because ] won't give
them their legislation.
Let us call him William Joab Bry-
an" He said of the democratic candi-
date. Bryan would do to the supreme
court what Joab did to Amasa in the
Old Testament story
Mr.. Cannon explained that the DEM
ocratic friendship of labor was spuri-
Gus and that in the south. where the
democrats are in control, few labor
laws have been enacted.
",rhe south may never wake up" he
said. until the peerless leader dies
BRYAN he further compared to Don
Quixote, fighting his own hallucina-
tions. a seer of things, not doer.
Tells Bishops Their Bill Won't Do.
Coming to the Methodist church bis
hops. who denounced him so bitterly
for his attitude in the Littlefield liquor
bill. the speaker first showed that the
bin as presented was unconstitutional
in the opinion of many able house law
wears. He said that substitute bill
which would remedy the evil COM
planned of and at the same time DC
constitutional had his approval and
was ready for consideration. Then the
speaker went on to tell of his own con-
nection with the Methodist church. he
said his wife was a member and that
now he was a widowed brother-ln law
of the church.
81 am making no attack on those
good bishops" he said. 1T is good
church and they are good men. But
they make mistakes. For instance
Reed Smoot was sent to the senate
from Utah. There was a hysterlcai
cry against him on account OF poly
gamy. An investigation was ordered.
It was proven that Srnoot never mad
more than one wife, yet the cry arose
against him that he believed that doa
had ordained polygamy
Now, no two men ever worshlpeo
God alike We can not change eoo' we
worship our conception of him.
"a number of the bishops OF THIS
church made it matter OF earnest APP
peal to see to it that the senate look
action to turn Smoot out. That was
not good for the church. 1t was not
right or Godlike.
Methodists no Cinch on Mistakes.
.In morals the church is all right
but when you run 1t to denouhce
things mistakes are made. alii
throwing no stones. Us Methodists nave
no monopoly on mistakes. The talk OF
these bishops on my attitude toward
the rum question and about my car
like power is nonsense. -,
II like the bishops. If they will let
me / will be buried from the FIRST
church, as my wife was. But they got
misinformat go off haif
cooked. / take an appeal from the SIN
bishops and the laity of the Methodist
church"
Uncle Joe did not make any refer
ence in his speech to the Bryan attack
on him during the day on the matter OIL
Bryans alleged wealth. The report that
Bryan had called the speakers state
ment that he (Bryan) was worth mil
lion dollars a lie was shown to MI
Cannon lust before he left his house to
Join the parade that was waiting for
him He laughed.
Glad Bryan Has What He Has.
"That was pleasantly of mine," he
said. 81 made the statement that L had
been informed Mr.. Bryan was worth
81 900 900. would be glad If he were.
1t would make no difference If he had
only SO. / am glad he Is worth $780,
600. These things amount to little when
it comes to the great question of
whether he is worth enough to be in
trusted with the leadership of this ma
ton.
"He asks me to be candid and say
how much money have. Let him ask
any taxpayer here. always have been
honest in scheduling my property l
never have posed as man who
thought it wrong to accumulate more
than a certain amount of this worlds
goods"
Mr.. Cannon dismissed the subject
with this comment, adding as an after
thought:
Il would like to have Mr.. Bryan
asked if he can show the strawberry
birthmark that proves him to be right
full heir of the Roosevelt policies"