Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-03-11
Denial Of a silly Story.

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Waterloo, and the Democrat of
Waverly, are circulating a report
that q. M. Carr, one of the publish.
ers Of this paper, had left the demo-
cratic party. They assert that he at
tended the meeting of the Hearst
League in Chicago on Washington's
birthday, the 22d of last month,
when as matter of fact he did moth
ing Of the kind. He was at home
in Manchester on the day the Hearst
or Independence League held its re-
cent meeting in Chicago, and for
several days both before and subse-
quent to that date.
1t has been more than year
since E. M. Carr has even seen Mr..
Walsh, or Mr.. Hearst, or any of Mr..
Hearst's workers or associates. In
saying this he does not want to he
understood as saying that he would
have done anything reprehensible
had he visited with these gentlemen
many times during the past year.
and conferred with them in reference
to public men and measures.
Mr.. Bryan knows Marsh & Miller
as we'll as he does his fingers, and
their enmity is valuable with him,
the same as it is with the rank and
file of the democratic party in Iowa.
That is why the writer has not
sooner denied these silly stories.
Were it not for the request of friends
he would not publicly deny them
now.
Personally feel no enmity toward
either Mr.. Marsh or Mr.. Miller.
While it is true they. have tried to
injure me, and have usually been
unjust and untruthful in their at
tacks, it is also arue that they have
never to my knowledge succeeded
in harming me- On the contrary
their hostility has aided me on many
occasions.
Four years ago when 1 was can
didate for delegate at large to the
national convention at St. Louis,
Miller came to Delaware county
with his pockets full of money, pre-
sumably contributed by the Inter
ests'' in New York city that raised
an immense yellow dog" fund that
year to exploit the democratic party.
Miller and his associates spent sew.
eral days in this county at that time
and if current reports were true, he
disbursed his swag literally, but all
without avail. The contest extended
to all counties in the state, and re-
suited in the election of the writer
as first delegate at large by more
than two-thirds vote, and his subse.
quent election as chairman of the
Iowa delegation to the st. Lou s
convention.
And another instance which now
recall happened at the great Water
loo convention two years ago. The
writer made himself specially objec-
tionable to Marsh & Miller at that
convention, by his active support OF
Claude Porter for governor, and his
opposition to Miller's "boose plank, !"
which he was unable to induce the
democrats to make part of their
platform. Porter is a clean man
and true democrat in the broadcast
sense Of the term, and his nomina-
ton was bitterly opposed by Marsh
& Miller. They had no use for the
writer because he helped to nomi-
nate Porter, and when his name was
presented to the convention, with
that of other candidates, for the Of
fee Of Judge Of the Supreme Court,
Miller jumped at it like bovine at
a red rag. The writer tried to have
his name withdrawn, to obviate the
necessity of taking ballot, but Mil
Ter was rushing up and down the
aisles which separated the delegates
peddliog his stock story of that time,
and the convention refused to en-
terrain the request. and on call OF
the roll of the Counties, nominated
the man Miller tried to defeat. ]
was told at the time that Miller was
assuring the delegates that I was
not democrat, but was Roosevelt
republican. l think Mr.. Miller's OPP
position on that occasion helped me
to defeat a man better equipped for
the Office than |. And when ] think
of these and other occasions when
Miller's political opposition has
been a stepping stone for my adj
vancement, I cannot in my heart feel
aggrieved over his present stories.
l always feel complimented when
decorated with Miller's political OPP
position. Until he becomes real
democrat 1 have no desire for his
political friendship.
Nebraska Solid for BRYAN.