Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-20
DEMOCRATS AT RECENT MEET
ING AT DIES MONIES DISCUSS
CHANGED SITUATION.
BRYAN SAYS CONGRESS is
STEALING HIS SPEECHES
Democrats Urged to Abandon Party
Ties and Vote for the Men Who
Represent the PeopIe-club Formed
for Purpose of Securing More Help
on Iowa Farms.
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Des Moines. May 2O.-"There's a
democracy and there are democrats;
but there is no democratic party" This
was whispered by an observing news
paper man after the Rinehart banquet
the other evening in this city.
Yes" was answered, land some of
the democrats wear one party tag and
some of them another
The Rinehart banquet was really
notable affair. for here was one who
has been most conspicuous as a DEM
ocrat in Iowa, bidding farewell to old
associates, and gathered to wish him
we'll We're two men who together had
been five times in the race as a pres
idential candidate. Rinehart stated
that he was going to Oklahoma avow-
eddy because it has the most democratic
constitution of any state and that it
was largely written by Bryan Had
there been no other speakers at the
banquet than Weaver and Bryan i,
would have been sufficient. General
Weaver referred to what is happening
at Washington by saying he had never
before realized how much wisdom there
was wrapped up in those old populist
speeches of his. And he carefully re-
Trained from complimenting the rep
resentatives of the democratic party in
the senate. Mr.. Bryan likewise avoided
casting any bouquets toward those lab
eled democrats at Washington. In fact
Mr.. Bryan more than intimated that
from his view point all party lines has
disappeared in the scramble for faTors.
But it remained for Mr.. Mycrs, 81
Newton, lifelong friend of Mr. R.ne-
mart, to speak right out in a meeting
which was practically a family confer
ence of democrats. Mr.. Myers said in
substance that it was time now for
those who had been fighting under the
name of the democracy 10 abandon
party ties and to get to work with
those of all other parties who are de-
ternined upon maintaining the rights
Of the people. His was q distinct plea
for complete DISARMAMENT of the demo-
cratic party as a party.
And General Weaver and w. ]. Bry-
an heard it and applauded.
Before the banquet the writer asked
General Weaver if he had been read
ing the Congressional Record.
Yes, and With much interest" he
said. 1T reminds me of old times. Say,
do you know. I've been thinking of GO
ing before Judge Mcpherson and get
ting out an injunction"
What would that be for?"
ITO restrain them from making use
of my old speeches"
The banquet as a compliment to Mr..
Rinehart was a distinct success. What
ever else may be said of Rinehart he
has the respect and good will of the
men of Des Moines who know him and
especially of the newspaper men who
have followed his work for years The
little banquet party which gathered TO
see him off adopted resolutions most
eulogistic in character and Mr. Bryan
and General Weaver both declared
their sincere pleasure at being per-
mitted to join in the occasion.
To get more farm help for Iowa is
the undertaking that has been should
cred by the new Iowa Club formed in
this city. The club while encouraging
the development of waterways, in
creasing the number of factories thru
out the state and other commercial en-
terprises, is not overlooking the urgent
| demand for rural workers. Efforts are
being made with immigration bureaus
to get some of the meritorous immi-
grants sent to the Iowa farms. Other
states have been getting this class OF
men and women thru this source anG
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of themselves. There is a general COM
plant thruout Iowa that enough farm
help can not be secured. There is quite
a tendency for the younger men anG
women raised on the farms to go tc
the city. Their places must be filed
Thousands of the immigrants wan
farm work. That is what they have
been raised to do and it is said they
make the best kind of workers. Some
of these people wish to buy farms o.
their own and make homes here fol
themselves and children. 1t is this elias.
Of people the Iowa Club seeks t
bring to Iowa. They want men wht
will help build up the great agricul.
tural part of the state. Secretary Hill
of the club, Is shortly going to Chicago
to try and make arrangements to ge
some of these immigrants sent t.
Iowa. The Iowa Club makes no dis
elimination as to locality. 1t is a cul
for the interests of the whole state ant
is willing to aid all parts of Iowa.
At the annual convention of TIL
Mississippi Historical Association to b.
held in st. Louis June 1S, Curator Ed
gar r. Harlan Of the Iowa historical
department, is on the program a
chairman of the meeting that after
noon of historical societies. The asso
citation is composed of historical so
cieties in the Mississippi valley, in
Guiding Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, low;
and others. The assignment of tn
Craftsmanship to MIR. Harlan is a hig