Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-14
BRYAN AVOIDS ISSUES
IN SPEECH AT DIES MONIES "cOM-
MONER" CAME NEAR BEING
NoN.PARTlsAN.
SAYS REPUBLICAN LEADERS
DO NOT STAND WITH PARTY
Declares Proeressives Are Real Demo-
Gratis and Should Be Voting With
His Party-State Issues and Demo-
cratic Liquor Plank Are Ignored -
Other Political Gossip.
cial 70 Times Republican.

Special 20 Times Republican.
Des Moines. Oct. 14.-William j.
Bryan came just as near TO making
non-partisan speech as he knew how,
before big crowd OF DeS Moines peo-
pie, and he drew forth the same en-
,husiastic applause which he has before
failed TO coin into ballots. But for his
diversions to show his attitude toward
certain of the candidates the Bryan
speech was broad discussion of is
sues of nation wide interest Without
directly doing 50 Mr. Bryan. by sug-
gestion, took advantage of the rising
tide of sentiment for progressive prin-
cip.es and spoke more from the stand
point of an advocate Of progress than
from that OF {, partisan.
His chief plea for the democratic
party as such was that the progressive
movement stands no show in the re-
publican party and that the progress
sives Will never be able 70 get any
thing by ami thru the republican or
ganization.
Scores Republican Leaders.
You call yourselves republicans" he
said. but YOU are really democratic;
You are more in sympathy with what
our party stands for than YOU are with
the leaders Of the republican party:
want you TO distinguish between the
| leaders of the republican party and the
rank and file OF the party, for the lead
e-s do rot represent the views Of the
rank and file The sentiment among
the rank and hie OF the republican
party is really democratic, and the in
surgent movement that has spread
! turnout this country IS but the break
ing out OF democracy in republicans
who have KEEP, their sentiments sup
pressed II Is simply evidence Il me
democratic sentiment there is
II was said a century ago by JEFF
in every country wherever speech was
free-one a democratic party and lhe
other an aristocraIic party When ne
used the word democratic he cid moi
mean What the word means now. for
there was no democratic party then,
and he spoke as a member OF the then
republican party. He said that the
democratic party naturally drew 10 it
self all who trusted the people and
were willing that The people should
control Tire government. Now wher-
ever YOU GO you VIII find a party that
is democratic in spirit ana a party
that is aristoeratic in spirit. They are
seldom called by these names. but this
is the essense Of these parties; and
everywhere in the pending conflict the
democratic idea is growing and gaining
force.
Label Doesn't Count.
When you want 70 find out whether
a man is a democrat or not. do not
ask him TO what party he belongs, hut
put to him some question regarding
an idea, such for instance, as the
election OF senators by the people That
will at once show how widespread is
the democratic sertirne emit II I ever had
an idea that the dem ocratic sentiment
is confined to the democratic party
that idea would have long ago been
driven from my mind as I
have come to know men
believe the democratic sentiment
in this country is very much
larger han the democratic party. am
! glad We have more dem ocrats in this
country than those who call themselves
! democrats II we had everybody in the
party who are really democrats we
would have an overwhelming majority
a. all times. and especially if we could
only get rid Of some who call them
selves democrats but who are not ard
whom I would be willing TO trade for
others who do not call themselves dem
ocrats
In speaking Of these two parties
the democratic and the aristocratic-
I il is we'll to remember, also, that dis
tinctions exist within them. In other
words, taking any group Of men. they
/ may call themselves democrats or aris-
tocrats or any other name, but you
VIII find all shades Of opinion within
the group. You will find that there is
/ IN aristocratic group and democratic
group. In the aristocratic party the
average will be aristocratic but in the
I democratic party the majority will be
dem ocratic"
i Democracy's Remarkable Record"
/ Mr. Bryan discussed popular election
4 of senators, the income tax, railroad
rate regulation, corporation issues, the
publicity for campaign contributions,
the tariff and other questions. My
friends" ne said, when I see the things
| that We have been fighting for and see
| how Nj Roosevelt has taken some Of
| them, and see how Mr.. Taft has taken
others, have an answer when they ask
me if am going to run for the presi-
dency again. I tell them that l am
afraid TO run again for fear they will
raise the third term issue against me-"
Our party has had a remarkable