Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-08

that It Wasanot asEOod place to start
a row, But later . venerable Mr..
Brown, who claims to have done sing
ing in the Tippecano campaigns. was
asked to sing q short song. Al he
arose he said 1t would be short, and
then he launched into speech to de-
nounce La Toilette for having on one
occasion refused to go to see the presi-
dent when sent for. The rest Of his
speech was lost in the laughter. But
he did work off some hand made po-
etry set to music In which he started
the boom for LATE Young for vice presi-
dent, which boom was received with
still more laughter and cheers Of de-
rision.
Once later, when Judge Prouty was
discussing issues and not men. Brown
again butted in and wanted to know if
he was in favor OF the reelection of
the present administration, and the
Judge passed it off as irrelevant in that
connection. and later aroused enthusi-
as1n by his declaration that all repub-
!!:ceas should support their party
whether Taft is the nominee or some
one else is chosen to lead.
Congressman Prouty, who was among
the speakers at the banquet. designat-
ed the fight in the coming campaign as
a contest between north and south.
Judge Prouty's Address.
"The political contest of 1912 is go
ing to be the greatest struggle that has
been waged in this country since 1860,
and fraught with the greatest import
ance to the American nation. That con-
test is not going to be fought out be-.
tween republicans. 1t is going to be
fought out between republicans and
democrats. And the result of that con-
test is going to determine the ascend
ency Of either the northern or the
southern star of empire for many years
to come"
Judge S. F. Prouty, speaking as a
progressive and for that harmonious
action he and his friends have always
commended, thus declared at the Tip
pecanoe banquet last night. And con-
tinuing:
in the face of such situation and
such an issue, we ought not to accen-
tuate our differences; we ought not to
indulge in ordinations or recrimina-
tions. With malice toward none, with
charity toward all, we should strive to
bind up our party's wounds and do all
that in us lies to achieve success in
that great contest"
Who is Who, the Issue.
Judge Prouty declared that the para
mount issue in American politics is
who is to be who. that is, what forces
are to dominate in shaping the poll
cies and history of this country He
pointed out that we have two distinct
civilizations, the northern and the
southern. with some things in common
but more in divergence. Which of these
forces is to control and dominate in
the affairs of the country? He pointed
out that for eighty years prior to the
civil war the southern influences DOM
mated and for fifty years since the
northern influences have dominated
save for short interregnum. He con-
trasted the growth and development of
the nation in the two periods. Now we
are facing another era OF southern SUI
premacy. He pointed out how easy it
might be for the south to gain control
of the senate as it has Of the house
and with a democratic president, af-
fairs would be back again where they
We're before the war
SeetionaI Rule in House.
After reviewing the history of the or
ganization of the house and selection
Of speaker and committees and the
work of the caucus. he added:
"Never in the history of legislative
business was there ever more strik-
ing case of sectional rule than is today
found in the house of representatives.