Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-04
coMMoNER GIVES CONFIDENTIAL
TALK BEFORE IOWA DEMO.
Gratis At DEG MONIES.
THINKS HE HAS OPPORTUNITY
FOR GREATER WORK IN RANKS
confsssss That Place in History Al
rsady Has Been Made and That Pres.
idsncy is Not For Him-Is Candidate
For National Delegate From Ne
braska-tiis Jefferson Day Speech.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, April fl am not q
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton. and do not want any friend of
mine to urge that be nominated or
considered; I am for a progressive as
or Clark. both progressives, and I am
opposed to the nomination Of Harmon
or Underwood, because they are not
progressives.'
So declared William j. Bryan to
Iowa democrats at a meeting of the
flower of Iowa democracy. And he said
it in such way that his auditors knew
he was in earnest. There were men be-
fore him who have been openly urging
that Iowa send a delegation to Balti-
more to be for Bryan. He talked
straight at them. But he didn't init
mate that If nominated he would re-
fuse to make the race.
Zee turned harmonizer." said Mr..
Bryan, cor rather 1 have always been
for harmony, in fact have insisted all
along that it was the other fellows
that were doing the fighting. l was
like the small boy and the cat. He said
he wasn't pulling the cats tail, but was
just holding on and the cat was pull
ing. I've been holding fast to demo-
cratic principles and all the pulling has
been on the other side. And now I
have a larger part of the cat on my
side.
As to Harmony.
what have been doing is to try to
keep things smooth between those VINO
ara progressives. You can't get har-
mony between persons who do not be-
lieve in the same things, and there can
be no harmony, and ought not to be
any, between those who want the dem
ocratic party to get it's inspiration from
the masses of the people and those
who want it to get it's direction from
Wall street. That is the real line of
division. I don't care very much wheth-
er a man is democrat or republican
If he is right, and am against either
a democrat or a republican If he isn't
right, and l am against either demo-
crat or republican who is on the side
of the predatory interests. When a
republican is OH that side it may be an
error of the head, but when democrat
is on that side it is because his heart
is wrong. The democrat. at least, ought
to know better. This is no time to put
such men on delegations or nominate
them for office.
Now I'll tell YOU about Nebraska
There are three Candidates there be-
lore the DEMOCRATS, two progressivese
and reactionary. I have. tried to gel
he frin tic oF nd Of 10 vi. .
get together for a common fight, for II
they don't there is danger of Harmon
securing votes enough to secure the
endorsement with the progressives d.
vided. Now I do not want that to hap
pen, for I am. opposed to Harmon, and
I speak Of him, because he was the one
first brought out by the interests But
I am just as much opposed to Under
wood as ! am to Harmon. Some OF
you, perhaps, thought I made mis-
take when criticised Underwood, and
II you stiH think so, ] invite you to
just consider what has happened since
that time. found dispatch from
Savannah, carried by tine press
agencies, in which William Rockefeller
was quoted. / was so much amazed
that before I used it I wired to the edi-
tor of a paper in Savannah to know if
it was true mad found it was. In that
interview William Rockefeller said that
his first choice for president was I'm
derwood and Taft hts second choice.
Now I haven't any use at all for a
democrat that the Standard oil crowd
believes would suit them better even
than Taft.
Candidate For Delegate.
so it is that have consented to be
"a candidate for delegate in Nebraska
with the distinct understanding that i!
the people vote instructions for any re-
dictionary I will not act but turn my
proxy over to one who can act in SYM
pathy with the instructions. I'll not let
the Harmon people close my mouth.
shall not knowingly let J. Pierpont
Morgan pick candidate Of the demo-
cratic party for president. I nevc.
knew those fellows to make mistake