Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-04
in the men they pick for : place: they

IN tho men they pick Tor place: they
know their men.
my advice to you in Iowa II 10
cease your fighting among progress
sives and all get together to oppose the
reactionaries. You should be for men
and not against men. I draw a distinc-
ton as to reactionaries between those
who are looking backward and those
who are looking forward I assure you
that both Woodrow Wilson and Champ
Clark are progressives, and as for my
self would be glad to help either one
to become president.
A Word Personal.
"a word personal as to myself, Some
Of you in Iowa have been doing what
has not been done elsewhere. want to
say that have not permitted the use
Of my name as candidate have
refused to permit 1t in Nebraska.
will not permit 1t anywhere. am not
candidate. The other day got a
telegram from a club in California with
10000 members asking the right to put
my name on the ballot. I refused. u
wanted to be a candidate would
make. campaign openly for myself
but am not and ! do not want my
friends to use my name. for it is unfair
to me and to the progressives who
must stand together to nominate pro-
gressive.
MY friends, I have had enough. Pol
tiles has given me position that be-
lieve can be made one Of great useful
ness. feel that have a work to do
and that I can do it better not as a
candidate. but as plain citizen.
gave the people chance three times
to elect me president-and they failed
to take advantage of it. But am go
ing right along with the work see be-
fore me.
II long ago decided that my place in
history will be determined not so'much
by what the people do for me as by
what I have been able to do for the
people.
Has . Larger Work.
"There is a work for me to do. AS
a candidate would be handicapped.
You know the candidate always has a
committee telling him not to say this
or say that for fear Of losing votes. I
think there ought to be somebody who
can and will tell the truth about things
without regard to his own fortunes. I
reactionaries, whether they are in
the democratic party or the re-
publican party. For three campaigns
I was hampered by men on the COM
mittee who didn't want me to be elect
ed. Now I want a chance to show how
much harder can work for some other
candidate than did for myself"
At the outset of his little confidential
talk to his fellow democrats Mr.. Bryan
appeared with his usual smile expand
ed.
81 have premonition that there is
campaign coming on" he said. Il
know it because I got an invitation to
come to Des Moines. There are GER
tain sure signs Of an approaching cam
paign and that is one Of them. So l
am here because I am here: but tell
you I am ready for the fight. I never
felt better In fact for twenty years
have never been able to tell where the
last campaign left off and the next one
commenced.
Pleased Over Republican Scrap.
This time" he continued. "the fun
is all over in the other camp. I've seen
fights in the democratic party and In
the republican party, but never any
thing So good as the one now being
pulled OF in the republican camp. The
only thing that worries me is that
fear the democrats will become SO in
terested watching, it that they will for
get what to do for themselves. The
scrap between the president and ,tfs
ex-president is so good that theAdefho-
Gratis may simply say, Let the gold dust