Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-31
HcoMMoNER" ADMITS IOWA SEN
AroR - DOMINATING FORCE
IN UPPER HOUSE.
GAVE HIN CREDIT FOR BEING
GROUNDED IN PROTECTION
Bryan's Iowa Tour Negative SO Far a.
Dividing Republican Vote - Gould
Advance No Argument Against Clarke
plea For Hamilton and Connolly
Made on Strictly Partisan Grounds.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines. Oct. 31.-There does not
seem to be much doubt that the net
result of the Bryan tour Of the state has
been negative so far as dividing the
dominant republican forces of the
state. The meeting in Des Moines was
good one. but not one to make votes.
Bryan came to Des Moines to recon-
mend to them certain things. In the
first place he advised them to vote for
Connolly because, not of anything Con-
molly has done or anything he stands
for. but because Connolly will do what
the administration wants. But more
important than this the vote should be
against Cummins because. as Bryan
shows. Cummins is by long odds the
strongest man in the United States
senate and is the most powerful obstacle
to democratic policies in the country.
Bryan's speech was declared by many
who heard it to be the greatest tribute
TO Cummins ever uttered in the city. He
virtually gave Cummins personally
credit for being the dominant force in
the senate. and he gave him credit for
being more thoroughly grounded in the
doctrine of protection than almost any
man in the senate.
Nothing Against Clarke.
Then Bryan advised Iowa people to
vote against Clarke. but he did not indi-
cate how Clarke had in any way done
anything to forfeit the confidence OF his
neighbors and friends. He only asked
that the vote be for Hamilton because
once upon time many years ago
Bryan met Hamilton when he was in
congress. That was when Hamilton was
nearing the close Of his political career.
But Bryan also made plain another
thing: that the administration is look
ing to Iowa to elect Hamilton governor
for the moral effect on the rest Of the
country. He declared that the great
mass Of people elsewhere measure
state by the vote on governor. If the
democrats elect a governor the state is
set down in the democratic column. II
Iowa elects democratic governor 1t
will be hailed In Washington and all
thru the east and south as evidence that
Iowa is reliably democratic state anu
that 1t is standing back of the admin
istration and supporting congress.
In short, Bryan made plea for Ham
iiton As well as Connolly on strictly
partisan grounds.
I00Oe00 O0W0CVASSC PIAS'0' w.
Aside from this feature OF the Bryan
meeting here. that or urging the cleo
ton Of both Hamilton and Connolly for
purely partisan reasons. there was ut
.ie to the Bryan meeting.
BRYAN failed to even mention the
democratic platform on economy canal
tolls appropriations and other things.
He did not tell anything about the
made and the
deficit in the treasury and the necessity
for war taxes which came before there
was any war. His reference to the
war tax was just as brief as he could
make ii.
Bryan extolled the president for
having passed the trade commission
bill. but failed to mention that Cum
MINIS had laid the foundation for the
same by his exhaustive committee re-
port. made after months Of research,
and that Cummins wrote large part
of the bill. He did not let his hearers
know that the trade commission idea
was stolen from Cummins and the
Iowa senator had more to do with snap
ing il on the floor of the senate than
anyone elce.
Neither did Bryan give Cummins
credit for having mad such large part
in the forma ton OF the anti-trust bill.
The remainder OF the program here
was dull Cooter. Hilly. Miller, Sellers.
Mulvaney. Evans. Carr and Myers
failed to impress the audience as men
OF great capacity. Hamilton did not
try to say anything on any subject.
I Connolly said only a few words. Bryan
was the whole works.
Some republicans inferred from the
Bryan talk that the administration is
pinning all its hopes now on Hamilton
III Iowa rather than Connolly and that
the axious inquiry at the White House
..i!. be OF the governorship. Bryan
gave cause for this impression.