Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-23

oSSn AuS tlOueOI tnat the teSulC VI LAX
nomination might place me in similar
situation and had determined that the
voice Of the popular democracy should
be to me command-that had they
chosen him their leader I should be
the first to do6 my coat and render tc
the very limit Of whatever ability, en-
ergy and means I possessed. to brins
about his election In November.
1T was my privilege recently to work
quietly, but hopefully, with the presi-
dent and distinguished cabinet Of
ficer to advance his name for consider
ation along lines for which his work
had peculiarly fitted him. and l fee
that he and his friends realize that m!
efforts. while unostentatious were
earnest and sincere. The relations be-
tween us and the magnanimous tone OF
the letters that I have received from
his chief lteutenants give me grea,
hopes in this campaign, that with the
principal and directing generals of his
organization coming clear thru in this
spirit of cooperation that it will slim
ulate an enthusiasm that will touch
every fibre of the fabric of Iowa DEM
ocracy and will reach to every corner
of our great state. working for the sue
cess Of every man upon the democratic
ticket"
Praises For Party Leaders.
Chairman Connolly made an appeal
for consideration of the personal at
titude of the candidate and his rela-
tons to the people.
I'm the evolution of politics." he
said. at is the sincerity of the man
that counts today. 1t is his sense OF
honor and integrity toward the people
that should impress this generation
He said that it was the conscience and
the heart Of men who work sincerely
if quietly to carry out the program oil
pledges to the people who gave them
office, and herein lies the power and
the force for good in that quiet. dig
nified, earnest, sincere and modest and
conscientious servant of the people who
now occupies the White House" Con-
tinuing he said:
Against this background of dem
ocracy there looms large and illustrious
figures. In this present hour and I'M
der this administration we see the
face and figure of one who for many
years has blazed the way thru the will
derness OF privilege and protected in
terests toward the promised land Of
popular rule. Democracy contemplates
with affection the pioneer work of this
great protector of popular rights, and
no ridicule, no shafts of irony. that
come from the bows OF entrenched
privilege can spoil our estimate of his
works for mankind. The great moral
forces not only of this country but of
the world get inspiration from the pur-
ity of his life; from the virile morality
and christian character Of the great
commoner-William Jennings Bryan.
Again in this hour, against this
background of democracy. we see the
figure of a great party leader. A man
of splendid judgment, rare diplomacy,
self sacrificing qualities, who in the
preparation of a great tariff bill set an
example for legislation Of this charac-
ter by barring the breast of his own
district to the knife Of tariff legisla-
ton. The historian of this admins
tration can not overlook the work of
Oscar w. Underwood.
"Once more, in this hour Of demo-
cratic leadership, our eyes turn with
affection and pride toward the splendid
features of one whose hair has grown
gray in the labor Of love for his party
and Its principles; of one who almost
touched the presidential chair in the
drama of the Baltimore convention;
one whose great rugged honesty, whose
sincerity and integrity Of purpose are
known to every member OF the house
of representatives, the stalwart oak
Of the democratic congress. Champ
Clark of Missouri.
Achievement Of President Wilson.
These are men who have heWed to
principle. Their devotion has met with
reward in the same atmosphere and in
this same frame of great democratic
figures there is silhoutted the form and
feature Of man who in practice has
kept the democratic faith; who in
p alctice has addressed himself to the
redemption of party pledges, who, up
on trial, has thrown his soul and heart
and mind unreservedly into the battle
for protection of the peoples rights.
There is kindness in his smile; there is
sympathy in his eye; there is deep
over the responsibility of his
high Office. There is firmness in the
jaw that has carried the country thru
the most critical and delicate situa-
lions to which the democratic party
fell heir. No personal ambition; no
spirit of bombast, no self exploitation,
no weakness for publicity or public
clamor has affected his earnest, serious
purpose to do for the great American
people that which God has given him
the light to do.
And what trial. Almost insurper-
able obstacles placed in his path. am
pushed by special interests, waylaid
by the representatives Of protected
threatened by the desper
ADDS of plumber who felt that under
his guidance the agencies Of govern
ment might be wrestled from their
control and get back to the people who
created them.
Woodrow Wilson, the man of heart
and iron. The heart that beats in
sympathy with equality and justice to
The iron resolution that has
turned from the easiest way TO- the
stony. stubborn, jagged path of plain
duty"
The chairman turned to discussion
Of some Of the achievements of the adj
He declared that the
party had kept its pledges as to the
tariff, and while among the 1000 times
there may be some error or inequality
the bill written with view to taking
care of the interest of the great masses
Of the people.
"If after this tariff law has had a
fair trial." he said, land square deal
before the American people, and it de-.
velors that in some Of its provisions 1t
works hardship and does injustice and
against any legitimate
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