Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-30
THE ROUNDING YEARS.
[Iowa City Republican,

reward.
THE ROUNDING YEARS.
[Iowa City Republican,
The whirling of the earth and the
rounding of the years bring their
changes. In 1895 the democratic state
convention met at Marshalltown. The
conservatives were in control and Col
onel Mackey. Fred White and others
tried in vain to win silver plank
for the platform. Judge Nathaniel
French of Davenport for permanent
chairman, and Henry Vollmer then at
his first state convention led the fight
for the majority. Henry fired the hot
test shot ever sent into an Iowa con-
vention. The next year Judge French
was the second district member Of the
committee on resolutions and made a
minority report against free silver. He
had to wait about twenty minutes be-
fore the silver shouters would let him
read his report That year Judge
French, Henry vollmer and several
thousand other Second district demo-
Gratis supported Palmer and Buckner
and helped to defeat Bryan. At the
convention here last week Gil john
son of Maquoketa, an anti-silver dem
ocrat, was chairman. Judge French.
who helped defeat Bryan twice at
least, was chairman of the committee
on resolutions and declared that the
democrats are now united and jubi-
liant, while another leader Of the anti
Bryan forces was nominated for con-
grsss. The republicans of the dis
trict are under many obligations to
these patriotic citizens. not because
they Indirectly contributed to the cleo
ton Of republican president, but be-
cause they helped save the country
from the most dangerous fallacy ever
presented in national campaign.
BILLY SUNDAY IN PITTSBURGH.
ICedar Rapids Republican,
1t used to be said that Mr.. SundaE
could carry on his campaign only IN
the country towns. But he has oeen
spending a few weeks in pittsburgh,
which is a rather metropolitan place
and seems to have laid the Wnoie city
under some kind Of conviction WITH
regard to him and his work. Secre-
tary Bryan stopped off the other DAY
to hear the evangelist and wrote MIN
a letter Of commentator that Is most
fattering in its references. The news
papers Of that city have given Mr.
sunday more space than the Cedar
Rapids papers did. and much OF 1t ON
the front pages under displayed
heads.
Even the Catholic press Of that city
seems TO have fallen in with Mr.. Sun
days good work. The Pittsburgh
Catholic. editorially commended his
work in the following manner:
Whatever may be though. of this
modern evangelist, it may be truth
fully SAID of him that he is no hypo-
critic, and according 10 his light, ne
does not hesitate to nince words IN
his fiery denunciation Of many mod
ern evils that are rampant IN this city
of free thought. The evils OF intern
perance are described in whitening in
vective and fierce scorn: men who
neglect their families are scorched IN
an electric glow; women. slaves OF
fashion, immodest in their dress. for
getful of shame in the forward dance.
unmindful OF home and its precious
duties see themselves reflected in
light that should arouse them TO a
new born sense of womanly nobility
and purity. The home is shown up as
the one sacred place where the child
is developed into the upright man
We believe this revival will have a
good effect on the community that at
tends these meetings. Removed as we
are, far as the Antipodes from the
creeds interested in this evangelist. it
would be unjust II We did not see the
good that may come to our separated
brethren. much as we might be in
clined to crttic;se the ways and
means"
We guess they will have to take off
their hats to MI Sunday, in the big
cities as we'll as in the country. AS
he might say Of some one else, He Is
there with the goods" and he delivers
them.