Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-31

That interest in the appearance IN
Marshalltown of Secretary of the Navy
Daniels was general was evident in the
Odeon Monday evening. for many citi-
zens who profess a different political
faith were there. 1t was Mr. McDan-
iels first time in this city and so much
has been written of him in recent
months and years that curiosity as 10
his personality is natural. monthly
MAGAZINES and weekly and daily papers
of opinion in the eastern states nave
been devoting lots of space to his WORK
as the official head of the United states
navy. some of them seeming to think II
conclusive argument against the re-
election of President Wilson to say that
"a vote for Wilson is a vote for Dan
iels'.
Daniels is a typical Carolinian in ply
siGue and manner. He is easy solns >
has some quiet humor, and may De I'd .
ken as fairly good representative Oh
how most native sons of the old north
state look at things. He talked tor
full two hours, and he was about hall
done before his audience got line on
him and began to get into the current
OF his thought.
Practically all seats in the theater
were occupied. County Chairman Rob-
ert E. Johnson presided and around him
on the stage were ranged all the county
candidates of his party. The spell
binder announced for the evening, At
torney Claude R. Porter of Centerviile'
missed connections and was absent.
of a I.
the bill.
Wilson and Washington.
Mr.. Daniels. thruout his talk. eulo-
| giZed his chief as really the greatest
! president the land has ever had since
| its first chief executive. linking his
name and Washineton's as those that
| future historians would couple as rep
rescntative of the two who have done
most and worked best in office for all
the nation. He holds that his party de-
serves a continuance Of authority be-
cause it has Kept the country out OF
war.
Mr. Danieissreviewed his party's acts.
apotheosizing them as admirable in the
interests. especially OF the WORKING
man Touching the Mexican question
ne declared that peace would never
come to that most distressful country
! till the poems owned the land. He told
| his hearers that this is a time to drop
all thoughts of party affiliations and
| let Wilson rule. He said all the pledges
of the head of the democratic party han
| been fulfilled He verbally castigated
Theodore Roosevelt. and was applaud
! ed He said Wilson had done all the
progresslves four years ago had prom
ised and more. He said Presiden.
Wilson for the first time had made it
clear that labor is not a commodity ,
either unknowing or forSetful of the
fact that the phrase and the thought
were first given to the country by
Senator CurliminS some years ago. He
declared that there is coming day
when the laboring man must get
larger share of the wealth he pro-
duces
Interesting was his talk on what he
himself has done for the navy in setting
I'D q public school system on the ships
to train the yourg men for civil lie
and how ne had made it possible for
the capable among them to get to
Annapolis from the lowest rungs Of the
service or be raised to commissions,
All in all. opinions expressed after
the end Of the evening were gen.
eral that while Mr.. Daniels might not
be convincing he was mighty inter-
esting all the same"