Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-26
A CAMPAIGN THAT WILL WIN.
Remarkable Republican Activity in the
Hewkeyo State.
THE DEMOCRATS HANDICAPPED
Tho Part Prohibition Is Playing n
Coppcrhead Pleading Tor Votes
in Rank Republican state
Some Of His Utteranccs.
The CnmnaiEn In Iowa.

Tho Campaign In Iowa.
DEs MONIES, H., oct 25.-[Srccial TO the
BEE lit is the common report OF speakers
on the stump that never before when there
was not presidential election have they seen
SO much republican activity and enthusiasm.
There is Just little danger that republicans
may be carried away by overconhdcncc and
neglect the personal work that must be done
to carry the lcgs laturc, for the democrats are
making stil hunt with that end in view.
In this respect the methods Of the two parties
so far have been quito unlike. The rcpubli.
cans have made u speaking campaign, having
held over five hundred meetings. They now
have on the stump large number of some Of
the best speakers in the state assisted by two
or three prominent speakers from other
staes. The democrat s. ON the contrary, ar6
not holding half the number of meetings, and
have not half the number of speakers. IhciE
constituents are not moved particularly by
argument and cioquencc They expect DEM
ocrats TO vote their ticket because they have
always done so, and they expect to gain M
over prohibition and local and i@.tionat
fights. So in close counties they are making
a still hunt, and they profess an expectation
oi carrying the legislature. But careful ad.
!, thSir iI,, hopes are not well founded Pro-
ate,ion Edch oro Is IN not ibs cutting snnm5gu any
SsG democrats f Intended it s Should TRa rapS"ocaa
position is simply that the law should haVe&
fair trial before its repeal or mobilization IA
demanded. This, of course, is satisfactory
who are republicans say that the party could
do no more at present. Consequently it iS
safe TO say that the republicans who wiz
leave the party ths year iIi tGr the the rSt TINE on
per cent Of the republican vote. On the
the grcenback party which is essentially z
temperance party There are thousands of
greenhackers who refuse to ratify the fusion
with democracy, which carries with il an eqA
dorsement of the. compulsory saloon plank
OF the democratic platform. Weaver and
Gillette, who are, the only greenbqcknrs of
prominence on the stump, are both openly
announced as converts to the compulsory sar
loon plank, and opposed to prohibition II
hold on the gree nbackers,. who have hereto
fore believed them to be sincere prohi,
hitionists, whatever alliance they might
make. But the spectacle of these men who
claring themselves In favor OF liquor law
that not even the democrats Of Arkansas
would accept, has made the temperance
greenbackers of Iowa disgusted with thepa
beyond measure. 1t is probable that but little
more than half the grcenbaek vote Of 1883
will this year, be given to the fusion ticket.
mp % ali 'iSp Gopes S' They ' ind % themsoe5 Hts S%o%s
handicapped with their candidate for goW
ernOr than they have been for many years.
He has been proven one of the rankcat COP.
perleads In Iowa, man whose hatred Of
Lincoln and union soldiers led him TO utter
the most brutal sentiments regarding them.
Many OF his substantiated utter2ncss such
as II would as soon shoot d = old Lincoln
goes south in this abolition war will return
alive" and others equally atr0cions are now
current through the state and will cost the
democrats great many votes. MIR. Whiting,
the democratic candidate, seems also TO have
blundered in about every. act OF his public
life, consequently he and his friends are Kept
on the defensive all the time. A remarkable
spectacle of the past week was the sight OF
TO try to prove that he was not u .copperhead
and n traitor during the war. Many demo-
Gratis openly express their disgust with their
candidate, and say that if their leaders didn't
know any better than to nominate such
man, they ought to be beaten.
MI. LalTilbee, the republican candidate, has
been q member of the senate for eighteen
years, has never been beaten for Office and
regarded as better informed on state affairs
than any other man In Iowa. He Is conseryi
atiye In opinion, careful and farSightGd, and
prudent and discreet as candidate, so that
aggressive. Although prevented by loss Of
an eye from becoming soldier-he enlisted
twice but was each time rejected on account
of his disability-yet there was no more loyal
friend of the soldier and soldiers families
than he There Is little doubt that hc wiz
poll at least five thousand more votes than
Blaine did last fall, and his election by
large majority is only question of time.
From now until the close of the campaign,
the fight will be pressed with great yigor-
The republicans have no cause for uDeasiness
except in few legislative districts, where
there are local fights and iealousies that MAY
give the opposition number that they would
not otherwise get