Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-09
Plan The CAMPAIGN
Iowa Republican Leaders Meet With
the State Central Committee at
Des Moines.
Speaking Campaign to Open Octo-
Der 2 With Meetings In All
Congressional Districts.
Many Matters of Political Interest
Discussed and Harmoniously
Decided Comment.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 9.-The leaders of
Iowa republicanism met yesterday to
plan the coming campaign. They de-
termined several important matters.
The speaking campaign will open Oct.
I. when meetings will be held in all the
congressional districts. The members
of congress have all agreed to take an
active part in the speaking canvass, and
the committee will make the assign
ments so that nearly or quite all of
them will exchange pulpits for the
opening meetings-each congressman
going into some other mans district
Governor Shaw, Senators Allison and
Gear, Secretary Dobson, Treasurer
Herriott, A. e. Cummins, ex-Congress-
man Perkins and other leaders will be
put on the opening programs, and it
will be such a day as Iowa republican,
ism has not seen in a good many years
All except three or four of.th con-
gressmen We're here; SO were Senators
Allison and Gear, and number of po-
litical lights from all over the state.
They didn't talk senatorial politics
much. Senator Gear and A. B. Cum
Minis sat on a bench in the Savery and
talked of the times when they used to
go shooting together up in the south
ern part of Webster county. That was
twenty years or so ago, when that sec
tion was comparatively new, and the
TWO gentlemen could find more satisfac-
zion in cunning around the Tenth dis
trict for canvas-backs than they We're
able to get in these days cunning for
legislative candidates. When they got
together yesterday they agreed that
whatever came of the senatorial con-
test, it was the first duty of every re-
publican to turn in and win big VIC
tory over the democrats this fall.
Senator Allison and Col. Henderson
Went into the Savery dining room
early, and We're seated by themselves.
4 Presently Mr.. Cummins and Sam
Leach, of Adel, committeeman for this
| district, walked in and were seated at
the same table. After few moments
Senator Gear was seen marching down
N the direction of what is known as the
governors table" in one corner of the
room. The quartet waved to him to
Join them, but he didn't notice their mo-
lions till he was seated. Then he rose
and Went back to their table.
We motioned for you TO join us
lsaid Mr.. Cunmins, thinking you might
be willing to leave even the governors
table in order TO allow us the pleasure
of having you with US.
Senator Gear looked over the com
pany. smiled. and as he drew back o
chair preparatory to seating himself
observed:
We'll. this looks to me like the sena-
torial table. and guess / prefer it to
The governors table,
When the story was told to Governor
Shaw after dinner it Immediately re-
minded him of another one That
makes me think of one Dolliver used
to tell" he said. 1T was about fell
low who ran for sheriff against man
who had already had two terms in the
office. The new aspirant went out and
| told the voters that this third-term
business was dangerous. and ought not
70 be allowed. He got the nomination,
and served two terms When these had
| expired he decided that on the whole
the county needed his services again,
and concluded to be candidate for a
third term. He went to the man whom
he had beaten four years earlier, and
told him he wanted to run again, and
aoped that two-term argument
wouldn't be used against him.
But, said the victim of the two
| term argument. you Went out and beat
me out of my third nomination by tell
ing the people it was dangerous
Yes, / know l did, was the reply.
but there isn't any man in the world
more willing than l am to acknowl-
edge that l made great error in that
matter, and want you to know how i
| feel
The state committee has about de-
cided to change the plan of sending out
literature to the weekly press. In the
past it has been customary to have
many thousands of supplements printed
for weekly papers, aud sent out, to be
folded into the papers and circulated III
this way. The plan has never been sat
lisfactory; many of the newspaper men
We're unable to handle the supplements,
and results didn't seem to justify the
lexpense The committee will probably
| send out its matter in stereotyped
plates this year. 1t viii be got up( not
| in lorg and dreary-looking articles of
| solid nonpareil, but in larger type, as
country papers are printed, and in short
articles. Every effort will be made to
brighten up the matter and make it at
/ tractiye, and the fact that Capt. S. A.
Marine is to be in charge of this de-
partment is an assurance that the work
will be we'll done
The county chairmen of the state will
hold meetings, by congressional dis
tricts, between now and the opening OF
the speaking campaign. Not all the
dates have yet been fixed, but those de-
cided are:
Third district at Waterloo, Sept. -.
Fifth district at Cedar Rapids, Sept
u.
Eleventh district at Sioux City Sept
1s.
Fourth district at New Hampton
Sept. IA.
Seventh district at Des Moines Sept
ll5.
sixth district at Oskaloosa Sept. 1e.
] The dates for the other meetings will
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