Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06
Interest on the Eve Of Election is
Better Than Was Anticipated
Earlier.
Still an Uneasy Uncertainty Due to
Fear Of the stay-at.Home
Vote.
Chairman Weaver Predicts Repub,
lican Plurality of 100000 EST.
mate of the Situation.
Correspondents are requested
not to wire election returns.
Other arrangements have been
made for receiving full returns.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 6.-The campaign is
closing with a better interest than
seemed possible few weeks ago,
though there Is still an uncomfortable
uncertainty, it must be admitted, about
how thoroughly the republican vote is
going to be polled. All predictions from
a republican standpoint are qualified
by the provlso, IF the vote is polled."
The state organization has done all in
it's power with the limited means at it's
Thoroughly imbued with the idea that
they need to work this year just as
much as in any other year, and that
the republican party in Iowa has ma
jorities only by it's voters getting to
the polls and doing their duty. The
difficulty is that the republicans, even
some of the committeeman, in the
strong republican counties. do not see
the use of getting out and doing their
share of the state work. They think
because everything is going one way
with them that it is so all over the
state. They do not realize what Is so
we'll known at the state headquarters,
that the other fellows are just as act
i've and that they are getting in their
work in other localities that will count
in the state at large, reducing the ma
jority and producing a bad effect, Civ
ing false impression of the sentiment
of the state If there was any sure
way to arouse the republicans of the
"back countless where the big repub-
| ilcan majorities come from-and this
Includes all the sure republican coun-
ties, where there is no fear over the
county ticket-and make them see
| that their work is just as important as
! ever and absolutely necessary to re-
publican success, Governor Shaw
would have about $4,000 majority over
White. AS it is, he will have some
where from 10000 to $4,000. The demo
cratic claim of getting so per cent, OF
any other large proportion, of the Ger
i man vote is known by every we'll
Informed person now to be extrava'
CANT and desperate. The proportion OF
/ German loss will be very small indeed
| and will only be among an uneducatet
i class that can be reached by gros:
sImisrepresen and appeals to pre1u
i dice. The great mass of German voter:
8lof the state are too intelligent to bt
fooled in this manner.
4 Chairman Weaver made the follow
ling statement Saturday, which Is tn
lclosest and best-founded forecast tina
lhas yet been made:
"Goyernor Shaw will be reelected
next Tuesday by 10000 plurality owe
Fred E. White, the fusion nominee, am
lit may be more. We expect to increas
Iour vote over last year, when George
lDobson. republican nominee for secre
Itary of state, had 236,2s1 votes. de
crease of 53,O12 from N1cKinley's vot
lin 1896, but an increase of ll.ooS owe
Governor Shaw's in 1887.
"The republican vote in Iowa in 1873
was 2S9, 293 and the fusion vote 223.14l,
republican plurality of 65.5l2 In ls9
the republican vote fell to 224.72S. a los
of 1866, while the fusionists suffered
Iloss of 2S.S9s. Last year the republic
ans gained, but the fusion loss, com
pared with 1896, was 50.742
"It is the rule in Iowa that the re
. Ipublican vote suffers it's heaviest fall
ling off in the year following the presi
ldential election and gradually IN
creases the second and third year
. This did not happen in 1895, but tina
was an exception. This year we expee
Ito make gains, providing the repuE
lican vote in the state is polled.
1.-The result is in no way uncertai
, except as to the size of the republica
majority, and that depends altogethe
upon how thoroughly the local CON
: mitteemen attend to the bringing of ri
), publican voters to the polls. We have
, better organization than is had in mos
I"off" years. The county chairmen hav
nearly all attended promptly to the
; part of the work. / have PERSONAL
met and conferred with eighty-seven {
= the ninety-nine county chairmen and
feel that the organization is equal
4 the emergency.
. I'VE have been in correspondent
/ with 1000 precinct committeeman an
I have pledges personally signed from i
!, 500 local workers to devote their tin
. to seeing that every republican vote
their several precincts is cast NJ
q Judgment of the situation is based upo
a close touch with the local COMMITTEES
men and my estimate depends entirel
n upon the execution of the work laid OIL
] for election day for the local worker
4 If they do their duty my prediction
will be fully realized.
4 "Besides the work of these loo
committeeman and their ASSISTANTS
> rely upon the patriotic inspiration OF
people have felt and shown over tt
return of the Fifty-first Iowa Volui
teers, which tells me that the sent
] ment of our people is with the Mckii
Hey administration. The Philippine II
sue has helped the republican party
this state. The people of Iowa al
made that way.
III. o. WEAVER.
: "chairman Republican State Con
mittee."
THE DEMOCRATIC CLAIM.
"Reports show that we will recei'
lat least so per cent Of the German vo
y of the state, and IL this proves tr,
Fred White. the democratic nomin'
. for governor, will be elected by not LEI
than 10000 plurality. We shall all
make considerable gains in the legisls
kture. though do not care to make