Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-08
MARsHALLTowN. IOWA THURsDAY NOVEMBER 1909

twice what 1t we Last year, and then it /
was larger than ever before. 1t was
necessary to reach d great number OF, /
individuals and get them Interested, SO
that there would be full vote. 1t cost
not less than g, 900 to send one circular
letter tb the local workers and many Of |
these letters were sent, some of them
requiring return poetage, thus nearly |
doubling the expenee. This was but a
small item.
The national committee notified
Chairman Weaver early in the summer
that Iowa would have to take care Of
herself. Mighty few speakers under
the direction OF the national committee
were permitted to speak in Iowa. They
passed thru the state in the night time,
bound for Nebraska, South Dakota,
Kansas, Missouri and other states. Mr..
Weaver let it he known at once what
Iowa had to expect and there were
many volunteers for the campaign who
brought credit to themselves and to the
state committee. But the speaking
campaign is always heavy expense.
The national committee would send
speakers into the state for few days
and before their assigned time was up
would pull them out to be used some
where else where they were more need
ed. Manager Dawson, Of the speakers
bureau, then had to hustle around to
find men to take their places or else
cancel the meetings. This sort of thing
was a constant source of annoyance
and embarrassment. Every one knows
how the national committee drew on
Iowa for speakers. During the last
week of the campaign every speaker of
any note that the national committee
could hear of was urged to go out OF the
state. Chairman Weaver, feeling con-
fident that his local committeeman
could take care of the state ami that
there were enough speakers in Iowa to
keep things going, consented to this
great contribution from Iowa. And it
was highly appreciated in the close
| states where such men as Senator Dol
| liver, Senator Allison, Governor Shaw,
| Secretary Dobson, Speaker Henderson,
lCongressmen Hull, Hepburn and
| Cousins, Sidney A. Foster. b. /. Sal
/ niger, j. U. Sammis, Rev. p. n. Ny
strom and many others have been
campaigning the past few weeks.
The thoroughness with which Mr..
4 VI
shown by one thing that was done for
the Second and Sixth districts. An in
4 dividual letter from the state head
quarters was sent to every republican
4 voter in those districts. appealing to
A him to get out and vote the straight
republican ticket and help save the dis
A tricts to the republican party Each
lletter was accompanied by a card of
instruction showing the danger Of at
tempting to do anything but vote the
/ straight republican ticket. The menace
4 from the stay-Ht-home vote was clear
I ly pointed out and the voters were
4 made to see that unless they turned
J, Tout to man the republican nominees
J. for congress in those districts woule
probably be defea ted. The result ol
J, these letters was to ptt every republi
can voter on his honor and make hin
J. responsible for the custody Of at leas
! his own vote, and also of his netgnbor's S
!, About once week Chairman Weave1
went to Chicago and spent day at the
national headquarters. There he hat
!, an invaluable agent in the person o.
Tom Dawson, the secretary of thu
American legation in Brazil. Mr.. DaW'
son, being an Iowa man and devoted u
= This state. looked after it's interests very
closely. He had a responsible position
, in the literary department and Iowa go
: Its full share of the best of everything
the national committee had. Nor
2 than $4,000 German newspapers wsrt
& circulatedin in the state and fifty or sixt,
: tons Of other literature We're distributed
in Iowa from the state headquarters il
Des Moines These visits to Chicag'
! i resulted in bringing many things to tn
: state that could not otherwise hay
been secured.
!, In the two close districts. the Secon
! and Sixth, the German and mining vot
Twas always perplexing problem, bu
. Mr. Weaver has never for momen
i thought that the democrats woul
: carry either district. He has had con
: fidence in the Germans from the star
Regardless of all rumors to the con
. trary, he has felt that their SCUM
Z business sense would hold them for tn
r support of the sound money candidat
and that yollmer was Of such charac
q ter that they could not make up thei
L l51ninds to trust him. That is just wha
: happened The Germans who Nigh
liked to vote for him because h
e was German. feared that he wa
: pledged to both sides and could not b
Z trusted. He talked too much. and
It fact, was too much of kid mayor.
e The campaign as conducted by N
e Weaver has been the longest that wa
d ever carried on in Iowa. He opened h
: quarters here in June and began tn
work of close organization which i
e foresaw would be necessary to wax
n up the people. Since that time NJ
e Weaver has given practically all of h
= time to the party service. There hay
: been many perplexing and trying mt
y ments, when 1t seemed that it would /
y impossible to impress upon the peop
y the necessity of political activity, b,
= at such times the chairman was alwas
ready with new scheme to intere!
= republicans. and his persintency prt
duced the desired result. All day ye.
= terday he was in receipt of nunlerol
!. ltelegrams of congratulation from pa
ty leaders in Iowa and elsewher
None of them pleased him more tha
:. the one he received from Speaker Hell
10 derson, which was as follows:
10 Am very happy over the Second di
+ trict. Could not spare one link fro
+. Iowa's splendid chain. Heartily col
II graduate you on Your splendid can
Z paign. ID. b. HENDERSON" !"
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