The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-16
RESEMBLES 1892.
Republican 0ver-C Confidence
Was the Cause of De-
feat That Year.
( The Same Thing May Happen
Again Unless Republicans
Are Vigilant.
Democrats Much Better Organized
to Poll Their Vote Than for
Several Years.
Chairman Weaver Points Out Danger to
Republicans in Losing q
Single Vote.

1O0 MOinSS, OCt. lo.--MT. JdMcS "A.
Gilmore, of Stuart, has been travelling
through the northern part of the state
for the republican state committee for
some weeks, and having been engaged
in similar work before, is close and
reliable observer. In talking about the
political situation as he finds it where
he has been, he said the one thing
which impressed him most was the sim
ilarity of the feeling this year and in
1892, when the extreme confidence of
republicans and their consequent in
activity led to the defeat of Benjamin
Harrison.
Democratic Are Well Organized.
.'There is one thing the people don't
seem to understand, at least the re-
publicans," said Mr.. Gilmore, "and that
is that they are confronted by very
different situation from that of last
year or two years ago or three years
ago. Every little while hear some re-
publican say that they had such and
such majority in a certain town or
county last year or two years ago and
they felt perfectly safe and everything
was all right and SO on. They don't
seem to realize that the democrats
have had no organization worth speak
ing of since 1896, and this year they
have far better organization than
they have ever had before in Iowa.
And they have more money to spend
too. They have been working on it all
this year.
Democrats Have Plenty of Money.
Ever since last January they have
been at it with solicitors working up
the organization and raising funds.
Mr.. Helweg. who is frst-class solicit
tor, spent several days in Stuart quiet
ly working up the matter of funds. He
4 got pledges and contributions from a
great many men, nearly all small
sums. but the aggregate amounted to
handsome gum. II WASH al paid
at once. He got pledges from men who
agreed to contribute small sums in in
stallments through the campaign. He
and other democratic workers fol-
lowed the same plan all over the state.
and they were very successful because
they didn't ask for large sums and
were willing to wait for most of it.
II see evidences of democratic activ-
ity wherever go. They have a good
many clubs organized in the towns
with regular weeking meetings. This
cannot help but produce an effect. Our
people ought to wake up to the impor-
tance of working just as hard as they
E did in 1896. If they don't they will be
sorry for it. From all the information
can gather there is no doubt the re-
publican party has the votes in Iowa
to roll up an enormous majority ane
elect everybody on the ticket and carry
through nearly all the county officers,
but unless everyone of us gets a move
on himself and does his share toward
bringing this voteito the polls, we shall
fall far short of what we ought to
have and will lose great many local
candidates and have some narrow es-
capes on congressman"
The whole thing this year de-
ponds, not upon the making of con
verts, so far as Iowa is concerned
said Chairman Weaver, "but upon the
energy and activity of republicans il
getting out the republican vote.
know to certainty OF what l speal
when say that if the republican vote
is polled in every congressional dis
trict we shall carry every distric
by comfortable majority, that is,
mean that if every man who is nov
convinced that the republican part,
ought to win VIII simply go to tn,
polls on election day and put in +;
ballot to that effect. we shall hav
in iowa the greatest majority tina
WIS ever given to any party in an,
state west of the Mississippi river
[ have examined all the facts, all tn
indications and am in possession o
thorough information on the subject
know what / am talking about.
"If the republicans in Iowa will d,
this much for us, every republican
nominee for congress will have NOR
than 1000 majority. But if the re
publicans themselves, the rank an,
file of the party of whom nothin
more is asked in support of thei
convictions than the mere expression
of their choice on election day sa
If these men fail to do that muc
to sustain the party and uphold wha
1t represents in the United State.
then no man can tell what will haT
pen to. us. That is the only DANCE
fear in this campaign, either in tn
state or in any congressional distric
ut ought not be necessary to +.
peat again what everyone know
about the effect of reduced m;
iOrity in Iowa. 1 1t will stimulate til
democrats, the fusionists. the FIRE
gilverites, the Bryanites and the .,
called anti-imperialists. They will
encouraged to believe that Iowa
,oming around to their way of thinl