The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-10-04
ALLSPEAKERSACTIVE
Hundreds of Republican Meetings
in Iowa Every Week.
Force OF 1900 Speakers at Work
I'm Every Part of the State and
Immense Crowds Attend
Ing the Meetings,


Ing the Meetings.
Des Moines, La, Sept. 2s.-Manager
Dawson, of the republican state COM
mittee's speakers bureau, has secured
from a dozen to twenty frst-class
local speakers in every congressional
district who are prepared to answer
any calls for their services during the
campaign. The county chairmen have
lists of these local speakers, so they
can be called upon whenever needed
without loss of time, which has been
suffered in the past because these ar
rangements had to be made through
the state headquarters at Des Moines.
A great deal of time was lost and much
confusion resulted from this, all of
which is avoided by the present scheme
devised by Mr.. Dawson. 1t lightens the
work at state headquarters and pleases
the county chairmen and the speakers
as well, for they can understand each
other better by direct communication
than by talking through third party.
The army of local speakers is first
cAass one, and it is from this reserve
force that the party gets its best cam
paigners. This is a sort of recruiting
organization for speakers.
The Great Roosevelt Meetings.
The entire eastern, northern and CEN
trail parts of the state are on tiptoe
with expectation over the visit of Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt, the republican
nominee for vice president. He will
reach Waterloo early in the morning
of Friday, October S, and will speak
there at one o'clock, leaving at $40
in the afternoon for Cedar Rapids,
where he speaks at five o'clock, and ar
irving in Davenport for speech there
and across the river at Rock Island.
Accompanying him across the state
will be Gov. Shaw and Senator Dolliver,
the latter being with him this week in
Nebraska. Senator Allison, Speaker
Henderson, Chairman Weaver, Nation
al Committeeman Hart and Congress-
man Cousins will join the party at Wa
terloo. Some of these gentlemen will
be heard in company with Gov Roose-
Welt at all the meetings. Excursions at
very low rates have been arranged on
all the railways leading into the cities
in which these meetings will be held
and from 10000 to 10000 people will be
present at each meeting. The old en-
thusiasm of 1896 has been aroused by
the coming of Roosevelt.
The Old Veteran Fremonters.
The escort of honor for Gov. Roose-
Welt at Waterloo will be the members
of the Fremont Voters club and the
Tippecanoe club. 1t is expected that
about 600 of these old veterans of the
republican party win attend the Water
loo meeting. They will be given front
seats and all will have an opportunity
to hear the speeches, no matter who
else has to stand up. BY long service
they have earned the right to the best
places.
Big Republican Meetings Held.
The republican speaking campaign is
now at it's best, and when all the local
speakers under the direction of the 90
county committees are counted a force
Of not far from 1900 speakers is at
work in Iowa at the present time for
the republican party and the cause of
sound money, a home market and an
honorable position for the United
States abroad. Senat tor Dolliver, SEN
ator Allison, Gov. Shaw, all the mem
bers of congress from Iowa, Judge
Bartlett Trip, of South Dakota; Con-
| gresham Bartholdt, of st. Louis, John
D. Razall, of Cincinnati and many
other republican speakers are cam
paigning under the direction of the re-
publican state committee. They are
having the best of meetings wherever
they go.
wanted a Winter OvercOat.
Senator DolEver said the other day
that he was having the best campaign
ing tour that he had ever enjoyed in
Iowa. "One old farmer in Adams coun-
ty," said Senator Dolliver, remarked
to me that, as far as he was con-
cerned, he thought it was blanked
sight more important that he should
have winter overcoat than it was that
Aguinaldo should have a writ of babe
as corpus. Another one whom / met
said that they couldn't make him be-
lieve that this imperialism was the
'catamount issue.
How to Make Bryan Harmless.
1.-THE claim of the democrats ex-
pressed by Carl Schurz that Bryan
should be elected because he couldn't
do any harm if he is elected and that
the republican congress should then
tie him up so he can't do any harm, was
neatly taken off by another old farmer
whom met on this trip. He said:
"'They want us to elect Bryan and
then tie him up, but think the best
way to keep him from doing any mis-
chief is to tie him up to haystack out
on his farm in Nebraska and let him
stay there. That is the best place for
him.
"The people understand pretty well
what the effect of electing Bryan will
be, and they don't take much stock in
this idea that his election viii do no
harm.
seven More Democrats.
"They understand, too, that the eff
feet of the election of seven democratic
members of the house more than were
elected two years ago will mean the
defeat OF Col. Henderson for speaker
the organization and control of the
house by the democrats and absolutely
block the work of McKinley's admins.
tration."
At Bryan's Home.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct 3.-Gov. Roose.
, welt was greeted in most enthusiastic