Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-10
EVERY MAN ON DUTY.
Chairman Weaver Says Success De-
pends Upon what Republic
ans Do The mAelves. sl rz


ans Do Themselves. .a s..
!! Des Moines, a., Aug. 6.-"The real
fight begins this morning." said Chair
man H. O. Weaver, of the republican
state central committee, as he was
preparing this morning to extend his
efforts in all directions to promote the
success of the ticket nominated. "The
ticket nominated is the best that we
could have had. 1t is strong in every
respect, and while the contests were
spirited and close, those who failed to
secure their first choice are well sat
isfied, because they have all had their
second choice. This was remarkably
fortunate feature for such a series of
contests and it starts us into the cam
paign with universal good feeling. I
have had assurances from the sup
porters of the defeated candidates
that they need only to be told what is
wanted of them during the campaign
and they will do their part and even
more. The fact is, we never have any
sulking among Iowa republicans. The
will of the party, once fairly expressed
as it was this time, is final and is
gracefully accepted by ALL We are
blessed in this state by a loyal, de-
termined party membership and a
wise leadership in all sections, repre-
senting all interests, which will now
proceed in a united and well-organized
attack upon the common enemy.
owe have plenty Of work to do in
Iowa. l have realized this from the
beginning of the year and have made
preparations accordingly. The Or
ganization is we'll under way, but it is
not complete. This is the first and
most necessary thing to secure. We
are trying, here at the state headquar-
tiers, to get into close personal COM
munication with at least one man, Sc
lected by the republicans of every vot-
ing precinct in the state for his recog-
nized ability. adaptability and wiling
ness to work for the republican party
whenever he is asked to do anything
from now until the votes have been
counted on the 9Th of November.
With this army of workers we shall
be able to accomplish our purpose, to
make the majority for the national
and state tickets this year the great
est in all lowa's splendid record, and
to make sure the election of all the
congressional candidates by safe ma
jorities.
''Of course no one has any doubt
that Iowa will go republican, and this
is the chief obstacle we have to con-
tend against. Too many people seem
to think there is nothing for us to do
this year. 1t is our business to show
them that this is serious mistake,
and we will do it through this great
army of local workers. They are the
men who win the victories, the strong
arm upon which we lean. So we want
to hear from them as soon as possible,
every one Of them, and know that they
are all ready for business.
ut is we'll understood that the DEM
ocrats intend to make their fight in
several of the Iowa congressional dis
tricts. They are trying, as they have
in previous campaigns, to mislead us
as to their point of attack, but we
shall know just what they intend to
do and shall be we'll prepared to meet
them. I have not She slightest doubt
of the election of all our, congressman
from Iowa, but my confidence is based
upon the activity which I expect will
be shown by the republican organiza-
ton and the republican voters. We
never won victory by sitting down
and waiting for it to come to us, rely
ing upon our natural strength to
bring it about without we'll directed
effort, and we can't do it this time.
I'VE never went into a campaign in
better shape for united effort, or with
more assurance of success, provided
we do our duty. But every man must
now take his place and do his best I'M
til after election, or those who care
anything about the promotion of re-
publican principles will have time to
indulge in many vain regrets. The
best way to make sure of feeling good
after election is to leave nothing I'M
done before election that might con-
tribute to the desired result. The
man who thinks after election what
he might have done, and didn't, to
promote the success of his party, has
about as disagreeable job of medita-
-tion as one can imagine. We are try
ing to save every Iowa republican
from such fate by finding something
for him to do. There will be plenty
of chance, as the campaign progresses.
for every republican in Iowa to do a
share Of the party's work, and I want
to give notice that the state commit
tee, the county chairmen and the local
committeeman will be calling upon
them to discharge this duty. They
must always be ready when called if
they would be satisfied in November.
"This is going to be lively cam
paign, simply because we are going to
make it so, by giving the people first
class speakers, attractive and con-
vincing educational matter in every
form. and the people are beginning to
do their part already by organizing
republican clubs and marching COM