The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-02
WHAT VIZ MAY Do.
The Power Of Iowa Repub-
licans If Properly
-Exerted.
The Difference Between Having
the Votes and Getting
Them Poued.
How a Great Majority May Be
Lost Through Over Confidence
and Carelessness.

Chairman Weaver Appeals to Republic
ans to See That Their Neigh
bors All Vote.
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 29.-Returns
per cent. of the voting precincts in
Iowa, giving estimates by reliable
men on the vote as it now stands,
! providing the full vote is polled. There
are about 2.15o voting precincts in the
state. Chairman Weaver, of the re-
| publican state central committee, has
returns from the republican precinct
committeeman in about 1,400 pre-
cincts. These returns show that if
the whole vote is polled the repub-
lican majority in the state will be
larger than ever before. They show
very little falling off in the republican
vote and considerable loss for the
4 democrats. These returns are suffi-
GENTLY scattered, so they ought to be
| reliable. Chairman Weaver has been
| very careful to secure reliable men
to make this poll 1t represents a
close inquiry into the politics of every
voter in the state by some man in
his neighporhood who is we'll in
formed and can get accurate informa-
ton. The committeeman were direct
ed to send their poll books directly
to the state chairman as soon as each
precinct was canvasseG without wait
ing for the entire county to be can
vassed. So there is some information
from every county.
We Have the Voters-Poll Thea.
cit is one thing to have the We ,es, .
said Chairman Weaver, "and quite en-
other thing to get all the votes into
the ballot boxes on election day. We
have every reason to believe that our
information from these precinct
chairmen is both accurate and COM
plete in nearly every instance. But
these votes will do us no good unless
they are counted on election day.
That is our chief concern, and it is
4 to this end that our efforts in Iowa
are directed We have not a partic
of doubt of the result in any con-
gressional district, providing we can
get our voters to the polls"
Things to Think About.
The republican party management
in the state, basing its expectations
upon past experience and present in
vestigation, is assuring the republic
ans of Iowa that if they will only
vote they will have such majority
this year as they never have had be-
fore. But if they fail to vote they
may expect something very different.
From 1896 to 1897 the republican vote
in the state fell off more than $4,000,
while the democratic vote fell off only
about 10000. The falling off from
1896 to 1898 in the republican vote
was about $4,000. The falling off in
the democratic vote was about 81 600
The difference between the republican
vote of 1899 and 1896 was about So
0oo while the democratic vote fell 49,.
OOO.> This year the democrats are
showing greater energy and certainly
have greater resources in Iowa than
they had in 1896 and are nucf bet
ter organized. Secretary v OF
the democratic national committee
has boasted that he has $4,000 work
ing correspondents in the state
Chairman Weaver invites republicans
to study these conditions and act &C.
cordingly.
Look Up the stay-at-Homes.
"We must not lose sight of the fact, .
said Chairman Weaver, ''that the re.
publican majorities in Iowa this year
will depend altogether upon the stay
at-home vote. Staysat-home voters can
deal the republican party deadly
>blow, simply by their overconfidence
and inactivity. A majority Of 100000
might be entirely wiped out If that
many republicans failed to vote. and
such thing has happened. We don't
want the majority to go down this
year for reasons. which it is not neces.
sary to repeat. but which every voter
ought to bear in mind. We are simply
at the mercy of our own troops. II
they are not on hand when the call fo1
action comes. we cannot hope to win q
victory or hold our ground. This is THE
thing which 1 would like to keep most
prominent from now on until the polls
close on election day, and wish that
every republican might talk it to his
neighbor until he will be ashamed tc
stay away from the polls on election
day"
Imperialism Changed Him.
w. B. Emerson, OF Atlantic, who -four
years ago was the editor of red-hot
BRYAN paper and made speeches for