Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-03
GETTING OUT IA[ VOTE
Chairman Weaver Urges County
Chairmen to Provide Additional
Teams Tuesday.
Heavy Rains and Bad Roads Make
This Precaution Necessary
Predictions Made.
Huffman Says Outlook Indicates
Democratic Gains Weaver
Sure Of Big Victory.

Sure Of Big Victory.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Now 3. Chairman
Weaver telcgraphed last night 10 all |
the county ohairmen in the state, urg-
ing them to see to it that additonalI
polling places on election day to bring
the voters to the polls because the re-
cent heavy rains have made the roads
SO bad that it will take two teams next
Tuesday to do the work that one team
could have done if the roads were good.
The salvation of the republican party in
Iowa is in a full vote.
Every one knows that bad weather,
bad roads or anything that intereferes
with voters getting to the polls means
a light republican vote and democratic
gains. The conditions facing republic
ans in Iowa, therefore, are to this ex-
tent and in this way u1favorable and
must be overcome by redoub1ed efforts
to prevent falling off in the vote and
an apparent gain In Iowa for free sill
tver, free trade and a backing out from
what the United States has gained DUR
ing the past two years. IL the repub-
!, lican vote falls off it will be accepted as
an admission that this is what it means
that Iowa is showing sympathy for
! Organism. OF course every one knows,
that this is not true. but the only way
Ito prove it is TO prove 1t at the polls.
( Votes that are not cast will have moth
ing to do with expressing the opinion of
Il the state. Iowa will get credit for the
vote polled next Tuesday, and no more.
sss
\ Chairman Weaver has received very
satisfactory replies from the precinct
lcommitteemen in response to his re-
quest for pledges from them to get out
4 the vote on election day. He has every
reason to believe that all his many
4 thousands of correspondents scattered
lover the state will do their full duty
land that the republican vote will be
:! fully up to The normal expectation, so
4 that the results will be entirely saItis-
Il faerory tu~tl1e party management and
to republicans generally in Iowa apd in
y the nation. These pledges have been
j. signed in the precincts by all the way
from two to ten reliable men who have
Igiven their individual promiseto attend
to the work.
N George II. Woodson, the colored ora
tor from Muchallinock has added much
Z to his reputation during the present
campaign. Chairman Weaver received
la letter the other day from a gentleman
lin Colfax highly praising Mr.. Woodson
and saying that his was absolutely the
ibest speech that had been delivered
z during the campaign. He characterized
Mr.. Woodson as ''the Rankin of Iowa.
{ This bright young man ranked fully uI
, with the more famous colored orators
Who appeared in Des Moines the other
might, and that meeting. by the way
was a great SUCCESS. The speakers
: were as good as the best and the at.
= tendance and spirit ot the meeting were
e Eall that could be desired. H. w An
i tderson. Of Keokuk. one OF the speaker.
Lat that meeting. is a member of tht
i fire department in his home city ant
3 lis a man of great vigor and na.ura
r ability who has done the republican
!, party good service in this campaign. II
: the early part of the campaign Their
X iwas some doubt about the attitude o
some of the colored men In the south
lis no doubt they are republican to
Y imam. Mr.. woodson and Mr. Andersen
: have been holding meetings down ther
that have been attended by more col
ored people than could crowd into TIL
q Largest halls. They have shown thes
J, Epeople how foolish it is for a colore,
man to ever think of such a thing a
voting anything but the republica
Q ticket, because he has rsr hope what
lever under any but republican rule
T Mr.. Del c. Huntoon, who has ha
s charge of the organization department
n iof the state campaign. at the republica
y state headquarters and has superin
IA tended the distribution of literature
III says that there was more demand fo
N pictures of Mckinley and Roosevelt
IF this year than could be filled. altho tn
e. Icommittee had severa. hundred thou
n sand pictures which We're distributed
I The literature was sent out at heav
% oHexpense in enormous quantities int
r.Eerery county, both in bulk and to ind
: Ividuals thru the mails. Not ever
\. state could digest fifty Or sixty tons {
literature in a campaign, but Iowa ca
20 because her people are a reading peopl
" and they want all the information the
4. can get.
.g
.. One reason for expecting a full vot
this year and believing that the reput
lican committeeman will do their dnt
lis the fact that they have been aui,
prompt and efficient in sending in II
ie poll books. showing a careful canvas
" of every precinct. More returns in dt
re tail have been received in this way til
as year than We're received before. show
J. ing that more individuals are taking a
al lactive and painstaking interest in II
"a work of the campaign.
= George A. Huffman, chairman of II
democratic state committee. issued II
lfollowing signed statement:
THE outlook in Iowa was nev,
.e, brighter from a democratic standpoin