Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
WHAT VIZ NAY DO
The Power u Iowa Repub-
lioans # Properly
Exerted. I.
The Difference Between Having
the Votes and Getting
Them Polled.
How 4 Great Majority May Be
Lost Through Over Confidence
and Carelessness.
Chairman Weaver Appeals to Republic
ans to See That Their Neigh
bors All Vote. ,s. f..

Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 29.-Return'
have been received from about 81
per cent. of the voting precincts IL
Iowa, giving estimates by reliable
men on the vote as it now. stands
providing the full vote is polled. There
are about 1850 voting precincts in the
state. Chairman Weaver, of the re
publican state central committee, hal
returns from the republican precinct
committeeman in about 1,400 pre-
cincts. These returns show that ii
the whole vote is polled the repub'
!ican 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
democrats. These returns are sutfi-
GENTLY scattered, SO they ought to be
reliable. Chairman Weaver has been
very careful to secure reliable men
to make this poll. 1t represents .
close inquiry into the politics of every
voter in the state by some man in
his neighborhood who is well 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 canvassed without watt
ing for the entire county to be cam
vassed. So there is some information
from every county.
We Have the Voterx-Pon Them.
1T is one thing to have the votes"
said Chairman Weaver, land quite an
other thing to get all the votes into
the ballot boxes on election day. We
have every reason to believe that our
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
to this end that our efforts in Iowa
are directed. We have not particle
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
is, assuring the republic
ans of Iowa that if they will only
vote they will have such a 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 $1,000,
while the democratic vote fell off only
about $4,000. The falling off from
1896 to 1898 in the republican vote
was about $4,000. The falling off in
the democratic vote was about $1,000.
The difference between the republican
vote of 1899 and 1886 was about So
200. while the democratic vote fell 49,
900. This year the democrats are
showing greater energy and certainly
have greater resources in Iowa than
thew had in 1896 and are much bet
ter organized. Secretary Walsh. of
the democratic national committee,
has boosted that he has $4,000 work
ing correspondents in the state.
Chairman Weaver invites republicans
10 study these conditions and act ac-
..
Look Up the Stay-nt-Homes.
eve mnst not lose sight OF the fact"
said Chairman Weaver. that the re-
publican lnajorities in Iowa this year
will depend altogether upon the stay
at-home vote. Stay-at home voters can
Zeal the republican party deadly
slow, simply by their overconfidence
md inactivity. A majority of 100000
might be entirely wiped out if that
many republicans failed to vote. and
such a thing has happened. We don't
want the majority to go down this
rear for reasons which it is not neces-
sary to repeat. but which every voter
,upht to bear in mind. We are simply
II the mercy of our own troops. If
hey are not on hand when the call for
action comes. we cannot hope to win
victory or hold our ground. This is the
hing which 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
,eighbor until he will be ashamed to
;tay away from the polls on election
lay"