Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-01
LOOK OU1 F|)R Faxes
Republicans Warned Against Demo.
cratic Schemes Sprung on the
Eve Of Election.
The Usual Number Of Fakes and
Canards May Be Expected
This Yean
Latest News From the Second Dis
trict is Encouraging PClii-
cal Comment
Special to Times Re publican.

cal Comment
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 1.-The republican,
campaign committees always manage
to know in some way or another what
the other fellows are doing. They have
ways of finding out so that they are
warned of any skulduggery or espe-
cially cloudy schemes that are about to
be sprung upon the people. These
things can then be counterac.ed in
time, SO that their harmful influence is
greatly diminished. The last thing to
leak out is that the plan of the demo-
cratic managers for the last few days
of canards and fake interviews and
with the intent to deceive the people
on the attitude of pubic men ard the
situation in various localities. An att
tempt will be made especially to de-
ceive working men with regard 10 the
effect of the issues upon them and also
to make them believe that certain la
bor interests and Influences are for
Bryan when such statement is utter
ly false. They int; nd to appear. as
they have in the past, 10 the baser
passions and prejudices of men. only to
a greater extent in more desperate
and contemplate manner. All sorts OF
stories of this kind will be put out when
it is too late to answer them. This is
no campaign bluff. for the information
is thoroughly authentic and the deyel-
opments are already beginning to prove
it.
The forged interview with eX-Presi-
dent Cleveland. in which he was made
to state to a reporter of the Philadel-s
phia Tines that there would be a land
slide for Bryan, was part of the pro-
gram here outlined. This fake state-s
ment was sent to the Associated Press
and was industriously offered to repub-s
lican newspapers all over the country,
butthe latter generally refused to print
| it, recognizing it as a forgery on its
face Mr.. Cleveland. who has on two
occasions recently stated that he had
nothing to take back. no change to
/ make in his oppositi as announced in
4 1897 agaist Bryanism and against
Bryan. Immediately telegraphed.
| branding the interview as IAN unmiti-
gated lie from start to finish.
Chairman Weaver desires to warn
/ the republican committeeman and
! workers all over the state that they
must be prepared to&meet and deny all
such rurnors as this one. because they
4 are likely to come thick and fast from
! ls 4f.1o
The latest news from the Second dis
4 trict is still more encouraging 10 re-
1 publicans. The work in Muscatine
4 county by the county chairman, John
l w. Mckee. has been a model of thor
loughness and energy and the result is
that the closest poll and the most cons
4 servative estimate show tina. the
4 county will give a republican majority
i of SO.
4 In Johnson county the firsr pol
4 showed a democratic majority of $50
This has been dwindling down. Withir
! the past two or three weeks it has beer
Il estimated all the way from $50 demo
Il cratic majority. The republicans nov
q say they will carry the county TO
Il Rumple and for Mckinley. This is tht
4 best news that has come out of the dis
= trict for "a long tirns. 1t shows wl,a
a persistent and thorough campaignin:
4 will do in that district.
a The republican state committee i
besieged every year by students an,
! Hother voters who expect assistance IL
going home to vote. This is one of tn
most difficult problems that confront
the state chairman. OF course it Is ou
of the question for the state committe
to undertake TO pay any ones expense
a in going home to vote. Politician
generally regard this as Very fool
ish and wasteful expenditure of cam
paign funds. The money that it cost
I, to send student home to Vote Will o.
! the average employ two men and
! team to work all day bringing voter
81 Ito the polls and the money so spent vii
! get ren votes where it Will bring on
y whose railroad fare is to be paid. Tn
I state committee has paid these fare
on one or two occasions with the aid 0
the county committees. The result ha
not been satisfactory. 1t was done i
1896 to some extent and alsosin 1898. j
= great NldHy OIL lIle tlCkttS y tuIHeu " y y
the hands of scalpers. students havin
: sold the tickets instead of going HON
: to vote.
The railroad companies do the bes
they can for these purposes. but rail-
way managers are very much discour
aged by the results. In the first plac
-l.they must treat both parties alike.
!, has often turned out that students an
s others sent home to vote either did no
vote at all or voted the opposite ticke
: from that of the committee which fur
j, nished them transportation. This yea
: 1T has been with great reluctance tina
] concessions have been secured b
a Chairman Weaver, of the republica
state committee, from the railway CON
panies.
Mr.. Weaver spent yesterday in Chi
: cago. where he secured another cor
!. cession permitting the ticket to be goo
: returning the day after election. Th
local ticket agents have received the
& instructions to sell tickets at one faI
6 for the round trip upon the presents
a tion OF a certificate in a certain forl
= from the county or state chairma
d stating that the voter desires to- {