Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-19
ORGANIZE Still HUNT
Democratic state Central COMMITTEES
Working the Old .Good Fol.
low Cana
a Mighty Effort Beng Mads II
Behalf Of Stock and
vollmer.
How They Work It and What
They Expect 70 Accom-
plish

OeS MONIES, OcL.s 11.--<AS usual the
democratic state central committee has
organized q still hunt as thf campaign
in Iowa draws to a close. Chairman
Huffman has long ago given up hope
Of being able to materially reduce the
majority which Iowa will give McKin-
ley and the democratic committee has
decided to let the democratic state and
electoral ticket take care Of itself and
devote all their Efforts to a still hunt in
the First, Second and Sixth congress
sional districts.
Their plan. as revealed to the repub-
lfcan committee by people in these dis
tricts who have been approached, is
about as follows: A pledge has been
obtained in many of the precincts in
these districts. signed by from five to
TWENTY-FIVE leading democratic workers
according to the size OF the precinct.
BY these pledges each one whose sigma
ture is attached pledges himself to
work to secure at least one republican
vote for the democratic candidate for
lcongress.
counties in the First district detailed
the plan of the democratic workers
There. He said that one OF his tenants
was approached by democratic work
Ter with the request that he Vote for
AIR. O'Donnell, the democratic candi-
|date for congress in that district. His
largument was that While he did not
ask him to vote for Bryan or for the
democratic state ticket, yet he wanted
him to vote for O'Connell because he
was "A good fellow and we want to
give him nice complimentary vote
The democratic worker got trifie
confident after he thought he had
landed his man and said that there was
an organized effort being made among
the democrats to influence their friends
to vote for O'Connell. Each Of US is
going to try to get one republican to
|vote for him." he said, and have got
my man. If you will only vote for him
too, Ill have two men, but that won't
make any difference; we are all going
to try and get as many as we can. =
This is an illustration of the methods
4 Of this still hunt. This sort of work is
being done in the other district just
las thoroughly as in the First In the
tsecond district, in addition to the good
A fellow" argument, the workers are in
A atructed to take special pains to APP
A proach the sound money democrats in
4 the interest Of Mr.. Vollmer. They are
5l5told to say to them that they do not
\ ask them to go back on their sound
4 money principles and to impress upon
slthem that Mr. Vollmer is at heart q
glsound money man. They are also to ap-
peal to them on the ground that, by
|yoting for him. they are helping 70
4 maintain the democratic organization
land that by SO doing they may be able
Ito assist in putting the organization
slback into the hands of the sound money
linen. A gentleman living in johnson
d county, who was at republican head
4 quarters in this city yesterday. states
a that this sort Of argument was being
Z fused quite extensively In certain parts
a of that county and also in Jackson
4 county. In this district the work Is
J. largely directed towards the gold demo-
,lcrats and the Germans who have been
a voting the republican ticket the last
& few years.
In the sixth district Judge steck
Idemocratic candidate, is making q per-
sonal appeal not only from the plat
I form hut in interviews with every one
whom he believes himself able to inf1u-
|ence, asking as personal favor tina,
they vote for him.
81 IT is probable that the some sort o.
81 work is being done in other districts
j but thus far there are no evidences O
y |it; in fact it looks as tho the commit
.|tee had deserted the balance OF tns
J. state and are concentrating all theil
\ efforts in the southeast portion
The people Of Cedar Rapids Will %
!. addressed tonight by Hon. j. NJ. Thurs
7 ton. Of Nebraska. Mr.. Thurston is one
I of the strongest opponents Of republic;
anism, is an eloquent orator and his ad-
\ loresses are forcible and convincing
THE republican central committee !.
lIcertainly fortunate in securing MI
|Thurston for this date.
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