Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-21
1R[ SPEAKERS BUREAU
IAllison's Secretary, A. F. Dawson,
to Have Charge Of the Cam
paign Speakers
There is Active Demand For Speak
ers-It Will Be Hard to
Satisfy All.
A DecenAial Question, "shall We
Have a Convention to Revise
the Constitution.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 21.-The demand for |
republican speakers is already active.
The republican state committee is re-
sceiving daily requests from all parts \
of the stats for meetings. County fairs,
SChautauquas and other organizations
are asking for speakers for particular
days. Chairman Weaver has received
more volunteers for campaign speakers
in the state this year than the commit
tee has ever had before. Several hun
dred who are competent and willing to
speak under the direction of the repub-
lican state committee have signi1ied
their willingness to do so. The assign
I ment of speakers from the national
committee has not yet been made, but
Twill be shortly.
i The speakers bureau of the republic
1 can state committee is this year in
charge of "a. F. Dawson, Senator Alli-
sons private secretary. He was asso-
4 clated with w. S. Richards in this
work last year and is thoroughly
i competent and energetic man, peculiar
4 ly we'll fitted for this place. He knows
the state thoroughly, for he has been
glwell trained by Senator Allison. He is
4 quick to see a point and will come as.
4 near to satisfying the demands. SO Of
A ten unreasonable, that are made upon
4 the manager of the speakers bureau
4 as any one. What am now trying to
4 do, said Mr.. Dawson, lis to get "A COM
9 ,5fr,ee =
l3ers and the demands for them. Then l
hope to come somewhere near supply
q ing what is wanted. OF course it is al
together impossible to do this in every
q instance, but hope that the local
committeeman will be consiaerate
enough of our difficult position TO ac-
cept gracefully the best we can give
4 them. for they may be assured this is
what they will always get"
Senator Allison will make the open
ing speech. probably Saturday, the Str
of September. The place has not Ee'
been selected. Most of the speakers
I Will commence a Week or two later, a L
$ tho many meetings will be held during
1.-The first two weeks OF September Whert
4 there is local demand for meetings
{ The Iowa members of congress. Wifi
4 the exception of Speaker Henderson n
: have agreed, to make one speech eacf
1, in every congressional district in love-
"A during the campaign. Speaker. II tsildsf'
{ son will speak in his own district. ones
i or twice in the Second and Sixth dis
z tlicts and the rest OF his time Will o.
{ at the disposal OF the national republi
i; can congressional committee.
Chairman Weaver has secured priz
Il in Richard F. Lawson. of Effinghan
y M. the author of -Four Years in
e Country Postottice.'' Mr. Lawson j
# widely known as a brilliant lecturer
q lsauthor and successful politician, In
Z lette, - Chairman Weaver he says
! When the crime of 1873 was neln.
Z committed BRYAN and We're boys to
Y gethar AT salem H., engaged IN tn
free coinage OF the neighbors water
! melons without the knowledge or con
sent of the owners. Mr.. Lawson wa
for four years postmaster at kinmund
!, and the lecture which made him ia
$ nous was founded upon personal eS
perience and Observation, both hulnoi
3, Gus and pathetic. Just now NJ Laws g
n is being considered for che position {
:. = first assistant postmaster general.
: succeed Perry S. Heath. He will spea
S. in Columbus junction, keota and Mu:
!, catine during the week beginning Sci
tember 10 aud Viii probably give thre
or four days to Iowa during the mont
5. OF October. Chairman Weaver 8consie
ers that he has been very fortunate
ir securing Mr., Lawson. who is enc |
q the most desirable speakers in II
er country.
he Very little has been said about OF
at OF the questions which will be sunni
a. ted to The people of the state this ia
Il This question Is. shall there be a col
vention to revise the constitution al
of amend the sameo,, The constitution
,pi 1857 provided that this question shou
nd be submitted 10 the people every U
he years, beginning III 1870. 1t has be-
voted upon three times and the revisit
th defeated every time as follows:
ois MAORI
Year. Yes. No. again:
re 1870 .24s64 S2.o3S 81. /
1880. .6s,762 s3.7sss lac
- $780,. !. ....27,So6 169,494 1Sl5
The small vote indicates that but
small proportion of the people voted
( the question. 1t was ignored by We
- lapge majority of the voters. But We
X I.little interest has been or is likely to-
=. 4. taken in the question this year. NJ:
* w. Fl. Fleming, private secretary to I
i'Ne governor. in recent article gives t
rs. following reasons for a revision of
T.. constitution:
H.. There are good reasons for rev
| ion of the constitution. One may
found in the conflicting judicial int
-, pretations of that instrument. The
- - have got to be SO numerous as to ma
it very uncertain what the fundamen
law is. The article in regard to corr
~. a rations needs especially to be revis
n n' Strengthened out and made more in ;
III NJ cordance with the ideas of the prese
~ -, time The revision in regard to spec
MT Legislation ought to be gone over. II
nm really a very excellent one, but it /
ors been made largely tnugatory by nea
on. of legislative enactments legalizing
su. partures from the general laws on !
various subjects, which snactmel