Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
DEMOCRATIC STATE
CAAIRMEN CONFER
Party Managers From Doubtful
States in Central West
Hold Council.
STORM CENTER OF CAMPAIGN
Hard Fight to BE in Ohio. Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas
and Nebraskn---Vicws of
the Chairmcn.

Chicago, Sept. 5.-Chairmen of the
democratic state committees in alt
the doubtful states of the west and
tional headquarters yesterday for a
conference which lasted until mid
night. The purpose of the national
committee in summoning the state
chairmen was to ascertain the exact
conditions which prevail in the states
which Mr.. Bryan must carry i'll order
to win. The interest centers i'll Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas
and Nebraska. In each of these
states the issue is to be forced on inn
perialism with Il diversion in Ohio
which has specially to do with, Ham
ma. Those who reported at demo-
cratic headquarters were =. l.. Hall,
chairman of the Nebraska committee;
Chairman j. Mack Love, of Kansas;
Chairman l.. A. Rising, of Minnesota;
Secretary T.. \. Crawford, of Michi-
gan, representing Chairman ID. j.
Campau. who is in Europe; Chairman
Parks NJ. Martin, of Indiana; Chair
man \. f. Warden. of Wisconsin.
Chairman Love. of the Kansas COM
mittee, conferred with MIR. johnson,
national committeeman of the same
state, for an hour in the morning, re-
viewing conditions which prevailed in
each congressional district.
ut is going to be a bitter fight in
Kansas and no mistake said Chair
man Love. 81 do not think there is
anything in the popular impression
that Breidenthal will run ahead of
Bryan. If Breidenthal carries the
state so will Bryan. In 1896 it was
claimed that I4eedy would run ahead
of Bryan on account of the dissatis-
faction with Morrill,, but he did not
rs it true that the populists are
returning to the republican party?"
was asked.
'sSome of those who came from the
republican party have returned, but
we will more than offset this vote by
gains from the gold democrat vote
and the Germans. There is one pre-
cinct of German voters near Nlarys
Vile where the democrats had, in 1892
a vote of $50 to IL republicans. In
1896 Bryan got only Seven votes. This
year Bryan will Overwhelmingly car
ry the precinct" & 50
The Nebraska Situation.
Chairman Hall, of Nebraska, admit
ted that the republicans were going
to make desperate effort to carry.
MIR. Bryan's home state.
mo man can beat Bryan in Ne
braslSa," he said, ";lnd I don't believe
the republicans expect to do it. The
most they hope to get is part of the
state ticket and the legislature. Two
United States senators are to be elect
ed i'm Nebraska, and the state must
be redistricted under the new census.
This makes the legislative fight one
of unusual interest. We have the
best Legislative nominees ever put for
ward in the state. and concede noth-
ing to the republicans.
imperialism is the only issue forced
i'll Michigan. The democratic national
committee is going to flood the state
with literature and will hold numer-
Gus conferences with the state organ
izatioh. Secretary Hampton, of the
democratic state committee. said:
"When the reports We're completed
Saturday night we had more demo-
cratic clubs formed in Michigan than
we had the day before election in
1896. The work of organizing Bryan
ana MaNDury CLUBS VIII DE continued
until Michigan is a network of demo-
cratic clubs"
tree Watcrmc!ons in Indiana.
Indiana, as usual, presents features
which are original. Women and wa
termelons are figuring in the lToosier
election. Alfred Dale Owen, of Mt.
Vernon, who is trying to capture the
congressional seat now held by James
A. Hcmenway, stampeded the entire
republican organization when he.
opened his campaign at Poseyville
last week. Ten thousand watermel-
ons We're offered for g,ratllitous dis
tribntion. Every voter had whole
one if he wanted it. About all SOUTH
ern Indiana was there and Owens
stock took a decided boom.
Helen NJ. Cougar and Miss Margaret
Ingalls,, of Paris, Ky, are stumping
Indiana and asking Indiana women il
| they want to rear sons to carry mus
kets and die in the marshes. The re-
publicans concede nothing to the dem
ocrats in Indiana and claim that they
will not only hold the nine congress
sional districts they carried in 1898,
but also add the Fourth and Twelfth,
tie democrats to gain the First,
Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Thirteenth.
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