Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-24
It Has Already Raised a Democrat
io Campaign Fund Of $25'-
900 This Year.
Full Detail Of Plans of the Bryan
ties to Capture Some Iowa
Members of Congress.
Increase In Savings Deposits in Iowa
1903 Per Cent. Over the Amount
on Deposit in 1896.


past week Chairman Weaver has been
holding meetings for consultations with
country chairmen and district work
ers in several Of the districts of the
state. The programme announced last
week was carried out and meetings
were held in the First, Second, Fifth
and Seventh districts, together with
general meeting of the workers OF the
state at Des Moines. Without excep-
ton each of these meetings was well
attended. The county and district
chairmen, together with the promi-
nent workers of each district, were
present. The reports which they made
showed that the organizations in near
ly all the counties of each of the dis
tricts SO far visited were in good shape.
The interest manifested was very salts
factory and the reports showed that
the county committees with but few
exceptions have done their work thus
far we'll and enthusiastically.
At these meetings Chairman Weaver
presented forcibly and clearly the plar:
of the campaign which has been adopt
ed by the state central committee anta
he detailed the steps which have al
ready been taken to make the organiza-
ton this year the most effective of any
that has ever been formed in the state.
After going very carefully over the ar
engagements that have been made, he
showed clearly that the central COM
1nittee proposed to do all in their power
to secure for Mckinley and Roosevelt
majority larger, if possible, than that
given four years ago. He said that the
plan of the committee, if carried out as
they hoped. would be almost faultless,
and it would remain simply with the
county organizations to see to it that
the efforts in this direction were sue
cessful. The plans as explained by
Chairman Weaver were heartily in
dorsed by all the republicans present
at these meetings, and each district
and county chairman pledged them
selves to see to it that their counties
were not behind in the work assigned
them.
Among the important matters dis
cussed at these meetings was the fact
that the democratic state central COM
mittee is preparing to put up the
strongest campaign that that party has
ever conducted in this state. From in
formation which has recently been re-
ceived by the republican state central
committee Mr.. Weaver was able to state
much in regard to the plans of the en-
envy. He was able to inform the repub-
lican workers that the democrats, while
apparently doing little at headquarters,
had for fully year been organizing in
different parts of the state. The organ
izations, primarily for the purpose OF
raising funds for use in the campaign,
also were designed for work not only
during the campaign, but at the polls.
For two or three months past, the chair
man stated, the democratic committee
has had ex-Deputy United States Mar
shall Hellwig, of Des Moines. and ex-
Congressman "Pansy" Butler, formerly
of the Fourth district, at work in the
state as organizers of these semisecret
democratic clubs. This club organiza-
ton is known as the ''United Iowa
Democracy" When a member is re-
ceived into this organization he is re-
quired, to sign the following pledge:
UNITED IOWA DEMOCRACY.