Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-30
BOTH SIDES ARE READY
Campaign Com mmittees Of Both Part
les Will Begin Cannonading
Immediately.
Opposition Begins to Concede Gil
bertson's Success Morrow the
Machine Candidate
Hubbard's Man Hobart Likely to
Find Opposition Centered on
One Man.
10 Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 30.-In few days a
conference of leading republicans in the
state will be called by Chairman
Weaver, of the republican state COM
mittee, to decide when the state CAM
paign snail be commenced. If 1t is to
begin Immediately after the republican
state convention the 1st of August 1t
will be necessary to make arrange
sments for it before that time and the
matter cannot be left for the new state
committee to arrange. 1t Is good deal
of an undertaking to plan the general
opening of the campaign and whoever
does it must have at least two or three
weeks to lay his plans. There is diff
ference of opinion among the leading
republicans as to when the speaking
campaign should commence. Some are
in favor of starting it right away on
1.-The theory that whoever gets to the
people first and explains his case has
the best of it. A good demonstration OF
the success of this policy was given by
| Congressman Dolliver four years ago.
He Went home from the st. Louis con-
.vention and found his district in bad
4 shape In fact, it was honeycombed
with free silver. He did not wait for
any formal opening Of the campaign,
1 but he got big tent and started out
Immediately to talk matters over With
his people. The result was that in a
few weeks he had converted nearly all
1.-The doubtful ones and was in good
4 shape for the oncoming of the demo-
lcratic hosts later in the campaign. On
i the other hand, some of the experi-
4 enced campaigners take the position
!. that it is unwise to start the campaign
4 too early. because it cannot be kept up
lat high pitch of enthusiasm for so
]. long time. Mr.. Weaver has been adj
i yised to take the counsel Of the party
j workers and leaders on this and other
Il questions before proceeding with def
/ mite plans and it is his disposition all
II ways to do this. So he will probably
/ cab conference before long.
The national congressional commits
tee, OF which Congressman j. w. Bah
cock. OF Wisconsin. is chairman. has
! already located and opened its head
-gIquarters for the campaign in Chicago.
4 and the national committee is prepar-
! Ling to do the same. Congressman Hull.
y of Des Mo.nes. has been in Chicago for
y several days in his capacity of chair
z man of the executive committee of the
lrapublican congressional committee,
making arrangements for the opening
OF the campaign. The congressional
d committee deals chiefly With the prob
lem of supplying literature from the
! Congressional Record. So 1T appears
a that the campaign committees are al
: going to get under way this year un-
\. usually early
. Even the democratic state committed
n lis trying to do little business early
o AS has been often noted before. Chair
n man George A. Huffman. of the demo
= cratic state committee. has had twt
e agents, Messrs. Heiiwig and ex-Con
gresham Walt n. Butler in the felt
soliciting funds for some time. and ii !
understood they have been quite sue
cessful.
Another purpose of republican con
ference in the state very soon VII! o
for the selection Of delegates to the ma
~ tional convention of the Sepublica
= League, which is to be held in ST. Pau
= July IL Iowa has had prominent par
{ in these conventions in the past an
% has always sent a large delegation I
- represent the republican clubs IN IN
ie state. In fact. Iowa has worked ou
:. this problem Of club organization $
IN satisfactorily that the Iowa plan of OF
ganization. originally prepared b
George A. Mcintyre, of Shell Rocl
and Freeman r .Gonaway. of rs
of Moines. has been adopted by the Na
tional League This will be a gree
al year for clubs and the meeting OF n
of league in st. Paul will be the fir!
great national gathering of the can
paign following the two convention
Theodore Roosevelt is expected to
present and the occasion will be a no
able one 1t will furnish inspiration
many thousand republican speake
and workers and the attendance fro
Iowa will undoubtedly be large. Ere
man r. Conaway is president and
w. Weeks, Of Guthrie Center, is seer
tary of the republican state league.
meeting of the executive committ
will shortly be held in Des Moines +
the purpose of selecting the delegat
TO the convention, and number
nd league work will be present at til
me meeting. 1t will probably be held t
! allatter part of next week. The plan
III organization of the Rough Rider Gil
as will be prepared at this time. so tn
by the organization of these clubs may
systematically inaugurated thruout 7
state.
~. -, About $50 of the 1927 delegates to I
~ Nc republican state convention August
~, / have been selected. Nearly sixty cou
an. ty conventions have been held. The
" lis very little to indicate the trend
sentiment on the Office Of secretary
state because great many of the d
egates were selected before Mr.. Dobs
de- withdrew and gave opportunity for
red contest for that office. There has be
;ay some gossip to the effect that eitt
in Mr.. Martin. Of Adair, or Mr.. Redm,
by now of Jasper. might withdraw,
as that all the opposition to Senator !
asst bart might be concentrated, Sut