Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-09
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Republican Leaders Plan to Make
Good Record and Merit Peo.
ple's Confidence.
a Reorganization Of the Democratic
Party May Give Strength to
Opposition.
Administration and Congress Con
fronted With Serious Problems
Rumple's Victory.
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Special to Times-R Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 9.-Republicans are
fast cooling down after their great VIC
tory and are beginning to think seri-
ously about the future. The leaders
generally agree upon several things,
the gist Of it all being, in the words of
Chairman Weaver, that the repub-
lican party must now do business. just
as 1t did after the people trusted it
with their business in 1896" 1t seems
to be quite generally agreed that many
of the weaknesses which made the re-
publican victory this year so great will
be eliminated before another presiden
|tial campaign begins. There will be no
more free silver There will be less
talk about pulling down the flag and
retreating from our responsibilities in
the far east. Butsthe democratic par
ty has permanently gone popufistic
and in some form CT other populism
will control that organization. 1t is not
at all likely that the old, conservative
|democracy, which men like Horace
Boies are in the habit of referring to
as the democracy OF Thomas Jefferson
and Andrew Jackson, will be restored.
Therefore the gold democrats, the men
who have been instrumental in win
ming this victory, must be made TO feel
at home in the republican party, Many
/ Of the best thinkers and the shrewdest
and most successful leaders in the re-
publican party are in favor of making
concessions to them.
1 During the next two years the repub-
| liican administration Will be compelled
to define an elaborate policy for the
4 Philippines and other island posses
sions A vast amount Of constructive
work must be done, and it is not to be
1 lexpected that all republicans can agree
4 lon these details or that the policy that
lis finally adopted will be satisfactory
Ito every one. Such a thing could not
Ebe. So then, it will be necessary for
L the republican party to- hold q. vast
4 number OF Sressns who IRE interested In
Tits success for other reasons. Work
ling men, who had probably the most
j important part in the victory of 1896
land who did not all vote the same way;
4 this year, are demanding certain legis-
.Ilation from congress. They want an
fIeight-hour law applying only to en-
4 ployers OF labor engaged on govern
Hlment contracts of all kinds. "A great
4 many good men, republican leaders
4 who are in no sense extreme on labor
#lquestions but are quite conservative
I5thinlz this law ought to be passed, be-
8!scause it is just and because it would
slgreatly strengthen the party with the
a 5llaboring people.
i When the complete returns began to
4 come in from the Second district the
d Icorrectness of the dispatches was aues-
6Itioned here and some of them were re-
II Epeated back to the sending point be-
a cause the newspapers and politicians
who received them here could not be-
sIl:eve that the majorities for, Rumple
Y were so large. 1t seemed impossible
, that he had carried every county and
by such majorities wnen even his cleo
tion itself was doubted before the re-
turns came in. Having carried every
J county but johnson and lacking only a
few votes Of getting that one, Capt
J. Rumple may we'll feel that the district
a is his. The surprise of every one at tbs
n size of the majority in the Second dis
; triot is due to the fact that every mar
! was doing his duty there without say
ling much about il, and the leaders and
! managers did not themselves know
"a row we'll the work had been done. Nc
E one dared predict such a landslide as
that which occurred. The Germans il
the district simply Kept their owr
counsels, but vigorously and effective
lily expressed their contempt for the
!. methods of the kid mayor Tha
!. lurid and vitriolic parsonage has dsap-
peared from political prominence q
most as completely as Bryan has from
!, 1.-The possibility of becoming president
!, The fact Is that neither the gold MOI
: silver faction in the democratic part,
trusted him. He could not successful!
lrde two horses. Besides. it is unani
Imously agreed that Capt. Rumpl,
: made very satisfactory campaign. II,
4 talked good sense to the people ano
1 abused no one. He said plainly wha
4 he stood for and there was no mistak
i ing his position. He was fail. to ever.
ono and, while he did not electaify TIL
populace, he satisfied the people tha
he was safe, Bile and trustworth.
Z man who would Faithfully represen
e the interests and sentiment of the dis
!, trict. That was why he was elected.
IS One thing the board Of control dis
e covered on its recent tour of inspec
4 tion of the state Institutions was tha
there is a general shortage in the po
tato crop. Dry weather at the time o
/ the formation of this dubious vegeta
/ BILE caused shortage in the number Q
!. potatoes formed in each hill The po
{, tatoes produced are good enough, bu
: they are too few in number, SO it wi
s be. necessary to purchase a large nun
4 h D4 bushels. They are worth q pret
"A tsSt. sd price, this year, all the wa
3 ri = 80 to 40 cents a br-ael, dependin
-jlupon where they are delivered.
!, President MacLean. of the State Uni
5 versity, was in town Yesterday and lei
in the evening for Detroit. where h
goes to see the foot ball game betwee
Iowa and Michigan which occurs tc
n morrow The president is very muc
X Interested in foot ball and. 10 loyal I
vi the university. team which has brougi
- 80 much honor to the university. Thei
~ 70 doubt about the value ee the q
ss