Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-07-13
WORKING HARD.
Iowa Republicans Intent on
the Business Of the
Campaign.
Gains Made in Each District by
Both Parties During the
Past Year. Al
Rough Rider Clubs and the Republican
League Plans for the Coming
Campaign.

Des Moines, July 9.-Unusual efforts
are being made by the democratic state
central committee to make showing
in Iowa this year. In previous years
the democrats have been we'll satisfied
if they could keep their headquarters
open for two or three months during
the heat of the campaign. This year
| Chairman Huffman, of the democratic
state committee, has been maintaining
| a headquarters in Des Moines and keep
| ing solicitors in the field since early
in the spring. Ex-Congressman Walt
| H. Butler and a man named Hellwee
have been securing the state for weeks
and months, adopting various schemes
to raise money for the democratic state
committee. Their continuous employ
ment indicates that they have been
quite successful. Chairman Huffman
has been giving out a good many inter.
views indicating that he feels very
hopeful of being able to do something
in Iowa. There appears to be no doubt
that he has plenty of money with which
to carry out his schemes.
Upon returning from the Kansas
City convention their plan is to in.
augurate as thorough a campaign in
the state as their means will permit.
Many of the democratic politicians,
having no other occupation, can devote
a great deal of time to the agitation of
their ideas.
This activity of the democrats was
one of the principal reasons for the
opening of the republican headquar-
tiers in Des Moines and the Inaugural
tion of thorough campaign of edu-
cation at an early date as possible.
Chairman Weaver is extremely anxious
to receive early information as to the
effects of the democratic operations
over the state and he therefore urges
upon local republican workers the
Importance of completing their local
organization and reporting to the state
committee through the county commit
tees at the earliest possible day.
Weaver Compliments Local Workers.
No army can be effectively employed
until it's general has thorough knowl-
edge of the ground over which he is
fighting. The local committeeman are
the scouts in the republican army,
whose duty it is to bring to the COM
handing officer, through their cap
tains, the county chairmen, the in
formation concerning the lay of the
land which must be had to insure sue
cess. Chairman Weaver has always
said that it was the school district COM
mitteemen who carried the elections
by their thorough work before and
upon the day of election.
''You can always tell by the vote Of
a township as compared with other
years and by the interest shown in
the work of the campaign, what kind
of local committeeman is at work."
said Mr.. Weaver. IF gains have been
made and if the campaign has been
made lively by good meetings and the
people have had plenty of opportun-
ity to be informed by receiving good
literature from the state headquar-
tiers, then we know that some good,
active man has been at work there
and has attended to his business as
local committeeman. When we hear
from such man, we know how to go
to work to help him, because we feel
sure that whatever assistance is given
will be proftably employed. If the
local committeeman does not respond
to our letters, we are powerless to
help him, and the machinery in that
community stops. We are in close
personal correspondence with many
thousands of these loyal, energetic
republicans, and they may feel sure
that their work is fully appreciated,
not only at home, but in the state
headquarters, and that it will always
stand there as record in their favor"
There Is Work to BE Done.
1t is the judgment of the best in
formed students of politics in Iowa
that while of course there is no
chance for close fight on the state
and presidential ticket this year, the
democrats intend to make a strong
effort to carry at least two or three
congressional districts. A careful
study of the vote on governor in 1890,
compared with that on congressman
in 1898 shows that the republicans
suffered losses in five districts, al
though the vote of 1898 was light COM
pared with that of 1896, and gains
should have been made by the repub-
licans in every district in 1899. The
situation indicates that there is plen-
ty of work for republicans in Iowa to
do this year. The gains made in each
district by both parties are as follows:
Net Net
Rep. Rep. Dem. Dem. DEM Rep
District. gain loss gain loss gain gair
First ..... 434 779 1905 lis 1895
Second -. 957 rs l42S -. l2I