Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-07-06

ployed with telling effect throughou
the state. These, in addition to the
army Of trained campaigners, with
which Iowa Is better supplied than
any other western state, will prove an
irresistible force, leading the republic
an party to victory in November.
One of the chief inspirations of re.
publican effort in Iowa is the desire 10
maintain the standing the state has &C
quired in Washington. No state in
the union is ahead of Iowa in it's in
fluence in the national government.
This proud position has been attained
by the loyal support given to such men
as Senators Allison and Gear, Speaker
Henderson and Congressman Dolliver,
Cousins, Hepburn, Hull and Lacey.
They have commanded for the state
the respect and admira ton of the ma
ton, and in the executive branch Of
| the government, as well as in the con-
| gress, the voice of Iowa is heard
throughout the land, speaking with au-
| thority. The continuance of the re-
publican party in power in the nation
and the maintenance of the good rec
| ord of Iowa means that the benefits
of this condition. of affairs shall con-
tinue to be showered upon the state.
Politicians, and, in fact, all who ap-
preciate the value of this prominence
in national affairs, are inspired to their
best efforts to maint ain the standing
of the state. All of the congressman
have been rem ominated without oppo-
sition, and will enter the campaign
prepared to exert their best efforts for
the party in the state and in the ma
ton.
Iowa speakers will be heavily draft
ed for work in other and less fort4
nate states. 1t will be even difficult
to secure the services of speakers of
national reputation for the reason
that they are needed in other states.
TO meet this emergency, Chairman
Weaver has taken the precaution to
secure early promises of some of the
best campaigners in the nation, some
of whom are most desired in every
quarter of the country. Among these
are Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, vice
presidential candidate, who will spend
some time in Iowa during the cam
paign and will make several speeches;
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, the bril-
liant young orator of Indiana who
is the recognized authority on the
Philippine question; Senator Spooner,
of Wisconsin,; Congressman Lands, of
Indiana, and numerous others of
equally high standing. With these
eminent speakers and with the ar
engagements for the best class of lit
erature, this campaign of education
is already we'll started. 1t now re-
mains for the local workers to do
their part.
The democrats promise to make a
lively fight in some of the congress
sional districts, notably the Second,
Sixth and Eighth, and possibly the
First districts. In the Second district
it is reported that Henry Vollmer,
mayor of Davenport, is to be the cam
didate, and in the Eighth district the
democrats are likely to nominate Sem
ator Claude Porter, of Centerville.
While there is no likelihood that the
democrats can win in any Iowa dis
trict, it is not the year for republic
ans to indulge in carelessness in re-
gard to any congressional district.
The next congress will be republican.
but not by large majority, and it be-
hooves every republican in every con-
gressional district to leave nothing I'M
done to promote the election of the
republican nominee for congress. The
fate of the party in the nation de-
ponds upon the results in the congress
sional districts, for the democrats
have much more hope of carrying the
lower house of congress than they
have of electing a president this year.
One of the most popular and in
spring features of this campaign will
be the Rough Rider clubs that will be
organized all over the state. This will
be an attractive and delightful nov
city that will appeal especially to the
provided with fine horses. The Rough
Rider uniforms will soon be on the
market at a very small price, and the
republican state committee will sup
ply simple form of organization, so
that it will be very easy to organize
Rough Rider club in any commu-
nifty. What would be more inspir-
ing" asked Chairman Weaver, than
the sight of band of hearty young
republicans clad in Rough Rider uni
forms and mounted on good horses,
led by some popular man in the neigh
borhood who has taste and talent
for military affairs?" These clubs
will be the most conspicuous figures
in political parades, and it will not
be long until the state will be full of
them. One is being organized in Des
Moines, and will be commanded by
Col. John C. Lopez, who led the Fifty
first Iowa volunteers on it's compaign
through the Philippines. In a short
time the details Of this feature of the
campaign, inspired by the nomination
of Teddy Roosevelt, the celebrated
Rough Rider colonel, for vice presi-
dent, will be worked out at state head
quarters, and announcement will be