Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04
REAV[R'S BUSY MEEK
Chairman Of the State Central Re.
publican Committee Doing Some
Good Work.
Some New Features introduced in
the Matter Of Political
Literature.
Fear Of Overconfldence in Success Of
the Party The Democratic
Fund.
Special to Times.Republican


has been busy one at republican
headquarters. A large amount OF cam
patgn documents have been received
and sent out and on Saturday night the
clerks had the document room cleared
ready for another installment this
week. Chairman Weaver has arranged
to send out a much larger amount OF
documents of different sorts this year
than ever before. There are also diff
ferent features introduced from the
style of the ordinary campaign docu-
ments. There are fewer of the large
pamphlets and long speeches ana many
more short. pungent and attractive
leaflets, containing extracts from
speeches, summaries of important
documents, terse statements cf the
great property of the different lines Of
Industry and other enterprises, telling
tables showing the prosperous condition
of our people and, in fact, any other
brief and pointed documents which
contain in condensed form, for the
reading of the busy man. the Strongest
features of the campaign The commit
tee realizes that the people are too busy
to read long speeches, but that snort
paragraph or two. making a clear, con-
else statement of some pertinent issue.
Will be read and the facts remembered.
The large illustrated posters which
We're sent out Heek before last have
been put up all over the state OF Iowa
and the bill boards and dead walls are
everywhere embellished with these
artistic arguments for the reelection
of Mckinley. The coming week Will
see another lot of these posters sent to
the larger cities to add 10 the number
already sent to those points. Chairman
Weaver has much faith in them and
believes if properly distributed ,llruout
the state they Will be productive of
much good.
The last Of the meetings Of the dis
atrict committeeman for consolidation
Will be held on Tuesday September 4,
at New Sharon, in the Fourth district
These meetings have been productive
of much good BY this means Chair
man Weaver has been able to meet
practically all of the county chairmen
in the state, together With the cong res-
ssional committeeman, and carefully
consider the situation in the different
districts. The results Of these meet
ings have been encouraging. Each one
has been Well attended and the reports
from the different counties have indi-
Gated a fair degree of interest already
awakened in the campaign. One fact,
however. was especially emphasized at
all of these meetings and that was that
while the people of the state are Well
satisfied with the present prosperous
conditions, there is great danger that
they are too busy to take that interest
in the campaign which its Importance
warrants. There is no doubt but that
the large bulk Of the people of Iowa
are republicans this year, but Chair
man Weaver endeavored at each of
these meetings to impress upon the
members of the different congressional
committees and the county charmen
the fact that it is necessary to get out
the full vote in order that Iowa should
keep up her proud record as one of the
banner states in the nation. and also
that the republican congressional dele
cation over the state be maintained
intact. He spoke at each meeting Very
plainly in regard to the duty of every
county chairman to work with that end
in View of getting full republican
vote Of his county. While the situation
in the main is very satisfactory and 1t
is plain that there are no disgruntled
republicans this year, and it is also
manifest that many of those who fOl-
lowed Bryan into the free silver ranks
will return to their party at this time.
yet, as always, there is a doubt that
the people who really should be the
most interested will not take the ,trou-
BILE to vote. Chairman Weaver and the
realize that this is the great danger
and, in fact. the only danger, in Iowa.
this year. The sta tie is all right and If
the full republican vote is polled there
can be but little question that there is
majority Of 100000 votes for McIlin-
ley and Roosevelt, but the Very magni-
ltude of this majority is, in a way, det-
rimental to the work of the committee,
in that it induces apathy. and apathetic
at this time might become
pathetic after election.
Chairman Huffman, Of the democrat
ic committee, claims that his reports
from democratic county chairmen indi-
cate that not over % or so per cent of
the republican vote will be polled this
year. while they have hopes of polling
their entire democratic strength, espe-s
cially in the Second and Sixth congress
slonal districts, and also gaining good
percentage of the sound money demo-
Gratis who deserted Mr.. Bryan four
years ago. Chairman Weaver is not
to admit that the repu blicanss
will lose any such number by reason Of
the stay at home VOTE but he says that
that is the only danger possible to the
complete and glorious success of the re-
publican ticket in Novem Der.
The organization OF the united Iowa
democracy Is fourishing according to
Chairman Huffmans statements. and
last week must have been pay day for
them, for it is understood that fully 200
fees We're received per day
turnout the week. Az the amount Of
each membership fee set aside for the
democratic state central committee
fund Is SO, one can readily see that last
week was red letter week for Chair
man Huffman and the democratic COM
mittee.
The republican speaking campaign
will begin in short time. Chairman
Dawson, OF the speakers bureau, has
announced that Senator Allison will
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