Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-02
4 VERY GOLD CORPSE
q. NJ Belvel. Editor Of Des Moines
Democrat, says His Party is
Hopelessly Dead.
Chairman Huffman and Other Lead
ers Charged With Extinguish-
ing the Final Spark.
Latest Reports ON the General situ-
alton in Iowa. Colored Re-
publicans' Rally.
.ecial to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 2.The Des Moines
Democrat, II. NJ. Belvel's paper, prints
a red-hot article today explaining Why
the Daily Democrat was discontinued.
lin the course OF which he Incidentally
makes some sensational charges against
George A. Huffman, chairman of the
democratic state committee. The Dem
ocrat is the only straight-out Bryan
democratic paper in Dess Moines Mr..
Belvel and his associates made a heroic
effort 10 establ a straight democratic
paper in this city. They asked no bonus.
lronage of their party committee. They
did not receive it. On the other hand,
they got only back-handed blows. Ev-
lerybody- knows about the large amount
of funds which the committee has COL
llected, but nobody has seen what has
been done with the money. MIR. Belvel
knows that ncne of it went to help the
Daily Democrat
| His article explains. not only Why the
Daily Democrat failed, but why the
democratic party is making no impress
sion this year and why the party man
\ tagement lacks the confidence of demo
Gratis The article is stem-winder and
lit will be read with lively interest by
both democrats and republicans. Here
are a few extracts from it:
"Whilesit is true that the experiment
has been dear one to the writer he
is conscious of having made an effort to
resuscitate very cold corpse when he
Eattempted to blow the breath of life in-s
I, to the democratic party of Iowa, yet
thaving been engaged in that unappre-s
iciated and very unprofita Bile work since
1872, he willingly took up the bellows in
la more determined way than ever be-
fore, but with the same result as in.
Years past.
There Is little wonder that the DEM
locratic party is hopeesssy in the nil
nority in Iowa. The spark of life 1t yet
8Icontains existssin spite of, rather than
by reason OF, the efforts of the men who,
tby come inscrut able reason, have been
4 given control of the state organizat tion
BY reason Of apparent efforts Of some
lof them to use the organization simply
lar a vehicle for their own advancement,
the party in this state has become inert
4 The democratic party in Iowa, al least.
.ihas no life. for the chairman of the state
aEcommittee has seemingly repudiated
iI3William j. Bryan. He has small care
ilwhether Mckinley carries this state by
10000 or 100000 majority, and the Vote
Twill show this feeling in away that will
! be unnistakabie when election day
comes. The rank and file of the demo-
icratic party in Iowa is heartily sick of
.sbossisn.'' and the small showing they
Twill make at the polls will prove con-
tclustvely that they are done with at
sttempts al one man power and they will
mot stand as a strong minority even for
1.-The Kansas City ticket. They are thru
with the bosses and can not be rallied
a by the cracking of the driving whip in
1.-The hands of any one.
/ That the state committee thru its
lchairman practically ignored the exist
lence of the Daily Democrat, the only
4 exponent of Bryan democracy in the
capital city. is the best evidence the
Ichairman of the COMMITTEES, at least, is
4 not in full sympathy With Bryan, and
THAT. with Mr.. Bryan, as With the paper
(which undertook to defend his cause.
the knife would not be spared should
1.-THE opportunity be5afforded. Many dem
Eocratic papers thruout the state openly
charged this to Mr.. Huf,nans . account
81 two years ago, while the writer upheld
land defended him, but an intimate ac-
81 .iquaintance With the methods pursued
II by the chairman Of the committee dur
4 ing the present campaign convinces us
that such charge could now be truth
4 fully made.
man in Missouri wrote to Chair.
man Weaver the other day saying thal
:. a democrat there had declared thar
Mr.. Weaver had conceded the Sixth
a congressional district OF Iowa to Steck
the democra tic nominee. Mr.. Weaver:
& correspondent had taken the bet ans
, was writing for information. Mr.
Weaver informed him that il was TIL,
d fartfest from his intention to .conceds
the Sixth district to Steck: that. on ths
a conrary. there was not the slightes
doubt about the district going repub.
q lican. The latest reports strengthen hi.
a opinion and that of all we'll Informed
4 politicians that the Sixth district Is alb.
solutey safe for Maj. Lacey.
An experienced politician who recent.
lily visited the Second district and made
's an investigation of the conditions there
81 for the purpose of advising some othel
. political friends who We're deeply inter
ested in the outcome, said that lie be
lieved that Capt. Rumple would win
altho the district is very close and tn,
!, majority either way Will not. in III.
opinion, be more than 500 or 60O alth,
d lit may run considerably above that. 4.
base my Judgment largely upon TIL,
universal feeling of enthusiasm, which
l found in the district. believe th,
) tidal wave for Mckinley would carr,
thru any man the republicans nigh
nominate for congress in that district
The republicans have made grea
: fight there and don't see how they cal
!. fail to win. Every part of the distric
Z is thoroughly awake. 1t is Just lik.
Indiana or any other place where poll
. tics is a hand to hand fight. Nobody il
!. excused from participation. There ii
. no doubt, in my opinion, that the re
publican party-that is. the cause o
sound money and protection, has
comfortable ma joritysin the Second dis
i |trict. do not believe that any ot1lei
/. minor consideration or issue or an.
Il personal feeling in regard to candidate