Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-02
ACTIVITY OF IRE 0[Z!'BS
Republican Marching Clur Are
Stirring the Voters Up
Action.
Fear That Assurance Of Victory
Will Result Disastrouf as
in 1892
The Democrats Are Working Hard
to Capture Several Doubtful
Districts.

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to Capture Several Doubtful
Districts.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 2.-The organization
of republican clubs and rough rider
marching clubs is one of the best evil
dences that the republican workers are
at least taking an interest in politics
and are doing their duty. The further
fact that these clubs have good mem
.berships indicates that the people in
these several localities where they have
been organized are also taking an In
terest in politics sufficiently to join the
clubs and participate in their work.
Chairman Weaver recently asked the
county chairmen to send him the names
of clubs as they were organized, with
the name and address of the president
and other officers, number of members
and whether or not marching club or
rough rider club had been organized.
He has received number of reports
already showing the following clubs to
have been organized:
Logan, Harrison county; president,
Wills L. Stern; captain of marching
club, DIR. NJ. A. Humphrey; 432 mem
.bers.
Second and Fourth wards, Sioux City;
president, A. H. Burton.
First and Sixth wards, Sioux City;
president, II. w. Allen.
Third ward Sioux City; president,
G. H. Joy.
Black Hawk township, Jefferson
county; president, A S. Mcpherson,
| Woolson.
Fairfield, Jefferson county; president,
w w. Fry; captain of rough rider club.
George Gibson.
Wyacondah precinct, Davis county;
president, L. NJ. Andrews, Mark; cap
tain rough rider club, John Elliott,
4 Mark.
Drakesville, Davis county; president.
G. c. Duke.
Bloomfield, Davis county; president,
James A. Dunn; captain of rough rider
4 club, T. D. Doke; 126 members.
4 Ogden, Boone county; president, I. T.
a lCressler; 2s5 members.
4 Boone. Boone county. pres idents DsR
4 Hindman; 3375 members.
4 incline. Boone county: president
q Robert Hardie; IS members.
4 Independence, Buchanan county;
4 president. j. w. Lamb; $50 mem bers.
A Colfax, Jasper county; presidenr, E.
q E. Dotson; captain OF ro.esn rider club
4 Mel Aver
4 Newton, Jasper county; president
Il Earnest Early; captain of rough rider
i lclub, George Edge.
Ira, Jasper county; captain OF march
ing club, w. I. Price, Colfax.
Fort Madison, Lee county, president
4 William r. Sturgeon: captain of rough
:. rider club, E. l.. Treyitt; 200 members
Lu Verne, Kossuth county; president
I 4. p. Harrison, 75smembers.
4 Mr. James A Gilmore, of Stuart, ha!
& S|been travelling thru the northern part o
!, the state for the republican state com
rnittee for some weeks, and having beel
4 engaged in similar work before is ;
close and reliable observer. He was il
town yesterday and in talking about tn
Ipolitical SITUATION as he finds it thruou
q the state where he has been he said tn
lone thing which impressed him mos
l:was the similarity of the feeling thi
year and in 1892, when the extreme con
ltidence of republicans and their conse
Iquent inactivity led to the defeat o
Il Benjamin Harrison.
There is one thing the people don
seem to understand, at least the repub
licans." said Mr.. Gilmore. and that j
I lthatsthey are confronted by a very diff
s3lferent situation from that of last yea
! Tor two years ago or three years agt
Every little while / hear some republic
: an say that they had such and such
: majority in certain town or count
: last year or two years ago and they fel
= perfectly safe and everything was a
= right. and so on. They don't seem t
:, realize that the democrats have had n
= organization worth speaking of sine
: 1896. and this year they have a far bel
ter organizat ton than they ever had be
= fore in Iowa. And they have nor
money to spend, too. They have bee
working on it all this year. Ever sine
llllast January they have been at it, wit
working up the organizatio
el and raising funds Mr.. Helweg, who
LA first-class solicitor, spent several day
d lin Stuart quietly working up the matte
'a of funds. He got pledges and contrib,
i ltions from a great many men. nearly a
u SIl1tilI - SUIIS, Uul ss 5lllscffs SdSSIeSd
Y amounted to a handsome sum.
3, wasn't all paid at once He got pledg,
II from n.en who agreed to contribu
,r small sums in installments thru II
le campaign. He and other democrat
4 workers followed the same plan all ov,
IT the state. and they were very successf
l. because they didn't ask fer large sun
o. and were willing to wait for most Of
le ..I see evidences of democratic activ
N ty wherever go. They have a goo
6. many clubs organized in the towns vii
J. regular weekly meetings. This can n
20 help but produce an effect. Our peop
90 ought to wake up TO the Importance
Of working just as hard as they did
-5 1886. If they don't they will be sorl
le for it. From all the information CT
gather there is no doubt the republics
party has the votes in Iowa to roll T,
an enormous majority and to ele
:, everybody on the ticket and carry tn
- nearly all the county officers, but u
= less every one of us gets move on hir
=, self and does his share toward brin
:. ing this vote to the polls we shall f:
= far short of what we ought to have al
will lose great many local candidat
and have some narrow escapes on co
ac gressmen. @
Il Suppose, for instance, in the Min
al district that Judge Smiths majorl
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