Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-30
No USE FOR FARMERS |
The Democrats Will Not Waste Any
Time Soliciting the Farm
ers' Votes.
Jersey Richardson Tells the Party
Leaders 1t Would Be Waste
Of Argument.
Biggest Fight in Iowa Will Be
Made in the Sixth
District.
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Des Moines, Aug. so.-"Don't fool
away any time this year with the
farmers. Cato, advised j. j. Richard
son, of Davenport, in conversation with
I Cato Sells yesterday. 1T is no use for
| you to try to interest the farmers in
/ Imperialism or free silver or anything
! of that sort this year. They are too
busy making money and they won't
4 pay any attention TO you. Make all the
| noise you can in the labor centers--I
doubt if you will accomplish much
\ there, but that is your only Show This \
sound advice came from an experienced
Header, politician of national reputa-
4 ton, talking to another political leader
| who has caught the attention of the
4 country. MIR. Sells, who is known as
/ the close friend and trusted agent of
lSWiliam j. Bryan, seems to think this
4 is good advice. for he will devote the
/ most of his time this year to speaking
1 outside of Iowa.
There is no pretense among the DEM
4 ocrats that they expect to accomplish
4 much in Iowa this year beyond Two
congressional districts, and in one of
4 these they have reason to believe that
/, their hopes have been blasted. The
nomination of Henry Volimer in the
Second district hascaused many dem-
Iocrat to scowl and make sundry re-
4 marks not pleasant for Mr.. Nollmer to
i hear. They had supposed that he was
4 out of the question. He had published
| i ~. =.
sEcandidate and he was not presentat the
I9convention. His nomination is extreme
4 ly distasteful to many of those who
4 supported Bryan four years ago. They
4 remember that at that time Henry
Vollmer marched up and down ths
q state with his mouth uncorked and all
the billingsgate and violent abuse
q which he had hitherto heaped upon re-
publicans he now poured upon the sup-
a porters of Bryan, whom he character
q lied as anarchists and nothing less His
a death-bed repentance at Cedar Rapids
5 was nat sufficient 70 take the bad taste
5lsl3of his speeches of 1896 out of sls
!, mouths of democrats. His nomination
Lis highly gratifying to republicans and
!, removes what doubt they may have had
!, of the election of Capt Rumple.
I
= The one thing which the conference
& of yesterday in this city made promi-
s3Enent was that imperialism will be the
main burden of the song of the demo-
< lcratic speakers in Iowa thisSyear. They
5 Will make specieus plea to voters Of
(, foreign birth hoping TO reach them
thru their ignorance and arouse their
! prejudice by making them believe that
! the United States is about TO inaugu-
! rate a foreign policy that will require
i IAN enormous standing army. similar Il
4 the armies of European nations. They
8 will say nothing about free silver. They
l will keep still about the Titus amend
: .nent and the subject of trusts has
d been rendered oiious to them. Since
n the disclosures in New York the worl
: does not sound good, because the men
= .,ion Of IL instantly calls TO the mind OF
e every reader of the newspapers ttt
n New York ice trust. in which the dem
I ocratie leaders in New York city ane
s state are rhe chief manipulators.
7 The fight il the Sixth district will bs
g q Very hard ard close olle. 1t will b
g the only district that Is in any sort d
). doubt Chairman Weaver says that b.
e the time the campaign is we'll undei
! way it will be seen that the Sixth ais
: Will be all right. The democrats vii
It make an effort to do something in TIL
e First and Eighth districts. but the,
nave no confidence of accomplishing
anything and no real hope anywher
: but in the Sixth and Second districts
!. lin fact. very little attention will be pafi
5, Ito Iowa BY the national organization .
:, leither party, except that this state vii
:, be expected 20 contribute money TO hell
+, in doubtful states. Therefore the pec
s pie of Iowa will be thrown very large
. #on their own resources for this cam
n paign.
). In this connection an amusing stor
Z, lis told of two campaign managers VII
4 went down to New York few year
ago during a presidentialcamp i'm
bued with the idea thar an enormou
Icampaign fund had been raised anon
g the wealthy men Of the east The low
L men went to New York for the purpos
& lof getting Iowa's share Of this money
y After cooling their heels in the waitin
d room of the chairman for about haif
d day they We're admitted. After som
l. general conversation about the situa
ton the chairman took out littl
memorandum ard turning to the low
/, men said: We'll, l find that Iowa's as
sessment ia 10000. The Iowa me
! booked at each other with poorly con
! cealed astnnsilmeGt They finally man
: aged to get out of the chairman's roor
without fainting. And what IS more,
said the man who told the story wv
"a raised that money and sent it in.
stIcured US of some of the notions we ha
NJ lentertained about the mysterious way
of getting a large campaign fund"
re 1t is now pretty definitely understoo
. that the friends Of Mr.. Dolliver wi
support Judge Conner, of Crawfor
county, for the nomination to succee
es Mr. Dollver in the house. 1t is n,
r. |clear whether this will include both tf
rs long and short terms or not. 1t is ger
ID |erally conceded that Webster count
81 could do no less than support jude
ID Conner. of Crawford county. after tt
he action of Governor Shaw in putin
r. himself out Of the way to recognize II
q merits of Mr.. Delivers claims for pr
motion.