Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30

campaign In this state. If this work
is not delayed the committee feels GER
tain that the results will be very
marked, and all county and precinct
cha1rmen should remember that upon
them depends very largely the success
OF this work, and upon them also de-
ponds the protection of the republic
can delegation in congress from Iowa.
Sale OF the Democratic Party Machine.
Since the details of the arrange
ments by which the discordant ele-
ments of the democratic convention
at Cedar Rapids were brought into
line and appeased has become so ap-
parent the deal is unquestioned and,
IN fact, has been admitted by many of
the leading democrats. The story
briefly as to the outcome of this bar
gain is as follows:
The nomination of Col. Joseph Eli
boeck, of Des Moines, as elector at
large, was made for the purpose of
trying to hold the Germans in the sec
ond congressional district in line for
the democratic nominee for congress,
and the nomination of S. B. Crane,
populist, to the highest position on the
ticket, that of secretary of state, was
for the purpose of holding the popu-
lists in line for the democratic nomi-
nee for congress in the sixth district
and incidentally in the eighth district.
This bargain included the absolute de-
sertion of the state ticket, and makes
plain what has all along been claimed
by republicans that the sole object of
OF the democratic organization in
Iowa is the attempt to break into the
republican delegation in congress. 1t
has been officially announced from
democratic headquarters, that while
there might possibly be an occasional
speech by Walt Butler, Cato Sells. and
one or two other populist speakers in
different parts of the state, all the
orators that the democratic central
committee can control, will be thrown
INTO the second and sixth districts
with instructions to barter everything
else to the success of the democratic
congressional ticket in these districts.
While this is the purpose of the demo-
cratic organization, the republicans
are not asleep by any means. They
are fully informed as to the purposes
and plans of the enemy, and are pre-.
pared to meet them at every point
In the second district the strongest
speakers for the republican ticket will
be utilized. Senator Allison will speak
at Clinton, and possibly at other
points in the district. Speaker Hen
derson will make number of speech
es thruout the district, and ex-con-
gresham Lane and Curtis will
stump the district with Mr. Rumple
the republican nominee for congress
from that district Other speakers
will be sent into the different counties
and the chairman of each county re-
ports that the county organizations
are stronger and more complete than
ever before and they are preparing to
make hard fight in that congress
gressional district. The only hope
the democrats have of carving this
district is in stampeding the German
voters but they are already we'll a..
wakened to the fact that Bryan s
election means a free silver admins
tration and nothing else, and the
Germans of the second district are for
sound money to man.
In the Sixth District.
In the sixth district Congressmaa
Lacey is already awakening the voters
and there the fight will also be Sc
we're one. This is one of the close
district: and Mr.. Lacey has always
had fight on his hands at every con
gressional election. In fact, he says
that he considers himself a pretty
good political barometer, because he
has experienced more stormy weather
politically than perhaps any other one
of the congressional delegation from
Iowa. The mining vote in this DIS
trict is one of the important factors
of every election. There are over
1000 voters in this district who earn
their bread by toiling beneath the sur
face of the earth, hut prosperity mas
come to them too. All the mines are
running full time, and the increase in
the number of miners since 1896
reaches about 1000. In ADDITION to
this every miner gets ten cents more
per ton for his work than he did four
years ago. These are matters that
touch the miners personally, and in
addition to this he has his full share
of the general prosperity that has
come to the country.
Silver and the Senate.
In addition to the other documents
which the republican state central
committee has sent out, another has
been completed which is designed to
put before the voter the situation in
the United States senate on the money
question, and to show concsely the
danger to sound money that will result
from the election of Bryan to the pres.
idency. This document which is now
being printed gives the list Ct United
States Senators of all parties that can
be relied upon to vote for sound mon
ey as derived from the vote on the
Gold Standard Bill, which was adopt
ed at the last session. This list shows
that the following senators may be
depended upon to vote for sound
money:
Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bard, Be
veridge, Burrows, Caffery, Clark, Gull
lon, Davis, Depew. Deboe, Dolliver
Successor to ]. H. Gear Elkins, Fair
banks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Calling
er, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Hoar, Kean, Kyle, Lindsey, Lodge,
Mason, Mcbride, McComas, McCum-
her Mcmillan Nelson Panrose Par