Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-12
THE NEWS in IOWA
LET STATE ISSUES ALONE.

Meeting of Prominent Republican, at
Des Moines to Discuss Issues.
Des Moines, Sept. 9.-National is
sues and not state ones will be para
mount in the speaking campaign of
the republican this fall.
After the conference of members
of the Iowa delegation, candidates
and leading republicans the principal
topic considered was what issues
should be foremost on the stump this
fall. Other questions concerning the
campaign policy were considered. 1t
was the unanimous statement that
there should be no lapse of energy
on the part of the republicans.
The conference expressed itself for
a vigorous campaign, but brief one,
to continue from about October l
to the election.
The meeting was we'll attended by
Mo 'nug.time leaders of the party in
he site. The conference met at
en- o'clock AMI later in the day a
meeting of the state central COM
mittee was held.
Among those present were Sem
ators Allison and Domiver, Congress-
men, Hedge, Rumple, Haugen, Lacey
hull. Smith; CConnors and Thomas;
Governor Shaw, Secretary of State
Martin, State Treasurer Gilbertson
and Attorney General Mullan, a. Il.
Cummins, John Herriott, Judge 5. NJ.
Weaver and Ed c. Brown, all candi-
dates on the republican state ticket;
r. II. Spence. Charles W. Psillips,
w. L. Turner, w. +. Clayton, j. ID.
Whisenand, James Z. Bruce, and S. y.
Way, members of the republican state
committee; Senator j. j. Crossley of
Winterset, James Wilson of Adair,
Joseph Whelan of Red Oak, George
Christian, United States marshal for
the southern district of Iowa; Paul
MacLean of Creston, L. w. Purcell of
Hampton, II. p. Cow of Greenfield.
Senator Ii. c. Hayward of Davenport,
Bernard Murphy of Ninton, Roscoe
Morine of Mason City, w. c. Nc
Arthur, clerk of the federal district
court; w. II. Mcclure of Fontanelle,
A. f. Dawson of Maquoketa, G. L.
Dobson of Des Moines, L. II. Meyne
of Palo Alto county and LATE Young
At the conference speeches were
called for from nearly all present.
Senator Allison spoke first and urged
vigorous campaign. 1t was signi'
ficaut that not single speaker urged
a vigorous campaign on state issues
| The railroad taxation question was
not mentioned. 1t was felt the cam
paign should be an educational one
preparing the way for the con
gressional campaign next season. II
was contended by some of the
speakers the democrats had not
adopted a platform that called for a
discussion of any state issues, unless
it was in relation to local option
1t is not expected it will be neces'
sary for the republicans to take up
this question seriously as it is be
iieved the people are not disposed to
| change the present mulct law.
Both in and out of the conference
| the policy to be followed on the
| stump was talked over. The line OF
| argument on the tarIn was not dwell
| on in the conference, but it was
| talked over outside of it. There is no
question the tendency will be to
speak for a broad policy or tariff re-
! form. McKinley's recent address al
| Buffalo and the republican state plat
| form will be taken as foundations
for the arguments of speakers on
| this subject. However, the ideas eX'
pressed by Mckinley do not go as far
| as considered necessary by some of
the leaders, and utterances on the
tariff that a year ago would have
been deemed heretical may be looked
'or this fall. A part of the delega-
ton in s>ngress is pronouncedly in
favor of the Babcock measure and
these members are likely to plead for
the removal of the tariff on all goods
on which a domestic monopoly has
oeen established.