Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-31
Final plea To The Voters.

htical campaign ID practically at ar
end. On Tuesday Of next week voters
who do their full duty will go to the
polls and record their choice among
the men who are candidates for pub
lie preferment. In some respects
the campaign now drawing to a close
has been remarkable. There has been
a dearth of fireworks. Except as to
local contests, there has been little OF
animated street corner discussion and
personal feeling. Yet It would be un
true to assume that there has been nc
interest In the campaign. On the con
trary the feeling has been deep and
earnest. The untimely death Of Presi
dent Mckinley, beloved Of all his coun
trymen. delayed the opening of the
campaign and has given to It seri
BUSINESS unusual In history, but not
without its value. The very nature
of the campaign has been such as to
bring home to the individual voter the
necessity for a calm consideration OF
the state of the nation. And such a
consideration could lead to but one
conclusion--that never in the history
of the United States have conditions
been SO prosperous for all classes OF
society, in all departments Of human
activity. Voters have been thinking
and an abundance of letters received
at the headquarters Of the Republican
state central committee show that in
a great majority Of cases they have
arrived at one conclusion-that the
policies under which the present pros.
perity has been achieved should be
| continued.
Chairman Spence Of the Republican
state central committee, when asked
what remained to be done to insure
| the successful outcome of the cam.
paign, said that It all depended now
upon the local workers. precinct com
mitteemen and those charged in every
county with the duty of getting out the
vote. Mr.. Spence has issued the fol-
lowing statement and final appeal:
Expects ruii Vote.
"The state committee and all its
auxiliary forces have done all that can
be done. and now we must leave the
completion of the work to the voters
and to the forty or fifty thousand local
workers to whom the Republicans Of
the state are looking to bring out a
full vote on election day and secure
q result that will be creditable to
them and to the state.
I'VE have encountered many obsta-
cles in the management of this cam.
paign, chief of which was the apparent
lack of opposition. which is the great
est stimulus to Republican efforts.
But the leading Republicans in the
state have realized that 1t was quite
as important to maintain the party's
record In the state in this "off year"
as in any other year. The fact that
the legislature which we elect this
year is to elect two United States sen.
ators and that the campaign now be.
ing carried on is an educational prep
aration for the congressional election
next year. makes this years campaign
as important as any In the history
of the party in Iowa. Comparatively
few states have elections this year.
so that Iowa will be all the more con.
spicuous, whatever she does. II there
Is falling off in the Republican major
ity or vote it will be taken by the
enemies of the party and its policies
as encouragement to such opposition
II will be said that Iowa is showing
a change OF sentiment and that the
policies of Mckinley. of Roosevelt, OF
Allison and the other great leaders OF
the party in the state and nation are
losing ground in Iowa. We are salts
fed that the Republicans Of the state
will not permit any such record to
be made. Iowa holds a position at
the very front in the Republican
ranks in the nation and she must re-
tain 1t. This can only be done by poll.
ing a full vote for Mr.. Cummins and
giving him the majority OF a hundred
thousand or more which he will have
II the full Republican vote Is polled.
Duty Of Republicans.
while the responsibility Of arrang-
ing that every voter shall reach the
polls on election day Is placed upon
the local committeeman, loyal Repub-
licans should not wait to be hunted up
by the committeeman. They should
notify him that they will be on hand
and that they will not need any look
ing after The committeeman will
have enough to do to round up those
whom 1t is necessary for him to see or
to transport to the polls.
"The speaking campaign has been
far more successful than many Of our
| leaders thought It could be In this
quiet year. The attention and enthu.
siasm shown in our meetings is evi.
dence that the people are not only
still with us, but that they are greatly
interested n the triumph of Repub-
lican principles and the perpetuation
of Republican policies. We have been
| fortunate in having In our own state
so many speakers of national renown,
whose utterances are received as the
voice OF authority. The speakers bu-
| reau has been ably conducted by Mr..
A. F. Dawson and II has done very ef.
fective work. The people everywhere
have been eager to hear our best
speakers and have given them always
satisfactory meetings.
II believe the state was never bet.
ter organized than 1t is now. We have
more than $4,000 names OF men who
have agreed to be responsible for &C.
tive work In their precinct during the
/ last DAYS of the campaign and CO