Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-11
READY FOR FRAY
Republican District Conferences
Make Final Campaign Plans.
CHAIRMAN SPENCE IS WELL PLEASED
Campaign to Open Sept. 81 in Third
District With Mammoth Meeting at
Waterloo-Plan to Defeat Wade III
second-Rankin to Speak in Sixth

Des Moines, Sept. 11.-(Speeial)-
State Chairman Spence of the repub,
lican state committee and Manager a
f. Dawson for the speakers bureau,
left today to attend q conference OF
the second district. county chairmen
held this afternoon at Davenport. To-
morrow afternoon the first district
chairmen will meet at Burlington, and
Saturday afternoon the third district
at Waterloo. Conference has been
held by the chairmen of the fourth
district at New Hampton and of the
tenth district at Fort Dodge. Chair
man Spence was well pleased with
both of these conferences. The coun-
ty chairmen were practically all pres
ent, and manifested great enthusiasm
for the work of the campaign. Both
the fourth and tenth districts are over
whelmingly republican, but in spite of
this fact there seemed TO be no ap-
athy, and all of the county chairmen
We're anxious to begin the work of the
campaign as soon as possible.
Completing Organization.
The county, township and precinct
organizations are coming in rapidly
from all parts of the state. Several of
the districts are completely organized
already The district conferences are
aiding greatly in the work of organiza-
ton, as they bring the county chair
men in touch with the state commit
tee. A large amount of literature is
being sent out from the state head
quarters. 1t consists principally of
the speeches on trusts, the Philippines
and the work of the last congress.
Many of the counties have already
commenced taking the poll for this
year. The poll books have all been
i sent out to the county chairmen, who
are pushing this work
Opening Guns.
The meeting which is to be held at
Waterloo, September 81. and which
will open the campaign in Speaker
/ Henderson district, will be one OF
the biggest ever held in Iowa. The
people of Waterloo are making great
preparations for it, and it is probable
that special trains will be run from
various parts of the district. There
will be two meetings, one in the after
noon which will be held in the park
and one in the evening which will be
held in the opera house. Four noted
4 speakers will be present, Speaker
Henderson, Senator ]. B. Foraker o
Ohio, Senator Dolliver of Iowa ant
Governor Cummins. This meetin!
will really open the campaign for tn
whole state, and the speeches deliver
ed on this occasion will be widely Gil
culateG.
Early Campaign in Third.
The campaign in the third distric
: will commence earlier than in most O
the others, as Speaker Henderson
wishes to make most of his speeche
there early SO as to spend the create
part of his time in the close district
in other states. Active work will 500
commence in all the counties. Til
district is well organized and it is nc
believed that even Governor Boies wi
! be able to make much Roadway as tn
democratic nominee. Republican pol
ticians from the district who hav
been in Des Moines and have called {
| headquarters, say that Speaker Hel
! derson's majority will not go below {
| 900, and is likely to be much create
War on Wade.
Now that the democratic nominate