Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-22
SPENCE IS WELL PLEASED
Results Of Political Conferences Are
Encouraging to Republicans
DEMOCRATS SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE
Mother of Boy who was So Cruelty
Beaten and says h
Has Been in n Hospital
in Omaha.
prom a star correspondent.l

Chairman Spence OF the republican state
central committee has Just returned from
his touring Of the state holding district
conferences with the candidates for con-
gress in each district and the county chair
men and party workers in each section OF
the state. Mr.. Spence stated this morning
that the conferences held the past week
were the most successful OF any. They
were held in Sioux City, Council Bluffs,
Creston, Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids. At
some Of these conferences every county In
the district was represented. while a num-
Der Of counties have not yet organized for
the camapign. The chairman has thus had
an opportunity to meet the local workers
and the men on whom he must rely Tor
the political work Of the campaign and
personally to explain to them the plans
for the campaign and what is wanted OF
each one. At these conferences Chairman
Spence has been accompanied by A. F.
Dawson, private secretary to Senator AL
lison, who is in charge Of the speakers
for the republican committee and the plans
for the speaking campaign have been for
mulated. The Waterloo rally has been
called of. 1t was to be on the 9th. Thus
far the only outsiders who are certainly to
be in the Iowa campaign are Congressman
Lands Of Indiana, Congressman Esch OF
Wisconsin, Governor Van SAINT OF Mime
sota. Colonel Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois,
Senator Clapp Of Minnesota, Senator Mason
of Illinois, Senator Foraker OF Ohio and
Congressman Hopkins Of Illinois. TIL de-
termination Of Speaker Henderson to re-
tire from public life at this time, just as
the national congressional committee was
arranging to have him enter a number OF
other states on an extensive speaking tour
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special car, has somewhat disarranged the
plans for the speaking campaign, as there
was to be more or less Of an exchange OF
speakers between the states. However,
Colonel Hepburn, Senator Dolliver and Con-
gresham Cousins will speak in other states,
also Governor Cummins and SOM other
Iowa orators.
Democratic Plans.
The democratic state committee has Sc
cured rooms and opens headquarters some
time next week and engage in a general
campaign. me congressional committee
in the Third district will have a district
conference at Waterloo on Monday to
arrange for the campaign there. The con-
gressional committee will have a conference
in Des Moines in a few days to arrange for
, the campaign in this district. Farley Shell
don, mayor Of Ames, and formerly postmas-
ter, and a prominent banker Of Story county.
has formally accepted the nomination and
will make the race. In the Fourth dis
trict arrangements are being made for
a Joint debate between Congressman Hau-
gen and Colonel A. L. Sorter, the republican
and democratic nominees, for congress In
this district an effort is being made to
secure a series Of debates between Walt
Butler and LATE Young in the district. The
only district In the state where the dem
ocrats have as yet secured no candidate
for congress is in the Eleventh, where T.
NJ. link was nominated, but has since de-
clined. The committee will fll the va
cancy on the ticket very soon.
Mother of Injured Child Returns.
About midnight last night the police
force was surprised at the appearance at
police headquarters of Mrs. l. N. Thomp-
son, mother Of the child that was so ter
ribly abused and for which abuse Mrs.
Harry Lloyd has been held TO the grand
Jury. Mrs. Thompson had been missing
for some time. II was supposed she was
in Des Moines, but she could not be To-
Gated. She had left the 3-year-old boy in
possession of her step-sister, Mrs. Lloyd,
and had gone away. She stated this
morning that she had been in Omaha since
August IS and was there for the purpose
OF having an operation performed and re-
ceiving medical treatment. Mrs. Thomp-
son is the daughter of a former we'll known
Methodist minister and has been we'll
reared. She did not know Of the abuse
to which her child had been subjected un-
til a few days ago. She says she will APP
ply for a divorce from her husband on the
ground Of non-support.
Horse show Lost Some Money.
The Des Moines horse show. which was
held all last week in the pavilion at the
state fair grounds. awarded over $4,000 in
cash premiums, but the managers de-
clare that the receipts we're not sufficient
to pay all expenses. In fact the show was
d very expensive one in many ways, and
while on one or two evenings the pavilion
was filled full, yet on the other evenings
the attendance was not so large. The finest
Tot Of horses ever seen in the state was
shown, and the social features OF the
show were successful. in every way.
Clark VIII Survive.
Harry Clark. the boy who was shot by
Mrs. Maud Smith, is at the Methodist hos
pital. but will probably recover, as he was
reported doing we'll today. He is a Grip
pie and suffers from st. Vitus' dance, and
this may render his recovery slow. He
still denies that he was responsible fol
any wrong to the daughter OF Mrs. Smith
and his relatives and friends insist he wac
rot going wrong. On the other hand It is
shown that the girl who made the accu.
sation against him does not bear a very
good reputation. II is probable thai
neither the woman nor her victim will b,
| prosecuted.
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