Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-18
ARRANGING FOR CAMPAIGN
Leaders from All Parts Of Ninth District
Attend the Conference.
LOCAL SPEAKERS TO Be USED IN THE MAIN
Campaign 20 BE IN OId-Fashioned
school District AHair in which
Every Community VIII
BE Reached.
LOCAL SPEAKERS TO Be USED IN THE MAIN

The republican campaign In the Ninth
congressional district will be opened about
October 1 and as Chairman Spence OF the
state central committee styled 1t, will be a
school house campaign. In the several
counties comprising the district local speak
ors will be employed almost entirely, al
though one or more meetings may be ar
ranged for in the district for which speak
ers Of national prominence from other
states may be secured.
This was decided upon at the conference
held yesterday afternoon in the office Of
Chairman George S. Wright of the repub-
lican county central committee. r. II.
Spence Of Mount Ayr, chairman Of the state
central committee presided and every
county in the district except Adair was
represented. A. F. Dawson OF Preston, sec
rotary to Senator Allison, who Is in charge
of the state bureau Of speakers and cam
paign literature, Congressman Walter l.
Smith and National Committeeman Ernest
f. Hart were also present. The county
chairmen present we're: d. c. Mott Of Au-
dubon county, c. l.. Campbell Of Cass, H.
j. Baird of Mills, Ralph Prlngle Of Mont
gomery, George S. Wright of Pottawattamie
and L. H. Pickard Of Shelby. c. A. Van
Scoy, postmaster Of Woodbine, represented
Harrison county in place of County Chair
man H. N. Bostwick, who was unable to
be present. II. L. Marshall Of Guthrie Cen
ter was present in place Of County Chair
man (. W. Weeks Of Guthrie, who was
also unable to be in attendance.
The meeting was mainly an executive
session, at which the situation in the dis
trict was discussed and the needs Of the
several counties in respect to speakers and
literature ascertained. Yesterdays confer
ence was one OF the series which Chairman
Spence is holding in every congressional
district In the state.
Discuss Henderson, Defamation.
The action of Speaker Henderson in de-
clihing the congressional nomination in
the Third district was discussed Informally
at the conference and the consensus Of
opinion was that it was a sore blow to
Iowa. Chairman Spence and Mr.. Dawson
attended the conference OF the Third dis
tfiet republicans az Waterloo last Saturday
and at that time there was not the slight
est intimation thai Colonel Henderson was
dissatisfied or thought of declining the NOM
~ination. To both Mr.. Spence and Mr..
Dawson Speaker Henderson's action comes
as the greatest of a surprise.
Chairman Spence said: II attended the
conference of the Third district repub-
licans at Waterloo last Saturday and l
found the chairman Of the several counties
comprising the district to be most enthus-
isatlc over the prospects for Colonel Hen
derson's reelection in that district by an
Increased majority. Speaker Henderson
was present at the conference and entered
heartily into the discussion for the cam
paign in his district. He gave not the
slightest intimation or hint that he was
dissatisfied and that he intended declining
the nomination. He even went SO far as to
arrange for a couple of rallys TO be held
soon at which he was to be the principal
speaker. The tariff question was not dis
cussed in any shape or form at that con-
ference and Colonel Henderson appeared to
be in perfect accord with the several county
chairmen Of his district and they with him.
l cannot understand the meaning Of his
withdrawal"
Asked as to what he thought the Third
district would do for a candidate In place
Of Colonel Henderson, Mr.. Spence said:
to what the Third district republicans will
now do for a candidate / cannot say. for thu
possibility Of any other candidate than
Speaker Henderson had not entered into
the mind of anyone. Speaker Henderson's
withdrawal places the Third district re-
publicans in a most peculiar and unfortu-
nate position. The Third district. however,
is fortunately strongly republican and who
ever the republican candidate may be he
will undoubtedly represent that district in
congress. Colonel HendeTson's action Is a
great blow to the state, as by 1t Iowa will
lose the speakership."