Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-28
Lack of Opposition Forces
publicans to Work Only t.
Preserve Organization
DANGER OF SMALL CONVENTIONS
Strong Array Of Campaign Speaker.
Has Been at Work Only to Arouse
Interest-No Former Republican Can
Be Found Who Will Vote Demo.
cratic Ticket.
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been entirely in the direction of arous
ing interest in the campaign this year
They have recognized the only ally O
i democracy that has any great weigh
is republican apathy. If the republic.
an vote Is out there will be norma
republican majority.The reports which
have come from every part of the
state indicate that very few republi.
cans are Wavering in the faith and Il
has been found impossible to find any
who are openly boasting that they in
tend to vote the democratic ticket. And
so the speakers. and the party workers
have been bending their energies to-
ward having full vote out on elect
ion day. 1t has not been necessary
to argue the question alleged to be at
issue nor to do anything in the way OF
making converts to the republican doc
trines. But for the fact that republi-
cans succeeded in getting up little
division among themselves there would
have been no occasion for any discus
sion Of issue. Judge Conner. OF the
Tenth district, says he has confined
himself to saying something to induce
republicans to realize that 1t is import
ant they should go to the polls.
Il am not at all afraid OF the result"
he said, "if the republicans get out on
election day. and they will get out II
they believe there Is any reason why
they should do so. have found that
this Is no campaign in which to work
up enthusiasm or to indulge in frenzied
efforts to convince people. All the peo-
pie want this year is a plain unimpas-
stoned statement of the situation They
want the simple facts relating to pros
.perity and the republican policy in re-
gard to domestic and international az :
fairs. They CON care a rap about or
atory or fine words or impassioned ap-'
peals. It is not that kind of cam
paign. And so have found my best
hold is to appeal to the republicans to
maintain their organization for future
use and to do this they must ge. out
their vote. A party can not live and
grow and flourish without activity. The
republicans ought to get out their vote
so that each county may have its
proper representation in the state con-
yentions. II county neglects to vote
or district allows the vote to fall Off
1t will be OF consequence when the next
state convention is held. This is some
thing the republicans want to think
about On election day. / know OF
voter in my district. one who is a nat
uralized voter. a man over 90 years of
age and every year he walks five miles
to the polls to vote. That Is an ex-
ample for younger and more active
voters That man realizes his duty |
and obligation because he came from
a country where such privileges were
denied the people. tell the story of
that old man and appeal to my hear
ers to follow his example in the zeal of |
his political work.
1t is doubtful II in many years there |
has been such an array of fine speak
week of a campaign as this year in the I
state, Of Iowa by the republicans This
does not indicate that there is appre-
aension Of danger But the speakers /
appear to like Iowa audiences. Only |
E. Payne-is strictly an
but Manager Dawson points
with pardonable pride to the list Of ora
ors who are touring Iowa, two secre-
aries of the presidents cabinet, So
icitor of the treasury, chairman of the
ways and means committee, governor,
'ena tor, etc. What other state OF the
lnion can hear such eloquence this
week as is represented by men like
Shaw, Cummins, Wilson, Allison, o Con-
lell. Payne, Cousins, Lacey. Hepburn
smith, Brenton. Lafe Young, Sid Fos-
er, Sammis, Judge Prouty, Col. Chas.
\. Clark, Carl kuehnle, Judge McHen-
v, and Judge Temple? The democrats
would find 1t hard to match this ag-
regation even tho they raked all the
tates for eloquence.
Manager Dawson, of the speakers
ureau, believes that the meetings this {
'eek will do great deal toward
rousing interest ana enthusiasm. !
all Of the speakers are Iowa
zen. and the manager feels extremely
rateful to the campaign speakers who
ave placed themselves at the disposal I
the state committee for this week.
AAu " sAAooC WIN nave given lHelT liiuej
nstintingly thruout the campaign. 9
The Iowa congressman have been very
enerous to the state committee this /,
ear" said Mr.. Dawson. Congress- :.
IAN Cousins, of the Fifth district, has :
cen at our disposal during the greater :
art of the campaign. He has made
peeches in almost every congressional
istrict and has ever been ready to go .
here the committee wished to send >
Inn. His work during the campaign :. :.
lat is now closing has been such as to : !
,mmand the gratitude and admiration -
every republican in the state. He :. =.
.cognized the fact that his own dis
let was safe, and he rendered his .
.rvices to the state committee for r
eater part of the time, and they have >
trtainly been appreciated" u
What have said about Congress- "
an Cousins applies to Congressman v
NTH also.' continued Mr.. Dawson. h
No one has done any better work dur m
& the campaign than Judge Smith. II