Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-24
SHAW TO CAMPAIGN IN IOWA
SPENDS ID, Last Week BsfO1 EsCtisn II
Hone State, Speaking Each Day.
PROSPECTS, BRIGHT N CLOSE DISTRICT
Heads Of state I-ustitutions Have .
Conference with the Members
Of the state Board of
Control.

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Douncsment is made that Secretary Leslie
n Shaw has agreed 70 spend The last week
o. the present political campaign speaking
Ia Iowa. He is 70 give 10 Iowa all Of the
week commencing October q. and will
speak twice each day 81 the dates can be
conveniently arranged Secretary shaw will,
in addition TO this. speak in Des Moinss
the night before election. closing the cam
psign in central Iowa He 10 regarded as
one Of the best speakers and bis clossness
70 the president will give added force to
bis addresses this year. The republican
state COMMITTEES is also securing q number
OF speakers from New York and New Eng
land and they Will devote some time 10
the campaign in this state. Reports from
the close districts Of the state received al
republican headquarters this week are de-
cidedly encouraging and indicate that the
republicans are becoming decidedly active.
The republican state committee has just
ordered printed 10000 pamphlets contain
ing the speech OF Judge Walter J. Smith
OF Council BUNS as temporary chairman
% the republican state convention. and
these will be distributed throughout the
state for campaign literature. The address
Of Congressman Smith r. regarded by the
committee as one OF the dearest state
ments OF the position Of the republican
party yet made In this state. The state
committee has also had printed a large
number Of slips containing the utteranee
Of Secretary Edwards OF the democratic
national congressional committee, to the
effect that the Kansas City platform is still
the platform Of the party on which all can
didateE for congress must make the race
this year regardless OF what states may do.
These will be made use Of literally by the
state committees, as the democratic can
didates for congress in Iowa are relying
largely on the return TO the party Of the
sound money democrats.
Prohibition n Legal Party.
Balcom Smith. state chairman Of the
prohibition party, recently wrote a letter
10 the secretary Of state. asking IN regard
20 the status Of the prohibition party as
a legal party and whether or not the can
didates could 20 on district and county
tickets by certificate because Of the 2 per
cent vote in the state as a whole. The
request was answered by Deputy Secretary
Dan Hites as follows:
Il will say in reply that the prohibition
party Of Iowa cast 2 per cent at the last
election and is therefore entitled to nomi-
nation by convention. The question Is 10
the rights for holding conventions In dis
tricts or municipalities ] think IL fully
decided by provisions Of section 1898 OF the
code. It IS my opinion that counties and
districts within the state have the right
TO nominate by conventions the same as in
state convention, as clearly stated In said
section 1898" ,.frr IS
This il regarded as a very important
matter. IN some Of the counties II is being
held that the party must cast 2 per cent
or more Of the vote In the county before
Il becomes a legal party. But the decision
rendered as above Is that the legalization
Of the party in the state as a whole rem
ders Il legal in every part.