Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-11
.lH[ BANNER Of HONOR
Tippecanoe Club Offers Its Flag
To County Showing Greatest
Republican Gain
DAVIS COUNTY NOW HOLDS IT
Many Speaking Dates Announced
cummins, Cousins, connor, Lacey
and BirdsalI Much in Evidence -
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CheaPly by Regular State Printer.
Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Oct. 1.-THE Des Moines
Veteran Tippecanoe Club has issued
its announcement regarding the award
of the banner and flag to the counties
making the best republican counties of
the state and has assisted greatly in
polling the republican vote. 1t is now
held by Dubuque county, and the flag
by Davis. The announcement follows:
To the Republican Electors Of the
State of Iowa: The Des Moines Veteran
Tippecanoe Club, in accordance with
It's custom of thirteen years, again
offers its prize banner and fine silk flag
to the republican voters OF those cOun-
ties that will show at the election to be
held on the 4th day of November, 1902,
the largest gains as compared with the
maiorities given at the election in the
year 1900 for the candidates at large for
elector Of president and vice president
favoring the election of William Nc
Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
The fine banner that had been award
ed at the close Of nearly a dozen cam
finer. It is now held by the gallant re-
publicans Of the county Of Dubuque.
The silk flag which was formerly Civ
en- to the precinct in the county of Polk
making the best proportionate gain is
now held by the county Of Davis, that
county having made the second best
gain over the vote of 1900. The banner.
as heretofore. will be given the county
making the best proportionate gain over
the election of 1900.
In regard to the flag, a new offer Is
made. 1t is to go to the county whose
absolute majority will be the greatest
as compared with the election of that
year, the reduction of opposition ma
jority to be considered Of course as
equivalent to gain in republican ma
jority. In regard to this flag, the club
is authorized by that veteran Of sixty
campaigns, Col. Samuel A. Moore, to
say that the county of Davis expects to
yield IT. but only to receive in Its place
Atte banner that Indicates republican
championship among the counties of
Iowa. The Veteran Tippecanoe Club,
some of whose members have been
thru every campaign since 1910, had no
favorite county; but believing in the
principles of the republican party, that
the principles of President Roosevelt
should be sustained, offers these prizes
in order that hope of their possession
may serve as an added inducement for
getting out the largest popular vote and
consequent republican success.
The following are the resolutions
making the formal offer:
Resolved, by the executive committee
of the Des Moines Veteran Tippecanoe
Club. That the right to hold the Tip
pecanoe banner" for the ensuing year
will be awarded to the republicans of
the county which at the coming gen.
eral election shall make the best pro-
portionate showing in majority as COM
pared with the vote of the year 1900.
Resolved, further, That the Tippeca-
noe flag shall be awarded to the coun-
ty whose republicans shall make the
best absolute gain in majority, or in
reducing the majority of the opposition.
as compared with the vote of the year
1900. In case the flag, on such show
! ing, would go to the same county as
would the banner, the county making
second best absolute gain shall then be
entitled to the flag.
1t will be understood that the major
ity mentioned above is one over all op-
position.
ISAAC BRANDT. President.
MOSES GREENLEAI', Secretary.
Endorsed by Chairman Spence:
To the Republicans of Iowa. The Des
Moines Veteran Tippecanoe Club will
present an elegant silk banner to the
county that makes on Nov. 4th the
largest proportionate gain as compared
With the republican vote of 1900, and a
fine silk flag to the county making the
best absolute gain over the republican
by Dubuque and the flag by Davis
county.
The fine banner that has been
awarded at the close of nearly dozen
campaigns has been replaced by one
much finer. Previous to last year the
flag went to the precinct in Polk coun-
ty making the best gain. but it was de-
cided last year by the club to give the
flag to the county making the second
best gain. Hereafter the flag will go
to the county in the state making the
best absolute gain.
Every county in the state stands an
equal chance of securing the banner or
the flag. Neither is awarded on ma
jorities. The former is given to the
county making the best proportionate
gain and the latter to the county max
ing the best absolute gain. A democrat
ic county can win as well as a republi-
can county. 1t is the getting out of the
republican vote that counts.
Let the republicans in every county
in the state exert themselves to win the
banner or the flag
n. r. SPENCE,
Chairman Republican State Committee.
The dates for republican meetings for
the week beginning Oct. 13 are as fol-
lows:
Senator William B. Allison-Oct. IA,
Sioux City; Oct. II, Iowa City.
Governor A. B. Cummins-Oct. 13.
McGregor; Oct. IA. Waukon; Oct. Is,
Wesley; Oct 16, afternoon, Emmets-
burg: Oct. 16, evening, Estherville;
Oct. II, .Hawarden; Oct. Is, Cherokee.
Hon. William Hoffman-Oct. Is, Ma
rengo.
Hon. B. P. Birdsall-oct. IS, Cedar