Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-07
Second Went Democratic Be-
cause 1t Was Cut Out for a
Democatic District
WILL BE UNTIL REDIsTRlcTED
Adoption of Boies Platform Renouncins
Organism Set Old Time Democrats
to Work to Vindicate Themselves and
Prove What They Could Do With
Populism Cut Out.
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Des Moines, Nov chairman
Spence Of the republican state COM
mittee is reasonably well satisfied with
the outcome of the election in Iowa.
He would have preferred that there
should have been a solid delegation
sent to congress but it was too much
| to expect that he could have every
thing he wished. Neither he nor Mr..
Dawson Of the speakers bureau, nor
any of the members of the state COM
mittees really felt the confidence in the
Second district they would have liked,
| tho in fact the polls from that district
and the reports from party workers
indicated that the district was all right,
/ The most deceived persons of the dis
trict were the politicians from in and
laround Davenport. These republicans
had insisted all the time they were 60
ling to carry the district. They would
almost get mad if it was suggested that
| the district was in doubt. A republi-
can said at headquarters last night in
reference to the Second district:
| "The Second district was lost to the
republicans when Gov. Boies carried
1.-THE day In the state convention here
| in Des Moines and turned the party
away from Organism. Whatever may
| be said about Hoffman not being a
candidate to draw out the vote the fact
| is that when the platform was adopted
| in Des Moines by the democrats the
Second district was made democratic,
| for every one of the old line democrats
| felt it incumbent on him to get out and
work to demonstrate that the party
was better off without Organism. 1t
was the old democratic element in
Scott county and all thru the district
that elected Wade, an element that has
been voting the republican ticket for
some years but is lin fact thoroughly
democratic, and this year it found ex-
preston. All talk about the Second
district being redeemed is bosh. It
| is democratic. 1t was carved out to be
81 democratic district in the days when
ithe republican majority was so small
there was not enough to go around, and
lit will remain democratic until re-
districting is had."
There is some disposition among re-
publicans outside of the committees to
blame Hoffman. the candidate, and to
say that some other of the candidates
who were before the Clinton convention
would have done better against Wade.
Members of the committees and those
who have had to do with the actual
management of the campaign do not
feel like placing the blame on any re-
publican, but say that all did their
duty and worked sincerely for the
candidate.
Now that it is all over the truth may
be whispered that the republicans had
more fear all along of the First dis
trict than of the Third and felt there
was a hard fight in the Sixth Con-
ditions were not good in the First dis
trict There was lack of harmony
The republicans did not have a single
ness of purpose and appeared to be in
different, while the democrats were in
pretty good trim. The result shows
that the district was spotted and there
were places where some decided evil
dences of weakness. AS for the Sixth
lit was felt that the mine vote was an
element of uncertainty and Reese was
record that would appeal to the miners
and laboring men with much force. But
the First and Sixth are in fact repub-
lican districts. AS for the Third the
committee felt sure Of that district
from the day Birdsall was nominated.
His nomination was regarded as the
happiest outcome of bad situation
ever turned up in the state. Not that
other candidates had elements of weak
ness, but because Judge Birdsall seemed
peculiarly fitted to harmonize all ele-
ments in the republican party in that
district, as it proves he was able to
do.
Democrats profess to be delighted
with the fact that the congress is not
democratic. One who has done good
deal of speaking in the state, an ex-
member of congress, said last night:
II was almost afraid we would get
congress. I believe that the president
should have congress with him as
matter of right, and then 1 believe that
it would be dangerous for the demo-
Gratis to have congress at this time.
The republicans can do more harm
making record for themselves than we
could do good for ourselves"
This is a prevailing opinion among
democrats. The democrats, especially
the Bryan democrats were not anxious
to have congress at this time and
actually believe that democratic con-
gress would have helped Roosevelt for
his next term.
Those who felt that Speaker Hender-
son was not wholly fair in his statement
of reasons why he quit the race for con-
gress when ne did are now saying that
he was wise that with such narrow
margin in congress he would have had
hard work getting a reelection as
speaker, and after having got it he
would have been unable to handle the
close majority to his credit. There may
be something in 1t.
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