Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-14
Iowa Democrats Have Monopoly Of the
Dependency At the Contest.
CANDIDATES DESERT THE TICKET
UphoIders of Kansas City Platform
Are Disseminated and show No
Willingness 20 support
the Cause.
(From a STAFF Correspondent

republican management has not encount-
cred anything Of a discouraging nature. On
the contrary, the campaign in Iowa has
started out with all the enthusiasm with
the republicans and the dependency all
with the others. The personnel Of the dem
ocratic state ticket has not attracted even
the. enquiries of the curious and the dem
ocratic state committee has not taken the
trouble to open headquarters or make a
move toward having any state campaign.
The weekly democratic newspapers that
have been unfolding the Kansas City plat
form are generally either silent In regard
to the work Of the state convention In turn
ing down free silver or they are muttering
discomfort and making half-veiled threats.
The only campaign the democrats are
capable of making at all is in the con-
gressional districts and this campaign has
not progressed far enough yet to indicate
what may be expected. They are most
hopeful Of the Second district, and next
to this believe they can win the First and
Sixth. If they can rally enough strength
under the name of Boies they will make a
hard fight in the Third, but their candidates
have got of the ticket in most Of the
other districts or they have utterly failed
to secure candidates. Such an epidemic
of democratic declarations has never before
bNNh III NhAo "Olu a btth
received here that some members Of the
democratic state committee hope to get the
committee into working order early next
month and have headquarters opened.
Making IL Good start.
The republican committee is making a
good start toward a campaign. This is
the second year OF the craftsmanship of Mr..
Spence, and the experience Of last year has
enabled him to pick his ground carefully.
The district conferences held the past week
in Fort Dodge, New Hampton, Burlington.
Waterloo and elsewhere, have been highly
satisfactory. At these conferences the
chairman of county committees are present
with some of the local candidates and lead
ing speakers of the districts. In most cases
the candidates for congress have also been
present to consult with the committeeman.
Details of party organization are talked
over, plans made for collection of the nee
essary funds for the campaign, the work
Of polling the counties by voting precincts
is mapped out and the work Of the speak
ers is discussed. The entire work Of Sc
curing speakers and assigning them is left
in charge OF A. F. Dawson, private secre-
tary Of Senator Allison, who has had this
work in charge under several Of the state
committees. He enjoys personal acquaint-
ance with a large number of the prominent
men Of the country and thus is ablet o
do business with them with full knowledge
Of their capabilities. A number Of speakers
from outside the state will be used in the
campaign, and nearly all the we'll known
local speakers, Of whom there are hundreds.
At the conferences the matter Of speakers
is carefully considered and the wants Of
different communities ascertained. The COM
ing week there will be conferences, be-
ginning on Tuesday and following the rest
Of the week, as follows: Sioux City, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Creston, Ottumwa, and Cedar
Rapids. The date for the Seventh district
conference has not been fixed. In the mean
time the state committee is having pre-
pared the necessary literature and the ma
chinery for the polling Of the state is being
well creased.
Advance Guard of Odd Fellows.
Several hundred Of the delegates to the
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows which
meets in Des Moines next week, have al
ready arrived in Des Moines and have filled
the hotels and Hobbies. This afternoon all
The delegates and visitors here were given
n trolley ride through the city and enter
tainment at Union park. Tomorrow they
will attend the annual sermon to be de-
livered by Rev. H. o. Breeder, In
the Central Christian church. The SOW
ereign lodge meets here on Monday and
with 1t all tie auxiliary societies. Repre-
sentatives are here from nearly every state
in the union. II is learned that Hot
Springs, Ark, will make a strong bid for
the next sovereign meeting, and there will
be other cities asking for the privilege of
entertaining the lodge. The Patriarchs Mil
liant will encarap at the state fair grounds
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head Offices are appearing in the Hobbies
with their workers. 1t is anticipated that
from $1,000 to 100, 900 visitors will come
to Des Moines during the week and that
the city will be crowded beyond all past ex-
rerience.
More FrOsts In Iowa.
More frosts are reported in Iowa this
morning. Reports reach the weather bu-
reau from the corn regions indicating kill
ing frosts at nearly every station. The
local experts, however, interpret killing
frost to mean frost that will kill tender
vines and vegetables of this character and
not the more sturdy plants such as corn,
etc. Such frosts are also reported through
out the corn and wheat belt Of the United
States except in the Columbus district.
This section OF the belt escaped completely.
FTosts are reported to the local weather
bureau from Iowa stations as follows: &C.
dar Rapids. heavy; Centerville, heavy;
? Charles City. killing; Des Moines, heavy;
r Estherville, killing; Forest City, killing;
Iowa City, killing; Iowa Falls. heavy; Keo-
aqua. killing; Maquoketa. killing; Mar
shalltown. killing; Ogden. killing; osceola'
light; Waterloo. heavy. The minimum tenn
p~erature registered between the hours OF
5 and 6 this morning showed the tempera-
ture to be two degrees lower in this
locality that the minimum temperature of
yesterday morning, Yesterday the low
est mark reached was 81. This morning
the mercury fell to 35.
Holiness People R-eIncOrPOrate.
The National Association for the Promo
tion OF Holiness, which has headquarters
in Des Moines, has filed with the secre-
tary Of state amended articles Of incor-
~poration placing the association on a little
| different basis from that followed In the
past, The papers are signed by G. J.
: Fowler. Isaiah Reid, John NJ. o'Bryan, VIII
liam L. Carpenter. George NJ. Pendell and
? NJ. NJ. snider. The association has ofices
in Chicago. Louisville. Boston, Philadel-
phia. 81. Louis, Atlanta and Los Angeles.