Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-12
KEYNOTE OF CAMPAIGN
Much Importance Will Be Attached to
Governor cummins' Opening Cam
paign Address-Besinning of District
Conferences.
,ecial to Times Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Mones. Sept 12.-Chairman
spence. of the republican state COM
mittee, will be absent from Des Moines
the greater part of the next two weeks
attending district conferences. The
dates for these conferences have al
ready been announced and they will
follow each other in rapid succession,
one being held each day beginning with
next Thursday and ending a week from
Saturday. The last one will be held in
Des Moines The conferences for the
First and Second districts have not
been arranged. but these will be held
soon after the others, and the dates
will probably be announced before all
of the other district conferences are
held.
During the past two weeks Chairman
Spence has spent all of his time IN Des
Moines. He has the work of organiza-
ton under way and great deal OF
CORES nor other Gesaii work
which comGs at the opening of every
campaign has been completed. The
work done at the district conferences
Will be, in a large degree, preliminary,
and when these are finished the pre-
l.minary work of the campaign Will be
done. OF course, active work will be-
gin in a great many counties before the
last of this month, but the real work
OF the campaign Will begin with the
opening address of Governor Cummins,
which will be delivered IN Des Moines
on the evening of Sept. IS, according to
the present plans. The governor has a
number of other addresses to deliver
during the coming week, these being
no. of political nature. He expects
TO find time. however, to prepare his
opening speech. on which he has al
ready done some work. This address
Will be the keynote of the campaign
and will be widely distributed. Two
years ago the campaign was opened at
Centerville, but it was thought advisa-
Bile this year to open the campaign IN
Des Moines.
Iowa is one of the few states holding
an election this fall and the outcome in
this state win be watched with consld-
erable interest all over the country.
Iowa is one of the banner republican
states and any falling off in the repub-
lican vote would be considered by the
democrats as gain for them. As In
past years, the work Of the campaign
In Iowa will be largely a matter of get
ting out the vote. The prospects so far
are excellent and the republican state
committee is making every effort to
carry on an energetic and enthusiastic
campaign.
Mr.. Sullivan, the democratic candl-
date for governor, opens the campaign
today az Danison. 1t Is understood he
has prepared a speech which enters
fully into all the issues, both state and
national, and it will, of course, be read
with more or less interest. In his past
addresses Mr.. Sullivan has always Civ
en- a great deal Of attention to the tariff
and trusts. In a recent address in Chi
cago he declared in f..vor Of the tariff
for revenue only, and came out strong
ly In favor OF the old democratic doc
srine of free trade. The discussions
this fall will undoubtedly be along this
line, and all of the leading republicans
present at the recent conference eX-
pressed themselves DIS ItNOIlIS q CdHi-
paign in which this issue would be
clearly presented to the people. Mr..
Sullivan is a free trader, according to
his recent Chicago speech, and aitho
this is a state campaign votes for MI.
Sullivan will mean votes for free trade.
While the democrats will conduct a
speaking campaign to some extent,
they will this year pursue their Old
policy of working quietly. Republican
campaign workers in many of the
counties in the state will find that the
democrats prefer this method rather
than an open discussion of the issues.
The people have had experience with
democratic principles when enacted Ia
the laws and they have no desire to
repeat the experience. Democratic
workers may be able to deceive some
voters by presenting matters to them
in personal conversation. but in an
open discussion they are easily van
quished Every republican should re-
member that his vote is just as impor-
tant this year as any other year.
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