Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
F FAIRBANKS
IS COMING
SENATOR FROM INDIANA WILL
PROBABLY MAKE SPEECHES
IN IOWA.
PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN
Congressman E. L. Hamilton of Mich
igan Also Intends to Visit This State
and Hold Meetings if Possible
Gov. cummins' Speech Completed.

lie republican Stdle COnlmlClee mas re-
ceived letter from Senator Chas. w
Fairbanks, of Indiana. in which he
states he will endeavor to make few
speeches in Iowa this fall Senator
Fairbanks is one of the leaders of the
United States senate. of which he has
been a member about six years. He
is an excellent campaigner and many
Iowans will remember him as having
taken part in the campaign in this
state two years ago. He delivered
four speeches, one of them being in
Des Moines, and the others in other
parts of the state. Everywhere he had
large audiences and his addresses were
extremely will received. Senator
Fairbanks meeting in Des Moines
was one of the principal meetings of
the campaign. TWAS largely attended
not only by local republicans, but by
republicans from the surroundering
counties. 1t is not known just how
many speeches the senator will be
able to make in Iowa this fall, but it
is confidently expected that he will
make three or four at any rate.
Michigan Congressman Coming.
Congressman Es L. Hamilton, of
Michigan, will a1sp endeavor to be in
Iowa few daystE In letter received
from him by Manager Dawson of the
speakers bureau, he states he will
give some time to Iowa if it is at all
possible for him to do so. Congress
man Hamilton will be remembered as
the man who delivered the famous
trust speech which was extensively
circulated throughout the country dur
ing the campaign last fall. In his adj
dress he clearly outlined the polio,
of the republican party in relation tt
trusts, and the congressional com
mittee thought the speech so good thai
| they caused it to be extensively dis
| tributed. Several thousand copies
were distributed in Iowa, and many
Iowa republicans who read this speech
will be anxious to hear Congressman
| Hamilton, if he is able to take part il
| the campaign this fall
The Opening Meeting.
The preparations for Governor Cum
Minis opening Meeting Saturday even
| ing of this week are practically com
| pleted. AS the time for the meeting
approaches, it becomes more and more
evident that it will be one of thu
biggest campaign rallies ever held il
Des Moines or in Iowa.
Speech Completed.
The governor has completed hi:
speech and it is now in the hands o
the printer. This address will BIZ
/ given very wide circulation by thu
state committee and several hundred
thousand supplements containing i
will be furnished to the republicai
weekly papers. 1t; is expected tina
Governor Cummins will make three o
/ four speeches next week but the date
for these meetings have not been full.
determined upon.
/ Enthusiastic Meetings.
Chairman Spence and Manager Daw
son of the speakers bureau, are agail
absent from Des Moines this weel
and will not return to the city unit
Friday. The reports that have bee
: received from the district conference
: indicate that they are fully as er
: thusiastic as the ones held last weel
These conferences will undoubtedl
. result in much more energetic can
! paign than could have been carrie
: on had they not been held. Legisls
tive candidates are showing great il
terest in the work and practically a
of them will make speeches in thei
counties.
The nomination papers of quite
number of the republican candidate
for the legislature have not yet bee
filed. This is matter that should b
!, attended to at once, for very littl
time remains.