Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-23
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Former National Democratic secre-
! tary Who is Being Doomed For the
4 Place Again This Year, Has Little to
i Say About the Prospect.

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!. Say About the Prospect.
Des Moines, June 22.--(speciaT ~
Very few leaders are on the ground
yet for the democratic convention
Walsh and other prominent men ARE
expected to arrive tomorrow morning.
May Be Easily Downed.
Sentiment now is that the fight for
the reafIirmation of the Kansas City
platform will not be as hard to down
this year as it was last.
Object to Van Wasenen.
There is also much opposition to
Van Wagenen's candidacy on account
of his governm ent ownership plank,
which it is said the democrats do not
want to tackle this time, as it is a ma
tional issue and not one of the state.
Sullivan Favored.
i 1t is said that Van Wagenen will not
secure the nomination If Jerry Sulli-
van of Crestop will consent to be a.
candidate. He is considered true
democrat, they say, and has no sore
spots or no pet planks to foster.
81 May Try to Endorse Hearst.
Z It is possible that an attempt will
be made in the convention to pass a
resolution favoring Hearst for presi.
dent.
This is democratic week in Iowa
and already the democratic politicians
and the newspaper representatives
from all over, the state are making
their way to Des Moines, there to
meet and discuss the relatives virtues
of free silver campaign and cam
paign along the newer, more untried
lines. The state convention begins on
Wednesday and what promises to be
good, hard fight will be witnessed
ut that time between the silyerites
and their opponents in the democratic
fold. The little matinee that the Wa
pello county convention pulled off Sat
urday afternoon is simply small imi.
tation, sort of preparation, as it
were, for the big fireworks that will
be touched off in Des Moines.
Prominent Men Going.
Prominent democrats will be there,
Including among those not the least
notable Charles A. Walsh, "Our Char
Z lie,' who was secretary of the nation
al democratic committee in 1900, who
came home on election day and told
all his friends what big majorities
Bryan would have by night in the good
old republican states, who laughed at
his republican acquaintances who ven
tured to say that Ohio would go DEM
ocratic, will be in Des Moines in all
his glory. Mr.. Walsh isn't saying
much about politics now, especially
politics of the Iowa flavor, and prob
ably will remain silent until it is de-
cided whether he will or will not again
!. be chosen as national secretary to lead
/ the democrats to defeat in November
{ 1904. He is being doomed by many
friends in the middle west and Judging
from conversation he has had with
friends in Ottumwa recently, he will
not turn away if the party brings him
the secretaryship and asks him to take
+ is.
Iowa is Conceded.
AS far as the man who will be nomi-
mated this year for governor by the
democrats of Iowa, that has nothing
to do with the case. II that were all
to be decided at the convention this
week it is doubtful if there would be
a corporaPs guard in Des Moines for
the convention. The democrats of the
Hawkeye state have conceded the ey.
er-present fact that the republican
nominee for governor will be elected
this year by an overwhelming majori
ty, no matter who is nominated to op
pose him.
The Presidential Question.
But the fact of the matter is that
the rivalry for the democratic presi-
Dental nomination which is to be con
ferred upon some luckless victim nexi
spring has already begun and the Iowa
preliminary skirmish will be fought in
the state convention in Des Miones
For that reason the representatives OF
the factions in the democratic party
are Fastening to the capital today an(
will continue to hasten in that direc
tion until Wednesday.
Walsh Not Committed.
Mr. Walsh was in Ottumwa yester
day, in fact has been here for some
time, and in talking about the coming
convention he stated plainly that ht
has not committed himself to any can
didate. He does not give any idea a!
to his leaning, but that he is still true
to the Nebraska orator there can bt
no doubt Whether he is Hears
man or not cannot be judged FROM hi
conversation, and this is probably thu
case with a great many of Iowa's fore
uost silyerites.
Many are For Hearst.
Be that as it may, however, there
are great many Ottumwans and &
great many Iowans among the demo
cratic delegates to the .Des Moines
convention who are In favor of vii
liam Randolph Hearst for president