Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
SITUATION N The J
0As
SECOND D|S|RiJI
The Responsibility of a Repub-
lican Victory Rests Largely
With Scott County
PLAN CONFERENCE OF LEADERS
Date Which Chairman Spence Will
Name for Meeting of Leading Repub-
Iicans in Second District, Will Prob
ably Be Near the time for Beginning
of Active Speaking Campaign.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. chairman
Spence has arranged to have the con-
ference of republican leaders in the
Second Iowa district late, because of
the fact that not all of the counties
have been fully organized as yet and
it is desired to have date near the
time for beginning of the active speak
ing campaign. When the conference is
held it will be expected that every
county in the district will be represent
ed by the county chairmen and by
leading campaigners and campaign
workers. Then program will be
mapped out that will make the Sec
ond district feel like a down town ward
of New York City or Brooklyn borough.
All the big campaigners who are to be
had for Iowa are to be sent into the
district = Fairbanks, Cannon, Watson,
Cummins, Allison, Bede, Shaw, and
members of congress. The situation in
that district was stated today by q
politician of the district to be this:
Johnson and Iowa counties, which are
in Judge Wade's old judicial district,
will compliment the congressman again
with fine vote; Jackson and Musca-
tine counties will stand by the ticket,
with fed changes one way or another;
it will be UP to Clinton and Scott to do
the business. In fact the place where
the victory will be won or lost is right
in Davenport and Scott county. That
is why it is necessary to do all reas-
enable things to secure the votes Of
the active and aggressive republicans
Of that county and the votes of naiiy
who have been off and on voting tha
democratic ticket The selection Of ex.'
Congressman Lane as campaign man !
ager for the republicans in the fight
indicates that the republicans Of the
district know just how to get the vote.
All reports from the district from
unbiased sources indicate. that Mr..
Dawson will be elected; but it is pref
ty fight, and both sides know that it
means lou OF nara work.
AS for the democrats it is said that
they intend bringing into the district
some of the ablest speakers of the
country. There is Senator Joe Bailey,
of Texas, one Of the finest of CAM
paigners, who would be very glad to
give assistance to Judge Wade. Then
there is no doubt John Sharp Williams,
the house leader, would come and do
some talking. Some of the eastern
members of congress will be brought
into the district. A conservative re-
publican stated yesterday his belief
that in case these outsiders are brought
into the district, especially the SOUTH
ern speakers, it will do Dawson more
good than 1t will Wade. Nothing they
can say will offset the prejudice arous-
ed by their coming from outside the
state to talk for the congressman.
The fact that National Chairman
Taggart has sent for Charles A. Walsh.
of Iowa, and has given him a place at
national headquarters for active work
and to be a counselor In the party
management, is regarded by Walshs
friends as high compliment to him.
1t will be recalled that at the time of
the democratic national convention a
pian was laid for solidifying the demo-
cratic party by the nomination for
congress of men like General Weaver,
in Iowa, and others of his kind in
the west, and the general recognition
of the Bryan element Of the party In
the western states where they arc
strong, and in return for this they
were to use their influence on the Bry-
an following in the close and doubtful
states. This involved compact be-
tween some of the ablest of the lead
ers Later this whole scheme was up
set and the Belmont-Hill faction start
ed out to ignore all the followers of
BRYAN. Now the situation has chang
ed and Walsh is called into the party
counsels for the purpose of doing work
with those who formerly controlled the
party.
Senator Whipple of Benton county
states there is no politics talked in his
county at present. 1.-THE county is
good for big republican majority any
time" he added. There is no CAM
paign and can be none in our part of
the state. l think a good many of
the democrats are going to vote for
Roosevelt"
Some interesting developments are
expected almost any day in the matter
of the attack of the Western Cattle
Growers Association on Congressman
Hepburn anent the effort to secI1
some modification of the interstate
commerce laws so that the commission
may be able to accomplish something
more than make recommendations Mr..
Berry, who came here to interest var
ious persons in the fight being made,
points out that Col. Hepburn is in the
position Of greatest possible good for
the livestock men of the country OF
any member of congress and that
heavy responsibility rests upon him.
Some very interesting correspondence
recently passes between Col. Hepburn