Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-14
Remarkable Activity and Con-
vincing Arguments of Daw-
son In Second District
OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEFEAT
AbIest, cIeanest and Most Open Cam
paisn Ever Made In That Part of
tho State, Closed by Dawson's
Election-wade Not What He Seem.
ed to Be-campaisn Review,

Special to Times Republican.
Davenport. Nov. 14.-Hon. Joe r.
Lane, of Davenport, ex-congressman,
and Hon. Albert f. Dawson, congress-
man-elect, are the two men, who, In
the light of the returns OF last Tues
days election, stand out as the lead
ers in the best night ever made by the
republicans OF the second Iowa dis
trict. Mr.. Lane, as the manager OF
the campaign, and MIR. Dawson. as the
candidate, not only achieved the max
| ing OF an Iowa delegation solid to sup
port the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt, but also. by their success
| in snaching victory out of the very
laws of defeat, they accomplished the
election OF republican county tickets in
Scott Clinton and Muscatine counties
and the election of part Oh the local
candidates in Jackson ana iowa. MT
Dawsons election closed the ablest,
cleanest and most open campaign ever
made in this part Of the state. Inc
congressman ELECT is resting at his
home in Preston after the arduous Ia
bors of the last three months Mr..
Lane. who fought for Dawson even
harder than he fought for Rumple four
years ago, is submitting himself to the
recuperating influences OF duck
shooting expedition along the banks of
the Wapsipinicon.
In order to understand what the re-
publican party was up against IN the
Second when Dawson was nominated
and when Lane accepted the manage
ment Of the campaign, it Is necessary
to know the tremendous popularity
Congressman Wade enjoyed among
men Of all parties as the result OF the
republican fluke in the selection OF a
candidate to oppose him two years ago
and as a result Of the lack OF any OUT
look for a candidate who would be able
to give Wade anything like an ade-
ouate battle when the latter should
come up for reelection. There were
those who believed Wade was a poser
and a willy politician rather than
statesman, but such persons could not
see the use of announcing their views
and the claim that the former profess
sor of the law school at Iowa City was
q. great man as we'll as good fellow,
was usually allowed to go by default.
Meantime Wade was writing letters
and sending out documents and seeds,
and, disregarding party lines IN those
things. was preparing to conduct his
campaign along the lines of being all
things to all men. BY avoiding the
discussion of those matters with regard
to which there was difference of
oninion. he expected to be returned by
an Overwhelming majority and 10 re-
ceive an endorsement that would open
the way for him to take the part OF
leadership in the national councils OF
his party.
The nomination Of Albert F. Daw-
son by the republicans evidently con-
firmed Judge Wade in this view OF the
situation. He believed, since Mr.. DaW-
son was not we'll known In the dis.
trict. and had been for the last five
years private secretary to Senator Al
lison. that the intentions of the repub-
licans with regard to the jackson
county man were not serious that MT.
Dawson would receive only compll-
mentary vote and that only enough
energy would be put into the congress
sional campaign to keep the candidates
on the tickets in the several counties
from complaining that they were being
thrown down.
Granting the truth Of all of Judge
wade's premises, one had to grant
the Justice of his conclusion. AS a
matter Of fact his opinion OF the Sit
uation was the common one. 1t looked
to many of the republican leaders OF
the district as though the reelection
of the congressman would be certain
to be at least 1000. and that, too, In
the face of the probability that the dis
trict would give plurality larger than
that for the republican national tick
ct.
But there were men in the Second
district who knew more about Albert
r. Dawson. One Of these, a democrat,
who was a leading supporter OF Judge
Wade during the campaign this fall,
declared, as soon as Mr.. Dawson was
nominated, that it would be scrap In
the Second, and a lively one at that.
Moreover there were men in the Sec
ond. who believed Judge Wade was
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