Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-01

Wolh loI HILL, IL WAS SdlSi, l1dllOWdy
could have received the nomination
again, but as matters stood he was
beaten and beaten badly, and Rodney
McCune would sit in congress, for NOM
ination meant election.
But one afternoon the Harkless
forces, demoralized. broken, hopeless,
woke up to find that they had a leader
There was a political conference at
Judge Briscoe's. The politicians de-
scended sadly at the gate from the
omnibus that had met the afternoon
train-Boswell and Heating, two gen
tlemen of Anio, and Bence and Shan
non, two others of Gaines county, to
confer with Warren Smith, Tom Mar
tin, Briscoe and Harkless representa-
tiyes, Fisbee and the editor of the
Herald. They entered the house gloom
lily, and the conference began in de-
jected monosyllables. But presently
Minnie Briscoe, sitting on the porch
pretending to sew, heard Helen's voice,
clear, soft and trembling little with
excitement She talked for only two
or three minutes, but what she said
seemed to stir up great commotion
among the others. All the voices burst
forth at once in EXPLANATIONS, almost
shouts. Then Minnie saw her father,
seated near the window, rise and strike
the table great blow with his clinch-
ed fist. ''Will make the nominating
speech?" he cried. I'D walk from
here to Rouen and back again to do
itv'
We'll swim out!' exclaimed Mr..
Heating of Amo. .'The wonderful
thing is that nobody thought Of this
before. There are just two difficulties
Holloway and our man himself. He
wouldn't let his name be used against
Hedge Therefore we've got to work
it quietly and keep 1t from him.
Its not too difficult" said the speak.
er's colleague, Mr.. Boswell. "All we've
got to do is to spring it as a surprise on
the convention. Some of the old crowd
themselves will be swept along with us
when we make our nomination, and
you want to stuff your ears with cot
pass the word quietly among the Hal
loway people and the shaky McCune
people. Rod may get wind of it, but
you can't fix men in this district against
us when they F,ow what we mean to
do now. On the first ballot we'll give
Holloway every vote he'd have got II
he'd run against McCune alone. It will
help him to understand how things
were afterward. On the second ballot
why, we nominate. OF course it can't
be helped that Holloway has to be kept
in the dark, too, but he's got to be-"
There's one danger" said Warren
Smith. "Kedge Holloway is honest, but
l believe he's selfish enough to disturb
his best friends deathbed for his own
ends. It's not unlikely that he will get
nervous toward the last and be tele-
graphing HAIRLESS to have himself car
ried- on a cot to the convention to save
him. That wouldn't do at all, of course.
And Miss Sherwood thinks maybe |
there'd be less danger If we set the
a little ahead Of the day
appointed. It's dangerous, because it !
shortens our time, but we can fix it for
three days before the day we'd settled !
on, and that will bring it to Sept. T."
ITS great plan," said Mr.. Bence,
who was an oratorical gentleman. He
thrust one hand in his breast, raised
the other toward heaven and contin-
aed, For the name Of HAIRLESS
shall'-
wait minute" said Heating. I'D
ike to hear from the Herald about its
policy, if Miss Sherwood will tell u.s."
Yes, indeed" she answered. "It will
oe very simple Don't you think there