Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-10
SURFEIT OF
EL0QUENCE
DEMOCRATIC TAKERS WILL
FLOOD SECOND IOWA DIS.
TRlcT
NO HOPE ELSEWHERE
Action of Sixth District Democrats
Does Not Cause Any Enthusiasm
In Washington-Wad Campaign,
However, VIII Be Hard Foug.t.

[BY u. j. MAHIN1
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 9.
Such a deluge of democratic elo-
quence as has not been known for
years, is to be tt fate of the second
district this fall. AS far as the nation
al committee is concerned the re-
mainder of the state is absolutely hope
less and all efforts are to be concen-
trated on the second.
The nomination Of Mr. Brewster, of
Ottumwa, in the six. district appears
to have been somewhat of a disap-
pointment to the congressional nation
al committee. The committee is evil
dently anxious to appease Charley
Walsh but they think it can be done in
much cheaper ways tnan to try to car
i ry his district. The job given Mr..
Walsh by Mr.. Belmont is supposed to
be about enough to hold him in line.
!. Consequently around headquarters
there appears to be very little enthusi
asm about tho sixth and all the talk
is about the second.
Hot Campaign In Second.
The word has come from the second
that big blare of trumpets is all that
is necessary this fall The talk about
A. F. Dawson peing "only Allison's
secretary" has been sent in to the
committee in large quantities. Dawson,
it is declared, being young man who
has always made his own way in life,
has no money and may necessarily be
limited as to his campaign fund The
committee has been informed that it
: is consequently their chance to win
hands. down, ii. they will appropriate an
amount sufficient to overwhelm Daw.
: sons limited fund. 1t is a noticeable
: fact that from no suorces has there as
yet come any question of Daw.
sons personality or his ability The
/. compliment to the intelligence of the
q people of the district therefore, is
i. somewhat questionable when it is
urged that all that is necessary is
money and speeches by big men.
WAGE Against Personalities.
{ The fact that no one has dared to
e attack Dawson personally or belittle
! his ability must in all fairness be at
n tributed to Judge Wade. 1t is well
known that Judge Wade would not al
low any personalities. In his first
campaign he refused to allow the use
\ of some material that was brought him
by his lieutenants which purported tt
impeach the personality of his oppon
ent.
The judge Is Vain.
However, one cannot be so certain
NJ about the foolish Allison clerk" idea
: Even Judge Wades best friends will
admit that he has most eXcellen
opinion of himself In fact Judg
Wade has wei. marked streak o
vanity He was Often heard last w
ter to bemoan the handicap expert
y enced by new congressman and t
~ recall the pleasures of the old day
~ when he was judge and "the Who'll
Dc thing" in his own bailiwick. 1t woul
tx be like him to consider Dawson no
IS in his class.
o. Judge Wade knew Mr. Dawson quit
=, well here last winter and evidentl
'e liked him. At least he was often see
in Dawson's office. 1t Is quite prope
to say that most of those visits wer
for the purpose of asking assistance
or advice, or information regarding a
fairs of the second district regardin
which Dawson, from his experienc
: knew infinitely more than did Judg
for but how much that was no on
will ever know unless Judge Wad
=. tells it.
Wade Assured of Help.
1t is largely through Judge Wade
work that the second district will hav
as to stand for so much stumping thi
do fall. Judge Wade before he left fo
or home last spring had extracted nun
ty ber of promises from various souther
le- congressman. to come and talk fc
ne him. Judge Wade was rather populs
let with the easy going southerners. TT
IN congressman from the south spend
ny good deal of time in the cloak room
where good stories are being tol
he Judge Wade was to be found thel
til pretty often. He is good story tell,
;et and the southerners used to clap hi
GO on the back and tell him he was
III "corker" Although ,.ns took some
the time that might have been spel
on the floor working for his constit
ents Judge Wade made the most of
and got several of the story tellers
promise to help him out. Champ Clar
will be one of them.
~. Judge Wade was pretty well assure
before he left Washington that M
nd Dawson would be his opponent. H
er so informed his friends adding th
Dawson was a nice young man b,
that he would be unable to put up
6s strong campaign and needed only
63 be overwhelmed by some real car
Sc paigning :" make the district safe.