Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-07

GOOD IOWA CAMPAIGN
Tho Number Of Political Meetings
Hold NearIy Up to Regulation Rec
ord - L. c. McNeeley Compliment
ed by Party Workers For Manage
nent Of Speakers Bureau.
snee,al 10 r,mes-R Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 1.-THE size OF the
republican plurality in Iowa on Tues
day will depend to some extent OH 'i'e
attitude which will be assumed by the
independent republican voters. then oy
the feelings of the free silver oetho-
cratic contingent, and to q smaii oesree
to the success Of the three minor poll
tical parties In the state. sreh'
many republicans of Iowa have become
thoroughly independent, or 10 put !.
another way. the great majority OF the
independent voters Of the state natur-
ally ally themselves with the repapn-
can marty unless there is special reason
for doing otherwise. The uncereu,u
element in the party this year, accoiu-
ing TO the concensus of opinion Oh the
marty managers and the speakers VINO
have been out over the state, is this m
denendent vote which Is never demon
,,,fanye and about which little mas
been learned this year. The indepen-
dent element Is strong for Roosevelt
hut may feel indifference. AS for
the Bryan democrats nobody knows
what they will do. but 1t Is regarded as
certain that great many VIII return
TO the republican party, while others
will 60 to the populists or sociaiists.
still others will remain away from the
polls
Under the circumstances guess OF
about 5000 plurality for Roosevelt III
the state will not be far anliss
AS a matter of fact a pretty good
campaign has been had IN the state STA
this year, all things considered, am ana tne
number OF meetings held has peen
nearly up to the regulation record.
While the democrats have not made
many speaking dates from the centrai
headauarters,s a good many meetings
have been held especially in the east
ern and southern parts OF the state.
Only a very few speakers were avail
sble for general use In the state and
the committee had no money with
which to send them about the state.
There is no doubt, however, that the
few democratic meetings attempted
have been pretty good ones and that II
tho democrats had had the money with
which to make a big campaign they
would have had good showing In
Iowa.
The republican state committee made
iates for 541 meetings during the CAM
paicn. This task, the most difficult In
connection with the state work. fell to
ylyh0 nf
the speakers bureau succeeded Albert
II. Dawson. Mr.. Dawson worked this
bureau on a systematic plan which
made it possible to have every speaker
routed in satisfactory manner. Mr..
McNeeley has followed the same sys-
tenn. He has had remarkable success
in handling the bureau and In sending
out speakers who are satisfactory and
in generally satisfying the state. and at
least one good rally was arranged for
every county. But 1t was from the
Second district that the strongest de-
mand came. Senators and governors
and congressman We're sent to cross
roads school houses and no commun-
ity was so small as to be neglected this
year. The state bureau admirably sup
ported the local work done by the con-
gressional committee at the head of
which was Joe Lane, of Davenport, Mr..
McNeeley has received many cOmpli-
ments from the party workers on the
manner in which he conducted his part
of the work.
There is no doubt that the. campaign
In the Second district has been we'll
~, ErI,t hor hoe
made for Dawson. 1t has been in the
closing days Of the campaign that the
real strength of the Dawson campaign
has been shown. There is no dispo-
sition to hide the fact that at the out
set the candidacy Of Mr.. Dawson was
seriously embarrassed by the unwise
utterances of Speaker Cannon. "
went into district where the reput
can sentiment is overwhelmingly
tariff revision and q rational view
the tariff question like that given
the national platform. Speaker ca
non. accepting as correct the democia-
tic and standpat interpretation or the
Iowa idea" proceeded to argue
against what he supposed was here
sy. The democrats took advantage OF
this and contended that Mr.. Dawson
was also standpatter But the past
week when Governor Cumnins got in
to the district and with Mr.. Dawson
and it was made plain that their views
were in substantial accord. and that
there could be nothing in common be-
tween the position Of Judge Wade and
that of the majority of the republi-
cans of the district. the situation has
distinctly improved for Dawson. There
is now no doubt in the minds OF re-
publican leaders that Dawson wiz be
elected. tho a few weeks ago the out
look was not encouraging.
1t will pay all who are interested In
he congressional situation to watch
the Fifth and Sixth districts. The DEM
Gratis are in earnest in their belief they
will get two congressman from Iowa.
The report ON democratic meetings In