Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-01
Indications OF a Smaller In
crease Than Is Usual on
Presidential Years
LIKELY REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY
Some Estimates Place 1t as High as
10000 = No Opposition to Republic
can Nominees in Many Of the coun-
ties - State Auditor Carroll Max
ing Speeches Thruout the State.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to imes-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. LIN some quar-
ters there has been talk of the vote In
Iowa going up to 100000 or over this
year, with a republican majority es-
timated all the way UP to l5O,OO0. IN
some circles this is thought to be un-
warranted The registration in the cit
les of the state indicates that the vote
in the cities will be slightly larger than
that Of four years ago. In Des MONIES
and other cities the registration is be-
low the total vote Of four years ago. 1t
is true there is another day for regis
tration, or rather for the correction OF
registration lists, and this will add sew
eal thousand to the total of registered
voters in the state. But if one may
Judge by the registration in the cities
there will not be as great an increase
in the vote of the state this
year as usual OH presidential
years. If there is this lack Of inter-
est manifested in the cities of the state
which are usually in advance OF the
rural districts in the matter of poiiti-
cal interest, it is certain there will be
some disappointment when the returns
come in from the farming districts OF
the state. This will not hold good in
the counties of the state where they
have local contests over county offices,
such as in Crawford, Clayton, Wapel-
10, Carroll, Grundy, Cass, Union, Scott,
Clinton, Johnson and Dubuque. But
there are many Of the counties OF the
state where there Is no opposition at
AZ to the republican nominees ana
in these there will be lack of interest.
- the republican majority goes to
100 0O0 it will be satisfactory to the
majority of the republicans who FOLLOW
such matters closely.
The estimates Of 125,OOO to 100000
majority this year. are quite in con-
trast with the less hopeful estimates
heard from the same sources one year
ago. The highest estimate officially
placed on the majority a year ago was
10000 and the general estimates were
about $4,000, while persons who were
supposed to be in position to have
more accurate information than the
rest of us, actually estimated the ma
iority for governor as low as 25,000.
The writer heard this estimate given
by republicans in positions of respon-
sibility. But nobody estimates the ma
jorities as low as that this year. The
democrats only hope that by some pos
sibility or by some slump the majority
for Roosevelt may be kept down to the
mark of the governor last year.
B. F. Carroll, state auditor, has been
he reports that he had good meetings.
But there was no shouting and whoop-
ing it up as in some other years.
"There is apathy" said Mr.. Carroll,
"but in my opinion 1T is not alarming.
1t is not the apathy Of disgust nor Of
indifference, but of self satisfaction.
The people. believe that everything Is
all right, and that the republicans can
be entrusted to continue in power in
state and nation. 1t is this and this
alone which has caused the disappear
ance of excitement"
Congressman Wade represents him.
self to be an Iowa idea" man in some
of his speeches, and also a standpatter.
For instance in a speech the other day
he said:
.1 believe in letting well enough
alone - in this district. Things are
going along all right and to my salts
Al.s< lsr$~ ,;nf T11yr o1y0
a change? Especially here? / am a
standpatter in regard to the congress
sional situation in my district"
It is learned that but very few Of the
large Iowa colony at Washington will
come home to vote this year. A good
many of them have been trying to ger
passes or want some committee some-
where to furnish them transportation
to get home to vote. Now nobody is
distributing transportation like they
were four years ago to get the federal
office holders and students and all the
away from home voters back to their
polling places. This year If a man
wishes to show his patriotism by trav-
cling a hundred miles to vote, he Will
have to pay the freight himself.
s. A. Brewster actually believes he
has good chance of being elected In
the Sixth district, and he has been do
ing a vast amount of work. He has
had no money, however, and no heip
from the state committee or from the
outside, and this is regarded as only
fancy. The situation has been rep
resented as bad in the district because
Of the troubles over the bank receiver
ship in Grinnell, but this is not be-
lieved here to be matter that VII
affect very many votes. Secretary
Shaw has promised to explain matters
to the satisfaction of everybody IN
Poweshiek county.
A story has been circulated to the
effect that Major Lacey was in oska-
loosa at the time OF the big rally ad-
dressed by the governor last Frdsy