Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
THINK low A
VERY SAFE
HEARST LEADERS FEEL coNFl.
DENT THEY WILL WIN IN
CONVENTION.
ALREADY ON NTHEGROUND
Russell, Lawrence, lhmsen, Walsh and
Others Are In Des Moines To Remain
Until After the Convention = Scott
County Contest Pleases Them.

Des ,Moines, May 2-The Hearst
forces began to arrive in Des Moines
last night and the wheel horses will
continue to arrive from now on until
the day of the convention.
The fight in the counties is now
practically over and from now on 1t
Will be a war of the organizers. Politi-
Gals deals, close figuring and clever
political manipulations will go forward
until the day of the big fight in the
convention.
Hearst's Men on the Ground.
Among the early arrivals yesterday
was G. E. Russell, who is managing
editor Of Hearst's American, and who
has been his western manager. A later
arrival was A. M. Lawrence, business
manager of the Hearst publications in
chicago, and Max Ihmsen, formerly
city editor Of the New York Journal
and looked upon as the statistician and
mathematician of the Hearst bureau
National Committeeman G. A. Walsh
and w. w. Baldwin, of Des Moines
county, also registered at the Savery
Russell Is Encouraged.
Mr.. Russell felt very much encour.
aged over the outlook for the success
OF the Hearst candidacy. He professed
to believe that Hearst would yet be the
nominee of the convention at st. Louis,
believe we will carry all the states
IN the western circuit" he announced
confidently. We already have South
Dakota and Nevada, and we will get
California sure. We will also have
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin
Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, North Da.
kota. Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado"
Iowa IssAlI Right.
II think we have Iowa all right.uow y
remarked Mr.. Russell, as he sat down
at the Savery and heaved a sigh OF
satisfaction. They ,an't get away
from Hearst. We have thought all
along that we could secure support
for Mr.. Hearst IL we could get the peo-
pie aroused to the ideas that Mr.Hearst
represents.
Scott County Convention.
And in this connection, continued
Mr.. Russell, "the result in Scott county
has been as gratifying as anything
that has hapepned. All along we have
conceded Scott county to the opposi-
tion. We simply made fight there on
the principle that it was we'll to make
a fight everywhere and in all the coun.
ties.
The fact of the matter is the work
ing people and the trainers got out and
carried the county for us. 1t shows
that the people are with us.
when the telegram first arrived in
Chicago, explained Mr.. Russell, chat
we had carried Scott county, wouldn't
believe it and we didn't use it until it
had been strongly confirmed. We are
not worried about the county being
taken away from us in the conyen-
ton"
No Contest In Scott.
In this connection it was stated last
night that the antis had practically de-
cided not to contest the Scott county
delegation.
Mr.. Russell had much to say concern
ing the little known personality of Mr..
Hearst. 1t has been widely intimated
that the newspaper publisher takes lit
tie interest in his newspapers and that
his success has been won by the bril-
liant men whom he employs. This is
denied by Mr.. Russell
The Contesting Delegations.
Contesting delegations will come
from Des Moines, II votes; Van Bu-
ren, votes; Scott, 23 votes; Keokuk