Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-15
Rumored Attack on Biennial
Elections Law Promises
Some Little Excitement
EXPECT NO RAISE IN IOWA VOTE
General Apathy and lmpossibiIity Of
Making General Campaign Destroy
Hopes of Increase in the Total Vote
democrats Date Bourke Cochran
For a Speech at Davenport.
,ecjal to s-Republican.


Des Moines. Oct. 15.-If somebody
would only start something it would
be relief to those who are devoting
| their time to politics. The complaint
! is general that there is nothing doing.
Even quarrel or canard or roor-
back or a foundationless sensation
AS it Is the state headquarters of both
parties are somewhat uninterestinSi
| places. The journey of Senator Fair
banks left a wide swath Of agitation
across the state in a zigzag shape, but
| nothing more. No serious attempt
| will be made to secure poll of the
state before election. 1t is agreed
on all hands that it would be impos-
sible 10 get an accurate poll, even II
a complete one could be obtained, for
there are so many voters who will
either not say what they intend do
| ing or do not know that any poll would
| be a poor one. 1t is believed that
some interest may be aroused in the
election In the closing days by agi-
| tation of the biennial elections amend
ment. 1t comes direct from those men
who are In a position to know that
there is to be a general attack on the
law started soon and in the closing
days of the campaign it is to be over
whelned. 1t is difficult to trace the
origin Of this movement, but it is gem
orally directed against those whose
terms of office in state and county
would be heightened by adoption OF
| the amendment. 1t is feared there will
be a very light registration in the
cities of the state. The old registra-
ton hooks will all be thrown aside
and everyone who is to vote on elec-
tion day must make an entire new reg
istratiDn. In view of the apathy pre-
vailing the party managers In the cities
will find it very hard to get the voters
to come out and register themselves.
Because of this fact and the impos-
sibility of making any general CAM
paign it is estimated now that there
will be no increase in the total vote
Of Iowa over that of four years ago.
The republican majority will be in
creased largely because of the utter
| Indifference of the great majority OF
| the democrats and their failure to
make any campaign in the state out
side of one district and a few scatter
| ing counties. Even the prohibittonists
and populists have failed to do any
thing 10 help out in the campaign.
During the last two weeks of the
| campaign the republicans will have
their two senators and most OF the
icongressmen on the stump in the state
Congressman Hull will return to work
| in his district, but he will not indulge
| in any joint debates with his oppo-
nent. who has been unable to secure
any crowds. Happily there is not
| republican candidate for congress but
that is. able to go out and make an
excellent speaking campaign IN his
own district All reports from the
Second district are to the effect that
Albert r. Dawson is making a splen-
did canvass of that distri and has
made q favorable impre ION on all
who have met him. Governor Cum
minis goes out of the state today. He
speaks at a big rally in Chicago this
evening, then to Bucyrus and Toledo,
in Ohio, back again to Clay Center,
Kas.. and then into northwestern Iowa,
windin,, up in the Second district. The
Kansas republicans are preparing Tor
great rally when he reaches Clay
Center.
II is probable there will not be an
other meeting in Des Moines this year.
The Cannon meeting was a great sue
cess and the Polk county republican
club marching brigade got a chance
| to show what it could do on that oc-
casion. 1t is not at present planned
there shall be another meeting here.
E,yeryone agrees that there would be
nothins. gained unless it would be to
spur the republicans on to the nee
essity of registration.
The democrats have at last got Bourke
Cochran dated for a speech in Iowa.
He is to be at Davenport with Judge
| Wade next Friday evening and will do
some other work in the district. John
3. Craig, candidate in the FIRST dls-
trict lis out on the stump, and $. A.
brewster in the Sixth is making
speeches. John v. Bonnet, in the
! Eighth has written an extended letter
in which he discusses chiefly the trans
portation question and appeals to the
stock shippers for votes. In the Sew
enth John Mulvaney has had few
meetings but none that were very good.
Walter McHenry has been out speech
making with fair success. General j.
B. Weaver has been doing work over
in Indiana. 1t has been asserted by
democrats here that Ex-Governor Boies
is to Go Some work in eastern Iowa
and also in Indiana, but this has not
yet been verified.
A. w. Maxwell Of Seymour, having
sold his newspaper to j. j.
Adams, he is in position
to devote himself entirely to
the campaign. He has been given dates