Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-16
SPENCE G[T||NG READY
Chairman Will Hold His Dis
trict Conferences In
September
MANY. CAMPAIGN BOOKS USED
Dawson's Distrust Shows Only Activity
at This Time-Marohine Clubs Being
Formed and Lots of Noise Being
Made-Charlie Walsh Thinks Abuse
Of Bryanites Hurts Parker.

| Des Moines, Aug. 16. Chairman
Spence of the republican state central
committee expects to start out about
September to hold district confer
ences with republican leaders thruout
the state.
September 5 falls OH Monady. and 1t
is likely that the ensuing two weeks
| will be devoted to the conferences. In
each of them, the congressman OF the
district will be invited to participate.
The chairmen Of the counties making
up the district will also attend.
| The state committee will be repre-
scented In the conferences by the dis
trict committeeman. Chairman Spence
and Manager McNeeley Of the speak
ers' bureau. Leading and prominen,
district politicians may be invited into
| the conferences.
The republican state headquarters In
Des Moines will be open all week of
the fair. and Chairman Spence will DO
glad to welcome republicans from
every section there at any time. The
headquarters are located on the fourth
floor of the Observatory building.
Text Books Out.
| Manager Richards Of the literary
bureau of the republican state head
quarters has requisitioned the nations
al headquarters for large number OF
the republican text books which have
Just been issued. They will be fur
nished to the speech makers on the
republican side during the campaign,
as they are the official compilation OF
information In support of the republi-
can administration of governmental
affairs.
The republican national headquart-
ers is now prepared to furnish the
state headquarters with copies of the
speeches of Grosyenor and some OF
the other speakers in congress. The
| speech Of Temporary Chairman Root
has not been printed as yet, but will
be distributed in large numbers by the
Iowa commmittee.
! The only activity row noticeable in
the campaign is that in the Second dis
! trtct. Mr.. A. +. Dawson, the republican
nominee. is engaged In touring the dis
trict. and spent last week in Iowa and
Johnson counties. Marching clubs are
being organized for him all over the
district. The democratic convention for
the nomination of Judge Wade will be
held week from tomorrow. The effort
to form non-partisan Wade clubs at
| Iowa City has fallen thru, it is UNDER
stood.
1t is understood that Freem c. Coma
way who is secretary Of the Iowa COM
mission at the st. Louis exposition, will
purloin sufficient time from his duties
there to write some new. songs for the
Iowa campaign. For many years he
has been one Of the official song writ
ers. The name of the vice president is
not difficult for the poet, but the meter
of the two names is said to make song
writing bit hard.
1t is now certain that James II. Ire
win of the ticket for electors-at-large
on the republican side, will devote five
or six weeks of constant effort to the
campaign this year. He Is one of the
most forceful speakers in Iowa.
Walsh is Caustic.
ut would pay Judge Parker to call off
some of his fool friends who are abus-
ing the followers of William ]. Bryan.
All we want Is to be allowed to work
and vote for the national ticket. We
made our fight in the convention and
accepted the verdict there rendered.
Again say. Judge Parker should put
a stop to the abuse that is being heaped
upon Mr.. Bryan's allies"
This was uttered by Charles A.
Walsh, member of the democratic ma
tional committee from Iowa, in New
York.
Il have no complaint to file against
the managers of the compaign." con-
tinued Mr.. Walsh. but the so-called
influential friends Of the presidential
nominee keep calling us Bryanites
crazy They seem to forget that the
candidate of 1895 and190O has thou
sands of friends in the east as well as
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