Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-22

4 GOOD STORY ON HANNA
Doctors Of the State Doing Well With
Their Reports of Health Statistics
Courts Not Likely to Help kickers
Who Are Now Suing the Capitol
Commission.
Special to Times Republican.

DeS MoineS, Sept. 2l.-loWt iePupii-
cans are decidedly happy over political
conditions in the state. They are so
happy that they want to engage IN
singing quite as much as anything else
during the campaign. The demand
is for campaign songs. The clubs have
been formed and the marchers are
ready with caps and canes and flags
and rough rider" toggery of various
kinds; and now what is wanted is
something that will enable the boys to
express their feelings so that all may
know just how they regard the mat
ter. a good many queries have come
with regard to securing campaign
songs for use of the republicans.
Chairman Spence, Of the state commit
tee, will have to advertise for suitable
songs or offer prizes for acceptable
songs for the campaign as the supply
is short and the poets and musicians
have got into the game very deep.
There Is also demand for buttons and
badges and Autographs of the candi-
dates to be used in the county meet
ings. Literature of all kinds is not
very plentiful and the clerks in charge
of the handling Of this stuff have not
been able to get out all that is asked
for. Chairman Spence and Manager
McNeeley, of the state committee have
gone into Chicago to secure fresh
supply Of all these campaign accessor-
les. The songs, especially, are want
ed that the campaign maybe made as
raerry as possible. In the absence of
Freen Conaway from the state the
song business has gone to pieces. He
has been the poet laureate Of political
campaigns good while but is busily
engaged In wrestling with various
worlds fair problems.
The Polk county republicans are 60
ing to set a pace that will be hard
for others to follow in the matter of
the club arrangements. The Polk
County Republican Club, which has
been somewhat citicised for it's allow
ing all sorts Of republicans to talk
there, and by Des Moines republican
newspaper was ridiculed very much, is
to have nearly thousand men mount
ed in a parade for Speaker Cannon.
The club is holding several sessions
each week for practice and will be in
fine shape to help in any big meetings.
1t has been suggested, and this will
be acted on If practicable, that they
invite ex-Speaker Henderson to come
from Dubuque to greet the present
speaker of the house-an appropriate
thing to be done.
Republicans here scott at the sug-
gestion of Chairman Babcock of the
congressional committee to the ef-
feet that there is danger of loss Of
the house of representatives at the
coming election, and they declare that
it Is only ruse to secure more funds
for that committee. A prominent Iowa
politician who was at one time con-
nected with the republican state COM
mittee, told a story illustrating how
it has been worked in the past. 1t was
eight years ago. Chairman Hanna
went to New York. He sent in his
card to Mr.. Rockefeller. When the
latter came out the chairman had his
hands behind his back and was pac-
ing the floor as if in great distress.
"Why, what's the matter?"
"Everything's all gone wrong" said
the chairman.
II thought the campaign was run
ming smooth and all one way"
mo; we are beaten"
well, what can be done?"
Nothing. Our committee is bank
rupt and has no funds
And so the conversation continued
until the chairman and the head of the
Standard Oil had gone out to make
a roundup of the financial interests
and fund was raised which was suf-
ffcent to help out Hanna, telegraphed
back to Chicago to start the campaign
afresh. The result was that victory
was secured. But the money was
never got until somebody was scared.
"Now that is what is the matter
with the congressional committee and
Chairman Babcock," said the polite
ian. "The committee is in distress,
and has given it out that congress is
in danger. That is about the only
way to get the people to loosen up
and provide the funds necessary to
make a proper campaign. But 1T will
be done and congress will have big
working majority
The commission to build a monu-
ment to Iowa soldiers lying in the nat
ional cemetery at Andersonville, Ga,
will 20 to Andersonville early next
month and make arrangements for the
location OF the monument and other
details. The committee is trying to
secure the full record of every person
who was from Iowa who died at the
prison. Their names will be secured
and the record procured from the arr
chives of the state. The commission
has as yet made on plans for the mon
ument.
Some of the guard officers of the
state are just waking UP to the fact