Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-13
Democrats Admit Seventh Dis
trict Will Go 5000; Repub-
licans Say $500
Member. of the Recognized Railroad
Lobby Get Tosethes and "Discu's"
tho situation-one Democrat Thinks
Iowa Will Go 25,ooo Republican -
Bryan Gives Forty Minutes tet Iowa.
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Des Moines, Oct. 13.-The democrats
and their allies are doing lot of con-
ferring in regard to the political sit
uation. On Thursday the district con-
ference Of the democrats for the Sew
enth district was held here, and the
situation was gone over carefully.
Yesterday some of the other bunch
were here-"Ar' Boehmler, will"
Eaton and others of the recognized g
railroad lobby.
With regard to the Seventh congress
sional district 1t is learned that the
democrats at their conference admit
ted that there is not z particle OF hope
for their carrying it on either the state
or the congressional tickets. This is
about the way they figure it up on the
state ticket: The three southern coun-
ties. Warren, Madison and Marion,
about stand-off between Porter and
Cummins. Dallas county, 500 for
Cummins; Story, 1900 for Cummins;
Polk, 5000 for Cummins. This would
make the republican majority in the
district about 5000. The democrats
and their allies would grant that on
congress the republicans might do q
little better.
One of the leading democrats who
was at the conference stated after the
conference that in his opinion the re-
publican majority in the state would
be about $4,000. He also indicated his
belief that the democrats would get
three members of congress- and said
they had hopes of being able to get the
legislature so as to send two demo-
Gratis from Iowa to the United States
senate. The fact that he conceded the
election of the governor would indi-
cate that the DEMOCRATS are not bank
ing much on expectation of having a
democratic governor next year. They
are bending their energies in other di-
rections. The fight to elect a DEM
ocratic governor, so far as there Is
such fight, is being made by the cor
porations as such.
The democratic view in regard to
the Seventh congressional district is
quite different from the republican
view The republicans reckon it up
about this way: Marion, a stand off,
with slight advantage for the repub-
licans; Warren and Madison, 500 each
for republicans; Dallas, 1000 repub-
lican; Story, $500 republican; Polk,
| 5000 republican,; total, $500 republic
an. If anything these figures will be
larger.
The democrats showed that they had
no hope of doing anything in the Sew
enth district by naming an unknown
quantity for congress. They hoped
thereby to secure the neutrality OF
Hull. or to make him feel that since
he had no opposition he might as we'll
not make a campaign. But on the
| contrary Captain Hull is going to make
an earnest campaign for the republi-
can ticket, for he does not desire that
his district should show democratic
tendencies in any way
| All: last the definite announcement
has been made that Bryan is going to
| throw the enormous weight OF MS IN
4, Thence in the Iowa campaign-at least
he is going to give to it forty minutes
worth of his valuable talk. He goes
/ thru northern Iowa on the Milwaukee
/ on October Is, and has been induced to
make two twenty-minute speeches, one
at s,anborn and the other at Emmets-
| hurg He will do some hard work in
the wisconsin campaign, where there
is really no show of democratic sue
cess and he is in hurry to get into
South Dakota, where there is one
sided contest on. But to iowa ne Will
give forty minutes.
There has been much mystery about
this effort to get Bryan to say word
for the campaign being conducted by
| his old friends Miller, Marsh, Hunter,
Richards, Boehmler, McGinty, Butler,
ct al. 1t has been several times stated
that he would get into the game and
urge the Bryan democrats to come to
the support of the new movement; but
as many times it has been denied. 1t
| seems probable that a good IDEAL or
urging has been necessary to get Bry-
an into the game, and his entrance now
is with some reservation. OF course,
he will say Porter is a good democrat.
! and that. Porter is right with him on
all questions at issue-but it is safe
bet that Bryan will not say anything
that will indicate his approval of the
alliance which has been made In the
name of democracy in Iowa as an Of
/ flee seeking scheme.
The democrats appear to be having
hard time getting speakers. Thus
far they have been able to get only
Porter and Dennison on the stump.
| Their many old favorite orators are
attending to business. Even General
Weaver is, for the first time in his life.
doing the pussyfoot act rather than
making the welkin ring. Jerry" Sui
livan is awfully busy with his extern
sive law practice. Where, also, is
Cato Sells and his voice? What is the
| eloquent Cullison. of Shelby county,
doing for the cause?