Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-03
BIG CROWD FOR BEVERIDCE
Anticipated it Will Be the Largest Political
Meeting of the Campaign.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD THE SAME DAY
Slim Prospects of Bringing the Two
Bodies of the w. c. II. L. Together
in one Body-Distribution of
Omces stumbling Block.
CONFERENCE TO Be HELD THE SAME DA
,From a staff Correspondent)

NFIOu a oldh SOiAtSpoihShN'J
DES MONIES, la, Oct 2.-(Special.)- y
Interest politically centers in the big Bev-
eridge meeting to be held in the Audi
torium tomorrow night. Every effort has
been made to make the meeting big
success 1t undoubtedly will be one Of
the largest, If not the largest, meeting held
by the republican party in this city. With
Beveridge is to appear Senator Dolliver and
other prominent republicans, including
Congressman ]. A. T. Hull of this district.
The fact that the Beveridge speech will
| attract a large number of politicians TO
the city from this congressional district
as we'll as from the state generally has
been seized upon by the state central COM
mittee as an opportune time for the con-
| ference of republicans of the Seventh dis
trict the last in the state to be held. The
district conference will be held tomorrow
afternoon and to 1t have been invited all
republican editors county chairmen, cam
didates for the legislature and the con-
gresham from this district.
split IL Not Healed.
Though all efforts are being made to pre-
serve peace and secure union or the
partisan and bipartisan branches of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union IN
| this state, there is evidence OF all sorts
or trouble atlenuluB lEdN tio anu Niit uhiNh
may be yet far away. Both factions are
holding their annual convention in this city
I this week 1t is asserted by the nom
partisan branch that the other factions
! want all the Offices. The non-partisans are
! willing to divide the offices, but are not
| willing to sacrifice all OF them. The parti-
! san branch members say that for eighteen
years Mrs Marion II. Durham OF Burllng-
| ton has worked as president Of tnat branch,
with other officers with her nearly as many
/ years. and they argue that there Is no
particular reason why they should relin-
! quish their offices just because small band
/ OF women are to be taken in. This condi-
| tion Of affairs Is not working rapidly for
peace. One of the leaders in the opposition
| to any merger is Miss Addie NJ Estey,
| president of the Eighth district union. She
| is a member of Mrs Dunham's organiza-
| tion. but is opposed both to the reelection
| of Mrs. Dunham and to the merger The
partisan organization is meeting in the
| Calvary Baptist church. The non-partisan
/ organization IS meeting in the Plymouth
I congregational church. Its members assert
that when the split occurred some eighteen
| years ago they maintained the old organi-
| zation and that It was the Durham faction
| that split and left the organization, 1t. is
] the bipartisan faction that owns Benedict
I Home i'm this city and some other property.
! The partisan faction, Of which Mrs. Dun
! ham is president. owns no property, and
| this is one of the strong arguments OF the
nom partisan faction against retaining Mrs.
| Dunham as president. They argue that
having the property, while the others have
| none, they are willing TO divide the Offices
on a peace basis. but are not willing to
! 'be taken in by the Durham organization.
| Al the meeting in the Calvary Baptist
| church a resolution was offered today con-
demning the conviction OF child murdercrs,
the resolution applying 10 the Abba hoy
recently sentenced TO the industrial school
! for murder.
| AIIss RiEby Removes NeiI.
Grace Rigby OF Manchester. Ia. has been
selected 10 nnveil the monument erected
nv the state OF Iowa Al Vicksburg a. A