Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-03
COMMITTEE MIL
ORGANIZE AUG. |
Chairman Spence Will Be Pres
ent to Turn Over Records of
the Committee
WILL ELECT NEW CHAIRMAN
FRANKIE, of Butler County, Talked Of
for tho Honor, But Selection Has
Not Vet Been Decided Upon
The Campaign Will Be Along Popu-
lar Lines.
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lar Lines.

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Des Moines. Aug. 3.-The republican
state committee will be organized for
campaign work about August III at a
meeting to be held in Des Moirles.
Chairman X. II. Spence will call the
committee together He is not chair
man now. nor a member of the COM
mittee but nobody has any authority
to call it together, and at an informal
meeting OF some of the members who
remained in the city yesterday 1t was
agreed that Mr.. Spence might properly
fix time and place for the meeting.
Ii was regarded as desirable that he be
present and that the books and rec
orCls of the committee be turned over
by him in person. Some of the new
members also thought it would be a
good thing to have Mr.. Spence present
to start them off right and to make
suggestions as 10 the management or
campaign. He agreed TO be present
1t will also be arranged that at least
some of the candidates on the state
ticket be here at the time for consul
tation.
Who will be the new chairman Of the
committee? Nobody knows 1t Is like
ly to be Don McColl. of Dallas county;
1t may be Carl FRANKIE, of Butler
county, or Sam Riniker, of Lyon
county. This does not preclude the
possibility Of others being placed in
charge. Nothing has been decided.
There appears to be no slate. There
are only three old members on the
and Dpps. The remainder are new
men, not necessarily amateurs in poli-
tics. however. But in view of the fact
that the majority OF the committee are
men in harmony with the prevailing
sentiment Of the party in the state as
expressed at caucuses and brought to
notice in the state convention, it is
pretty certain that one of the new
members will manage the campaign.
The men who will organize the COM
mttee in harmony with the ticket and
the party sentiment are w. j. Mccoy,
of Clinton county; Carl FRANKIE, Of
Butler; w. L. Converse, of Howard;
Frank Wood Of Emmet: Sam Riniker,
of Lyon, and d. D. McColl, of Dallas.
Every one Of these men is a believer in
the principles which have triumphed
in the recent campaign. Every one
can be relied on for the square deal.
Any one is competent to be chairman
of the committee and eX-officio man
ager; but only few are available as
having the time and disposition to en-
gage in politics so largely.
Mr.. McColl appears to be most avail
able. He lives in Perry, where he is a
prominent business man, engaged in
the lumber business and having other
interests. He is a practical politician,
an upright and high minded man,
keen and resourceful. One advantage
for him as chairman is that he lives
near where the headquarters must be.
Mr.. FRANKIE is available for the place
of chairman. He, ALSO is a business
man, having large interests in Park
ersburg and elsewhere. He has had
much to do with politics. He would
make a fine leader in the campaign
work if he should be chosen. Mr..
Woods is business man and busy;
and Messrs. Mccoy Riniker and Con-
verse are professional men who prob
ably would not have the time to give
to a state campaign. But the COM
mittee will find someone who will take
charge of the campaign and make it as
it should be made. This is the first
time the committee has been in har-
mony with the ticket. Three years
ago it was supposed to be, but treach-
cry showed it's head and the victory
was partially lost.
The troublesome question Of creden-
tials and regularity may come up in
the state committee to cause some
worry. For instance, the exact status
of Mr.. Epps, Of the Sixth district, is
not clear. He was elected in caucus
which was attended by only half the
members thereof He was not a dele
gate to the convention. He had no
right to sit in the caucus. His election
was irregular. 1t might. be, with some
reason, that his right to sit on the
committee would be questioned. At
any rate the committee, after it is
organized, would have to decide for it
self whether he can sit on the COM
mittee. There was some talk of get
ting the Sixth district delegates to-
gether after the convention to COM
plete the work of the caucus, but this
was not done. The caucus, on the
face of the record, would have been
evenly divided; but 1t is probable that
someone other than Mr.. Epps would
have been elected a member of the
committee.
The Tenth district caucus gave S. x.
Way, of Kossuth county, the Tenth
district member, a great compliment,
He has been the member for that dis
trict the past five years. Had he not
been compelled to retire because of
material interests in another state
he would have been reelected and
probably would have been chairman
this year. The speakers in the Tenth