Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-07
Democratic Claims Of Misatfec-
tion Have No Foundation
in Fact
NOW DEVELOPING
Claims That Large Percentage of Trav-
cling Mon and Union Labor Are For
Bryan Mere Fction-Farmer Vote
as soldly Republican as Ever-votes
Of Previous Years Compared.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. Now that the
campaign in Iowa is we'll started it can
be predicted with every degree of GER
tainty that the republican majority in
Iowa this year will be about the nor
NAL majority. There have been all
sorts of claims on the part of the dem
ocratic managers ON the quiet. Some
republicans have even been faint
hearted at times. There We're reports
that eight -tenths of the travelling men
of the state Were for Bryan and that
the same per cent of the laboring vote
is for Bryan. There have been other
reports that Bryan men were very nu-
merous over the state and the demo-
Gratis are now claiming that Iowa VIII
go democratic and elect democratic
presidential electors.
Whether THE democrats really believe
this or not they are working as tho
they did and are sending Bryan to
many points in the state and much
literature from the national committee
is being sent out. The democrats
started their speaking campaign early
as they always do, which has made
some republicans bit nervous.
AS ito the real conditions in Iowa.
tho the republican speaking campaign
began only this week and is not under
full sway yet, there are very hopefui
reports reaching this city from every
where in the state. In the first place
travelling men are not agreed thal
eight -tenths of their fraternity III
Iowa are for Bryan. There are repre-
sentative men in that profession VINO
claim that three -fourtl1s of THE men IN
Iowa, are for Taft The fact that the
democratic claims are disputed IS one
hopeful sign if nothing more.
One Of the other claims was that ufe
laboring men of Iowa are almost solid
ly for Bryan. There are about o0,poo
lsaboring men, that Is trades union
men. in tire state of Iowa and half OF
them have always been more or less
democratic A careful inquiry has dis
closed that there are a great many IA
boring men in the state who nave al
ways been republicans who are still re-
publicans and will vote for Taft, so a.
the worst the party cannot lose a grea!
MANY votes among the laboring men.
But there is every indication that
the farmer vote of Iowa which is the
big vote is as solidly republican as ever
and has furthermore made gains from
the democrats. Senator Maytag OF
Newton. was in Des Moines yesterday.
He told of several farmers of his coun-
ty who have voted the democratic lick
ct for wears and this year are going to
vote for Taft. Then there is the busl-
ness element of Iowa which has always
shown a majority republican. Ihere
are no reliable reports but that the
business men are going to vote about
as thew have always done. There are
reports of gains for the republicans
among the business men of 'the state
that are decidedly encouraging.
EVERY republican leader who is quail
fled to speak are not making any pre-
dictions particularly. They say that at
This stage of the campaign the thing
TO do is TO work They are urging that
the republican workers in every com
nunity get busy. They point to the 1act
that in 1896 in the early stages OF tne
campaign if the election had been held
Mckinley would have been defeated
but the farsighted work OF the COM
mittees swung the election.
The largest vote ever polled az
presidential election in Iowa was IN
1900 when the total vote was 53o,33o
and the next largest was in 1895 When
it was 521,547. The question of what
is the normal republican majority IN
Iowa is one on which all are not
agreed. Governor Cummins made the
statement at the Auditorium in THIS
citv when Taft spoke here that the
ticket would be elected by 10000 ma
jority.
The presidential elections for some
campaigns back in Iowa show the fol-
lowing votes:
187e-Hayes, 171,s26; Tilden, 112.121.
Total vote, 292,977.
1s8O.-Garfield, 1S3,904; Hancock,
1o5, ,s45. Total vote, 322,7o9.
1SS4-Blaine, 1970SS; Cleveland,
1886 Total, 376,O51.
1sss-Harrison, 211,603; Cleveland,
179,s77. Total, 404,14s.
1ss2-Harrison. 21s,7s5; Cleveland.
1876. 1855. Total, 443.15S,
1s96-N1cKinley, 2S9,293; Bryan, 2o3.-
TAI. Total 521,547.
1eoo--McKinley. 1905; Bryan, 2o9,-
a65. Total, 53O,355.
1so4-Roosevelt. 3o19o7; Parker,
149,141. Total, 4s5,7o3.
The biggest democratic vote polled
in the state was the first campaign by
BRYAN when he received 223,741 votes.
Every presidential year since then the
democratic vote has decreased and the
republican vote increased tho that OF
Roosevelt in 1904 was about the same
as that of Mckinley in 1900
Even if the democratic vote is all held
in line for Bryan this year there is no
politician who believes that he will
get to exceed 100000 votes, and as
matter of fact that is really above the
normal democratic majority if any
thing. AT the same time there is moth
ing in the campaign that would indi-