Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-22
GETTING OUT VOTE
IS NOW The TASK
Last Week of Iowa Campaign
to be Devoted to Great
ing Interest
DEMOS ABANDON IOWA CLAIMS
Will Confer Attack on Head Of State
Ticket Cummins Managers Busy
Educating Voters to Call for Sep
arate Primary BaIIot-secretary
Wilson Strong for Tariff Revision.
Special to Times-Republlcan.


Des Moines, Oct. 22.-Republican
leaders are urging that all the speak
the last week and stir up the voters to
the Importance Of the situation. Lieu
| tenant Governor Warren Garst viii
go on the stump for the state commit
tee and will urge the election of the
entire republican state ticket. Senator
Berry, unsuccessful candidate for the
nomination for supreme judge, is be-
ing urged to go on the stump. Speaker
| Clarke is in great demand and Is do
ing effective work. There is no ques-
ton but that there is fear not only of
apathy but of the fact that some re-
will not vote the entire ticket. A fair
illustration of the lack of interest was
shown here in Des Moines where
member of the enthusiastically Will
son-talked to an audience of less than
a hundred voters. 1t was remarked
that the laboring men who usually take
great interest in politics, were absent.
| At Valley Junction, where the laboring
men comprise practically the whole
population. there has not been good
meeting this year, not even the meet
! ing addressed by Mr.. Bryan. In fact.
all signs indicate that the vote in Iowa
will be very much smaller than is US
ual in presidential year. 1t is because
of this that every available speaker
| will be put to work on the stump in
the closing days of the campaign.
| The democrats do not appear to be
as cocky about Iowa as they were.
| The campaign nd ragers are cropping
about for something to give them
comfort. One who is connected with
| the state campaign stated yesterday
that they intend to make use of the
| bank troubles at Carroll incident to
| the deplorable death of Mr.. Culbertson.
They will point to this as an illustra-
| tion of the weakness of the present
banking system, or rather the lack OF
supervision and failure to protect the
interests of the public. The bank will
pay out all right, and Of this there is
now no doubt, but the democrats will
claim that the matter of waiting for
the return Of the money ought to be
placed as burden upon the govern
ment rather than be left as burden
upon the individual depositors. They
will use this as an argument for the
guaranty of bank deposits.
A plan to make the whole fight in
Iowa for the head of the state ticket
/ is now credited the democrats. They
expect to make general attack on
republican administration of state af-
fairs and claim that the only way to
make sure of radical change is to
give the democrats authority to direct
legislation and appropriations. In this
connection there will be much trading
of votes on the state ticket.
The committee in charge OF the
campaign for Culnnins for the senate
is engaged in doing everything poss1-
BILE to get before the voters not only
the Importance of not overlooking the
senatorial primary but the manner OF
voting and securing the necessary bal
lot. In all of their literature handled
there is included plain statement OF
the manner Of securing the ballot ana
also the form Of statement as to party
affiliation which is required OF every
person voting. There is apparently
widespread belief that the legislature
made the matter complicated and that
there is a great deal of red tape con-
nected with the primary voting. But
the progressive committee undertakes
to show that the process is simple ana
that each and every voter is in duty
bound to decide for himself what his
partv affiliation is and not to permit
somebody else to decide for him.
The weather change has been worth
millions to Iowa farmers. This is the
verdict of the grain men of Des
Moines who have been watching the
course of the weather with some ap-
! prehension. The coming of rainy sea-
son before the final freezing up for the
winter in view of the extremely dry
condition Of the soil all over the coun-
try is the most important thing in con-
nection with the farming of next year.
| The Des Moines and Coon rivers at
Des Moines have never peen so low. in
dicating that the springs which supply
these streams are failing all over
northern Iowa. There was fear that
the ground would continue so dry that
there would be great difficulty in get
ting a crop started next spring.
Secretary Wilson in his speech in
Des Moines came out strongly in sup
port of the republican position for tar
iff revision. 81 want the tariff re-
yised" he said "and 7 want it re-
vised by those who believe in pro-
tective tariff. I desire that we shall
keep out the shop goods from countries
that deny US market for our farm
products. If you find any industry that
is getting more protection than the
difference between the cost Of produc-
ton here and abroad cut the tariff
schedule down to that difference of
cost; if you find an industry that is