Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-02
No Excitement But Quiet De.
termination Prevails in
Party Ranks.
GOVERNOR SURE HE WILL WIN
People Have Warmed Up to Him as
Never Before-Lacey Managers
Strike snas in Effort to Buy Des
Moines Newspaper opinion-cIosins
Rally a Labor Demonstration.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 2-Governor Cum
Minis returned home yesterday radiant
with smiles and in spleltdiG physical
has he found campaigning so agree
able and satisfactory as this year
Wherever he has gone he has been roy
ally welcomed as one coming to blaze
the way for party harmony and a big
republican victory.
''It is mistake to say there is
apathy among the republicans in
Iowa." he said. "They are in earnest
and they will stand for their ticket
this year and give the whole ticket
their support. They have not been
demonstrative nor excited. but there is
a quiet determination that they will
vote for continuance of the republican
party in power in the nation and in the
state. I have not had more attentive
and earnest audiences at any time. At
tNclN SpCatfNiIlS piS1SC SiiC Iistii.' AAo w
been packed. The republican party
a great victory"
Governor Cummins has not been, OF
course, in position to judge of what
is going on in the state on the sena-
torship save to know that never be-
fore in his history has there been such
warmth of feeling shown toward him
not only by those who have long been
working by his side but by many who
have in the past withheld their support
from him But he feels confident that
a very great majority of Iowa repub-
licans are filled with the progressive
spirit and desire that .he wor!- which
has been done shall not be undone.
One thing that is very gratifying is
knowledge of the fact that the action
of the legislature in the special ses-
sion is now universally approved. But
fon the fact that Governor Cummins
called the legislature together to amend
the primary law. there would not today
be the slightest chance of the election
of a republican legislature in Iowa. In
every legislative district there would
be a fight and the whole burden of the
senatorial contest would be upon the
republican candidates for the legisla-
ture. Under such conditions it would
be very easy to pick out at least fifty
districts where the democrats would
have easy sailing whereas now repub-
lican success is certain. Governor
Cummirs in his iourneyings over the
state has been complimented by all for
the happy solution of this difficulty.
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The plans of the Lacey managers
for making coup in Des Moines by
filing the local daily papers with
Lacey literature and procuring the
utter silence of the papers as to the
issues at stake, failed in the end. Rich
ards and Johnston started out to buy
space and "fix the papers" At the
office Of the News they were told that
the rule was that political advertising
must be o. Kd. by the editor. When
they reached the editor, Mr.. Hale,
thew were turned down cold and told
that they did not have money enough
to either buy space in the paper for
defaming the governor of Iowa or to
secure silence Of the paper as to what
is eoing on. Political advertising in
Des Moines papers is charged for at
the rate of 81 an inch and all the
naners have a rule to collect in ad
vance.
A great many inquiries have come in
from over the state both to the Cum
minis committee and the Lacey COM
mittee asking whether or not this or
that republican candidate had signed
a pledge to abide by the result in the
state as a whole, or in other words as
10. the wording of the pledges. These
nladges are in the hands of Chairman
Carl FRANKIE of the state central COM
mittee and he takes the position they
are not to be shown to anybody under
any circumstances, hence the respective
committees have been unable to
answer any Of the questions from per-
sonal knowledge. However. Chairman
FRANKIE is authority for 1t that all the
pledges have been received and that
they all pledge the candidates to abide
nv the result on the senatorial primary
in the state.
The closing rally Of the campaign
in Des Moines will be under the aus
nices of the laboring men of the city.
If will be held this evening and of
course The central figure will be Gov
ernor Cummins. always a prime favor
ite with the working men and wage
earners of the city. In fact they are
almost solidly for him at all times.
Clarke. Carroll and others will also
sneak at the meeting, and the laboring
men will undoubtedly make a fine
demonstration.