Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-22
Progressives Enter Upon Last
Days Of Activity Wearing
Smile of Confidence
CAMPAIGN ENDS MAY 8
cummins Speaking This Week in Res
erva.ion = Appears in Cedar Rapids
Next Monday - Garst, Cheshire,
Dyer. and Others Get Busy = Bets
Being Wasered.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines. May 22.-The closing
days of the campaign will be very busy
ones for the progressive forces IN
Iowa. Every progressive. who mas
been out over the state comes back
with a smile on his face and the pre-
diction that Cummins and the pro-
gressive ticket will be nominated by
large majority The figures in the pre-
dtctions OF majorities run from 10000
to 10000. Governor Cummins himself
places them at about 10000.
The campaign will close next week.
The primary election will be held on
Tuesday. June 2. but thus far there
is no indication but that all sides
will close their campaign on Saturday
might, May 80 In Polk county plans
have been perfected for a very Wig
orous campaign. Next Monday night
Judge Prouty and Attorney General
.Byers will speak together in University
Place in thls city to big gathering
of voters and there will be band
to assist in the program. Following
this each evening there will be polit-
ical meetings in different parts of the
city till the close of the campaign.
Governor Cummins will speak at Ce-
dar Rapids next week Monday. This
week he is in the southern part of the
state filling in some dates which he
was prevented from filling earlier be-
cause of the sickness and death of his
grandson.
Lieutenant Governor Warren GaEst
speaks today at Mapletes and tonor
row at Marquis and Quimby and next
week in Cass county, Audubon county.
Story county. Decatur county and the
southwestern part of the state. He will
take one day off to deliver the address
union in this city.
Senator Thomas Cheshire of this
city, will speak Saturday at Clarin-
da and College Springs and next week
at Cedar Falls, and in Butler and
Floyd counties. and in Algona, Forest
City and in Cass county.
Attorney General H. w. Byers speaks
today at Panora and Saturday at Dun
lap and Logan and next week in Clear
Lake and Mason City and in Audubon,
Cass, Greene and Madison counties.
Senator Berry speaks today in
Boone and tomorrow in Coon Rapids
and next week Monday in Waterloo,
Tuesday at Anamosa, Thursday in
Clinton and Friday in Oxford juno
tion
Ex- Governor Larrabee will speak to-
day in Monona in Clayton county, and
tomorrow in Winterset and next week
on Monday in Cedar Rapids. Tuesday
at Stuart in Cass county, Wednesday
at Creston, Thursday in Charlton.
Smith Brookhart will tell the peo-
pie of how he was invited to 'go ana
see Blythe and how he went and was
impressed by Blythe with how United
States senators have been made in
years gone by in Iowa Mr.. Brook
hart will speak at Shenandoah among
other places.
Senator Cheshire delivered an ad-
dress at Eldon In Wapello county.
The standpatters there. went around
day or two before the meeting and
tore down all the posters advertising
the meeting. The people SO resented
this action that they turned out in
still greater numbers and have now
asked that another speaker be sent
down there and have promised that
the tearing down of posters will not be
repeated.
At Coon Rapids a Cummins club OF
200 members has been organized and
it is predicted that that city will go two
to one for Cummins.
Down at What Cheer Governor
Cummins had one Of the largest au-
diences that has greeted him this cam
paign. What Cheer has long been a
of Congressman Lacey. La
cey had it so completely under his
thumb that he had only to indicate
his wishes and the people would turn
political handsprings if need be. Gov
ernor Cummins spoke there the first
of this week and was met on the out
skirts of the town by delegation of
citizens with brass band and every
man, woman and child in the city
seemed to be equipped with a flag.
It was a rare ovation. The opera
house was packed. Just as the gov
ernor was about to speak there was an
alarm of fire What Cheer has been
out twice in recent years and it
took but little to create a panic. For
no one was seriously injured
and the rare presence of mind Of the
governor in getting the band started to
playing quieted the audience. Whether
the alarm of fire was trick of the
in hope of getting the
audience away could not be learned.
The audience soon learned that there
was no fire near and all returned to
.he building At Ottumwa the gov
ernor was greeted by a magnificent au-
dience.
Politicians are noting with some de-
gree of interest that there are no large
bets being made on the outcome oil