Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-29
Conservative Estimates Place
Republican Lead at From
25,OO0 to 10000
DEMOCRATS DON'T CLAIM STATE
Chairman Price Simply HAS Hopes"
-Fred White, Candidate for Coroner,
More Optimistic, But Without Good
Reason-kendall Will Win in the
Sixth District.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct 29-The republican
majority in Iowa will be somewhere
between $4,000 and 10000 this year.
the views of leading republicans and
democrats connected with the state
campaign. The estimates of republi-
cans and democrats vary but in small
degree.
At neither headquarters will any
specific statement be given out. No es-
Inmates either on maiortes or on gem
eral results will be given.
"The campaign is getting along very
we'll" says Chairman FRANKIE.
I'VE have been making wonderful
gains and we are going to cut down
the republican majority" says Chair
man Price
But neither will give any figures The
figures above are from other sources,
but represent fairly the honest esti-
mates OF both the committees.
rot at any time made the claim that
Iowa will be carried for Bryan. He does
not now so claim But he has hopes.
He believes that If certain things hap
pen the state will go foI Bryan. He
says the democrats have a fighting
chance in the First, Second, Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth congressional dis
tricts. He does not know that they
will carry any of them. He believes the
Legislature will be democratic. He
speaks hopefully of the state ticket
and is willing to talk OF the fine cam
paign which Fred White has put up.
Chairman FRANKIE has been strug-
Cling with the problem of finances and
has not had time to figure it out to a
nicely The national committee has
drained Iowa and sent nothing in re-
turn Speakers Of prominence have
not been available for Iowa. No money
has come, as in other presidential
campaigns. 1t is admitted that in some
congressional districts and in a good
lIleIny lSSlSlbllNe dlSlllSIS, lliClS 40 ueti
ger. But the state committee expects
to see Iowa give a good republican
majority for Taft and Carroll and the
whole ticket.
Fred White was in the city yester-
day He has been making a strenuous
campaign and unquestionably he be-
lieves he has good chance to be elect
ed He is a. soldier with a splendid
record, but he is not basing his cam
didacy solely on that fact. He claims
that the farmers of the state have
shown very great interest in his cam
paign and that he is sure of vote as
large as that of Bryan.
Nate Kendall was also in the city
yesterday. He has been speaking twice
day in his district and making a
whirlWind campaign for congress. He
is very confident The republicans are
harmonious and the visit of Governor
Cummins to the district where he was
royalty received has been of immense
value to the entire republican ticket.
A local real estate dealer has made
good advertising hit by inserting in
the want columns" of the newspapers
an ad to the effect that eff Bryan is
elected president" he wants to buy
forty vacant lots on which to build
residences. He wants small lots.
very interesting collection of old
engravings has been secured by Cur
ator Harlan of the state historical de-
partment in the course of investiga-
tions in southeastern Iowa. He has
been delving about in old closets and
atics and has found a large number
of curious and rare old engravings
which have ceased to be appropriate
for parlor use but which have value
He will place them on exhibition in
the state museum. Mr.. Harlan has
done a great deal of work the past
summer in securing interesting relics
for the state.
Des Moines attorneys are planning
to urge upon the legislature a change
in the law as to the drawing of grand
juries so that the work of preparing
jury lists shall fall to the lot of COM
mission appointed by the courts. The
not bringing the best results in this
! county, ana lle ldWSSlS dSoSll tiletl Tie
method is not much better liked in
other counties.
A somewhat remarkable plea for
votes has been put out in Burlington
in one of the daily newspapers. 1t is
addressed as an Invitation to Iowa
republicans" and the burden of it is
that the only way to make the repub-
iican party strong in Iowa is to this
wear vote the democratic ticket. The
argument is that there can be no har-
,nony in the party if either Cunmins
OF Lacey is sent to the senate. hence
the right thing to do is to defeat both
bv voting the democratic ticket The
same plea, tho not so openly, was made
two years ago. tho then only one fac
ton responded. 1t is not probable the
plea will have effect now and republi-