Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
E. P. ADLER OF THE DAVENPORT
TIMES Is SELECTED TO CARRY
ON THE EDITORIAL WORK OF
STATE COMMITTEE.
". H. POWELL
MAY ASSIST HIM
GREAT CONFERENCE is PLANNED
FOR MIDDLE OF AUGUST, WHEN
ALL CANDIDATES WILL MEET
FOR DISCUSSION.

5 Des Moines, July 15.-Chairman
Carl f. FRANKIE has been authorized
by the Republican state central COM
mlttee to call meeting of tho COM
m1ttee and general conference of
republican candidates to be held in
Des Moines about the middle of Aug
ust.
Mr.. FRANKIE expects to Invite to the
meeting all Of the Republican legis-
lative candidates as well as those for
electoral, state and congressional
places. This will be an innovation in
such conferences, and it is believed
That it will result in great good as
well as the more minute and detailed
understanding Of conditions through
the state on the part of the managers.
Headquarters will be opened at
pnce in Des Moines, that action having
been decided upon at the meeting Of
the state committee yesterday. Chair
man FRANKIE and G. w. Lyon of the
Seventh district were put on the COM
mittee to select the headquarters. 1t
Is probable that they will be located
In the Fleming block. Chairman
FRANKIE hopes to open them this
week. p. s5t5;3
Organization is Perfected.
At the meeting of the committee
yesterday the organization which was
lnauguarted at Waterloo by the elec.
ton Of Carl F. FRANKIE Of the Third
district as chairman was completed.
By resolution of the committee 1t
was voted to select for heads of the
Ipeakers' and newspaper bureaus
members of the committee. itself,
Ind the selection was delegated to
Chairman FRANKIE.
He announced Immediately the Sc
lection Of e. P. Adler of the Second
district as head of the press bureau.
He reserved the selection of the head
Of the speakers bureau until the
three absent members of the COM
mittee are heard from It is said that
either Mr.. Haskell of the Fifth dis
trict or Mr.. Dewitt of the Sixth dis
trict may be chosen.
M. M. Head of the Tenth district
was elected vice chairman of the COM
mtttee.
As to Finances.
The committee elected Chairman
FRANKIE treasurer Of the committee. A
finance committee composed OF l.. B.
Whitney of the Fourth district. H. d.
Copeland Of the Eighth district, and
LaMonte Cowles Of the First district
was selected by Chairman FRANKIE on
authority conferred by the committee.
Chairman Kranke also was author
ICED to select an auditing committee
and named NJ NJ. Head Of the Tenth
district, e. P. Adler of the Second and
]. A. Dewitt of the Sixth district.
In addition the chairman was author.
n n or, IL
which he announced as follows s. D.
Riniker of the Eleventh district and
+ Carl S. Wright Of the Ninth district
and Carl F. FRANKIE of the Third dis.
trict. The motion Of the body In.
cluded the instruction TO name him.
self as member of the committee.
Committeeman Are sanguine.
The meeting of the committee was
held at 2 o'clock at the Savery hotel
yesterday afternoon The members
from the Fifth, Eleventh and Fourth
districts were not present, being at
st. Paul.
The members of the committee ex
pressed the utmost confidence with re
spect to the success of the campaign
They declared that the feling among
Republicans is less factional in char
acter than for long time, and ii
was decided to do everything possible
to bury factional differences.
The contests before the committee
were easily solved. Secretary Adler
stated that he was not authorized tc
give out the roll calls, If any were
recorded.
Auditor of State B. f. Carroll, Re
publican candidate for governor;
Treasurer of State Morrow and Secre
tary of State Hayward, who, are can
didates for reelection were at the
hotel during the forenoon and politics
were discussed extensively but with
agreement that the prospect for Re
publican success is excellent.
Mr.. Adler, who is made the head oi
the press bureau, is publisher of the
Davenport Times and manager Of the
Lee syndicate, which publishes the
Times, The Ottumwa Courier, the Mus
eatine Journal and several other news
papers. It is not unlikely that he viii
bring w. H. Powell formerly of OF
tumwa to Des Moines to assist in the
press bureau work.