Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-24
CANDIDATES COMPLAIN
Say State Republican Chairman Has
Not Provided Sufficient Number Of
peakers-PIenty of Money Contrib
uted But Dearth Of Speakers
FRANKIE Denies soundness of Com
plant.

P'o'''s'
Des Moines. Oct 24-Candidates for
state office on the republican ticket
held conference in Des Moines and
decided to ask the state committee to
adopt what they believe to be more ag-
gressive tactics in the campaign.
The state chairman says he has de-
v,ted all his efforts thus far in this
campai ign to organization and has left
the matter If Speakers almost entirely
to congressi onal districts. AS result
faw republican stump speakers have
teer at work.
The candidates for office believe that
as the republican party has always
Won by being the aggressive party and
stands TO lose when gumshoe tactics
ara adopted, they desire strenuous
speaking campaign all over the state.
ard particularly a big meeting IN Des
MONIES. TO be addressed by Senator
Cummins and Governor Carroll.
committee representing the state
candidates called upon Chairman
FRANKIE and presented the case of the
state officers. The committee was COM
posed Of Morrow, Deemer and Cosson.
1t was understood that this commit
tee was instructed TO inform the chair
man that more speaking dates were de-
sirabe and that all the stump speak
ers available should be put into the
field by the committee.
Following the visit of the committee,
however, Chairman FRANKIE said that
no complaint had been made of his
system of campaigning, and that a re-
! quest had been made for but one meet
ing, the one in Des Mones, which he
was arranging.
What the candidates said or did in
i their conference. / do not know said
| Chairman FRANKIE. The committee here
this morning asked me concerning but
one meeting, and that l am arranging
for.
The candidates, it is said are also of
the opinion that the state committee.
thru its press bureau. is not putting
enough stress on the liquor plank in
the democratic platform. This plank.
It is said is one which will. in itself,
accomplish the defeat of the demo-
cratic ticket if the people are fully ad-
vised that it means restoration of the
saloon to every locality
The state candidates believe that the
money-said to amount to $6,0o0-con-
| tributed 70 the state campaign fund
+! could be DetlGT expended lDan OH Or
/ ganization exclusively and that more
aggressive. effectual campaign could
4 be put up.
/ In the conference Friday. it is stated.
We're Judges Deeiner and Evans of the
! supreme court. Treasurer Of state
/ Morrow. Secretary of State Hayward.
/ George Cosson candidate for attorney
general, and B. w. Garrett. candidate
for clerk of the supreme court. Gov
error Carroll. Auditor of State Bleakly.
and A. NJ. DeYoe. candidate for state
! superintendent of public instruction.
1 could not attend. it is said. but were Ill
sympathy with the meeting and assur-
ed the other state candidates that they
would stand by them in any action
| taken.
! ia lojooi uoftherplatforna see. G j
The upshot Of the action of the
! candidates will be, it is stated. that the
state for the remainder of the cam
paign will be thoroughly canvassed BY
republican speakers, sent out either by
the state committee or by the candi-
/ dates themselves.