Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-08
GOOD FOR HE REPUBLICANS
Outlook in Iowa is Bright for the
Entire Ticket.
LIVELY CAMPAIGN CONDUCTED
several Congregational Districts VIII
Afford BiE Battle Ground for che
EIectOrs-Chairmen DO Not
Resort 10 Figures.

tFrom a staff Correspondent
D1S MONIES. Ia. Nov Especial
Telegram Iowa republicans closed their
campaign today in utmost confidence Of
a victory for the entire state ticket and
practically every congressional district
They admit the probable loss Of the Sec.
ond congressional district and that the
vote for governor will be reduced but
aside from this. regard the outlook as
satisfactory. The injunction Of the tenn
perance question into the campaign the
last few days has made certain a fairly
large vote.
The Des Moines Ministerial association
AZ a session today laid plans for getting
out the church vote on the theory that
the larger the vote at this election the
more difficult it will be for the liquor men
to secure the saloons consent petitions
next summer.
ROOsevelt's Visit.
! The coming of Colonel Roosevelt to the
state last week is believed generally to
/ have had a good effect. He spoke out
! fearlessly and hopefully and pointed out
! that the nature Of the fight he has been
waging in the east is Identical with that
made by the republicans in Iowa for a
number of years. He declared that he had
been preaching good Iowa doctrine in all
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things which seem commonplace enough
! in Iowa cause nightmare when spoken Of.
/ But he pointed out how everywhere there
is unity among the republicans and he
| especially urged upon the Iowa people
that they make a good record this year.
While the chairmen cf the tive state
. committees have announced they would
not make any definite prediction they are
both confident. Chairman Reed of the
democratic committee has been most ag-
gressive, but Chairman FRANKIE of the
republican committee has done much ef
fective and quiet work. The reliance OF
the republicans is in getting out a big
vote on election day. The democrats base
their hope on scratching by republicans.
1t is generally conceded that Claude
Porter, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor, who has made a remarkable cam
paign with about seventy speeches in siN
weeks, will run ahead of his ticket, though
the republicans do not concede that he will
have enough to carry him through. The
only other fights on the state ticket are
against George Cosson for attorney gen.
eraI and against Clifford Thorne for rail.
road commissioner. This is a joint fight
Of the liberal element and corporations
- The fight is not for their opponents, but
distinctly against these two republican
candidates They will not, however, rur
very far behind their tickets.
Fights for Congress.
In the congressional fights the repub-
leans, not officially, but privately admit
that there are three or four districts II
which there are hard contests. The leas
hopeful of these is in the Second district
and next to this the Fourth district, bu
also probably in the First, Sixth anC
Ninth. They do not admit any danger a.
all in the Seventh or Eighth districts where
at the outset the democrats had some hop,
of success.
Il The legislature is sure to be overwhelm
II ingiy republican in both branches, Their
will not be very many changes in the dis
tricts. The injection of the senatorial
4 matter into the campaign brought abou
distinct improvement for the repub
Leans.
There has been very little money spen
in the campaign on either side. The com
mittees have not been supplied with casl
and have not used the same to any grea
extent. There has been very little of {
literary or educational campaign on eithe
side, and only in the last three week.
has there been much speaking. 1t Is ad
mitted on all hands that much less il
known as to actual intentions Of the voter
than usual.
Iowa Population satisfactory.
The federal census report on Iowa pOpu
latlon did not prove as disappointing Il
Iowa people as many had supposed /
would. The population of 2224,OOO viii
mean, according to the best judgment o
many that the state will not lose a mem
Der of congress after this time as it ex
pected would be the case. 1t Is wei
known that the state has had for som
, years one more congressman than fairl
! entitled to. The increase in population o
!. Polk county of about $1,000 i'm ten year
is regarded as a good showing for De
Moines.
VIII Not Get PardOns.
q The state parole board today refused t
Q report favorably on two important If
term cases before it. One was the case o
, G. A. williams of Union county, who kille
Q deputy sheriff who was trying to serv
{ papers on him. The board considered thi
. two years ago and has again refused I
= recommend pardon. The other was tn
r case OF of VIM. Adams Of Marshall county
= who is serving a life sentence for poisoning
0 neighbor. His nephew, then a boy o
Is, was the sole witness against him. an
this boy, now a grown man, is pleading
I for pardon on the ground that his owl
, testimony at the time OF the trial wa
wholly false. This case was not disturbed
VIII Send Team to Kansas City,
> The Iowa Rifle association at a session
here decided upon sending to Kansas Cit,
. for the Midwestern rifle tournament
. team from each OF the four Iowa regiment
to compete in a tournament The time 10
the regular Iowa practice at rife shootin
for the general report was extended I
! November 30 to enable all companies [
4 complete the outdoor work.
j. Work of Railroad Commission,
+ According to the monthly report OF II
State Railroad Commission there was file