Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-19
DEMocRATssTo CENTER EFFORTS
ON ASSEMBLY IN HOPE Of
ELEcTiNc SENATOR.
WORK OF STATE COMMITTEE
TO BE APPoRTIoNEp
No Fight on congressmen Unless Bull
Moosers Bring Out candidates-Re.
publicans Plan to Mako Fight
SquareIy on Principles and Platform
Uniform Action Favored.
Special to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 19.-The general
plan of campaign for the democrats
of Iowa this year, as already outlined
by Chairman Reigelman, who Is to
look after important details, is to d.
vide up the work Of the committee
into distinct bureaus, each one in
charge Of competent head. For in
stance, there is to be a speakers bu-
reau, directing the oratorical cam
paign; publicity bureau, to reach the
newspapers and distribute literature;
legislative bureau, to pay special at
tention to the fight to get the legisat-
ure and United States senator; con-
gressional bureau, to boost for more
democrats in congress-; state ticket
bureau, to look. after the interests of
candidates on the state ticket; finance
department.. for handling the finances
Of the committee.
.5 -. After tho Legislature.
( Present plans are to bear down un-
usually heavy on the legislative end
so as to get democratic legislature
and elect Dan Hamilton to the senate
lin place Of William S. Kenyon. But
the fight for, congressman will depend
largely upon whether or not the bull
moose. party can be induced to bring
out candidates in most of the districts
Of the state and divide the opposition
vote. ~, 49, Il
:, The committee will have larger
rooms than ever before and is already
assured of. financial support for a more
elaborate campaign than any made in
recent years. The claims that there is
some chance, of Wilson defeating
Roosevelt in Iowa and getting the
electoral vote of the state is being
worked to secure the proper supply Of
we'll to the end of the campaign the
paign as never before seen in the
state. l-
Congress Delays Work.
Delay in adjournment Of congress IS
responsible fer the slowness with
which the political compaign is start
ing generally. Nothing can be or will
be done in Iowa until congress ad-
journs.
It is known that plans have been
laid for some time for a general con-
ference of the republican candidates
on state and congressional tickets to
be held with the regular republican
committee as soon as 1t is possible to
get all together for such conference,
and it has been tactly agreed among
them that they will not do any talking
politics until such time as this confer
ence can be held.
An agreement will be entered into,
If It is possible, for uniform action on
the part of all candidates.
The plan is, SO far as developed, to
make the fight for republican prin-
cipies, squarely upon the platform OF
the party, each and every candidate
responsible alone for himself as to
whether or not his actions fit in with
the declarations Of the party for Iowa
republicans, each candidate making
the fight upon his record Of achieve
ment and purpose. In other words, the
spirit and intent Of the republican
party Of Iowa, as announced IN its
last declaration, will be carried out, and
no candidate will be held responsible
for any other.
knowledge that this is the program
is said to have been partly responsible
for the effort made by the Des Moines
political group to precipitate a cam
paign fight in advance Of any confer
ence so that each candidate would
start off for himself and probably in
the hope that there would develop
among the candidates conflict of
purpose and method.
The general conference will probably
be held within two weeks. as it is re-
garded certain congress will soon adj
journ.