Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-10
IOWA SOLDIERS MAY ALL VOTE


Every Iowa soldier old enough to
vote and anywhere in the United
States will have opportunity to cast
ballot and have it counted in his
home precinct. This much has been
determined upon The Republican
party of Iowa. true to it's traditions,
long ago provided the legal machin-
cry that will prevent, even in a crisis
like the present, the disfranchise-
ment of any voter, and the state ad-
ministration will see to it that the
law is carried out in letter and in
intent. Governor Harding has APP
pointed commission to arrange a
plan for taking the vote at various
places where Iowa soldiers are in
camp. In addition to this strenuous
effort will be made to famliarize
every voter away from home with
the absent voter law by and through
which any voter anywhere can Sc
cure ballot and mail it to his home
where it will be received and counted
along with others. 1t is to be ex-
pected that some will object to per-
hitting the soldiers to vote but it
may be possible that nearly half of
the entire voting strength of Iowa
will be in khaki on election day, and
it is justice both to these men and
to the state itself that they should
have the chance to vote. Those
who are Immediately busy with the
Huns over there cannot be reached
but all others will be.
News received at Republican state
headquarters from those districts of
the state where the democratic or
ganization at Washington has given
orders for the return of democrats
to congress is decidedly encouraging
to the republicans and it now looks
like a solid republican delegation
from Iowa again. The sole plea of
the opposition is that only democrats
should be in congress just because
the president happens to be a demo-
crat. The effort to brand republicans
as disloyal just because they do not
jump every time the whip is cracked
over their heads. has not taken well
in Iowa where the people are accus-
toned to doing their own thinking.
In every congressional district the
local organization is good and eff
fective.
The democrats have appointed a
successor to Mr.. Porter, as United
States attorney. just as it was an
nounced last May they would do,
and he has entered upon his duties
in Iowa Porter has gone to Wash
ingtJn to remain during the remand
er of the time of the present admin
istration.
Plans are already under way for
legislation the coming winter in the
Iowa General Assembly looking to
economy in all the affairs of state
and the perfection of the budget sys-
TEN of making state appropriations
toward which a preliminary step has
already been taken. Only in this
way can the expenditures of the state
be reduced to system.
The recent exposure by Chairman
Hays of the republican national COM
mittee of the pernicious activity of
| democratic politicians who are able
! to work from the vantage point of
| high federal positions and who are
| bending every energy toward the sal
walton of their party, has been taxi
ing hold of the people, wherever
| they know the facts. The demo
cratic adjournment of politics is
much like an Austrian peace pro-
posal," which deceives only a linn
tied number.
The district conferences of Iowa
republicans have all been held and
Chairman Rawson is well satisfied
with the situation. The feeling
among republicans and determination
that Iowa shall maintain its well
earned reputation for loyalty, sanity
and conservation is manifest every
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