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Show INTENSE INTEREST IN IOWA. The AV eatber Raw and Cloudy, Rut Will Q Materially Affect the Vote. Des Moines, Xot. 3. Tne interest taken in irte election here is intense. The weather is raw and cloudy. Slight rains arereported in the southwestern part of the state, but it will not materially affect the vote. In the farming communities the rain will probably increase the vote, as it will give the men an excise to leave their corn fields. Telegrams received by the republican and democratic committees show that an unusually un-usually large vote is being polled. This is true of the country districts as well as of the cities. Both committees claim gains iu the cities. The democrats especially assert that they will elect their whole .ticket, basing bas-ing their indications on the gains they are reported to be making iu the cities. The republicans are confident they will hold their own in the cities and roll up overwhelming majorities in the country districts, where the prohibition sentiment is strong. The republicans are very confident about the legislature. Reports Re-ports received from close senatorial districts seem to be especially cheering to them. The people's party vote in Polk county is going to be lighter than anticipated, and reports re-ports from outside counties indicate that the same will be true in the state generally. The prohibition party vote will be the lightest light-est ever known since the organization of the party. The weather continues cloudy and threatening. |