Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-13
STAND PAT CONVENTION.
Editor of Webster City Paper Scoops
the State on Good Piece of News.
Special to Tlmes-R Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Webster City, Feb. 13-In the debate
which has been waged by republican
editors over certain tariff declaration
in the republican state platform the
editor of the Freeman Tribune has
looked on until he has acquired an I'M
Outstanding of the situation of N-ray
/ Preventative power, which has enabled
! him to report in full the proceedings of
/ the stand pat" convention recently
| held behind closed doors in the office
of the Des Moines Capital Other ed
| itors of Iowa will easily recognize the
proceedings to be genuine and fairlya c-
curate, but the Freeman Tribune is the
! first newspaper to publish the news of
the convention. 1t says
The stand pat party of Iowa held
a convention in the Capital office at
Des Moines few days ago, and altho
secrecy was enjoined some of the faith
full have leaked" and disclosed the pro-
ceedings.
| The entire party was present-Fire
Alarm LATE, Sigh Cole and Howard
Ram.
The convention was called to order
| by Fire Alarm and Sigh was made sec
rotary.
On motion of Ram the chair APP
pointed the various committees, as fol-
lows:
organization-Sig Fire Alarm and
Ram.
credentials-Rann, Sigh and Fire
Alarm.
Resolutions-Fire Alarm. Ram and
Sigh.
The, committee on credentials report
ed that every county in the party
Linn, Delaware and Polk-was fully
represented.
Committee on organization recon-
mended that the temporary organiza-
ton be made permanent. Carried with
out a dissenting vote.
The committee on resolutions then
reported the following platform, which
was adopted with whoop:
I'VE. the stand patters of Iowa in con-
vention assembled view with alarm the
platform declarations of the republican
party of the state which the people at
two successive elections endorsed by
majorities ranging from $4,000 to 100,-
900
I'VE deplore the action of the late re-
publican convention in turning down
the chairman of this convention, who Is
the original stand patter of the state,
and who was candidate for member
of the committee on resolutions. He
stood pat at Santiago and San Juan
hill. He stood pat in the national con-
vention at Philadelphia. He stood pat
when state binder and is standing pat
and patting the other pat ISLANDERS Of
the state today. The only time he failed
to stand pat was in a memorable CUB
ernatoral contest when the Des Moines
Capital published fake interview with
Major Conger. Even then for days he
stood pat, unyielding and unabashed.
But as the ship which bore the major
neared our shores this hero of many
stand pat engagements fessed up, in the
interest of harmony, told the truth as
1t were and took the consequences. This
showed magnanimous disposition
possessed by few stand patters
we demand that The governor of this
state cease to have opinions Of his own.
His heartless and relentless warfare
upon monopolies cause grave forebod-
ings in the heart of every loyal stand
patter and enlist our tenderest sympa-
thy for the rights Of the dear people.
we regard any changes in the tariff,
by reciprocity or otherwise, as dam
gerous and reckless expedient, fraughtI
with disaster and sreighted with in
EQUITY. 1t is a fundamental principle of
the stand pat party that congress
has no constitutional power to alter a
single schedule or change one word in
the present tariff law.
We denounce the present chief ex-
ecutive of the state For conducting the |
affairs of his office as he sees fit with |
out our aid and consent, and we pledge |
ourselves to use ell legitimate and
some illegitimate means to encompass
his undoing and political downfall. |
For these political principles we are
willing to sacrifice our delinquent sub
scription list our poor relations and
our creditors.
Our heartfelt thanks are extended to |
the democratic press of the state for
its assistance in aiding us in our feeble
efforts to make the people believe the
republican party of Iowa is on demo-
cratic ground. and that the "shelte.
plank" is a cruel democratic ruse."
After the adoption of the platform
Sigh Cole gave a dissertation on "the
advantages of garblng the arguments
of the opposition" This was followed
by a few exclamation points on Dolli-
yers speech by the gentleman from
Delaware. The gentleman from Polk
then took the floor ard at last accounts