Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
sIDE.lIGHTs OF THE CONVENTION.

SiDE-liGHTS OF THE CONVENTION.
Altho yesterdays convention was a
quiet one it was nevertheless spectacu-
lar in many instances. The delegates
from some counties had been selected
at the fractional conventions of the
standpat campaign while many others
had come with little or no interests at
stake. Factionalism. in so far as 1t in
fiuenced the selection OF the delegates
did not favor the friends of Governor
Cummins. yet when the governor took
his seat in box the convention fairly
went Wild His ovation was greater
even that that accorded to the vener-
no mistalxing the fact that this man,
who dares TO speak his own mind and
refuse to take orders. holds the ac-
miration of the masses. 1.-THE boys are
with him IL the bosses are not" was
the comment of the newspaper men at
the press tables. And again in the af-
ternoon when the resolutions were be-
ing read, the reference to the Chicago
platform to Roosevelt ard to the Iowa
delegation were passed over IN silence
by the convention, but at the reading
of commentator of the "ab1e and BUSH
ness-like administration OF Governor
A. b. Cummins" hats again went into
the air and coats We're waved aloft.
Shouts of hundreds of voices brought
the governor to his feet, and altho the
tee had asked him not to make
speech. the demands of the delegates
compelled him to respond. which he did
in the heatest and hapriest acknowl
edgement that was ever heard in q
convention. In the morning Pete Hep
burn had addressed to the governors
being no place for individual opinion,
and the governors turn on Pete by
saying that he did not know from the
mornings speech whether The is an
Iowa idea man or | am a standpatter."
brought forth rounds of applause. 1t
even pleased Hepburn immensely and
the latter has insisted that the COVER
nor campaign in at least three counties
Of his district.
While this admiration of the conpen-
f,,r ,it,~ nc ,loy.
feature, the sentiment did not prevail
thruout all of it's deliberations. Even
the reference in the resolutions to the
governors administration which excit-
ed prolonged applause was born Of
travail in the committee. AT first
ma iority of seven to four members in
sisted upon a draft of resolutions. the
last paragraph Of which should read:
I'VE also commend the manner
In which the affairs of the state of
Iowa have been conducted under
the present republican administra-
ton.
The four dissenters proposed that
this paragraph read:
1--WE commend the able and bnsi
nesslike administration Of Cover
nor A. b. Cummins and also the
manner In which the affairs" etc.
The point of difference was imma-
terial as the language of the majority
was broad enough and there was no
need of specifying the name of Cum
minis except that his friends on the
committee wanted 1t there. and there
eould be no fair objection to inserting
It. However, discussion I'm the commit
tee grew very bitter. Crossley. one of
the Hull delegates from the Seventh
district and brother-in-law of Hull
postmaster, lead in a very vicious OBJ
ing 1t was not until George Sewers,
of Oskaloosa chairman OF the commit
tee, began to write out "a minority re-
port with full determination to pre-
sent it to the convention and make a
fight for it, that a few of the conser-
natives of the majority yielded and al
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ed the conventions applause. and fore
ed the speech which the chairman of
the state central committee had care
fully planned should not be made.
In this connection there was some
amusement aroused. The chairman OF
the state central committee had very
carefully arranged to have no speeches
made, had made, n special request upon
the governor to this effect and 1T was
explained to the convention that the
arrangement was necessary because
Senator Allison would have to leave
the city on an early train and 1t was
desired that the venerable statesman
see the whole show. Then the objec-
ton to the mention of the governors
name arose in committee, all to be up
set by the reading of the name, the
shouting Of the convention, the speech
demanded and, then, in the evening,
the governor entertained Senator Alli-
son at dinner as the latter had not
planned to leave the city until the fol-
lowing morning. The best laid plans
of mice and men oft gang aglee.