Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-04
The Webster City Commercial
Club and the Interstate
s Law Convention
HELEN IN THE "RuMP" CAMP
Senator kamr.r Delegate, But At
tended Neither onvention-Now the
Business Men Generally Complain
They Were Not Correctly Represent
ed-split is Threatened.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Webster City, Nov. 4.-The Webster
City Commercial League bids fair to
be disrupted. The rocks which threat
en- it are differences that have come
up over the recent commercial con-
vention in Chicago. AS result sew
eral of the officers Of the local league
are hardly on speaking terms. Among
the lay members there is a general cry
for a meeting of the league for the pur-
pose OF hearing report from the two
delegates who attended the convention
from this city. Among certain Of the
officers, however, there seems to be no
disposition not to give the members
Of the league any report OF the doings
of the delegates.
c. d. HELEN and Senator Kamrar
were the delegates from the Webster
City league. Mr.. HELEN attended the
trump" convention while Senator
Kamrar came home without attending
either the regular or the trump" meet
ing--at least this statement has been
made in the press of the city, altho
Mr.. Kstmrar himself has not indicated
which meeting he attended, or indeed
whether he attended either.
Mr.. HELEN is president of the local
league. When he and Mr.. Kamrar set
out fol-. the Chicago convention as the
representatives of this city there was
great surprise manifest over their APP
pointment There had been no meet
ing of the Commercial League and the
members as one man started the pres
ent agitation even before the Webster
City Representatives arrived home by
demanding to know how the appoint
ment of delegates had been made.
Secretary Smith, Of the league, whose
signature would be necessary on the
credentials of the delegates was press
ed fo,. a statement and gave out the
following to the press:
"Urder the representations of Mr..
HELEN, president Of the league, that
he had circular letter asking for the
appoi ntment of two delegates to at
tend 4 meeting in Chicago of national
interest, and that he and Mr.. Kamrar
were going into Chicago on other bus
mess, but would be glad to run in and
repre- sent our league there, certificate
was given each, signed by Mr.. HELEN
as president and countersigned by me
as secretary. l now see 1t was well
devised plan on the part of Mr.. Hell
len to obtain these certificates for a
purpose not disclosed by him when
asking for the same
Mr.. Smith did not know of the con-
~ 1,
certificates, had been issued. Upon the
return home Of the delegates demand
was at once made on them to know
which convention they attended. Upor
Mr.. Hellen's statement that he, him
self, had attended the trump" meeting
and that Mr.. Kamrar was unable to- de.
eide and had attended neither, the
Freeman Tribune of this city at once
came to Mr.. Kamrar's defense in the
following vigorous language:
1rhe Freeman Tribune will mot be-
lieva without further evidence that Mr.
Karnrar took to the woods at critica
time, to escape taking sides. Mr.. Kan.
rar is not built that way. He invari.
ably shows his colors. If the trump
convention was the real thing as Mr.
HELEN is reported to be saying, Mr.
Kamrar should have attended it and
aided his influence to it's deliberations
If Mr.. Kamrar failed to do this it ap.
pears to the Freeman Tribune that h,
did not regard the trump" with favor
therefore he was in duty bound as {
representative from Webster City, t,
attend the regular convention and 81
on record with those who indorset
Roosevelt's policies without any if
or ands."
This in spite Of the fact that Senator
Kstmrar is the attorney for the North
western railroad in this city. Mr. Hell
lens paper, the Journal, insists tina
NJ. Kamrar did not attend either con
vention, saying that when the spill
CO me and there was a cry that the In
dependent convention was packed b,
ii e railroads, he refused to affiliate ant
did not participate in either conven-
tion."
The members Of the Commercial
League are. clamoring loudly for :
m Getting of the league for the purpose
oil receiving reports from the delegate:
and putting an end once and for all II
the controversy as to whether Sena
tor Kamrar in fact did refuse to at.
tend either convention. The demand o
the members for this meeting ha:
reached a stage where the disruptio.
of the league is seriously threatene