Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-27

| man is, as a matter of fact, selected
for the place some weeks before the
i convention and is In reality picked Out
| by the state committee in advance in
order THAI he may have a speech pre-
pared for the occasion. This9,actior
OF the state committee is purelystenta-
| tive, and is necessarily subject to the
| approval of the delegates themselves
| and when the committee on permanent
organization reports. its report is SUBJ
ject to the approval of the delegates
In other words. altho the organization
of the convention for purposes of con-
remence is always mapped out in adj
vance, the preliminary program in all
o. its details is subject to the appro-
val of the delegates and they have full
authority to take the entire organiza
ton of the convention into their own
| hands"
Hon Condo Hamlin. chairman of the
Republican state committee of Mime
sofa, wrote:
| THE republican state convention in
this state has always selected its tenn
porary officers with the exception OF
the one two years ago and the conven-
! ion four years ago, when the state CEN
trail committee appointed temporary
officers. This action is borne out in a
way by the action of the national
committee in appointing temporary Of
ticers for the national convention. But
in Minnesota it has provoked some
criticism, and thit year the state CEN
| trail committee declined to appoint any
! temporary officers, and left that to the
,Ji al; 4
| think that the precedent will be fol-
lowed in the future.
! Tn regard to the second question. IL
is customary in the republican con-
ventions in this state for the contest
ing delegations not to vote on the re-
port of the committee on credentials.
This would seem to be the equitable
rule. as until the report is adopted,
neither of the contesting delegations
has right to participate in the action
of the convention, and certainly no dell
egauon should have a voice in such a
case upon its own position
Gov. John II. Mickey, of Nebraska.
referred the question to Hon. A. b. AL
len. secretary of the republican state
committee. who wrote:
Governor Mickey is in receipt of
your favor of June 81. in which you
ask certain questions regarding the
manner of transactng business by the
republican state convention of Ne
braska, and has referred the same to
me for reply.
AS pertinent to the first question
you raise | quote to you a resolution
which was adopted by the republican
state committee at it's last meeting
April 5. 1906, at which time the APP
portionment OF delegates to said con-
vention was made and the general
preliminaries were arranged. The res
olution, which was unanimously adop-
ted, il as follows:
Resolved. that the chairman of this
committee. acting in conjunction with
the executive committee, be authoriz-
ed to select. at least thirty days before
the assembling of the coming state
convention, the temporary chairman of
said convention, and also committee
on resolutions consisting of seven
members, chairman and one men,
Der from each congressional district,
and to recommend the officers so
selected TO the state convention for
recognition
by the provisions OF this resolution
the temporary chairman and commit
tee on resolutions will be presented
to the convention and no doubt will
be accepted, tho of course the con-
vention has the power to reject and
elect other officers.
Regarding your school question
will say that the custom in republican
state conventions in this state is to
deny the privilege of voting to all con-
testing delegations until such time as
the report of the committee on ere
dentials has been adopted, In other
words the vote on the adoption of the
report of the committee on credentials
is confined to the delegates from those
counties in which there is no contest"
Governor j. o. Davidson, Of Wiscon-
sin, wrote:
corning the procedure in republican
state conventions in Wisconsin. has
been received. In reply to your ques-
lions I will say that it has been the
custom in this state for the chairman
OF the state central committee to place
the convention in charge of its tenn
porary officers without submitting
their names for ratification. Our con-
yentions have acted upon the theory
that there was no convention until
after the committee on credentials had
'In answer to your second question,
I will say that it has been customary
i'm this state to limit the voting upon
tho rannrt IF tt,e committee on creden-
the delegates not interested in
the motion before the convention. mat
is. il there was more than one contest
the report would be- taken up in parts
and all the delegates permitted to vote
except those from the contested coun-
ty. To be sure that l make myself
plain: suppose there was a contest
from Milwaukee county, that portion OF
the report relating to Milwaukee coun-
tv would be voted on by all the dele
gates except those from Milwaukee
Hon. Harry New, member of the ma
tional committee from Indiana. wrote
an interesting letter. but Withheld
privilege of publication. altho the letter
Of inquiry expressly indicated that re-
plies were for publication. Mr.. New
recited the method in Indiana which
follows that of other states with the
exception Of Wisconsin.
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