Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-27
Prominent Politicians of Other
States Discuss Hunters
Proposed Scheme
CONTRARY TO ALL PREcENDENT
Plan to Have the State Convention
Made Secondary to the State COM
mittee Discussed by Leaders in 9th
err States-convention Has the Pow
err to Choose Own Officers.
cial 70 Times.Republicar.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 27-At time whe.
it was first proposed more than ;
month ago that the republican STATE
unusual authority with reference t
the organization of the state conven-
ton, information was sought from re-
publcans in other states as to the pol.
icy pursued therein, especially witt
regard to the proposed plan of having
the state convention be made second
airy to the state committee in selection
of temporary officers and the plan tt
have the state committee conSide,
credentials and seat delegations with
power to vote out of the convention
those with regular credentials. There
had been much stress laid on the asser-
ton that precedent in other states
would sustain the view of the radicals
and especially has Wisconsin beer
referred to in this connection as
affording an example of the best meth
cd of procedure. Below will be found
some information on this subject from
men who know. They show plainly
/ that the Wisconsin method is in fact
wide variation from the general rule.
Joseph NJ. Greene, of Chamberlain,
republican national committeeman for
South Dakota:
Il am in receipt of your esteemed
favor of June 81 in reference to the
| political situations in Iowa and in reply
| have to say that it has been the Gus
1 tom in our state conventions when the
| conditions are comparatively harmon
! ious for the chairman of the republican
! state central committee, after calling
1.-The convention to order, to name a
| temporary chairman for the conven-
1 ton; after such chairman has taken
/ his seat he asks the convention who
they will have for the temporary sec
retaries-but in cases where there DIS a
spirited contest between two factions
nearly equally divided, as was the case
in our convention, it is the custom,
and / believe fair one, for the chair
man of the state central committee,
after calling the convention to orGer,
| to ask the convention who they desire
| lOl lllC SHdil anu liiCESN
| by securing the presiding officer thru
the choice of the delegates present.
| Now in regard to the committee on
| credentials, in case of contest, it has
not been the custom in our state 70
permit the contested delegations ito
vote upon their own case, but my OK
| perience in these matters for the past
twenty-five years has taught me that
| it is very hard to lay down any rule
| that will govern either of the points
in question for the reason that the
| contests are frequently trumped up for
the purpose of getting control of the
temporary organization.
"We, of South Dakota, are watching
the proceedings in Iowa. regardless of
our personal wishes, and we hope that
the voice of the majority of the repub-
icans in Iowa will prevail"
Gov. E. w. Hoch of Kansas, answer
ed thru his secretary, Charles Ses-
sions, as follows:
TN reply to your favor the governor
directs me to say that 1t has never
been the custom of the republican
state committee in Kansas, or it's
chairman, to select temporary officers
of state convention. The temporary
officers of the convention are always
selected by the delegates. In cases of
contest 1t has always been the rule tc
only permit uncontested delegations to
vote on the proposition. Contested
delegates are not allowed to pass on
their own case. For your further in
formation I might say that the demo-
Gratis Of Kansas have rule of the
OF "a
officers for their convention
Hon. VIM. L. Ward, of New York,
member of the executive committee of
the national republican committee,
wrote:
II am in receipt Of your favor of
June 21 and in reply beg to advise
you it has always been the custom in
New York state for the state commit
tee to select the temporary chairman
and the temporary officers of the con-
vention and to authorize the chairman
to present to the convention when call
ing 1t to order the names of such Of
hcers: this suggestion on the part of
the state committee can be overruled
by the convention, but up to date 1t
has never been, and the convention has
always accepted the suggestion of the
committee. 1t is customary i'm our
state convention to limit the voting on
such report to the uncontested delega-
tons present"
Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, leuten-
ant governor of Illinois, wrote:
I'm answer to your first question
have to say that it is our practice in
our republican state conventions for
the state central committee to recon-
mend or nominate temporary officers,
but to submit their election to a vote
on roll call of the convention itself.
Second, the vote on seating or unseat-
ing delegates in cases where there is a
bona fide contest is limited to dele
gates who are uncontested, provided
such contests are bona f1de. In such
cases as the contested delegates have
been permitted to vote, the delegates
coming as regular. I. e., bearing Gre
dentials from the party organiza ton,
are given the right to vote"
Hon. Curtis Guild. governor of Mas
sachusetts replied by his secretary, re-
citing the method of procedure in that
commonwe and stating:
"1t is the custom for our republican
state conventions to be called to order
by the chairman of the state commit
tee. who IS. upon motion from the floor
made the temporary chairman of the
The secretary of the state
committee and one other person are |
then chosen temporary secretaries Of |
the convention. A committee on per-
Nd tsns, ~