Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-30

CAUSE OF THE LATEST MOVE
Plan to Reverse the Procedure Of the
State Committee Not Acquiesced in
by All the Standpat Members-Hence
Hunters New Move-What 1t Would
Mean.
LBy Ora Willians.}
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Special to Timcs-R -Rcpulllcan.
Des Moines, June S0.-The stan3-
pat members of tho republican state
committee have baked on the ED Hun
ter scheme for having that committee
stand sponsor for the theft of the
state convention. Not all of the stand
patters on the committee could be got
to agree on a program for revolutions
zing the practice in Iowa. Hence
abandonment of the scheme.
This is the real significance of Ed
Hunters latest move. The state cam
paign committee could not be relied on
to do the dirty work; hence have it
turned over to a commission from far
distant states, the more distant the
better, and let them assume RESPONSE
bility for the contemplated c.ime.
There are seven members of the
state campaign committee who are
standpatters. Five of these are in the
counties of Audubon, Marshall, Wapel-
10. Fayette and Blackhawk, all OF
which counties went progressive. One
Of these members did get on con-
testing delegation. The other two
standpat members-Spence and Will
son--have credentials indicating that
they have right to take part in the
deliberations of the next republican
state convention; but in both their
counties the progressives are a pretty
lively bunch.
1t has transpired within the past
few days that some of these standpat
members of the republican state COM
mittee have been sounded as to their
willingness to go into the Hunter
scheme of having the state campaign
committee decide the contests and seat
enough anti-Cummins men to reverse
the decision of the republican voters
of the state. 1t also transpires that
more than one of these members gave
it out cold that he would not be caugh.
in any such trap. In fact the poll dis
closed that Hunter could not rely on
more than three of the members ac-
cepting his plan. Nearly all the MEM
bers are in business in their respective
communities and more or less depend
ent on retaining the good will of the
public AS they are nearly all located
in communities that believe in a square
deal they realize that it would hardly
do to ignore public sentiment entirely
in their political conduct.
1t was in this emergency that Hun
ter bethought himself of the scheme to
turn over to a commission OF outsiders
the job of throwing out of the state
convention about 200 regularly elected
delegates. These outsiders would not
be amenable to any power In the
state. The voters of Iowa would never
get chance to pass on their future.
Men living right here in Iowa might
have some compunctions about making
the steal but men living in New Jer-
sey and Oregon could defy the wrath
of Iowa voters.
Looking over the list of members of
the national committee one can easily
pick committee that would certainly
suit Ed Hunter to a dot. For in
stance
High Court of Arbitration-John Ed
ward Addicks. Delaware; Charles r.
Brayton, Rhode Island; Solomon Luna,
New Mexico.
Or if this would not do then as fol-
lows:
Alternate selection-Boise Penrose,
Pennsylvania N. B. Scott, West Vir-
ginia; Franklin Murphy, New Jer-
sey.
Other similar combinations might
be made, any one of which would be
entirely satisfactory to those who have
the scheme in contemplation.
Senator Hopkins of Guthrie county,
is a delegate to the state convention,
and this is the way he feels about the
matter of turning over to an outside
commission the right to determine
the issues" in Iowa:
II am a delegate to the state con-
vention I feel that l have some rights
as a delegate. There will be 1889 9TH
er republicans of Iowa holding creden-
tials as delegates. Certainly they have
some rights in the matter. l do not
feel that the candidates for office have
a right to dispose of the business of
that convention. These candidates are
not even delegates. They are asking
favors of us. We are not asking them
for certificates emitting US to seats in
the convention Our commissions come
direct from the people. We are a
board Of arbitrators before whom these
candidates must come and they must
submit their cases and permit us to
decide for them. What right have
Perkins and Cumnins to fix up be-
tween them a deal to dispose of the
business of the convention without
consulting me and other delegates
And if they did agree to some sort OF
a so-called settlement Of alleged diff
fculties or differences existing some
where what assurance could be given
that the delegates to the state conyen-
ton would approve of it? In short,
the convention is the party: the can
didates are without standing until the
convention itself gives them recogni-
ton
Hon. A. l. Smith. of Ringgold coun-
~, who wac indorsad nv uop1lar vote