The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-09

Committee, or what considerations
to them in making up their
minds. 1t is sufficient to know that
after giving all parties an opportunity
to be heard, the Committee reached
the CONCLUSION that certain contests
were groundless. The decision of the
Committee gave, to Cummins a clear
and decisive majority of all the dele
gates in the convention. The an
nouncement of this decision was an
assurance that the Convention would
proceed in quiet and orderly manner
to transact business.
Great credit is due to those who
came to the rescue of the party at a
critical moment, and in time to save
it from disruption. Their conduct
should not be dismissed by simply
saying they knew they were wrong all
the time, and yielded only because
their position proved to be indefen-
sible. There were many members of
both factions deeply exercised on
account of the difficulties in the way
of compromise. and were praying
that something might arise to relieve
the situation.
1t is no hardship for the victors in
the contest to admit that it was sac
rifice on the part of those who yielded,
and aided in bringing about harmon
ious condition. The spirit of NAL
ice toward none, and Charity for all, ;"
should govern those who were FORUM
ate enough to be counted on the side
of the victors. Every loyal Repub-
lican IN the State, whether of one
faction or of the other. should rejoice
in the fact that the Convention ter
minated so happily, and that instead
of threatened defeat for the party,
certain victory will come in Novem-
Der.
There is mure involved in the cam
paign than simply the election of
Governor and the State Officers. The
question of the election of the Republic
can members of Congress from Iowa,
and the continuance of Republican
House of Representatives. is involved.
We have also the election of mem
hers of the General Assembly, who
will select United States Senator.
to consider. Then, too, is the ques-
ion of 1owa's representation in the
Republican Convention for 1908, and
still, more than all this. we cannot
forget that the integrity of the party
itself in Iowa is involved in this
campaign. These considerations, one
and all, will appeal to the rank and
file of the party before the election
in November.
1t is natural that there should be
some disappointment on the part of
those who failed to realize their am
billions. and that some will smart
under the disappointment of fresh
defeat, but time will remove the evil
dence of chargin and disappointment,
and before the election in November
all will be found marching under the
banner Of the Republican party against
a common enemy. We all recognize
the fact that it is the right of the
to rule, and while we may
not always agree with the majority,
and sometimes fatter ourselves that
the things for which we stand, and
the men whose nomination we advo-
cate are better than those of our oppo-
nents, still when the majority of the
party has acted, the minority is bound
by it, and should yield as gracefully
as possible.
We have platform this year upon
which all Republicans can stand. On
the tariff. question, it is a firm declar-
alton in favor of protective tariff,
and recognizes the difference in the
cost of labor here and abroad, pro-
tects American labor, and sustains
the scale of American wages, and
thereby enables American laburers to
build and maintain homes. 1t en-
courages American industries, and
furnishes market at home for the
products of the American farm. I'm
der it, our foreign trade has expand
ed to an extent never before known.
The candidates nominated by the
convention are men of spotless lives,
and of the highest character. One
of the largest State conventions ever
held in this State declared who the
candidates should be, and what the
platform should express. Those who
were in favor Of the nomination of the
ticket from the first, should support
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