Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER I'M
PoRTANTs QUESTIONS
MAY TAKE UP CONTESTS
Personnel of the commIttee-W. w.
Epps Of ottunwa Committeeman
From the Sixth DIstriet-MeetIns
May Have Large Bearing on State
Convention to be Held August 1.

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Des Moines. July 6-The republi-
can state central committee will meet
in Des Moines on Tuesday next, July
10, for the purpose of considering mat
ters which will be brought before it.
This meeting, in view of the import
ant questions which have arisen. will
be specially interesting and the action
taken on these questions may have
large bearing upon the state conven-
ton to be held August 1.
The open letter addressed June %
by Hon. Geo. D. Perkins to his asso-
clate candidates for the governorship
was perhaps the primary cause for the
meeting at this time and the various
answers received to this letter will un-
.questionably give basis for consider
alton by the committee of the ques-
tfons which have arisen during the
present pre-convention campaign.
Personnel of Committee.
The personnel of the state central
committee is as follows:
First district Charles ]. Wilson of
Washington; a lawyer and classed
with the standpatters.
Second district-W. j. Mccoy, Clin-
ton; lawyer and classed with the
lprogressives.
Third district-Dr. ]. Scott Stevens
OF Cedar Falls; a physician and a
standpatter.
Fourth district-R. O. Woodland, OF
West Union; a lawyer and stand
patter.
Fifth distriet--deorge II. zsastbrook
OF Marshalltown, secretary of commit
tee; druggist and standpatter.
Sixth district-W. w. Epps, Of OF
tumwa; lawyer and standpatter
Seventh district-W. p Fitzpatrick
of Nevada; lawyer and progressive
| Eighth district-R. H. Spence, of Mt
Ayr, chairman of the committee; q
lawyer and a standpatter.
Ninth district-Asmus Boysen. OF
Gray; a, banker and a standpatter.
Tenth districts. x. Way. of Wes
ley; promoter and progressive.
Eleventh district-Geo c.. Scott, OF
Sioux City, vice chairman of the com
mittee; lawyer and progressive
Purpose of Perkins Letter.
To recaDitulate the purpose of the
letter written by Mr.. Perkins and the
trend of the answers from the Other
candidates, it might be said that the
Perkins letter was issued in the in
terest Of a harmonious settlement ot
the difficulties which seem to confront
the party in Iowa. Mr.. Perkins sug
gested in his letter that the interest O
the party in the state and nation was
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ual interest of the various candidates
For that reason he. desired very great
ly that harmonious action might bt
secured, and to this end he suggested
arbitration by some committee, posi-
bly, selected by the national republican
committee from among its members
and that a temporary roll of the con
vention be prepared in accordance will
the recommendation of the arbitra
tion committee.
/ Rathbun's Answer.
/ Capt. S. w. Rathbun, of Marion, wa
the first to answer the letter. H,
wired Immediately upon receipt of it
that he was willing to do apythin,
that would tend to preserve the "uni
4 ty and integrity Of the party"
i Lieutenant Governor Herriott agree,
with the idea of arbitration, though h
felt that if such a thing were possible
;. the present difficulty ought to be set
tied within our own state though
this were not possible he endorsed tn
scheme of settlement by the nationa
committee.
cummins Opposes Plan.
Governor Cummins, on the othe
: hand, claimed that he already had a
least fifty votes more than a majorit
: Of the convention, and did not endors
! the scheme for arbitration of the cor
!. tested delegates, assigning as a reasol
, that in his opinion many of the cor
tests were groundless.