Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-31
PROPOSITION ALL IOWA REPUB.
LIcANS ARE WORKING
TO SOLVE
FIRST A COMPROMISE
Old Political Friends Unable to Greet
Each Other AS in Days Gone Past
State Central Committee Meets to
Pass Upon Contests.

Pass Upon Contests.
Des Moines, July 30.-(SpeciaD-
Harmony there must be, but who will
make the first move?" This is the
proposition that Iowa republicanism is
staring upon with all it's eyes today.
Standpatter. Cummins, conservative,
radical, wheel horse, new recruit
every one, realizes that if a republican
victory of the old fashioned kind is to
be won this fall, one of those from
governor to constable, the two factions
Of the party must get together. "Har-
mony'' is perhaps pretty strongly CO.
hesive word to use in connection with
the present situation. Compromise"
would be better, but it will not be time
to use that word until Tuesday. Great
bodies give slowly. Political history is
being made in Iowa today but Des
Moines is rapidly filing up with polit-
ical history makers, all idle.
Greet and Pass.
1t is a new experience for the repub-
lican party in the Hawk-Eye state to
be divided against itself and now
within two days of the convention, the
leaders CT the Perkins faction and
those of the Cumnins faction are real
izing it. Men who have for years
planned together for great republican
victories are today aligned on oppo-
site sides of question that is proving
one of the most insurmountable bar
riers political Iowa ever saw. Old po-
litical friends are unable to greet each
other frankly as in years of the past.
They meet and greet each other and
then hurry off in different direction,
each to his respective committee meet
ing.
Necessary for Roll.
The committee claims the right to
examine into contests because of the
necessity of making up temporary
convention roll The Cummins forces
deny the right of delegates from any
contested county to vote until the con-
tests have been passed upon by the
credentials committee of the conven-
ton. The situation is much the same
as that before the convention in Wap-
clio county, but it is sincerely hoped,
by both Cummins and Perkins men,
that the result will not be similar.
There is much talk of compromise, but
lust how it is to be accomplished is a
riddle. Undoubtedly both sides are
putting up the strongest bluff posi-.
Bile. Cummins has great strength and
knows it, He is unwilling to give in an
iota for fear of losing more than he is
willing to lose The Perkins leaders
want to gain all they can without re-
linquishing anything they now possess.
Hope in Rank and File.
This is the situation as one sees it
after visiting the two headquarters, but
when he goes into the lobbies and sees
the rank and file" of the state leaders
he hears a great deal of harmony talk
and his hopes for a single ticket and a
single convention with a fight for of.
fees between republicans and demo.
Gratis instead of between republicans
and republicans, are made brighter
The question every one is asking now
is, What will the state central com.
mittee do in regard to the contests ?'
The committee is now in session and
no news has come out of it's quarters
To Give Information.
The Cummins delegates from Scott
county who presented their case, stat.
ed that they did SO not because they
recognize the right of the committee
to hear contests, but to give it all the
information they can. This mornings
meeting OF the cononittee was short
and there was only routine buslne.s IS
transacted. There was some hope that
the compromise might be effected by
the nomination of Joe R. Lane of Dav,
IMPORT, the leader of the Cummins del
CATION from Scott county, for govern.
!. hit Mr.. Lane announced last night