Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-11
No MORE PROXIES N
STATE COMMITTEE
Recent Action Probably Stops
Objectionable Custom For All
Time to Come
cAeLED REPORTS SENT OUT
State Committees Discussion of Sub
jeot Not Marked BY III Feeling =
Mccoy Had in Fact Resigned From
Committee and Lacked Power to
Appoint Proxy.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 1l.-Proxies are
probably disposed of for all time to
come in Iowa on the republican state
central committee, and that in accord
ance with the provisions and plain in
tent of the primary election law. Prox-
the committee at all, and this action
Furthermore is In accordance with the
expressed convictions of the standpat
members of the committee.
Much misinformation has been put
out in regard to what was done at
the meeting of the state central COM
mittee Thursday. The largest ques-
ton before the committee was that Oh
filling the vacancy which exists from
the Second district. Mr.. Mccoy has
left the state and Is no longer mem
ber of the committee. Some time ago
he wrote to Chairman Woods stating
this fact and that he had appointed
"Cal" George to represent him. Be-
fore the committee met this week the
matter was much discussed and prom
inent republicans were asked as to
ther views in regard to the matter. 1T
will be recalled that two years ago the
standpatters took very pronounced
stand against permitting the redele'-
CATION of delegated powers in conven-
tions, committees and elsewhere. En-
Attorney General Mullen was asked by
a member of the committee whether lie
thought 1t was right that a proxy
Should be eAdnlitted to the committee,
and he declared emphatically that In
his opinion no member OF the conf
mittee should be permitted to name
another by proxy to act for the party.
When the committee met this was dis
cussed.
Mr.. Cowles, of the First district, de-
clared emphatically his view was that
no person should sit upon the com
mittee holding proxy. Mr.. Cope
land of the Eighth district also eX-
presses similar views. They were in
favor, however, of permitting Mr..
George, of Clinton, to remain with the
committee and represent Mr.. Mccoy
in SO far as he had any personal rights
there. A motion to that effect was
voted for by Chairman Woods as We'll
as others Then the motion was put to
admit Mr. George upon the proxy ne
held. and in this manner to fill the va
cancy from the second district upon
the committee.
Attention was then called to the fact
that the committee was working under
definite rules which specify exactly
how a vacancy must be filled. and that
no provision is made for permitting
member retiring to fill the vacancy.
The motion to dispose of the Second
district matter by giving Mr. George
the vacant seat failed of passage on
tie vote.
The discussion upon this subject In
the committee was not at any time
marked by feeling and the votes gen
erally were not defined by factional
lines. Several of the standpatters de-
clared both before and after that the
matter had been settled in exact ac-
cordance with what is right and fhe
rules Of the committee. 1t is eXpectei
that the Second district will now pro-
ceed in the regular way to fill the va
cancy and thus avoid future trouble.
If this had been done in the first
place, as it easily could have been
done, there would have been no con-
troversy in the committee.
The claim will probably be made and
believed by some that the exclusion
of the proxy held by Mr.. George was
due to the fact that Mr.. Mccoy is a
nonresident of the state. This is not
the case. Mr.. Mccoy in effect resigned
from the committee and undertook to
fill vacancy in this manner Mr.
George stated plainly to the commit
tee that Mr.. Mccoy had retired from
the committee permanently.
The case of Asmus Boysen of the
Ninth district of a few years ago has
been referred to. Mr.. Boysen has
never ceased to be a resident Of Iowa
and did not resign from the committee
at any time The case of DR.. Converse
of the Fourth district is not parallel
to that of Mr.. Mccoy. Mr.. Converse
is still a resident of the Fourth dis
trict and while he has opened law
office in South ST. Paul he was present
in person and continues in every sense
a member of the committee.
"Cal' George following the action
Of the committee in refusing him
membership told in the lobby Of the
Sayerv that he was not surprised at
the action of the committee. He
showed some feeling in the matter
however and said: "The newspapers
said that Mccoy was progressive
and that he had given his proxy to
me. standpatter. There is no evil
dence that he is a progressive nor that
am standpatter." Before he left
the lobby of the hotel. however, he ad-
nitted that he is working for the
election of Senator Allison and that he
is working in all political matters witt
the standpatters. He admitted the
same as to Mccoy.