Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-18
Meet in State Convention at
Des Moines Today.
GREAT INTEREST INDICATED
To Name Four Delegates-at-Large to
Chicago.
ALLISON.C .CUMMINS
Wording of Tariff Revision Plank of
Platform Subject of Much Dis
cussion-Taft Instructions,

DES MONIES. Ia. March 1S.-The re-
publican state convention, which is to
name four delegates at-large to the ma
tonal convention, instruct them for Taft.
euloSize Senator William 3. Allison and
adopt platform calling for revision of
the tariff, was called to order at II o o'clock
! today by Frank p Woods chairman of
t he state central committee. He sur
rendered the gavel to Attorney Genera
ii. W. Byers of Harlan, the temporary
chairman. who made an eloquent address
! which aroused the delegates to much
Byers speech the result of the various
| district caucuses was reported, and the
convention adjourned until this afternoon
to await the committee reports.
Throughout the morning the wording of
| the tariff revision plank of the platform
was the subject of discussion among the
Allison men. Numerous suggestions were
| debated. and when the convention ad
journed it was generally understood that
the meeting Of the resolutions committee
would be productive of considerable ar
| gument The plan most in favor prior to
outlined last night. which calls for re-
vision Immediately after the Inaugural
ion of the next President ~
The demand also will be made that a
| special session of Congress be called.
| The Cummins adherents were deter
mined before the convention met to force
a vote on the adoption of the Ohio re-
vision plank verbatim and two reports
| from the resolutions committee were con-
sidered proba BILE.
Gen. Byers' Remarks.
| Gen. Eyers commenced his address by
| the declaration that the republican party
never had brighter prospects than at
| present He congratulated the republi-
| cans of the state upon the part they had
borne in the creation of the party record
and detailed the features of republican
achievement al considerable length He
| further said:
The American people have much rea-
| son to be grateful to the Divine Master
of the world but there is no one thing
| for which they should be more thankful
| leadership the greatest man of modern
| times, the most potent force in all the
| world--Theodore Roosevelt. He has
boldly undertaken to find his way through
| the labyrinth that surrounded us. He
| has confidently appealed to the sense of
| Justice which always dominates the
| American heart. His work is not yet
| done. but it has been gloriously begun.
IL IDe republican party Is Tetdlcu
| in power ii promises to adopt and have
| written into the laws of the land every
| suggestion made by the President in his
| last message to Congress.
| 1T seems to me to have part in this
| great work ought to so fill the hearts
with patriotism and love of country that
there would be room for petty jealousy
and factional spirit, and l appeal to you
to bury forever in harmony and good fell
lowshp all purely factional differences.
Then give us candidate for President
man who is pledged to walk straight
on i'm the ways of justice and honesty.
and victory is as sure as the passage of
time.
I'VE need a man who is saturated with
the influence of the administration now
dra wing TO an end. We need a man who
understands all and appreciates the work
that Roosevelt has done.
I'VE need a man who knows that the
tariff schedule must be revised. holding
fast to the policies of protection, but Civ
ing heed to the rights of those who buy,
as we'll as to the rights of those who sell
We need a man who has already demon
strated that it is possible to employ reci
procity to enlarge our markets abroad
without inflicting injury upon our mar
ketS at home.
"There may be many such men. for the
republican party is rich in leaders. but
the man | have in mind is. l believe. the
choice of a great majority of the republi-
cans of Iowa, the friend and adviser of
the President. the Secretary of War, Will
liam II. Taft