Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-04

| MS election, Out lHouSHt IL WOulu ZIP
the republican party wide open IL his
election We're forced at this time.
Twelve Agree to Bolt.
| AT the close of the discussion an
agreement was entered into between
twelve of the senators present that il
enough of the others would Join with
| them to make the action effective they
| would not go into the republican sem
atorial caucus. but would support an
other candidate than Cummins. The
| other two senators present said they
wanted little time for consideration,
| but We're opposed to the election Of
| Cummins.
| With twelve senators refusing to
4 go into the republican caucus, 1t was
figured that If the twenty-five stand
| patters In the house would join with
them and the democrats would stick
| to Claude Porter, their senatorial can
didate, the proceedings would be
blocked when it came to the election
Of q senator
| The action Of the conference. was
communicated to the standpattess in
the house and at noon they wena into
! conference. About thirty attended.
|
| of the speeches bitter. Some declared
{ that the election of Cummins to the
senate at this time would make the
next legislature democratic beyond a,
doubt
| Representatives Moore Of Lynn,
Harding of Woodbury., Kellogg Of Har-
| rison, Sheldon of Ringgold and others
/ expressed themselves as bitterly OPP
posed to the proposed action. 1t was
decided to draw up vigorous protest
against the position taken by the ma
| jority of the republicans on this ques-
| tion. The conference then adjourned
! to a later hour and afterward 1t was
| decided to hold a conference with the
senators who were in revolt, at which
| time definite action could be agreed
upon.
/ In the meantime another conference
was in progress at the Slavery hotel
/ This was gathering OF the
| leaders OF both factions in the
party, Governor A. B. Cummns
was there, together with B. F. Carroll,
| the republican candidate for governor;
| Attorney General Byers, State Treas
urer Morrow, Senators Gilliland, May
| tag and Whipple. Representative
Harding and Paul, Lafe Young, editor
of the Des Moines Capital, and Ger
diner Cowles Of the Des Moines Regis
| ter and Leader.
| The plainest sort of talk was in
| iulged in and the standpatters did not
/ hesitate to express themselves In for-
chile language in the presence OF the
governor as 10 the peril in which they
1 believed his being elected senator at
this time would place the republican
| ticket In Iowa.
Senators Gilliland and Whipple and
Representatives Harding and Paul put
the standpat side of the question up TO
| the governor In strong terms They
stated that some thirty or forty stand
pat members of the legislature were
| opposed to the action of the majority
1 in calling this session for the election
| of United States senator.
| Governor is Not Shaken.
Attention was called to the proposed
change in the primary law to allow
the vote on United States senator at
| the November election, and he was as
sured that if the people so expressed
themselves at the primary there woulo
be no question of his election as sena-
| tor by the regular session in January
i The governor listened to the state
ment of the standpatters attentively'
! but gave no sign of being shaken IN MS
purpose by what was said.
| The question of the amendment OF
| the primary law also was taken up.
| The details of the proposed committee
bill were considered. and it was agreed
!, that among the safeguards 1T would
be required that when the voter asked
|for a ballot for United States senator
he would sign statement that he was
a republican. In case of challenge
the voter would be forced to make an
| oath as to his affiliation with that par
| ty.
Use Shrewd Argument
| The standpat statement signed up
was as follows:
"The undersigned republicans. MEM
bers of the Thirty second general as
sembly, believing that an election OF
senator at this time without instruc-
| tion from the voters of our party is
utterly inconsistent with the purpose
for which this session was called, and
with the position heretofore taken by
the party on the nomination of a can
didate for United States senator: by
the adoption of our primary law,
hereby protest against such election
and will refuse to enter a caucus to
nominate a candidate for senator, but
will pledge ourselves to return on the
9th day Of November without expense
to the state and elect the candidate
who receives the largest number of
votes for senator at the primary ex-
pression taken in the election. We be-
lieye the members Of the republican
party have the same interest in and the
same right to be heard upon the ques-
ton of the senatorship for the short
term as for the long term"
Majority TO Stand by Caucus Decision.
Just before noon twenty-seven
standpatters, held caucus in the
| sneakers room to decide on program
at the republican caucus at 2 o'clock.
but they were pledged to secrecy as to
the course.
Republicans in charge Of the party
caucus announced that they were as
sured that sixty-f1ve of the ITO republic
cans of the assembly will either go into
| caucus or be bound by its action.
LEGISLATURE Does Little Business.
| The two houses this morning trans
acted no business other than to ar
range for joint session tomorrow
at Q %. 1n., for memorial to Sena
| tor Allison.
| In the house Weeks introduced a
primary bin providing for the separate
| h.11a+ ,,la,, op1 ia haUp "A senatorial