Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-23
WILL HAVE LITTLE IOD|j
Republican State Convention in
Waterloo Tomorrow Has
Little Business
TO NAME TWO SUPREME JUDGES
Weaver and Laid Will Be Nominated
Without opposition-LiveIy Contests
Promised in Selection of Members of
State Central committee-Democrat-
ic Convention Thursday.
TO NAME TWO SUPREME JUDGE!
Special to Times Republican.

| Waterloo, June 23.-The republican
state convention, which meets in this
| city, tomorrow, will have less work
| than any state convention held by the
party In years.
| Under the primary law the duties Of
| the convention Will be: To formulate
l'ard adopt platform for the republic
can party; to nominate candidates for
the party for any office to be filled by
| the voters of the entire state when no
| candidate for such office has been
election, as shown by the canvass of
the returns of said primary; to nom
| mate two candidates for judge of the
| supreme court; to elect state central
committee, and to transact such other
business as may be properly brought
before 1t.
| AS to formulation and adoption of
a state platform. it ought to be easy.
| The national convention has determ-
ined the position of the party on all
national issues. or course there are
state issues that may bring on con-
| test.
| AS to the state ticket the primary
| has done all the work over which
| there was SO much clashing in the old
| conventions. The primary has named
the party candidates for United States
senator, and for every state office ex-
cept the judiciary, which does not
come within the scope OF the primary.
For some of the offices there were no
| contests. For most of the others there
| were only two candidates. For only
| two We're there three candidates, and
| In these cases the winners kept well
above the 35 per cent clause, leaving
| no snarls for the convention to UNI
ravel.
For judges of the supreme court
there will be two candidates to name.
The terms OF Chief Justice S. NJ.
\ Weaver, of Iowa Falls, and Associate
Justice Scott M. Ladd, of Sheldon, ex-
pire Dec. 81, 1908. Both incumbents
are candidates for denomination. and
the expectation is that it will be ac-
corded without opposition.
| In regard to naming a state central
committee there is an opening for
factional cIashing. The primary law
provides merely that the committee
shall be named by the state conven-
! ton. Presumably this means that all
the members shall be selected by the
convention as a whole. 1t has been the
custom under the old system to lei
each congressional district select it's
own member. 1t is presumed this GUS
| tom will be adhered to- and the con-
| vention will name the members Sc
/ lected in district caucuses. However, If.
| it were deemed expedient to draw a
factional line in the convention the
element of control of the whole con-
vention would be free to disregard dis
trict preferences and "hog the whole
committee"
AS to "such other business as may
properly be brought before it," there
!: seems to be nothing for the conven-
ton to do.
There is little doubt that C. F.
FRANKIE of Parkersburg, who has been
fair to both factions during the past
year, will be elected Third district COM
mitteeman for another term. This Is
customary, and Mr.. Frankes attitude
has been such as to commend him to
! all. The republicans of Butler county,
regardless Of factions, unanimously re-
quest his reelection as committeeman.
1 The name of w. F. Parrot of Wa
! terloo, has been prominently mem
toned as candidate by the stand
pat faction.