Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-10
Republican Committeeman De
eide on March 18 and June "a
For State Meetings
COMMITTEE HAS LIVELY SESSION
Shaw Came Near Being Selected as
Temporary Chairman Of First Con-
vention - Lost by Throwing Out of
standpat Proxy = Byers Is Selected
Delegates Accredited to Counties.
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 10-The republican
state central committee yesterday fixed
the dates for the two state conventions
Of this year, selected officers for the
first one and directed the issuance OF
the call for selection Of the delegates
the vote for Governor Cunmins in
1906.
The first convention will be held
March 1s, at Des Moines, the second
June "a, at Waterloo.
Attorney General H. w. Flyers was
made temporary chairman o. the first
convention to be held in this city,
March Is. Ora Williams was made
secretary. OFFICERS for the second
convention will be selected at a meet
ing Of the state committee at the first
state convention.
Committeeman George S. Wright OF
Council Bluffs proposed the name of
Leslie NJ. Shaw for temporary chair
man of the first convention, but with
drew the suggestion, and General By
ers was then elected by unanimous
vote.
1t was lively session in which
the committee INDUCED. All Of the
members We're present. Several sep
arate and distinct questions came be-
fore the committee on which it divid-
ed and the usual factional alignment
was not conspicuous for its absence.
Probably the most important and
significant thing done was the determ-
ination of the representation in the
convention on the basis Of the vote for
governor, but the most entertaining
thing was the incipient fight over the
temporary Craftsmanship of the first
convention. The name o. Attorney
General H. w. Byers was presented
when George S. Wright Of Council
Bluffs moved to substitute the name
of former Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw. Owing to the oppo-
sition, he withdrew the rame, pres
emily, and Mr. Byers was elected with
oul oppOSillOI IL Is lQlllllCu llal IL
Mr.. George had been accorded vote
in the committee, Score AIRY Shaw
would have been chosen.
Committeeman Wright declared than
he proposed the name of Secretary
Shaw for temporary chairman OF the
first convention solely on his own mo-
ton and for the purpose of promoting
political harmony. Il supposed that
he would be acceptable to all of the
committeeS' he said later. II was sur
prised to find that there seemed to be
spirited if not bitter opposition to him
and as / explained to the committee,
in fairness to him, l withdrew his
name.
81 proposed it because, as I ex-
planned in presenting his name, he had
entered national politics before the
factional strife in Iowa had hardly
started and therefore was not directly
involved in 1t. 1t seemed to me that
he might be regarded as u fair repre-
sentative Of the spirit Of harmony and
as above factional strife and align
ment. adding proper national dignity
to the state convention. But the mo-
ment mentioned his name there was
such vigorous protest that I decided
to withdraw it. / explained also, that
the selection of General Byers was
erninently satisfactory tome, as he re-
sides in the Ninth district, and I said
that he had grown as far away from
the fractional strife and the faction
with which he has been aligned here
tofore as possible, in my judgment. I
was not fighting him, but merely sug-
gested Secretary Shaw as an indica-
ton Of the general desire among re-
publicans to drop factionM warfare in
the party"
The meetings Of the committee were
secret and the general course Of the
debate on the subject only can be out
lined.
After Des Moines had been awarded
the first convention the vote was taken
between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo,
resulting seven Tor the latter and three
for the former Chairman Woods and
Committeeman Estabrook and Epps
are said to have voted for Cedar Rap
ids.
Waterloo will entertain the conven-
ton in the big Chautauqua auditorium
which seats 5000 people. The demo-
Gratis were entertained there royalty
in 1906.
Tho County Representation.
Following is the number of delegates
in the republican convention of March
1S, based on vote for A. B. Cumn1ins
cast at general election In 1906, allow
Ing one delegate at large to each coun-
ty and one additional for each 200
votes or major fraction thereof:
Adams 80. 80. 5,Johnson .. ....12
Allamakee ;. ...12 Jones -. -. 10
Appanoose .....10 Keokuk >. ....12
Audubon >. -. 8'Kossuth .. ....14
Benton >. .....13 Lee :. ........H
Black Hawk lis Linn .. .......25
Boone -. lib Louisa .. ...... 8
Bremen =. $50. 9Lucas -. ...... .
Buchanan ....s..12 Lyon .. ...... 3
Buena Vista 10 Ma6is 80. 10
Butler :. ......11 Mahaska -. III
Calhoun >. 49,. . Marion 80 >. III
Carroll :. 10 Marshall .. ...16