Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-13
standpats of the State of Iowa
to Be Put to Test of Sincerity
in Professions For Taft
TAFT AND cuMMlNs AGREED
Views of Secretary Of War Represented
in Ohio Platform Similar to Those
Advocated by cummins for Years =
Results in South Dakota Prove
Worth of Primary Election Law.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, March 13.-Will the
standpatters of Iowa who profess "
be in favor Of Taft for president ana
who will control the state convention
next "Wednesday adopt the tariff reso-
luton adopted by the Taft repun'lca"
convention in Columbus, o., on Marc''
4" 1t is understood that the resoiu-
tion will be offered to the resolutions
committee. II is understood that the
resolution as adopted by the ONO re-
p,lblicans expresses the views ana
wishes of Secretary Taft.
The resolution is as follows:
"a revision of the tariff by special
session of the next congress, lhsufi'is
the maintenance of the true principle
of protection by imposing such Gus
TOMS duties as will equal the differ
ence between the cost of productloh
at home and abroad. together with q
reasonable profit to the end that
without excessive duties. American
manufacturers, farmers, producers and
wage earners may have adequate pro-
lection"
Governor Cummins has defined the
principle of the protective tariff in al
most identicaily those same words IN
nearly every public address in which
he has touched on the subject for
wears. being the difference in the cost
of production at home and abroad FOR
this reason there is intense curiosity
as to whether or not the Standpatters
will adopt that platform, since with
many of them it is a problem not OF
real difference of opinion on the tarift
hut ANYTHING to hurt Cummins.
| 1t is understood that the Ohio reso-
, luton on the tariff will be offered IN
the meeting of the resolutions commit
tee Of the state convention which meets
here next Wednesday and If the COM
mitteee turns it down it may be Of
fered to the convention as a substi-
tute motion. 1t will be stated that 1t
is the Ohio resolution so that every
one will know what he is voting for
/ In this way it may be ascertained just
ihow far the Iowa standpatters are
willing to follow Taft. In addition to
the statement of the principle as the
difference of production at home and
abroad the declaration of the Ohio
resolution favoring revision by spe-
cial session of the next congress is
also an interesting one.
| Advocates of the primary election
tl,n &c. tn
Dakota as a further argument for their
claim that only at the primary do the
people express their full wishes in po-
litical matters and that the caucus and
convention system is the chief weapon
of the corporations In South Dakota
there were 90 counties that made Sc
Election of delegates to the state con-
Ivention by the primary system. There
were "a counties which selected by the
caucus and convention system. The
l29 counties with the primaries selected
200 delegates for the progressives and
!63 delegates for the stalWarts or
standpatters The "a counties which
made the selection by the caucus and
convention system selected IS delegates
for the progressives to 160 for the stall
warts or standpatters. The progress
Isives have a total of 265 delegates to
the state convention while the stall
warts have but 223
The fight i'm South Dakota has been
not unlike that in this state and the
'uuestion there is now whether Kilt
redge will abide the results of the SEN
atorial primary. Coe /. Crawford has
made his campaign on that issue and
has repeatedly said that he would
stand by the results of the primary
vote of the state at large. Kittredge
the corporation candidate. refuses to
say whether he will carry the ught in
to the state legislature or not.
State Auditor B. F. Carroll who is
a candidate for governor, will address
the Workmen camps of Sioux City on
March 81, speaking with Senator
didate for state auditor. Mr.. Carroll
is past grand master workman of the
order and will speak on fraternal in
surance.
The reason for the withdrawal of
Senator Stookey from the race for re-
election from the Decatur -Ringgold-
Union district is the action Of the De-
catur county convention At that con-
venton a vote was taken on the en-
dorsement of q candidate for state
senator and Captain Brown got III
votes and Senator Stookey. the stand
pat candidate, got "a. Stookey prompt
Nv withdrew Immediately after the
convention.
Distribution of the book telling of the
dedication of the soldiers monuments
on southern battletields which was to
have started this week. will not prob
ably begin till the first of next week
A number of volumes have been
bound by the state binder but the sup