Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-13
Delegation to State Convention
Is So Instructed in County
Convention
8. F. CUMMINGS FOR DELEGATE
MarshaIItown Man Gets Almost IMAM
imous Support in Convention, and
Defeats e. M. Wentworth. of State
Center. for Honor = Will Select His
Own Delegations to State and Dis
trict.

In no unmoaning terms the reptib-
leans of Marshall county. III eonVcn-
ton this afternoon, Instructed ITS DEL
esation for William II. Taft, secretary
of war. for president OF the United
imously selected b. +. Cummings, ol
this city, as heir candidate for dele
gate to the national convention from
the Fifth district. Mr.. Cummings.
who, if elected a delegate. Will be for
Taft, was given the honor OF choosing
his own delegations to both state ana
district conventions.
L.. NJ. Wentworth. of State Center.
was sprung as an eleventh hour
candidate for district delegate. by
A. p. Woolstvn, of the State Cen
ter delegation. When the resolutions
I committee reported. and moved the
( adoption Of the resolutions indorsing
and B. L. Cummings as this county
candidate for delegate, Mr.. Wooistoh
offered am amendment. c. III. f..
Boardman supported 1t in an appeal
to the c%onvention to send an unin-
structed delegation. but on the vote
for the amendment there We're but
! eleven votes in its support, including
the five votes of the Fourth ward.
of which Mr.. Boardman is committee
I ,,,,, ~ Inset H fh. a rnpn1mpnt were 4
seventy votes, all townships voting
against with the exception of Eden,
the Fourth ward aud three of State
! Center's four votes.
Tho Resolutions.
The resolut ons adopted by the con-
! vention are as follows:
I'VE. republicans of Marshall county.
have assembled in delegate convention
to express out' views upon he onauct
of public affairs in state and nation
! and to select such representation in the
! coming state and district conventions
as will give an effective and agrees
sive voice to our opinions in the ma
tional councils of our party when
shall eventually select for us a party
nominee for the exalted offices of pres
ident and vice president OF the United
States.
BE it therefore resolved that we
commend. admire and exalt the courage
! and the wisdom and the sublimlty OF
purpose with which the high ideals OF
fair play, of humanity and of honesty
in all business conduct nave been Civ
en- to our American politics by our
party leader and president, Theodore
| Roosevelt. assisted as we know he has
been by his great War Secretary. Will
liam IA. Taft by such local leaders as
Cummins, Hughes and LaFollette, ana
by many of our distinguished members
OF congress in both house and senate.
and be it further resolved that we
believe these great principles OF re-
publican progress can best be promoted
and accomplished by the nomination or
! William Fl. Taft as the republican
candidate for president. We have seen
him tried in judicial and administra-
tive positions of great national trust
and he has always made good to the
extent Of distinguished service. 1t is
therefore our pleasure and determine
ton to instruct, and we do hereby in
struct Marshall county's delegates in
state and district conventions to sup
port such men and measures as VIII
most effectually give Secretary Taft
the support of Iowa's delegation in the
coming national convention.
.Therefore be it resolved. that we
recognize in Hon. B. F. Cummings an
able and creditable representative of
republican sentiment in the Fifth con-
gressional district. We note with pleas
ure tina he has possessed the wisdom
aud fIo NJ 90 ttt 1hr1a rp his DerSOndI
preference for the nomination of Sec
rotary Taft, and we hereby authorize
him to select from the members of this Z
convention SO far as is consistent and
according to the delegate districts as APP
portioned here today. such delegates to
state and district conventions. as in his
Judgment, will best aid his election as
delegate to our national conventions
Mr.. Woolston's Amendment.
Mr.. Woolston was on his feet imme-
diately after Chairman Norris. Of the
resolutions committee. had finished a
brief explanation of what the commit
tees views of the conventions action
should be. The committee felt that if
the convention were favorable to Mr..
Cummings as candidate for delegate,
he should nave the county's undivided
support. III some one else were lHe
choice, that choice should be made to-
day, and not when the convention met
in Des Moines.
Mr.. Woolston offered the substitution
of his amendment. which was seconded
by A. Dobbin of State Center. The
amendment follows:
whereas, Marshall county has not
had a delegate to the national V
ton of the republican party since the
year 1892, and
Whereas, there are presented in this
convention the names of two candi-
dates, either one of whom is worthy
of that honor, and will suitably repre-
sent the sentiments of Marshall county
and the district. and
Whereas, the republican voters of
Marshall county have not expressed by
their votes any decision as to the merits
of said candidates. and he matter OF
the probable strength of either of said
candidates in the Fifth district is not
vet determined and 'cannot now be de-
termined.
"Now. therefore be it resolved, that
the Marshall county delegation to the
ro,r,I)j.op Statn convention no rel