The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-08-27
GOVERNOR CALLS
EXTRA SESSION
IOWA LEGISLATURE WILL MEET
AUGUST 81.
TO NOMINATE U. S. SENATOR.
The Republican Conference at Des
Moines Was A Harmonious Sue
cess. .Dolliver's Suggestion
Meets With Approval.
Special to Daily herald.

DPCSldi w l1dlig IlCidlu.
Des Moines, Aug. ga programme
covering the determination of the AL
|lison senatorial succession at pri-
mary election was formulated by the
republican leaders of Iowa in confer
ence in Des Moines yesterday.
Governor Cummins called an extra
sessian of the legislature to convene
Monday, Aug. 81, to amend the pri-
mary law SO as to permit the repub-
licans to nominate senator in pri-
mary to be held at the general cleo
|tion of Nov. 3.
In his statement of his decision to
call the session for this purpose, the
governor declared that he would sup
port the most rigorous provision for
the exclusion of democrats from the
republican senatorial primary.
Senator Dolliver proposed that the
amendment include a provision that
the names of the candidates for SEN
|ator be put on the official ballot and
|only the ballots of those who vote for
the straight republican ticket be count
ed as to senator.
The proposition was submitted to
the congressman, to the congression-
Ial candidates, to conference of the
Istandpatters and to friends of Cover
nor Cummins.
Everybody For It.
All agreed with the idea, and the
state committee unanimously indors-
ed the programme in a resolution
adopted without dissenting vote, after
the conference of the afternoon, as
follows:
''The state committee of Iowa, IN
Injecting assembled, congratulate the
republicans of the state over the har-
monious result of the conference and
express the belief that the special
session in putting the question up to
1.-THE people Is the wisest and most rear
kscpable plsthed of bslls1ne "A ,out ilsat-
mony in Iowa; and with this question
lsettled the committee can now put
| their united efforts toward electing
the republican ticket of the state
Whether the short term succession
will be taken up remains to be seen
next week when the legislature meets.
The understanding last night was
that the legislature would meet Mon
day and perhaps pass the proposed
law in few days and adjour without
doing other business. However a
provision may be made replacing the
circle on the ballot.
Thraa man vyara p,Y,aJ aa,ds
dates against Governor Cummins in
the proposed primary. They were
Hon. Walter /. Smith, Hon. John f.
Lacey and Hon. G. N. Haugen 1t is
likely that one of these will be de-
cided upon to-day.
Good Feeling Prevails.
Those who made speeches were
Chairman Carl F. FRANKIE, Gov. AL
bert B. Cummins, Senator Jonathan p.
Dolliver, Auditor b. f. Carroll, George
d. Perkins, John f. Lacey, Speaker
N. E. Kendall, Congressman A. +.
Dawson, Congressman Walter L.
Smith and Attorney General II. w.
Byers.
The big audience was good natured
and tremendously enthusiastic. IL all
the prominent men who were called
for by it had responded the speech
making would have continued all
might. Every congressman and con
gressional candidate and many others
were called for. But after about three
hours of oratory the state committee,
which occupied the platform with
Chairman FRANKIE, adjourned the
meeting.
The Governors Proclamation
An overwhelming majority of the
people of Iowa believe that the indi-
vidual voters of the respective politi-
cal parties should have the right to
declare their choice for senator's in
the congress of the United States. |
am profoundly convinced not only of
the wisdom, but of the necessity of
preserving to the voters this vital
privilege. In these times, especially,
the welfare of the country Imperative
ly demands that authority to make
laws shall spring directly from the
body of our citizenship. The Thirty
Second General Assembly enacted a
statute providing for primary cleo
tions, and one of the chief reasons
for its passage was to establish way
in which voters could express their
preference as between candidates for
the senate. On June End. the voters
of the several parties, in accordance
with the law, designated their candi-
dates for the office of senator. Death
has intervened; the candidate Sc
lected by the voters of the republican
party is no longer amongst the living.
and the choice made is. therefore un-
lavailing. The senator to be elected
by the Thirty-Third general assembly
will serve the people of his state and
of his country for the period OF six
Iyears-years that viii be fun OF the