The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-18
WILL INSTRUCT
FOR VIM. 1. TAFT
IOWA REPUBLICANS STRONGLY
FAVOR PRESIDENTS CHOICE
FOR PARTY NOMINEE.
OHIO TAR Ff PLANK
viii BE Demanded by Progressives
Under Leadership of Cummins
Stand-Patterc Have
Majority.

DCs Mones, March 17.-ln tomcr
rows state convention, the Repubii
cans OF Iowa will declare in favor of d
revision Of the tariff. endorse Sena
tor William b. Allison, in the strong
est terms. AMI elect four delegates al
large to the Republican national con
yentiCn who will be instructed fnl
Taft
The followers of Allison have SC
strong lead that ii Is certain that
unless some thing unexpected trans
pires, they viii dominate the conven
ton from it's opening to its opening to
it's close. The Cummins faction admit
that they have a smaller number OF
votes, but consider it possible that
circumstances may give them greater
strength before the convention ad.
iourns. Their chief hope in this di.
rectlon is rested upon the tariff PLANK
of the platform.
They assert that the Allison men
are "stand-patters and that il they
endorse Taft and instruct delegates to
vote for him in the national conyeh
tion they must of necessity take the
attitude that Cummins assumed when
he declared in favrr of a revision Of
the tariff. The Allison men on the
contrary declare that there is mora
revisionists among them than OF
stand-patters" and say they can with
entire consistency favor asreyision OF
the Dingley law.
The tariff plank Of the platform
which viii be presented tomorrow an"
which is favored by the Allison con
tingent, will declare in favor OF pro
lection as a principle, and also assert
that revision shall take place "imme
diately after the Inauguration of the
next president"
The Cummins minority will make an
effort to secure a measure of unequi
vocal endorsement of the Ohio plank
which declared for revision along
protectives lines at special session
of congress. The Allison people, how
ever, are strong enough to have thelr
way in all things, and will undoubtedly
adopt their own plank.
Cummins said tonight: 81 shall urge
the prc gressives in the convention t.
insist upon the adoption OF the ONO
Taft tariff plank. The pr0gressiyes
are for Taft aud will insist on genuine
instructions of the Iowa delegation fol
him as president. And they will stand
for his platform as well as for his
nomination, being loyal to both propoi
sitions.
Aside from this one prospective pos
siblity of a fight, the convention
promises to be remarkably peaceful.
The slate for the four delegates n
large consists of John T. Adams, OF
Dubuque; Lafayette Ycung, of Des
Moines; George ID. Perkins, of Sioux
City: ]. q. Lane, of Davenport. There
las been some talk of submission OF
the name of Governor Cummins to the
convention as a candidate for dele
gate at large but the governor de
clared today that he had never con
sidered such a thing and his name IS
not to be mentioned in that connec-
ton.
Both Hughes and Taft campaign
managers have representatives on the
hn fhH
convention A. B. Humphrey OF New
York. secretary of the Hughes League
of America is here but declared that
he has net the slightest intention of
taking any action looking to the inter
ference with the program of the Tait
people He is here merely as an on
locker, he asserts, but in the event oi
a split in the convention over the tar
III question. he will be prepared to
gather in such comfort for the Hughes
boom as may be possible.
The Taft people are represented b!
Wade Ellis, attorney general of ONO
who wrote the Ohio platform. He talk
ed several times during the day with
Allison leaders and also visited Cum
Minis at his headquarters. AS both the
Cummins and Allison people are for
Taft his way has been made smooth
but early in the day. before the word
ing of the tariff plank had been set
tied upon, he was a party to some
anxious discussions.
He said tonight. however, "the con
yention will instruct for Taft. and will
adopt the tariff plank of the Ohio plat
form in effect. and that is about all
there is T., it,"
The temporary chairman will be At
torney General II. w. Byers of Harlan
and the permanent chairman will be
George d. Perkins, of Sioux City.