Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-04
IOWA INSURGENTS
DEN0UNCE TARIFF
President Taft Given LukeWarm
Endorsement by Repub-
Iican Convention
STEAM ROLLER HAULED OUT
Senators Cummins and DOIliVer
Are Given Ringing Praise
for Their Stand
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CContinucd from PaKs ons'
achievement of President Tatts admin
istration and the Sixty-tirst congress
is uneuualed in our history, ana guar
antees faithful adherence to all the
pladges of the last Republican national
platform" .,,.
The Taft policies ''in fulfillment Of
the work so conspicuously inaugurated
by his distinguished predecessor were
indorsed fully.
Former Congressman Hepburn, his
grav hair bristling aggTessively, read
the minority report.
AS the purport of the concluding
paragraph praising the Iowa delegation
for it's support of President Iatt pc
came apparent, his voice was drowned
in a chorus of cheers, misses and cat
calls. Again and again he attempted
to make himself heard, but 1t was
only after much pounding of the gaVel
bv Senator Dolliver that the veteran
was able to conclude. He moved the
substitution of these plans for those
of the same application in the ma
jority report, and the motion was lost'
56S to sis.
resolutions as adopted, with the eXcep-
tion of the minority plans Indicated
NOMINATIONS MADE
Judges Horace E. Deemer and w.
d. Evans were renominated for the
supreme court by acclamation. A, M;
Devoe was the choice on the second
ballot for state superintendent OF IN
struction.
The second ballot showed no choice
among the seven candidates, but at its
conclusion the counties began chang
ing their votes to Deyoe until he mad
S93 out of the 1898 present.
District caucuses were the first work
of the day. The fight in the second
district was prolonged to an extent
that Temporary Chairman Cummins,
in the absence of the delegation, could
not send the resolutions committee to
it's deliberations until after the con-
clusion of his speech.
George NJ. Curtiss was finally placed
on the resolutions committee, OF Which
he became chairman, and later pre-
sented the majority report.
e. P. Adler, the state central com
mitteeman. was ousted In favor Of
George Hilsinger.
The committee on permanent organ
fzation, which stood six to five pro-
gressive brought forward the names
of Senator Dolliver and ]. G. Mabray
the latter stalwart of Abba, Tor per
manent chairman. This furnished the
first test of strength Dolliver winning,
S34 to $40. The latter made a brief
impromptu speech, in which he declared
party in which they were no dlt-
fprPnCeS
"When Won find a community where
all think alike, you will find also
central office where all the thinking
is DONE" he said.
There was a burst of laughter when
he added. "our particular brand of Re
publicanism seems to have done pretty
well in Kansas yesterday
The platform adopted reads as fol-
lows:
INDORsEs INSURGENTS
"The Republicans of Iowa reaffirm
their loyalty to the Republican ma
tional platform of 1908 and especially
emphasize their long and well settled
faith in the Republican doctrine of
protection They do not recognize the
tariff revision of 1909 as a satisfactory
fulfillment Of the party promises. In
order to bring the tariff law into a
complete compliance with the rule of
the platform it is necessary that the
difference between the cost of produc-
ing dutiable commodities at home and
abroad should he correctly known,
Therefore. they favor the creation Of
an independent non-partisan tariff
commission, which shall be the instru-
mentality of congress to ascertain tie
difference between the cost of produC-
, tion here and in other countries and
. publish the facts so that not only )n-
presS but the people, shall be advised
til such a commission is authorized
they approve the effort of the pTe3i-
dent to secure the desired information
through a board of experts employ ed
for that purpose.
MILD PRAISE FOR TAFT
"They, indorse such efforts as Presi-
dent Taft and his advisers have mado
to fulfill the promises of the national
platform, and which have been in har-
irony with the declarations Of this
convention.
"rhey commend to the nation the
type of craftsmanship exhibited by
Senators DolliVer and Cummins and
they heartily indOrse their work.
"They commend the action of the
house of representatives in revising
rules giving to the individual member
a greater freedom of expression and
initiative in the discharge of his duty,
and they indorse the contributions of
Z Iowa's Representatives to tRis most i'm
portant form.
1.-The Republicans Of Iowa are the
best judges of the Republicanlsm Of
the senators and representatives, who
they send to congress. and they resent
any attempt to exclude any of them
from the honors and privileges which
properly attach to membership in the
Republican party.
ON the administration of state af-
fairs a high degree of efficiency on the
part of Governor Carroll and of all his
official associates justifies the CON
tinued confidence of the people in Re
publican control"
NATIONAL ISSUES
"Competition must be restored where
it has been overcome by unjust or un-
lawful combinations, and it must be
maintained where it still exists
1--WE congratulate the country upon
the success obtained in the regulation
of our common carriers, but we feel
that there is yet much to be done to
secure reasonable rates and charges to
which it is entitled. All common car
riers should have fair compeusation
but no more. 1t is clear that to ena Bile
the railroad commissions, both national
and state, to discharge the duties i'm
posed upon them by law a valuation
should be made of the physical prop
erty of railroad companies to secure
an effective control of rates and COM
pIete system Of accounting
The platform concludes with an in
dorsement of the postal savings bank
bill, suggesting, however as does the
Democratic platform recently adopted
at OttumWa, that the law should pro-
vide that savings deposited eWth these
banks shall be retained on deposit for
use in the communities where the de
posits are made.
The conservation of natural resources