Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-01
PECULIAR POLITICAL coNDI
TloNs EXIST IN HooslER
STATE.
STATE CONVENTION FIRST
OF INTERESTING SERIES
crumpacker, Near Insursent, Running
on a Tariff Endorsement PLATFORM,
While Beveridge Will Make Siren
uous Campaign for Endorsement Of
His Insurgency.
Ispecial Correspondence.l

I
Washington, April 1.-The Indiana
republican state convention will be>held
on Tuesday, April 5, anG wiz be the
real opening gun in the series of fights,
within the republican party, for control
of state organizations, the dictation of
! platforms, and the general domination
F, of policies this year.
| Especial interest attaches to the In
!, diana fight because Senator Beverage,
! the head of the state organization. is
a candidate for re election by the le..is-
| 1ature that will be chosen this year.
He has been for a year a strong insur-
gent, is regarded as in bad grace with
the national administration, and must
make his run in state now controlled
by the democrats. Having voted
against the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill,
the senator is opposed to the indorse
ment of that bill by the state conven-
ton. while the opposing republican fac
tion-the old Fairbanks Hemenway-
Watson powers in favor of an in
doris ement of the legislation.
Indiana politics. always strenuous
and exciting, was never more so than
now. The other day Representative
Crumpacker. one of the two republic
can members of the lower house from
Indiana. was renominated and his con-
ventfon adopted mild Endorsement of
the.tariff act. That resolution was writ
ten by Mr.. Crumpacker. and after be-
ing carried to the White House and APP
proved by President Taft was sent out
to lieutenants of Judge Crumpacker,
who got 1t adopted.
Crum packer Near insureent.
The fact of a Crumpacker convention
indorsing the tariff is ipost interesting
to people in Washington. Crumpacker
was member of the ways and means
committee which framed the measure
He was for the low duties at every
point, and was as near to an open in.
surgent as any man on the committee.
During the tariff session he threatened
to resign from the committee rather
than give his tacit approval and open
support to some of the things which
the leaders insisted on doing; and when
the session came to its end he actually
did send to Speaker Cannon a letter
resigning from the committee That
much as an indication Of how Mr.
Crumpacker stood toward the present
tariff law at the time it was passed
AS an insurgent against the house
rules. likewise. Crumpacker has long
and interesting record. Some five years
ago he introduced the first resolution
to retire the speaker from the rules
committee and to take from the speaker
the power Of naming the committees.
1t was years ahead of the times, and
went to the rules committee, where it
died
In interesting contrast to that record.
Mr.. Crumpacker in the recent contest
over the rules, stood with the Cannon
forces thruout and was as regular as
Serene E. Payne himself.
However. the Crumpacker position of
today is that of standing for the new
tariff, and being very regular. The
state convention of next week will be
presided over by Senator Beverage,
and his friends in Washington know
that he is going to make a powerful
speech. insisting in no uncertain terms
that the tariff law ought not to be in
dorsed. He expects an Endorsement
for himself for senator and Of course
would be in an impossible position if
the convention should indorse him for
the senate and then indorse, ALSO the
tariff he he had voted against.
beverage 10 wake campaign.
Senator Beveridge intends to make
canvass Of every one of the ninety-two
coun ties in Indiana, making the tariff
the issue, and asking the people to
choose a republican legislature in or
der that his stand on the tariff may
be upheld by the state. He has bad
fight ahead, with most of the hold
over members of the state senate OPP
posed to him, majority of eight of
them being democrats. The anti
faction in the republican
party will have to go thru the motions
of supporting him, while being secret
ly opposed to him; and if he is beaten,
then this opposing faction will expect
to reorganize itself back into control
of the party and to fight for control Of
the state.
The democrats are confident Of win
ming, and are prepared to present to the
state the argument that If Indiana goes
dem ocratfc, it will have an excellent |
chance once more Of providing a candi-
date for a presidential nomination