Arizona republican., 1910-08-04
EMPLOYED AS scAREcROW
Insurgents Were in Over
whelming Control En-
dorsement of President
Taft Was Little More
Than a Studied Insult

Des Moines. Aug. 3.--Republican
Iowa wrote herself vigorously progress
sive today at convention which was
in uDroar most Of the time.
Senator's Cummins and DOlliver and
the insurgent delegation at Washing
ton were enthusiastically indOrsed.
The new tariff law was branded as
failure in the light Of che party
pledge of 1908.
President Taft received the most
tepid of lukewarm endorsements.
\ sop to harmony was flung out in
the endorsement of the administration
Of Governor Carroll.
An attempt to use the steam roller
to make the state central committee
Overwhelmingly progressive was called
off, presumably at the hint of Senator
Cummins.
Senator Summins was temporary
chairman, Senator Dolliver permanent
chairman. The progressive majority
was close to 500 on every question. The
resolutions committee was progressive,
6 to ).
days events, and to it may be added
cheers, jeers, applause, Kisses, music,
and howls of disorder, the appearance
and disappearance of the steam roll
er" being one of the diverting incidents
of the day. Through it all was the in
nsiidect s1.T(R th2a,i ,iai AR \ NUM-
sistence of the stand pat members of
the platform committee in demanding
an unqualified endorsement of the Taft
administration, the legislative acts of
the regular republicans, and hostility
TO Cummins and Dolliver. 1t was de-
termined to exert a little pressure to
show the minority who is running re-
publican policies in Iowa. The pri-
mary law which provides that members
of the state central committee shall be
chosen by the convention was fastened
upon as a means to this end.
1t was proposed to disregard the
caucus selections in the First and
and have the convention substitute
progressives in their places. Attorney
General Byers, the chauffeur of the
steam roller" brought the engine in
to view with a motion that the con-
vention proceed to the selection of Il
state committee The motion was Op-
posed by s.. f. Price, who demanded
that the convention proceed in the old
fashioned way. a motion to postpone
action until after the report of the
resolutions committee had been re-
ceived. however. carried on roll call.
1t was growing dark when this item
had been disposed OF and then, to the
surprise of everyone, Chairman DOlli-
yer ordered Chauffeur Byers back to
the garage and the caucus nominees
ment of Governor Carroll, was a con-
cession to harmony.
What may have been an attempt to
stampede the delegates in favor of the
stalwart republicans was made when
the Second district delegate, former
Congressman Ellsworth Rominger,
hoisted a portrait of the president amid
stand-pat cheers. But the other side
answered with silence or with jeers-
Later another delegate among the pro-
gressives exposed a picture of Colonel
Roosevelt, occasiOning a demonstra-
ton. The Taft portrait was again
hoisted and the two likenesses were
held so as to confront each other The
demonstration interrupted the roll call
for some minutes.
The stand pat delegates went down
to defeat with their colors riveted to
the mast They fought in every com
mittee where a fight was possible and
insisted on roll calls and battled every
inch for their principles.