Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-30


in Des Moiaes next week. viii COM
anence, so far as Iowa is Concerned, the
campaign for success IL the p-esiden-
Iial year. II IS the belief OF repuo.l-
cans generally that the convention VIII
have the wisdom and The courage 10
give forth utterances upon the issues
that are sure 10 De foremost in the
coming campaign which, if followed il
the nation, VIII lead 10 victory Tor the
party.
The almost sole business OF the con-
ventiou VIII be TO formulate and pre-
sent TO the voters a plain statement Of
the fundamentals OF repuolicanisnl as
they have long been known and IN
Gerstood IN the only state that als Aed
in the national senate, -JT more than
half century no other than republican
senators. Progressives in other states
are looking 70 Iowa for guidance in
what appears TO be d crisis in national
affairs The disposition is 10 meet tAe
situation with due appreciation OF the
responsib iity. Letters which have
been received mere by republican lead
ers from prominent republicans all
over the state indicate that the ma
jority vi the delegates are desirous Of
a course that is at once conservative
and aggressive.
The Probable Platform.
These are some Of the things in
sisted upon:
A plain statement Of the general
principles Underlying the party and for
! which II Will continue to stand;
An emphatic declaration for 1ariff
! for the protection Of labor and industry
rather than a tariff for revenue only;
Reiteration OF the WILL orga nized re-
publican principles Of the measure o.
protection needed for this purpose;
Statement Of the position OF the
party in regard 10 the corporation and
trust questions. including the resula-
ton Of public service Corporations;
A clear statement az % the p-in-
ciples for currency reform anu bank
! ing matters,
A declaration for reduction OF ex-
, penditures, for economy, for a business
administration;
Emphatic tndorsen ent of the prin-
( ciples OF conservation and development
I OF waterways and a merchant marine
Off Year in Iowa.
| This is Iha of-year in Iowa politics,
from a national Standpoint the only
syear when the republicans OF the state
have the right 10 make their platform
lin their own way without waiting Tor
a national platform. In this campaign
Sthe state Is the sole unit. Whatever
may be said about matters aside from
state affairs viii be thrown in for good
fmeasure The platform VIII deal in
prime matters of principle.
! There viii De strong endorsement
and connInenda ton Of the TWO senators
who have so ably represented the state
in national councils. This endorsement
will be given for the reason that they
have reflected the sentiment OF ma
jority OF the republicans Of the state
in the matter u legislation. affecting
the peoples Interests and nave insisted
upon strict adherence 10 the principles
OF the party and faithful fulfill nent
OF party pledges For such endorse
1nent OF the leaders Of the party there
will be m the state convention a ma
pority OF not less than 230 provided
all delegates are present. II view Of
the bitter fight being made against
Cummins and Dolliver there can De no
question whatever OF their endorsement
being given preference over all else.
As TO Taft and Carroll.
Il was expected al along that there
would also be general endorsement
Of the Taft and Carroll admin lstra-
tons. Bu- for the unseernly effort
which has been made to advertise 70
the country that any endorsement of
Taft would mean a Reputation Of the
senators there would have been no
question about that phase of the res
olutions. But FOR the effort also be-
Ding made 70 defend the Carroll admin
istration by abuse of Mr. Cownie there
,ywould be no controversy there.
The reactionaries or standpatcers
E5avce been Systematically laying the
Foundation for a plan to ernbarrass the
party by a claim that endorsement Of
.Cummins and Dolliver would De an at
tack upon the party and that endorse
.11ent of Taft personally would be re-
!pudiatlon OF the senators. They are
VIRTUALLY driving the party 10 ignore
President Taft, which Is exactly what
tthey desire, for then they will be able
to claim that the Iowa regulars are in
fact antagonistic to the party CTast) in
Ithe nation.
Opinion Is Divided.
The regulars, or progressives, are d.
,vided as to what ought 10 be done
Some of them are IN favor of ignoring
ithe petty nagging of the discredited
minority and TO adopt a platform con-
!taining a very brief general reference
to President Taft and expression Of
support igor his administration in all
good things This more than has
usually been done for a president in
the off years Of Iowa politics. Others
believe that the matter should be
avoided entirely, because there is 10
real reason why, in a state campaign.
the party should he called upon to de-
clare itself as to other than Iowans in
the public service.
As TO the Endorsement Of Carroll
there are also differences of opinion.
His friends will insist upon it and in
sist also that any Endorsement will
mean approval of his conduct in re-
organizing the board of control and the
methods pursued. AS matter of fact
nobody cares very much about 1t one
way or the other and it is not possible
kor any serious controversy to arise
pyer 1t.
Possibilities Of Bolt.
While the nrntea hi1ifv of a bolt from
The convention, or split In the con-
Eention and organization of a rump
prevention or other feature tending to
y1isrupt the party is regarded as not
amy better than 1t was four years
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