The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-03
INSURGENTS WILL RUN IOWA RE,
PUBLICAN CONVENTION AT
DES MONIES TODAY.
MEETINGS BY FACTIONS
VIII Be Fight on Endorsement OF
Taft's Administration, Cover
nor Carroll and the
Liquor Question.

Des Moines, Aug. o. Politics was
in active eruption here today, pre-.
liminary to the Republican state con.
vention tomorrow Tonight dark red
line may be seen dividing the stand
pat portion and the progressives. Ger
tain Democrats, including Clint Price,
Democratic candidate for congress In
the, seventh Des Mones district, were
observed tonight floating over the red
llne.
All you have got to do is to get
out the stand pat vote, Cline, and
your address will be Washington" oh.
served friend of the Democratic can.
didate.
"All | have got to do is to get out
the Democratic. The stand patters
will be at the polls II they have to
walk backwards If not for
Price, against the progressive candi
date returned Price.
|
prediction, but as a speement of the
comment from persons who closely
observed the days developments.
The stand-patters gathered several
hundred strong and decided to insist
on a plank endorsing Taft and the
official acts Of his administration ana
| of the recent congress. and to en-
dorce the Iowa insurgent delegation
lonly insofar as 1t had been regular
--in other words, support the adaip-
listration on the tariff aud railroad
angIslatinn.
The progressive leaders conferred
to the general effect that Taft should
be mentioned only to the extent that
he has endeayored to carry out the
pledges Of the national platform
The stand-patters decided to insist
on the endorsement Of Governor Car.
roll. The insurgents threw out the
proposal for harmony by agreeing 70
the endorsement Of the state admin
istration without mentioning the gov.
ernors name.
| Both meetings were enthusiastic. At
the stand-pat meeting ex-Congressman
Lacey. George d. Perkins, Of Sioux
City, former Congressman Pete Hep
burn and Congressman Hull, were
speakers
Among the insurgents at the meet.
ing were Senator Cummns. former
Judge Jesse A, Miller, Attorney Gen.
eral Byers, Warren Garst, and a host
of others.
Senator Dolliyer arrived during the
day He was Immediately slated for
permanent chairman to take tae gavel
when laid down by Senator Cummins,
Temporary chairman. The matter was
not decided Immediately as Dolliver
declared that he would prefer to see
the honors passed out among the
boys so far as possible.
The liquor question will require the
careful consideration of the resou-
tons committee tomorrow, If not of
the convention itself. The delegates
from the river counties are said to be
Iinsistent that the platform shall en-
dorse the present laws. While the
more conservative are said to hold
that the question does not require
specific mention.
II was nearly midnight when the
stand patters leaders, after day oi
ceaseless conferences, drafted resolu
tions calculated to shatter the last
remote shadow of harmony at tomor
rows Republican convention. The
text of the planks for which they
agreed to fight to the last substant
tally as follows.
1--WE endorse Taft and his admins
Tation; we endorse him as a leader
OF the Republican PARTY
I'VE endorse the economical and
statesmanlike administration OF Gov
ernor b. r. Carroll leader of the Re
publican party Of Iowa.
We endorse the action of Taft n
placing his approval upon the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill and 10 this law We
give full and unqualified endorsement
|, in SO far as they have aided Taft
in carrying out the policies and pro
gram Of the administration, we en-
dorse the Iowa delegation at Washing
ton"