The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-04
Cummings, Dolliver and Their Cohorts in Full
Control Of the Meeting Having Big Majority
Of the Delegates Present
MINORITY REPORT LOST BY 200 Votes
Judges Evans and Deemer Nominated for SUI
preme Court and Deyoe is Named Over
Heminger for School Superintendent.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 4.-F1gnt-
ing to the last ditch for an unqualified
Endorsement of President Taft and the
tariff, the stalwart republican leaders
went down under the insurgent steam
roller, which carried to successful pas
sage resolutions indorsing Taft for
what he has done to carry out the
promises OF the 1908 republican plat
form and favoring amendments to the
tariff law on individual Schedules aft
er d commission has investigated; the
Strengthening of the antitrust law;
election of United States senators by
direct vote; physical valuations OF
railroads to help commissions fix
rates; amendment of the postal saw
ings bank bill to keep money in COM
munity where deposited; conservation
of public utilities; no backward steps
to imperil the moral welfare of the
state in the liquor question; improved
basis of representation In the national
convention; an income tax, and coop
Grafton Of government In extending
educational facilities.
Governor Carroll and the state ad-
niDistration was insiorsed as we're
Senators Dolliver and Cunmins.
When ex-Congressman Peter Hep
Durn read the minority report, Kisses
and cat-calls prevented him finishing
audibly, though several trials were
made. This was not the first demon
st-ation, however. Senator Cummins
was hissed in the morning while tenn
porary chairman, when he refused to
respond to calls from the convention
floor to mention Taft's name.
First Test OF Strength.
Dolliyer was opposed for permanent
chairman by tie stalwart, j. c. Mabry
of Abba. The vote on this first show
ed the relative strength Of insurgents
and stalwarts. Dolliver was chosen
by vote of S34 to $40.
1t was during the brief remarks of
Senator Dolliver that he was hissed.
The insurgents refused to name a
state central committee until after the
report on resolutions was adopted.
In the interim Judges Evans of Fort
Dodge and Deemer of Red Oak were
renominated for tie supreme bench. In
the contest for superintendent of pub
lie instruction A. M. Deyoe OF Garner
was nominated on the second ballot by
vote Of Ss3, Heminger being second
with vote of 249.
After the adoption of the resolutions
there was some disposition to name
the entire state committee from among
insurgents from the floor of the con-
vention. but from this the insurgents
retreated and permitted the caucus
nominee to be named, giving the stall
warts five members of the committee.
TIE stalwarts, such as Hepburn and
lacey, justified their insistent attitude
by the claim they wanted clean rec
ord made by the insurgents as to for
what they stand.
Minority Report Voted Down.
The stalwart resolutions Incorporate
ed in the minority report OF the plat
form committee and voted down by the
convention were as follows:
Resolved, That we view with salts.
faction the action of the republicans
of Iowa, taken this early in the ma
tionai campaign and In convention as
sembled In March. 1908, at which time
the following expression was unani
mously given:
Resolved. That we favor the nomi
nation Of William Fl. Taft by the re.
publican national convention to as
semble the 18th of June. We have con,
fidence In his ability, his independent
manhood. his compreh ension of large
and vital public questions. his uncom.
pressing integrity and unfaltering cour.
age, and we now take pride In the fact
that he was nominated and elected to
that high office with the aid of Iowa
republicans, and that during the year
and half OF his service as president
OF the United States he has fully justi.
fled the confidence placed In him by
the republican party. The record of the
achievements of President Taft's adj
ninistration and the sixty-first con-
gress is uneauaIed in our history and
guarantees faithful adherance to all
nledges of the republican national plat
form. We also indorse the Taft poll.
cies in fulfillment OF the work SO con