The Washington times., 1910-07-03
County Conventions Indicate
Triumph of Progressive
Members in Congress.
PRESIDENT GIVEN
MILD COMPLIMENT
Endorsed for Certain Policies, But
Is Advised 10 Purge His
Cabinet.
By JOHN SNURE.

When the Iowa Republican State con-
ventiOn meets at Des AIOines, August 3.
The progressive and insurgent element
Of the party IN the state viii be found
in full control of IT. The platform which
VIII be adopted VIII be dictated by the
insurgents II VIII be a platform such
as viii support the Iowa insurgents III
the Senate and House who voted against
the tariff bill IN the special session, who
sought 10 lIberalize the rules Of the
House, and who have fought against
some features of Administrator meas
ares in the session which has just closed.
These things have been made entirely
clear by the results OF the county con
ventiOns which were held all over Iowa
Saturday. OF the uineJy-niue county
conventions held in the States the pro
gressives are IN fun central OF hfty-hve
OF them and in partial control Of i've
more
The prOgressives viii control the con-
Tention 10y a majority OF I59- The re
Turns show that the progresSives elected
al delegates, while the sJandpat,ers sOt
but Oh Advices from Des NOines to-
day say
Unless there is near miracle, the
Senators. Cummins and Douiver, and
the insursent members Of the House,
for their work in Washington
Carroll Not a Factor
It is now made clear, as the progress
Sives have insisted TO be true all along.
that the denomination Of Governor
Carroll. a standpatter OF regular, IN the
primaries. June :, was no indication Of
how The STATE stands with respect TO
national issues. Governor Carroll car
red ffty-four OF the uinety-nine c0un-
ties in the state But in the county
conventions the standpatters were abIe
10 control only thirtE-six counties com
pletely and five counties In part
Governor CAROLS denomination was
due solely 10 the fact that the political
traditions Of the State favor two terms
In the office OF governor Many be-
heved that Governor Carroll who IS
now in his first term deserved renou1-
nation in accordance with The almost
UnDrCEen pTeCedeuIs of Iowa politics
More than this, in the absence of con
tests over nominations for member OF
Congress in some of the Progressive
Congressional districts there was a
hight progressive vote IN the primaries
The resolutions adopted in many of
the county conventions indicate some
thing Of the temper Of the forthcoming
state convention Similar action TO
that OF the Indiana state convention Is
projected The resolutions of a number
of the county conventions especially
and emphaticalIy indOrse Senators Dol
liver and Cummins and the insurEent
members Of the House OF Representa-
tlFeS- The AldUch-Payue tariff meas
ure is given a slap. in that the iusur-
gents are commended for hshting It,
Advise President Taft.
The progressive resolutions. as adopt
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lndorse President Taft in SO far as he
has made an effort to carry out the pro
CressiVe principles. They ur-e The
President 10 remove from his Cabinet
any members who have ATTEMPTED 10
read out OF the Republican party other
EepubllcaDs whose only Offense has
heen 70 insist that Congress- redeem the
pledges made al The last national con
What this last proposition means is
vel understood Il Is q blow at At
toTne- General Wickersnau. who went
20 NEltt-o some weeks ago and made
Speecll IN which he undertook 10 read
The Insurgents out of the Republican
party IHls speech Of Attorney GeueU-
al WickDTSham was bitterly resented bv
Insurgents IN Iowa and other STATES tt
was the cause Of some sharp reflections
on the Attorney General later OF the
noor Of the Seua-e ard the House
MaEv Of the Iowa counties ifr70rSeT
the PRINCIPLES of conservation as laid
down by Theodore Roosevelt and as at
present expressed bv clifford Pinchot-
Mid Rebuke To President.
While the disposition of the progress
sives- as shown IN many of the county
conventions In Iowa Yesterday is not 10
disparaEe President Taft. at the same
time il is vel understood that iudorse-
meut of the President in so far as he
has sought TO carry out the progressive
policies = aur-uer WY Of saving that
the Insurgents OF Iowa feel the Presi-
dent has al times lined I'd for policies
which are NOT progressive This idea
was expressed IL viii be recalled. IN the
Indiana state convention
Senators CUmmIDS and DoHiFer have
been IN Iowa Tor the last week and
gave personal attention TO the Situa-
tons IN the counties preliminary rC the
conventions In Polk county. which IS
Senator Cummins' home. and the county
wherein DeS MOiueS IS located Senator
CUmminS himself was allowed 10 name
the SlNTE-SIE delegates 10 the state con-
ventiOn- Senator DOlliveT addressed -he
convention Of Webster county at Fort
Dodge, his home Saving he had moth
Ing. personal against President Taft, ne
referred 10 the Rubber trust. and said
Senator AIdrich, the GuEEe1heimS, and
senator Peurose were interested N IT,
and, therefore, in the tariff bill
Victory For Senator's.
Senators Cummins and DoIIiver have
been especially anxious 10 have the
proeressives control the Iowa conven-
tion. and thus repudiste the notion that
their state IS not progressive This no
ton has been diligently fOStered IN
washington by such Iowa srandpaT-
tiers as. former Representative Lacey
and Hepburn and RepresentatIveS Hull
and smith Iowa Insurgents have felt
that 1t was important al This time 20
demonstrate 70 the CCnT-aTy. to the
regular organization N Congress. and TO
the ADM uiscraticu- as well as to Ger
rain gentleman who Is keeping zS quiet
as he can al Oyster Bay. that insur-
gent or progressive sentiment IN the
middle West IS not on the wane- but
N the contrary, isain the fu-lness Of
its strength and viEor, and is not likely
TO be impaired
wARRT7RTON DTVOPCFO