New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-04
INSURGENTS RULE
IOWA CONVENTION
Taft Administration Mildly In.
dorsed, but New Tariff
Called Failure.
BIG PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY
Course of Cummins and Dolliver
Approved-Railroad Valua-
ton and Income Tax
Favored

Des Moines. Iowa. Aug 3.-Republican
Iowa wrote herself vigorously Progress
sive to-day ar a convention which vas
in an uproar most of the time
Senators Cummins and Dolliver and
the 1nsurgent delegation at Wash
ington were enthusiastically indorsed-
The new tariff law was branded as
failure in the light of the party pledge
of 1908
President Taft received only a luke
warm Endorsement
The platform, among other things.
calls for physical valuation OF railroads.
an income tax. a tariff commission and
direct election Of Senators.
A sop to harmony was flung out in the
Endorsement Of the administration OF
Governor Carroll
An attempt TO use the steam roller"
and make the State Central Committee
overwhelmingly Progressive was called
off. presumably at the hint of Senator
Cummins-
Senator Cummins was temporary and
Senator Dolliver was permanent chair
man
The Progressive majority ranged close
to three hundred on every question
The resolutions committee was Pro-
gressive. 8 to ).
The foregoing is synopsis of the days
events. To IL may be added cheers and
jeers. applause and Kisses. music and
bowls of discard
Proaressives Give Object Lesson.
The appearance and disappearance Of
the steam roller was one Of the
diverting incidents of the day 1t came
about through the insfstence OF the
'stand-pat" members Of the platform
committee on an unqualified indOrse-
mert of the Taft administration, the
legislative acts Of the regulars" and
hostility to Cumnins and Dolliver- The
Progressives determined TO exert a little
pressure Just to show the minority VINO
is running Republican politics IN Iowa
The primary law. which provides that
members of the state central committee
shall be chosen by the convention. was
selected as the means to this end 1t
was proposed TO disregard the caucus
selections of the fst and 9th districts.
which are ''stand-pat." and TO have the
convention substitute Progressives IN
their places.
Attorney General Byers. as the chauf-
feur of the Progressive steam roller,
brought that engine into view with a
motion that the convention proceed To
the selection of the state central conf
rnftteenen He was opposed by f T.
do hat
the convention proceed in the good Old
Fashioned way. a motion 10 postpone
action until after the report of the reso-
buttons committee had been received.
however. was adopted on rollcau. lt
was growing dark when this item mad
been disposed Of Then. 10 the surprise
of every one Chairman DOlllver ordered
Chauffeur Byers back 10 the garage, and
the cacuus nominees were confirmed
This. like the Endorsement of Governor
Carroll. was a concession 10 harmony.
Taft and Roosevelt Pictures.
What may have been an attempt 10
stampede the delegates in favor OF the
StaIwart Republicans was made w1en
ex-Congressman Ellsworth Pomlnser
hoisted portrait of President Taft AMID
Stalwart cheers. But the other side an
swered with silence or with jeers. Later
another delegate among the PrOgress:ves
exposed a picture of Mr.. Roosevelt, caus-
ing demonstration
The Taft portrait was hoisted again.
and the two Hkenesses held so as 10 con-
front each other. The demonstration
interrupted a roIlcaIl for several min
utes.
Stalwarts Make Hard Fight.
The StaIwart delegates went down TO
defeat with their colOrs nailed 10 the
mast. They fought in every committee
where a fight was possible. insisted OF
roIlcalls. and battled every inch for tha.s
principles.
Their resolutions. Incorporated in the
minority report of the platform COM
mittee and voted down by the Conven-
ton read in part. as follows;
The record of achievement Of Presi-
DENT Taft's administration and the 6lst
Congress is uneQualled in our history.
and guarantees faithful adherence TO all
the pledges of the last Republican ma
tionaI platform We also tndorse the
Taft policies in fulflment of the work
SO conspicuously inaugurated by his dis
tincyished predecessor. and congratulate
the party and the country upon the
achievements of the administration in
constructive legislation. touching rail-
road regulation. the work of cOnServa-
ton and all matters disclosed in the rec
crd His administration is entitled 10
the unequivocaI support of every Re
publican.
They also indOrse the action of PresI-
dent Taft in approving the tariff bill.
PASSED by the Republican Congress in
pursuance OF the pledges of the Repub-
Ican party and commend his prudent.
husinesslike and economical administra-
ton of all the affairs of the nation
In conclusion. they indorse the Iowa
delegation in Congress for ali efforts
in support of the administration Of
President Taft and for such aid and as
sistance as they have given him in car
rying forward his administrative and
legislative policies"
Minority Report Rejected.
Ex-Congressman William P. Hepburn.
his gray hair bristling aggressively IN
every direction. read the minority re-
port AS the purport of the closing par
agraph became apparent his voice was
drowned In chorus of jeers and Kisses.
II was only after much pounding of the