Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-02
PRoGRESSlVES IN FULL CONTROL
OF REPUBLICAN STATE CON-
VENTION.
HAVE SAFE MAJORITY
ON ALL COMMITTEES
Largest Convention Ever Held Billed
For Wednesday, and One Of the
Most mportant-Program For For
NAL Proceedings Mapped Out-Dis-
trict Caucuses to Be Held in Morn
ing.

Des Moines. Aug. 1.-The republican
state convention tomorrow will be the
largest convention ever held by the
party in Iowa
It will be held in the largest hall that
ever sheltered a state convention in
Iowa The Coliseum will seat about
5000 persons.
0 clock by Chairman Carl FRANKIE. who
will present the roll of delegates as
required by law, ,hen announce the
temporary chairman and officers. Rev.
H E Van Horn. Of the First Christian
church, Will deliver the Invocation. The
music win be by the Letter Carriers
band
The delegates will be seated in a
nalf circ,e around the center of the
gre convention hall, in chairs, ar
ranged by groups easy of access. The
decorations for The Coliseum are very
elaborate and it viii present a scene
OF great brlliancy. Visitors VIII have
places in the great gallery which sur
rounds the hall and in the upper gall
lery. which is 10 be open 10 the public
without ticket Fully half of the great
hail viii be open for those who come
first. There IS very little doub, that
all visitors from out OF the city will
be admitted.
The address or the morning will De
by Senator Albert 3, CHnmin2. tenn
porary chairman TFo Will talk until
noon. Other t@mporary officers will
rotary and 5. S. Trainer, of Ackiey
assistant There will be small army
of doorkeepers and ushers.
The distric, caucuses viii be held at
10 O'Clock in the morning. The re-
these caucuses with Instructions 10 So
lacr committees on resolutions and
permanent organization. They are not
authorized 10 select committee on
credentials. as no such committee has
place in the convention. all precedents
of the past having been swept aside by
the law. that being the intent Of the
law TO begin with a new era in po-
litical affairs free from the entangle-
raents of the past. The chairman will
have the roll Of the convention COM
ple:e before L is convened and delega-
tions that do not have their certificates
in their hands before the convention
wifi not, be entitled TO seats.
The program provides for election by
the convention of the state campaign
managing committee following the
adoption of the resolutions.
There is no doub, whatever that both
of the committees of the convention
will be in fun control of the progress
sives or regulars and that any report
in favor Of standpat chairman or
reactionsry resolutions must come in
the form O. a minority report.
Most Important in History.
The convention will not only be the
largest and most important in the his
tory OF the party but the majority
for the progressives will be far larger
than ever before. The progressives VIII
have these delegates on whom they can
ralv for program in line with the
popular thought of the day on all pub
lie questions:
First district-All Of Washington
county and 4 from Des Noines-1s.
Second-Clinton, Jackson and parts
Of Muscatine and Scott-67.
Third-Ail except Bremen and most
Of Dubuque-10s.
Fourth-An except Allanaakee-1o7-
Fifth-Marshall Tama, Grundy and
part Of Cedar-4s.
Sixth-Poweshiek-
Seventh-All except Madison-12s.
Faghth-Adams and Lucas-30.
Ninth-Guthrie Montgomery and
Shelby-36.
Tenth-All except Crawford-144.
Eleventh-All except Woodbury. and
Monona-10f.
This makes a total OF sos as against
575 for The standpatters. The pro-
gressives could suffer a slump of at
least 100 of their delegates going over
10 the control of the Jackson commit
tee and still control the convention for
any progressive measure.
In another way it has been pointed
out that the progressives have right
to regard themselves as the regulars
and to treat the protesting and COM
planning minority as the real insur-
gents in Iowa In the recent campaign
the progressives increased their vote
on the head of the ticket "a per cent
while the standpatters made gain OF
only l per cent for their candidate.
This was accomplished despite that the
standpat candidate is in office and has
all the machinery Of government to
advance mis- cause and had the prece-
dent of the two-ternl idea to aid him.
In regard to the vote for congressman
in the five districts where there were
direct issues as between the factions,
the progressive candidates secured TO-
146 more votes than did the standpat
| candidates.