The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-03
The Way To Harmony.

Iowa City Republican: The Des
Moines Register and Leader had this
from its washington correspondent
Sunday:
THE recent visit to Washington OF
Dave Brant of Iowa City has stirred
up considerable speculation among
members of the Iowa delegation. To
day it became known that Mr.. Brant
saw the President while here. He
was taken to the White House by
Colonel Hepburn and had long con-
ference. This fact has led many OF
the progressives of the delegation to
believe that movement is on among
the standpatters of Iowa to enlist
President Taft in an attempt to con-
troll the next state convention, and
through its control to take whack
at Cummins and Dolliver, as we'll as
refused to stand for the tariff bill. 1t
will be impossible for the convention
consistently to support the Presi-
dents position on tariff and that of
the progressive members of the Iowa
delegation, and there is reason to be-
lieve that the standpatters are busy
conveying that idea to the White
House in the hope the President will
take a stand
An interesting feature is the time
it took the Washington end to learn
this important matter. Mr.. Brant
left Washington Tuesday and the
news seems to have leaked out about
Friday The first part of the story
is immaterial, although it would re-
quire good deal of nerve for man
the President to take UP so long a
time as long conference inn
plies, to tell him what he should do
/ The interesting part of the item is
the information that it will be impos-
! sible for the convention, meaning the
next Republican state convention, to
| support the Presidents position or
the tariff and that of the progressive
members of the Iowa delegation. Il
that is correct then Iowa Republicans
must choose between the President
and the insurgents on the delegation
/ If that is to be the course of the in
surgents, to indorse them and humil
late the President and the Republi
can majority in congress, it may BIZ
well to count noses and see where
we are at. Republicans have beef
hoping that some way might be fount
to indorse the Republican administra
ton without condemning the member!
who are opposing the President, o.
were opposing him. We still thinl
that such way can be found, but i
the plan limited at by the Registe
and Leaders Washington correspond
ent is to prevail then the majority o
the next congressional delegation
from Iowa will be Democratic. If tina
is what the insurgents force upon tn
state, it is incumbent upon the insul
gents, Pickett. Haugen, Good, Kendall
Wood and Hubbard to calm tn
troubled seas. If the Iowa state cor
vention indorses the insurgents an
attempts to humiliate the Republica
1 Oh Va tnC dDCfC ihCi
Toned except possibly Wood and Hui
bard, will be defeated, and along wit
them will go the Republican cand
dates in the First, Second, Eighth an
Ninth districts.
The Republican is anxious to sc
solid Republican delegation frol
Iowa, and such a delegation will b
elected if Republicans keep the
heads and do not attempt to humiliat
somebody.
One of the things which the insu
gent members and senators should d
is to line up with the administratio
on the bills now pending which al
presented in fulfllment of the pied
es made by the last national platform
If they would do this, there woul
come a better feeling and the way
harmony would be easy