The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-03

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stand-patters and Progressives appar-
emily hopclessly at variance in essen
tial matters of the taI1n plank, the
Republican state convention was call
cd to order in the Coliseum today Tor
the purpose OF writing a platform, se-
lecting state central committee and
making nominations for state super
ntendcn; of public instruction and
for two supreme court judgeships.
The discord is expected TO be moro
in evidence in the campaign than
effective al the convention which has
safe Progressive majority The
stand-pat faction adopted their plaulIs
WITH the fun knowledge thai they
could not be forced through the CON
ventI5n. The platform. which is TO be
adopted. VIII be Enthusiastically iasur-
gent, with condemnation OF the tarh
law and ecomiums for the state S
lnsurgent congressional delegation
Yesterday and the greater part OF
the night saw the two factions stead.
lily growing further apart. At first
the conservatives gave some evidence
that semblancc of harmony was pos
slble. Talk was for an endorsement
of President Taft and the protective
policy BY night however, the plat
form makers of this faction were in
stampede Off the harmony reserva.
ton They prepared planks endors-
Ing the President and Gov Carroll,
calling them respectively the leaders
Of the party in nation and state They
endorsed Taft for signing the Payne.
Aldrich tariff blu ard 10 the law
gave their unqualified approval
Nothing could be better calculated
TO arouse the Ire OF the msurgenI
delegates who are In the majority By
200
The Stand-PatterS went TO bed leav-
ing their challenge well understood BY
The ProgreSsives The former lei Il
he known that they would go down
with THEN colors nailed to the mast.
Former Congressman Lacey sound
Cd the keynote in speech in which
he declared that it was important that
Iowa should go Republican next cleo
ton but asserted, amid applause, that
II was more important that the Re
publican party should go Republican.
Al the conference last night. the
sixth and ninth districts were unable
10 select definitely their members of
the resolutions committee They
went into caucus this morning with
John z Lacey and H. w Waterman
under consideration In the sixth and
State Senator C. G. Saunders and
State Senator a. C Savage the cand-
dates In the ninth. All are Stand
Patters
Tho IIQtrtoE Il
veloped considerable feeling and the
end was not in sighr when the dele
gates from this district began their
caucus this morning. The Progress
siyes OF Clinton, Muscatine and Jack
son counties secured the pledges Of
- cut of 111 votes TO put Geo VI
Curtis on the resolutions committee
i. r Iane. one OF the most in luentlal
Republicans in the district, and gen
orally known as great harmonizer,
refused 10 accept Curtis. The stand
pat delegation refused TO stand for
either Lane or Curtis.
T II. Adler's position as stale cen
trail committeeman from the second
was jeopard!zed by the fight for the
PTogressives planned to support G. E.
Filsinger for the place The Scott
'ph1AN hflff-dltS ltiuSEu W Hdal'l'ilIA
the placing OF Curtis on the resolu-
tons committee When the confer
cncc broke up al an early hour. sew
ON Scott county delegates had plcdG-
cd themselves to Curtis, giving him
4 bare majority.
VIII they sticls?" was the question
most generally asked as the caucuses
began
Whether the state central commit.
lee shall be stand-pa or progressive
depends on the selection made by the
rccond district, IT is said Should tn,
staud-pat element secure the pivotal
position on the committee there was
much talk that the Progresslyes
would take advantage Of the primary
law. which declares that the conycn-
lien snail select the state central com
mittee. To do so would be n radical
fcn9rture from the unwritten law by
which Tie convention accepts the So
lcct ons OF the various districts WITH
the big progressive majority Of dele
gates. The convention could ar It's dis.
cretion make tho committee wholly
progressive. Such an act. however.
''ould sweep away the last vestige Of
harmony
CUMMING Address
senator Cummins in his speech as
temporary chairman Il the conyen.
tlon. said:
Gentlemen of the convention; Har-
Ipony Is like the poet, it Is born. not
made II II is amongst us We will
sheedliy hear It's sweet sounds: bnt
- 1t Is not here, the effort to create
t with deeeitful protestations and
lelsc phrases VIII end in mlserabls
allure There is moro discord IN
me suppression of honest conviction
ivan In the open candid expression
pl opposing views.
Tnis Is not an age Of plain living.
nut II is an agc of plain speaking anu
therefore with malice toward no7c.
''ritv for air. | speak 10 YOU
according TO my duty as ] understand
This convention. although cor1pos-
ol wholly OF republicans. Is the out.
'"nr Of political struggle carried
- with exceeding earnesmess in ~.
cry county Of tho state There may
hia} be n few delegates who are here !