The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-03
Iowa Insurgents Refusing to-
Endorse Taft or His
Administration
is GIVEN HOT SHOT
BY SENATOR CUMMINSS
Declares That liquidation Of
Promises and Moneyed Alliances
Have Corrupted Republicans
ism Into Unworthiness.

DAsS 1fhoANEsSs kft., aug. 0S-WIEn
an open- positive Republication Of ttIB
Payne Aidrich tariff law, senator a.
Is. Cummins, leader Of the senate In
surgcnts, to-day sounded the battle
cry OF insurgency rs temporary ckafr-
man OF the Iowa State RcpubIican Il
convention. Cummtns not only did
not apologize for, but giorified In, his
vote against the tariff bill.
IF there had been an honest att
tempt to fix duties according to tho
cost OF production, might have
yielded to my view ON the question
OF fact" said the Senator In defcnd~
ing his own Republicanism, "but there
was no such attempt, and 1, for one,
refused to follow, and would rrfuan
again to follow Aldrich, Payne, Hal6,
Lodge. Cannon and DalzeII into
sneerfng, contcmptuous, open repudia~
ton of my party platform"
Administration on Trial.
For the first time In the history Ut
the republican party in Iowa, a State
convention Is In session to-day, with
the endorsement Of Repu bIican pres-
ident and Republican congress az
the only issue.
What liz more, the insurgents, led
by Senators Jonathan III. Dolliver and
Albert b. Cummins, will unless all
signs fail, withhold this endorsement
from the administration and approves
of the insurgency OF the States lead
ers in Congress, in opposition to the
measures OF President Taft.
The district caucuses were held
early this morning. resulting In the
selection of resolutions COMMITTEES
composed of six progressives and Ave
standpatters. The majority platform
will endorse Taft for good inten-
tons only. and then laud to the
skies the tnsurgent senators and con-
gressmen from Iowa
The minority Of the resolutions
committee will have a report to pre-
sent TO the invention which will an-
dorse Taft and hts administration and
the republican leaders of the naffon.s
endorse the administration Of a0vor-
nor Carroll. OF Iowa by uanie: "a
dorse the Payne-Aldrtch tartM bill
and endorse the Iowa senators Ia 90
far as they have aided Taft.
The minority report will probably
be killed after hot debate by 4
majority OF at least 200 for the pro-
gressfves are in the saddle All the
state officers except justice OF the
Supreme Court and superintendent
or public instructed were selected ~
the June primaries. and the nominal
ton of these officials is overshadow-
ed In the Taft and anti-Taft fight
Denounces Regulars.
The keynote speech, bitterly dc.
nouncfng the regulars" for violating
party pledges. charging them with Al
lance with selfish Wall street inter-
ests and UNFOLDING insurgency In III
Its points OF contests, was delivered
by Senator Cummins temporary
| chairman, being In part az follows:
This convention, although compos-
ed wholly of Republicans, is the out-
come nf a nnIittnot etx- sap.rf< 49,
on with exceeding earnestness In ey-
cry county of the State There may
be few delegates who are here ~
| accident. but substantially all Of yuu5
are here by design. A conscious pursSs
pose is behind you and q clear obI1-8
CATION is before YOU.
| i do not pretend to be able to loci
far through the mists and uncertair-a
| ties of the future and mark with pre-
eision the path in which the parry
will walk; but remembering that III
came into existence as protoSf
against the inaction of the wings and
the medieval tendencies OF the DEM
ocrats. and emembering, too, that
for more than half century It haos
been the progressive party OF the
| Union, cannot permit myself ~
doubt that the party of Lincoln, az
Grant. OF Blaine. of Garfield, OF Me-
1
umphantly above the clouds or ttss
civil war and be in the future. u tts
! has been in the past. the best hope
/ OF mankind, the progressive party
| not only of the nation. but Of thu
world
Democrats inefficient.
| There are many Democrats who A.
| distinguished for their wise and broad
views upon public affairs, but the
I large majority of the leaders OF IT,
I Democratic party are incapahIe okS
making or administering laws for III
! country like ours. for they invariahIv]
i find In the constitution an insuper-
+ able obstacle in the way of doing thu
/ things which are imperatively de-s
manded. and which II done At aIfS
must be done by the general govsx1ke
ment 8'
| / have been accused oftentimes ]
some of my blind and passionate en-
ponents of having Democratic iAMxxS5
ings. and l have many warm Rex&ss
sonal friends in that or ganixattCn. ht6ts
there never was time in my who'll
! life when / would have been Mtllln&Z
to commit the destiny Of the countr1
to the Democratic party. and th4x34
is less reason now for doing NO. thax
ever before. sSs
So long as i look upon the connkf%
tuition as command to look aftG1
the welfare OF the people. rather thax
"a mere injunction against invadt&
the rights of the States. there N1l&
be an impassa BILE gulf between tl
Democratic party and mysef I'm
The character OF the prOhl6z
which now hold the first place II kE<
American mind makes the Republics
view OF the constitution vital - 1I
common good. l admit that the
lferences between Republicans
many and that they are imp0f1Mt
but any Republican who, BY rexaon n
these differences. votes for D0E
cratic candidate, will ind th&t hA2 ~
i jumped from the frying pan tnto
fire. s III sa IA II
j / reIterate what hRye afways
if. every campaign during tha se11k
decade In which | have beaE a. r.
He once. We VIII ngh< with
4 strength that II m ~ baSpEe thS
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