Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
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LIcAN STATE coNvEN.
TON.
hOPELESSLY BEATEN
IN EVERY MOVE MADE
Progressives Accorded Rivals Many
Considerations and Refrained From
Doing Many Things They Might
Have Done-carrolI Plank a conees-
sion-F ranke Reelected Chairman.

Des Moines, Aug. 4.-Every partic-
ular of the progressives' program was
CARRIED out in yesterdays republican
state convention The delegates regis
tered a majority of about $50 votes
against the standpat minority report
on resolutions, Senator j. P. Dolliver
was elected permanent chairman over
J. C. Mabray, of Alma, the Standpat
candidate, the Iowa senators were
warmly endorsed. and the progressives
~outnuInbered and outvoted he stand
patters at every turn The Taft en-
dorsement was restricted to his efforts
in behalf of the promises contained in
the Chicago platform.
Altho the progressives had enter
tanned the ~advisability of placing be-
fore the convention as a whole the
privilege of selecting the state CEN
trail committeeman in the First and
Ninth districts, that part of the pro-
gram was abandoned and the commit
teemen selected in the Were
endorsed with practically no opposi-
lion.
Jpst as the progressive program was
carried out, SO We're the staudpat propo-
sitions voted down The progressives
controlled the convention by a majority
of approximately 250 delegates.
Victory Not Easy.
But the victory of the progressives
was not accomplished without effort.
Led by Maj. John F. Lacey and Col.
w. P. Hepburn, veterans of many bat
ties, both military and political, the
standpatters contested every step thru
out the proceedings, n on one occas-
ion an appeal was taken from a decis-
ion by Chairman Dolliver by Major
Lacey. This was when the senator
ruled out of order Major Lacey's sug-
gestion that the convention vote sep
-arately upon that part of the platform
reported unanimously and that part on
which h committee was ivide A
viva voc vote was taken on the appeal
and h convention upheld Senator Dol
Liver.
When the minority report had been
finally voted down and the majority
report was before the convention, the
standpat delegations almost TO a man
voted against the resolutions which are
now the platform and which includes
an Endorsement Of Governor Carroll
that was reported by the committee on
resolutions without division. That
Carroll plank was the only concession
which the progressives made to the
,standpatters in the committee on reso-
buttons. Originally the standpatters
Ehad expected to introduce the Carroll
resolution as a part of their minority
report, but when the progressives
agreed to a strong endorsement of the
governor the standpat plank was
erased from the minority report.
Go Down With cotors Flying.
The standpatters went down with
~'colors flying. They did not vary from
their determination to leave nothing
iundone to secure the endorsement Of
Taft. Carroll and the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. They lost, but they lost
only after a convention fight such as
Iowa has seldom seen. They seized
every opportunity to put the progress
sives on record as opposed to the prin-
ciples and policies of the standpat
wing. They demanded roll calls on
every big question even after their
defeat was complete.
The convention was ready and will
ing to become excited. The nerves of
every delegate were close to the sur
face. All We're excited and excitable;
all We're ready to cheer and cheer and
cheer at the slightest provocation. And
none left the hall-not even a beaten
standpatter-with the feeling that he
had been given too little opportunity
to exercise his vocal organs.
A Progressive Contest.
The progressive resolutions We're
adopted by the republican state con-
vention yesterday by 244 majority.
It was a prolonged contest In which
the representatives of the factions in
{ l,1JoaI hnhind +hn o1n=e1 InorS ~ tho
committee on resolutions of the re-
publican state convention yesterday.
Meeting at the club room of the Saw
cry hotel, and supplied with resolutions
drafted by leaders of the two factions
the day before, the committee spent
three hours in debate, which was fruit
less so far as unity OF decision was
concerned.
They went into the committee room
at 2 O'Clock divided six progressives to
five standpat and they came out of the
committee room at 8 o'clock still six
ito five and each armed with the reso-
lutions on which the leaders had
agreed. For every offer of compromise
was rejected.
The only agreement achieved in all
the discussion, vas The omission from
the standpat minority resolutions of
SiS SiO P2Cpa1 Vu ny lhO oil q On
ers in endorsement of Governor Car
roll. The progressive plank on that
subject vas acceptable to the minor
dty.
Bone of Contention.
The point at issue was the language
of the endorsement to be given the
president and the Iowa delegation in
congress.
The progressives proposed to allude
to the new tariff as not a "satisfac-
tory fulfillment of the party promises"
to endorse the senators and Iowa in
surgents with emphasis, and to en-
dorse such efforts as President Taft
and his advisers nave made to fulfill
the promises of the national platform
The standpatters proposed to highly
endorse the tariff law as one passed in
of the party pledges" to
commend the president for signing it.
and vigorously to endorse his admins
tration in every particular, n "en-
dorse and commend the Iowa delegation
in congress for all efforts In support OF
the administration Of President Taft,
and for such aid and assistance as they
have given him in carrying Onward his
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