Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-09
POWER TO CHOOSE ENTIRE
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
NOT A NEW PRIVILEGE.
CONVENTION TWO YEARS AGO
POSSESSED SAME AUTHORITY
standpats Have just Awakened to
the eact That the Primary Law Del
coates Power to the Convention -
To Investigate Cause at Additional
Expenditure on Physics Building.
10 Characterization.

special TO Times Republican.
pes Moines, July s.-When the re-
publican state convention was held IN
waterloo in the latter part OF june
1908. the first state convention ever
held in Iowa under the provisions OF
the primary law, the standpatters
were so befuGdled over what had re-
Gently happened in Iowa and at the
Chicago convention that they did not
realize, SO it now appears, what really
was happening. AT any rate they new
err discovered until the past week that
the Waterloo state convention actua4!s
elected the republican state central
committee in pursuance Of this clause
of the then existing law
1T shall also elect state central
committee consisting Of not less than
one member from each congressiona!
district and transact such other ousl-
ness as may properly come before II.
Il appears that the standpatters nave
inst discovered this clause in the law,
Vet il was in the law that was paSsed
by the Tthirty-second general assem-
bly, and continues 10 be the law Hei
ereace has been made to this fact a.
least a dozen times IN this cores
pondence and the fact has been pun
nshed scores of times. It is an open
secret that some OF the standpat ieao-
ers kept an eye on this law, for theS
planned in case they controlled the
state convention, TO have the colis
ton Dust every progressive from the
committee and perhaps to enlarge LIE
committee.
The other day the local standpat or
gan made pretense Of q sudden as
covery Of this statute and creoiteo AZ
to-nsv General Byers with having
made a ruling upon the same. Ar. by
ers did nothing Of the sort. Ihere
was no occasion for any ruling or &C.
cision. or even discussion OF the law
for il is nothing new and is SO pam
-har nobody can misunderstood what IS
the duty OF the state convention.
In practically every standpat CON
yentfon in the state the county CON
yention acted as unit ana "aefe
townships or precincts mad progressive
delegates the matter of representation
was taken away from them by .he
county conventions. II the same poAcJ
is followed in the state convention 11e
entire state committee VIII, OF eoui Sc
he regular and in full harmony Win
the majority sentiment Of the state as
expressed in the state convention
Tire state board of oprometry is up
against the same trouble as mat SA
,,erfanred bv the dental and medical
examining boards shortage OF luHos
II il strictly fee board. On the ISL
checked
off and the board was without FUNDS
until further fees are received. But
Secretary Sumner insists that the
board can continue TO pay for a clerk
out of last years money. Inere Is
practically nothing for a clerk 70 do,
but of course i is handy 10 have MIN
on The payroll in case there should De
something 10 DO.
Some Of the candidates for office on
The republican ticket are watching the
papers TO see Il there are any signs OF
disposition on the part OF radica! rae
.ional newspap ers 10 bolt the ticket
Thus far the only sign of trouble is
,hat in some of these papers especially
in the south part OF the state, the
county papers do not carry all the
state ticket. One very prominent FAC
tional paper on1its the name Of Sen
ator George Cosson and Burgess W
Garrett from It's state ticket" In
quiry has been made as TO what is the
significance OF these facts.
Investigation into the cause of the
additional expenditure for the new
physics building AZ the state univer-
sity will probably be made by the leg
stature The architects asked for per-
mission to spend 10000 more than
the legislature had authorized. 1t was
explained that this was because of GER
tain changes in the specifications. Al
tho the council approved the additional
expenditure some members asked
pointed questions of the architects as
to whether or no. the change was not
due to the incompleteness of the plans,
and it was almost brought out that ii
the plans had been made right in the
first place the "extras" would not have
been needed Local architects do not
hesitate to say that the extra $4,000
fas wholly unnecessary and that the
state ought not 10 pay the bill.