Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

gressiyes realize fully that they must
do It. for they have most to lose by a
failure. Two men were standing talk
Ing in the lobby IN The morning. l
tell YOU what It is" said one OF them,
~ those fellows pass those democratic
resolutions they have framed up, tho
only thing for us to do Is to vote the
democratic ticket" He addressed Major
Lacey, who replied. That Is just what
we will do" That conversation Illus
trated the attitude G standpattea's.
In the committee solutions there
was much discuss yer the resolu-
tion presented e. -ng Carroll ana
the state admip ion of Iowa. 1t
was presented .essrs. Funk and
Berry. who de that 1t had been
carefully thov ,ut and that 1t rep
resented the ire Judgment of the
friends Of G or Carroll as the best
thing that : ID aid him in election
and help tire ticket. The stand
patters oppe~ It: but the arguments
of the progressives convinced all but
two OF the committee and it was lsf.
finally for their standpat associates to
induce them to consent to a unanimous
adoption of that plank.
mo reason TOT 6O1tln9.
The fact was evident to the progress
sives that it is their duty to elect the
entire state ticket and every candidate
for congress. The standpatters have
shown that they can not all be relied
upon. The politicians among them, not
this rank and file, have conceived the
notion it wonld be very smart thing
To- secretly knife the ticket and make
their get away with suspicion pointing
to the progressives. The progressives
of Iowa in the framing OF the platform
did all in their power to make that
thing impossible.
The presumption Is that Jackson will
now cease to claim he had full control
Of the convention The progressive ma
5ority was even larger than anyone had
claimed The control of the caucuses
was easier than had been anticipated
In fact the jackson machine didn't hold
together and the steam roller wen,
back and forth and sideways, and the
convention enjoyed itself very much
despite the hot weather. The situation
Is right now for an old time victory
so the leaders say, and campaign work
will be organized very soon.
| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Aug. Sit was 5: 3(
! O'Clock before the resolutions commit
tee submitted it's report. The ma jority
report of the committee was present
ed by Robert Healy, of Fort Dodge, in
a magnificent voice. The effect was tc
arouse cheers equal to the oratorical eff
feet.
! Tho Taft Plank.
| The Taft plank was very brief, as
| follows:
! "They indorse such efforts as
| President Taft and his advisers
| have made to fulfill the promises of
| the national platform"
Tho Temperance Plank.
The temperance plank over which
there was some controversy. follows:
"Under the operation of repub
1lcan laws temperance sentiment
/. has been promoted. temperance
territory extended. and saloon in
fuence minimized. While repub-
/ lican control is continued no step
backward step shall in any degree
! imperil the moral welfare of the
! state"
| Standpats Jeer Primary Plank.
| There We're cheers for the Taft planl
ond 70 rthe plank endorsing the sena
| tors. When this plank was presented
there were calls for it's rereading wher
the reference to patronage was read
The convention also cheered the plank.
on postal banks and conservation
There was a note of discord when thu
primary plank was announced. and thu
standpats jeered. Then the progres
sives drowned the jeers but the enthus
iasm of their cheers. There was alst
much applause for the liquor plank.
Hepburn Reads Minority Report.
| Former Congressman Pete Hepburn
amid cheers OF the minority, read thu
minority report. 1t moved to substitute
! for readoption the plank in thu
March convention of 1908. which en-.
dorsed Taft for the nomination fo
president, with it's euloEies and all
Also a substitute declaring for un-
equivocal support for his conservation
policies, and endorsed the action o
Taft on the recent tariff law. II,
moved a substitute for the senator's
endorsement by endorsing them fo
all they had done to assist Presiden
Taft. The whole convention burst int
a roar of laughter. which interrupted
the venerable statesman repeatedly
His platform endorsed Iowa congress
men insofar as they had stood by
President Taft.
| Taft Banner Displayed.
| The roll call resulted in the turning
down of Hepburn's Taft plank in abou
the same vote as the Dolliver planl
was voted in. When Davis county wa!
called the delegates from Governo
Carroll's county mounted chair will
a Taft banner. which was met will
standpat cheers, but the vote went o,
again in exactly the same terrific In
sistency Of progressive control
Standpat Platform Voted Down.
When Webster county, the home o
Dolliver, was called, the delegate
countered on the Taft banner by rails
ing aloft a large sized framed pictur
of Roosevelt, and the convention fair
ly went wild. For ten minutes th
noise continued. The result OF tho yot
was SIS against Hepburn's substitute
for the Taft plank, 56s yes. The ma
| jority report was then adopted.
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