The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-13

accepted and acknowledged by nine.
tenths of the republicans of the nation.
What we ask Of the republicans Of
the state convention is that the plat
form shall be as nearly as possible a
statement of the concensus of opinion
as expressed by the republican county
conventions of Iowa. This is but fair.
A comparative study Of these resolu-
tions will show that in at least ninety
counties the administration of Presi-
dent Taft was endorsed in no unmis,
taxable terms. There are but two
horns of the dilemma. either these ex
pressions were the honest views OF the
republicans of the state, or in the pro
gressive counties, they were but tissues
of lies framed to deceive the voters
into placing in the hands of a few men
the power to pass resolutions much
more radical than those under which;
they were selected.
No delegate has the moral right to-
vote for resolutions which are con-
trary to the resolutions adopted by the
county which commissioned him as
its representative.
The fact that under the false flag
of harmony and the promise of fair.
treatment, as implied by the county
resolutions, majority of insurgent
delegates we're elected, does not give
them the moral right to exceed these
instructions and to jeopardize the en-
tire interests of the party to crafty
the ambitions of a few hot-headed
leaders.
It is now further intimated by a.
servile attorney general that an at,
tempt will be made to overthrow the
long-recognized practice Of allowing
each district to select its own member
of the state central committee, and
to have this body chosen by the CON
vention at large. In other words, the
insurgents of the Tenth are to be al,
lowed to select the committeeman for
the stalwart Eighth. It would be an
outrageous piece of Bourbon politics
and one which would utterly complete
the decentralization of the party in
Iowa. Victory can be purchased at
too high price and If this high
handed outrage is committed, there
will be such revolt in the ranks of
the republican party as will make
Iowa 9 democratic state from top to
bottom. The fact that no mention of
this loop-hole in the fool primary law
was made before the primary, SO that
districts might be on their guard, but
adds to the infamy which the carrying
out OF this program would involve. We
do not believe the fair-minded pro-
gressives of the state will follow their
leaders in such course and that the
custom, which has prevailed in Iowa
for half a century will not thus be
burglariously changed to suit faction.
al interests.
The gloomy side of the situation is
that It is the avowsd. business of in,
eency ito. -insGrge. to disrupt. to
tear down, to disintegrate the party.
Thus for the first time in it's history
a large portion of the republicans Of
the state must maintain waiting at
titude. If the proceedings of, the CON
vention are in line with accepted pre-
cedent and the resolutions are in ac-
cord with the sentiment expressed by
the county conventions, this element
Will be ready to accept the action of
the convention as final even though
not heartily in accord with all the SEN
timents expressed. If the convention
shall rudely set precedent aside and
shall exceed the wishes of the counties
as SO recently expressed by their.
resolutions, there will remain nothing
for this element of the party to do.
but in some way to express their dis
approval and assert their manhood at
the polls.
For our own part, while it would be
q great sacrifice, we should be glad.
to see Gov. Carroll decline to be a
candidate on any platform which
should be humiliating to the president
OF his party.
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flee.