The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-03

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 3.-With
an open, positive reputation OF the
PayneAldrich tariff law, Senator A.
b. Cummins, leader of the senate in
surgents today sounded the battle
cry OF insurgency as temporary
chairman Of the Iowa state RepubIi.
can convention. Cummins not only
did not apologize for but gloried In
his vote against the tariff bill.
IF there had been an honest at.
tempt to fix duties according to the
cost OF production might have yield
ed my view on the question of fact
said the senator. But there was nc
such attempt and l, for one. refused
to follow, and would refuse again to
follow Aldrich, Payne. Hale, Lodge
Cannon and Dalzell into sneering
contemptuous. open reputation of my
party platform.
1T IL not Republican measure, al.
though passed by Republican votes
for the men who arc chief -fesPeA-
sible for IL thought more OF swelling
the over-grown fortunes OF their In
innate friends than the party pledge
OF the welfare OF a long suffering
people"
Cummins defended his own Repub-
licanism
"The Republican party" he said
cannot endure permanently while
half progressive and half stand pat.
II must speedily become all progress.
siyc or all stand-pat, l cannot permit
myself to doubt that the party of LIN
coin, of Grant, of Blaine. of Garfield,
OF Mckinley and of Roosevelt will
rise triumphantly above the clouds of
its civil war and be In the future, az
II has been In the past. the progress
sive party"
For the first time In the history OF
the Republican party in Iowa, q state
conventiin Ia in session today with
the endorsement of a Republican
president and Republican congress
as the only issue.
What Is more. the insurgents, led
by Senators Jonathan p. Dolliver and
Albert g. Cummins. will unless all
signs fail. withhold this endorsement
from the administration and approve
the insurgency Of the states leaders
In congress In opposition to the meas
ures OF President Taft.
The district caucuses were helG
early this morning, resulting In the
selection Of q resolutions committee,
composed of six progressives and five
stand-patters. The majority platform
will endorse Taft for good inten-
tons" only and then laud to the skies
the insurgent senators and congress.
men from Iowa.
The minority OF the resolutions CON-
mittee will have report to present to
the convention which will endorse
Taft and his administration and the
Republican leaders OF the nation; en-
dorse the administration OF Gov. Car
roll, of Iowa, by name; endorse the
payne AIdrich tariff bill and endorse
the Iowa senator's insofar as they have
aided Taft.
The minority report will probably
be killed after hot debate by q ma
iority of at least 200, for the progress
sives are thoroughly In the saddle.
All the state officers. except a justice
of the supreme court and superin-
tendent Of public instruction, were Sc
lected at the June primaries and the
nomination of these officials Is ever
Swallowed In the Taft and antiTaft
fight.
Senator Cummins delivered his
speech as temporary chairman short
" after IL o'clock.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 3.-Missouri
Is standing pat. Complete returns to-
day from the primaries held yester-
day indicate that fifteen OF the states
representatives in congress were re-
named for reelection. The only men,
Der of the present congress who were
not re-nominated was Harry NJ. Coud-
rey (Republican), OF the twelfth dis
trict, who was not candidate. Champ
Clark was re-nominated for the ninth
time without opposition.
In addition TO the stand-pat result
OF the congressional nomination the
regular" wing OF the city admins
tration in st. bouis crushed the insur-
gent faction led by Jeptha Howe for
the control of the city central COM
mittee. which means the political con-
troll of the city. The regular" forces
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