Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-08-05
TAFT IS ENDORSED D
IOWA REPUBLICANS HAVE WARM
TIME IN STATE CON-
vENTloN.
SUPREME JUDGES ARE NAMED
Session Is Marked by Kisses and Cat
caIIs-senator cummins Ignores
President In His Address-Do!'ive'
Elected Permanent Chairman.

Elected Permanent Chairman.
Des Moines, lathe Iowa state Re-
publican convention adjourned Wednes-
day after bitter controversy between
the progressive and stalwart factions.
Candidates for supreme justice and SUI
perintendent of public instruction were
nominated and q platform was adopt
ed. Senator Cummins was the tenn
porary chairman and Senator Dolliver
the permanent presiding officer. Both
were cheered and Kissed during their
addresses.
The resolutions as adopted dismiss
consideration of the president with
the clause, I'VE indorse such efforts
as President Taft and his advisers
have made to fulfill the promises OF
the national platform"
They reaff1rm their loyalty to the
platform of 1908 but do not recognize
the revision Of 1909 as satisfactory
fulfillment Of the party promise and
therefore favor the creation Of an In
dependent non.partisan tariff commit
tee to secure facts regarding imports
and urge revision Of schedules separ-
ately. They commend Senators Dol
liver and Cummins for their work
upon the tariff bill. the railroad bill
and the postal savings BILL" They
commend the action OF the house IN
revising the rules. They indorse the
antitrust law and recommend 1t be
given additional strength to meet the
devices of modern industry. They
favor the fixing of physical valua-
ton on railroads in order to secure
effective control of rates and COM
plete system of accounting. Tney
favor amendments to the postal saw
irgs law to keep the money deposited
with the government within the COM
munities where deposited. They favor
conservation of natural resources.
They indorse the primary law. They
promise there would be no backward
steps along prohibition lines in Iowa.
They demand election of United
States senators by direct vote OF the
people. They insist on readjustment
of the representation of Republicans IN
national convention. They favor an
income tax, and favor cooperation OF
the national government in enlarging
the usefulness of the system of public
education.
Under the primary law, the nomina-
lions for state officers were made at
the primaries in June excepting for
supreme judges and superintendent OF
public instruction, in the latter office
there not being majority vote.
Judge Evans of Fort Dodge and Judge
H. M. Deemer OF Red Oak were re-
nominated for the supreme bench. A.
NJ. Deyce Of Garner was nominated
for the Office of superintendent OF
public instruction.
The new state committee Is COM
posed of six Insurgents and five stall
warts, and G. F. FRANKIE Of Parkers-
burg will be continued state chairman.
. Senator Cummins, as temporary
chairman, threw the convention into
disorder when he named the party
of Lincoln, OF Grant, of Roosevelt"
ignoring President Taft.
Former Congressman Lacey, q
stand-patter, walked into the center
aisle crying, Taft, Taft Taft" in
which he was joined by his fellow
stalwarts. Roosevelt's name was
cheered. Cummins ignored Lacey's
cry, but 1t was some time before he
could resume.
Senator Cummins was very emphat-
ic in his declaration that the tarih
bill as it stood needed considerable
revision to make 1t right. He also
warned the country against going too
fast on the central bank idea, and said
that wealth was demanding too much
toll already. ~
Senator Cummins was cheered re-
peatedly by the progressives, the stall
warts generally remaining silent un-
less to interrupt him. He referred
to hopeless and retreating reaction.
aries" and declared that the Repub-
lfcan party must speedily become all
progressive, or all standpatters. He
declared it would be easier to make
the Republican party all progressive
than secure proper legislation from
a Democratic administration. He
,yerred that Payne, Aldrich. Dalzell
and other so-called regulars are no
more in favor of the principle of pro.
lection than are the progressives.
When the Insurgents presented the
| name of Jonathan P. Dolliver for
| permanent chairman, the stalwarts OF.
fered opposition in ]. c. Mabry OF
Abba. Dolliver was named by vote
Of 1874 to $40. In accepting his posi-.
| ton he said: II have but one ambition
left-to keep myself on the firing-line
for public rights against private inter
ests. And SO my sympathies are Win
the man who seems to have suffered
at the hands Of the roll call" Here
Deliver was Kissed.