Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-27
Ottumwan Named Sergeant
alarms at Chicago Where
Iowa Republicans Will
Support President.
DELEGATES AT LARGE
INSTRUCTED FOR TAFT
Convention at Cedar Rapids
Yesterday Swamped Anti
Taft Adherents by a Ma
jority Of Al Votes.

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jority Of Al Votes.
rBY e. G. DoUGHERTY.J
Cedar Rapids, April 26.-The re
pubNcans of Iowa who will cast sixteen
ont Of Iowa's total of twenty-six votes
for william Howard Taft at the ma
tional convention in Chicago in June
are today securing their quarters in the
convention city. Frank B. Clark OF
Ottumwa. United States marshal fol
the southern Iowa district, who was
last night named as sergeant at arms
of the Iowa delegation, Is TO-DAY IN
Chicago making arrangements for tne
Iowa; headquarters. The other omcers
OF the Iowa delegation elected at the
i conference Of the twenty-six national
delegates last night follow:
Chairman-Col w. G. Bows, Cedar
Rapids, LINN county.
seoretary-John Hospers, Orange
City, Sioux county.
Treasurer-Col. G. W. French, Day.
export, Scott county.
The Taft victory at the convention
here yesterday fell but little short of the
claims of John T, Adams, of Dubuque,
the interchangeable Taft manager Of the
state. The first test vote Of the con-
vention came In selecting the four dele
gates at large. Goernor B. F. Carroll,
George D. Perkins, Luther A. Brewer
and James F. Bryan, the Taft dele
gates, were selected by the vote OF 761
to 720, and when James U. Sammis,
who presented the minority report on
resolutions insisted upon q roll call
vote on the report, the Taft supporters
found additional strength In the vote
of 1854 against the report and TIT for IT..
In striking contrast with the consi-
Iteration given regular republicans at
the meeting Of two years ago In Des
Mofnes, when the Cumm1ns supporters
were in the majority, the antt-Taft men
Yesterday were given every opportunity
to turn defeat into victory, but the
feeling toward the president OF the
United states was such that even the
presence of a native son In the race
was not sufficient to turn the back OF
Iowa on the republican administration.
The Taft platform. presented by J..
n. Jameson OF Osceola. which instructs
the Iowa delegation to support the
president for denomination, Is complete
as follows:
1--WE. the republicans of Iowa, in con-
vention assembled, pledge ourselves
anew to the welfare of the republican
party. We believe that under the
able and magnanimous leadership Of
William Howard Taft, the party has
made a record in national affairs that
il not only in harmony with it's illustri-
Gus past, but that will moro and more
appeal to the conscience and good
judgement Of the American people
I'VE hereby instruct our four dele
gates at large to the national republi.
can convention to vote for and use all
honorable means to bring about his
nomination for president"
The Delegates-at-Large.
The delegates-at-large elected yes
terday are we'll known men of Iowa.
Governor B. F. Carroll brought honor
to this section Of the state, as he Is a
resident of Bloomfield in the sixth dis
trict. The governor has served two
terms as chief executive Of the state,
previous to which he served very &C.
ceptably as state auditor. George D.
Perkins is the editor OF the Sioux City
Journal and for several terms repre-
scented the eleventh district in the
congress Of the United States.
Luther A. Brewer Is one Of the
younger men, in state politics. For
many years he has been active and
faithful In his work for the republican
party in the fifth district. He wrote
the Taft plank in the Linn county re-
publican platform for this year which
was also the plank in the Fifth district
platform and will doubtless be the
plank to be adopted by the convention
this afternoon. He Is president OF
the Republican Printing Co. Of Cedar
Rapids, and is especially interested in
the making of fine books. He served
as state oil inspector when Leslie M
Shaw was governor.
James Bryan of Creston is an active
young republican who has been pri
vate secretary to former Congressman
W. P. Hepburn. There was some talk
of making Mr.. Hepburn one Of the
delegates-at-large but Mr. Hepburn
forbade this, saying that it is time
the younger men in Iowa be giver
some opportunities and honors.
The districts that will be repre-
scented by men instructed for William
Howard Taft are the first, second
fifth. sixth, eighth and ninth. The ter
Cummins votes are to be cast by the
representatives of the third. fourth
seventh, tenth and eleventh districts.
Sixth District in Front.
The sixth district delegation, headed
by State Committeeman James Davit
Of Oskaloosa, divided the best seat
in the convention hall with the nintl
district delegation, each body bein,
accommodated in two center aisles o
the auditorium directly in front Of tn
speakers platform. Charles LATER o
Sigourney, a dynamo Of activity, wa
seated in the first chair, holding alof
the sixth district banner, which rea,