Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-19
ANALYzEs TEST VOTE
ON TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Fae4ienaI Lines Will Bs Nor, Closely
Drawn - cummins Man Refused
Hearing BY MISUNDERSTANDING
Delegates Will Stick With Roossvslt
on Crodontials Fight.

minis. The bare majority Of the Taft
forces on the roll call for temporary
chairman will be cut down In the
fierce organization dght to follow.
do not think either Roosevelt or Taft
will have enough votes to nominate on
the first ballot. Our hopes are higher
today than they have been this week. :
This, in brief. is the comment of
Senator w. S. Kenyon, Senator Cum
Minis campaign manager. after the adj
jOurnment Of the first session Of the
national convention.
Around Iowa headquarters last night
every one was feeling in good spirits
over the outlook. AL have it figured
out that the instructed votes of La
Toilette and Cummins are the balance
of power.
Iowa Man Denied Hearing.
But once during the tedious opening
session was the name of Senator Cum
Minis mentioned.
Victor Rosewater. as chairman of the
national committee, refused the floor
to Judge J. L. Stevens, of Boone, who
went forward to the speakers plat
form during the long series of speeches
didates for temporary chairman. Judge
Stevens asked RoseWater to give him
the floor to plead for a temporary
chairman who was on neither side OF
the Roosevelt fight in behalf Of q
presidential candidate and the pro-
gressive republicans Of Iowa.
Friends of Senator Cummins on the
national committee, encircling the
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give Judge Stevens the floor. but at
this time Rosewater announced only
four more short speeches would be per-
United and Judge Stevens was not In
these. The spokesman Of the Com
Minis delegation was highly indignant
because he was not permitted to adj
dress the convention. The Cummins
leaders were desirous of knowing how
reference to the senior Iowa senator
would take with the delegates on the
floor.
Sixteen lowans for Root.
For the seating Of Elihu Root six
teen votes were cast by Iowa All Of
the delegates from the six districts
carried by Taft and the four delegates
at large responded with votes for the
successful Taft candidate.
The ten votes recorded from Iowa
for the seating Of Governor McGovern
Of Wisconsin were those Of the original
ten Cummins delegates from the five
districts carried by him.
Before going into the convention. the
Cummins men expected to vote for
Senator Borah. OF Idaho. for temporary
chairman. 1t being understood that he
would be the Roosevelt candidate for
the office. However. Johnson, in sec
onding the nomination Of McGovern.
after Governor Hadley, Of Missouri.
made 1t plain that McGovern was the
Roosevelt candidate.
y The Cummins men stayed with the
Roosevelt plans, but half Of the Wis
consin delegation would not vote for
McGovern. because, politicians say, the
plan was g Roosevelt idea to get the
help of the Wisconsin men in defeating
Taft.
Carroll and Hepburn Talk.
Gov. B. F. Carroll. delegate at large.
still holds his original opinion, namely,
that Taft will be elected on the first
ballot. He said that In any event the
contest to be finish fight between the
two "big ones" Taft and Roosevelt,
and that Cummins never will be fac
tor in the contest
q Col. w. p. Hepburn, who said before
the convention the Taft forces would.
have a. majority Of more than 100 on
roll for. temporary chairman. was not
worried because Roots lead over Nc
Govern was only fifty six votes, ma
jority Of only eighteen on the entire
voting strength of the convention. He
says the first victory will keep the Taft
pledged votes in line and predicted the
renomipation of the president by a
majority Of thirty votes. If no changes
occur between now and the calling Of
the, roll.
Instead Of anticipating assertions
from the Taft ranks, he looks for more
OF the uninstructed delegates to come
over to the aftscolumn
;,5 lows Not Excited.
\ Surrounded by the big noisy delega-
;tions of Illinois and Massachusetts, the
Iowa delegation was eclipsed in yester-
days proceedings. The Taft sixteen did
not show enthusiasm even when the
seemingly endless roll cell reached the
point where the victory OF the Taft
forces was evident. The Cummins
men, voting for McGovern as matter
of necessity, were not boisterous about
IT Neither the Taft nor the anti
Taft vote from the Iowa delegation
caused ripple Of applause.
Some Of the politicians about Iowa
headquarters last night seemed to think
1t IL going to be fight altogether be-
tween Taft and Roosevelt, and that
Senator Cummfns' column never will
get start
Unless unforeseen developments arise
the Cummins delegates will continue to
stick with Roosevelt in the fight on the