Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
DELEGATES ARE INSTRUCTED
They Are to Vote for the Renomina-
tion of President Taft.
PERSONNEL OF THE BIG FOUR
Carroll, Perkins, Brewer and Bryan
Represent Iowa at Chicago.
CUMMINS ADMITS HIS DEFEAT
President Has sixteen of Twenty
Six Delegates to National Con-
yention-Three District
Conventions Held.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April A.-Presi-
dent Taft will have sixteen Of Iowa
twenty-six votes in the national repub-
lican convention. Senator Cummins
admitting that his trip from Washing
ton to Iowa had been ineffective in stem
ming the tide for Taft. declared he ex-
peeted still to be before the national con-
vention at Chicago and that his name
would be presented TO that body by one
Of the ten delegates in the state in
structed for him.
When the convention reopened at 80 p
m, after the noon recess the credentials
committee reported no contests. J. II. IRE
win of Cedar Rapids was elected perma-
nent chairman of the convention imme-
diately following the recess without op-
position. He was put forth by Presiden.
Taft's supporters.
The convection elected as Taft dele
gates-at-large the following:
Governor b. F. Carroll. George ID. Per-
kins Of Sioux City, Luther II. Brewer OF
Cedar Rapids and james F. Bryan OF
Creston by a vote of 761 against 72o for
the Cummins ticket headed by state Sen
ator James H. Allen of Pocahontas
county. Alternates elected were Willis
Stern OF Logan, william Chamberlain OF
Scott, S. d. Hughes Of Calhoun and S. w.
Kalus OF Delaware.
b Resolutions instructing the four dele
gates-at-large to the national convention
to vote for the denomination OF President
Taft were adopted and the convention
adjourned at I O'Clock.
The program for the afternoon appeared
certain to go through as planned by the
Taft managers. The four delegate-at-
large In resolutions reported were in.
structed to support the president first
last and all the time. 4
During the noon recess there was some
talk in the lobbies OF possible effort to
stampede the convention this afternoon
to the standard OF Theodore Roosevelt,
but II such a movement was In develop
ment It's exact plans were guarded by
the Roosevelt supporters.
Cusnmffns Gives II Up.
at looks as IL we were beaten" said
Senator A. b. Cummlns. just before the
state convention opened He will return
10 Washington this afternoon.
Il have not been a very active candi-
date for the presidency" be said TO the
Associated Press. "The boys here in Iowa
my friends said wanted to present my
name 10 the Chicago convention and /
consented without making the active can
vass which, apparently, wa4 expected Of
me.
II still expect my name will be pre-
scented TO the national convention not
withstanding today's defeat have been
knocked down and dragged out before.
but l don't believe anybody has ever yet
said that would surrender when + be-
lieved ] was advocating the right"
Three District Conventions.
Three district conventions were held
this morning. Two of them nominated
three delegates for Cummins and one for
Taft. The results follow:
Second district: Rudolph Rahlfs and @.
W. French OF Davenport Instructed for
Taft.
Fourth district: Truman Potter. Mason
City and o. C. Wilson. O. Eilwein. Al
ternates. p. NJ. Jewell, Deborah; ". s.
shafeo. New Hampton. instructed for
CummiIs.
Eleventh district: J. W. Hospers. Or
ange City and W. p. Dawson. Aurelia
Instructed for Cummins.