The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-08
"A Few Words on the Iowa Situation.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The Re
publican state convention, on We'd B,
nesday. will have some knotty prob
lens to deal with, and It will have to
deal with them very wisely. There
are some men who. are talking OF do
ing. something sensational. even to the
extent OF giving Taft a snub or two
and passing condemnation on the &C
lions OF the sixteen Taft delegates
from Iowa In the national conven-
tion. It will be we'll for the gentle
men to take into consideration that
the sixteen Taft delegates were elect
ed in this state without the question
Of irregularity 1t was conceded by
all that the majority in the Cedar Rap
ids convention last spring was an hon
est majority. No charges to the con
Cummins' papers themselves explain
ed that they had lost the victory in
the state because they had been indif-
ferent. They made no charges OF
fraud, not OF any kind.
1t is also we'll for them to bear in
mind that It was not the Taft people
in the Chicago convention that stood
in the way of the nomination Of Mr..
Cummins Senator Kenyon, the man
ager in Chicago, admitted that the
stumbling block in their way was Col.
| Roosevelt-he had found the Taft
men willing to compromise on a third
candidate and they were even willing,
in the interests of the party to take
a Roosevelt man like Governor Had
ley as the compromise candidate, or
many OF them We're willing to take
Mr.. Cummins. The Taft men had a
letter from President Taft authorizing
them to withdraw his name, at any
time, in the interests OF harmony and
a third candidate.
The only force in the Chicago con-
vention that stood in the way OF the
nomination of third man, and that a
/ progressive Republican, was Colonel
Roosevelt. The colonel did not care
to save even progressive principles.
/ when he was put to the test, but he
was there merely to insist on the
nomination for himself
i The RESPONSIVENESS and the willing
i ness of the Taft position ought to
count for something in an Iowa con
vention, in which many of Mr.. Cum.
Minis friends will have seats. The
Taft men would have done the right
! thing for the party, If they could have
had the cooperation of the Roosevelt
men, Roosevelt himself had said that
he refused to compromise on either
Hadley or. Cummins land he added
with q sheer, that some of the Taft
men would have been willing to have
taken even La Toilette.
q The Taft men are entitled to 9
great deal OF credit, from the stand
! point of Mr.. Cummins candidacy
They were willing. to do more for Mr.
Cummins than the Roosevelt men
The best thing for the state conven
! ton to do next Wednesday is tt
stand by the Republican party. /
= something has happened within tht
Republican party that some do no
= like, that does not condemn the par
ty, nor should it be a signal for th'
I destruction of the party in eithe
state or nation There are always in
justices that we can complain of il
, conventions. When Mr.. Cummins wa
u nominated for governor the first tim
e many Of us have always believed tn
/ nomination was not regularly procui
e ed and recently one Of the then Gre
e dentials committee made the admis
u sion that they took some votes, in on
<, of the counties, because they needle
A. them, and they constructed a reason
/ able claim to them. But all Republ
cans supported the ticket.
A. We have held. probably, the last G