Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-05
DEADLOCK IN DISTRICT coNvEN'
TIoN BROKEN ~ DELEGATES
FROM FRANKLIN.
cUMMINs MEN WIN IN
LONG AND HARD CONTEST
Sixty. Two Ballots Taken Before Choice
10 Made Of District Deles atss-clin-
gates to County Convention and Sec.
ond District May Be Progressive.

ond ballot, taken at IL o'clock this
morning, in the Third congressional
district republican convention, c. b.
Santee and o. p. Morton, progressive
candidates known to be for Cummins
first, last and all the time, were elected
delegates to the national convention.
The deadlock, which lasted nine hours.
was broken when Franklin county.
with twelve votes, switched to Santee
and Morton from c. G. Burling and
J. c. Powers, who, altho progressives.
favored Taft. Santee and Morton re-
ceived "a votes to 60 for their oppon-
ents.
S. A. Wilson, of Buchanan county.
and c. G. Buring, of Butler, were
chosen aIternates with vote of 81, the
opposition having no candidates. DR..
]. L. Powers. of Hampton, also pro-
gressive. was endorsed for delegate at
large. No resolutions were adopted.
Tie For Many Ballots.
In the balloting yesterday and last
night Taft and Cummins supporters
were evenly divided. Fifty-three ball
lots were taken yesterday, the vote be-
ing 72 to 72.
Cummins adherents won the hmpo-
| rary organization, but Taft followers
made a vigorous contest.
Cries of steam roller" greeted the
! temporary chairman when he ruled IA
vora bly, to the Cummins men on viva
voce vote on a motion empowering him
to appoint committees on credentials
and permanent organization. Pandc-
monium reigned after an appeal MADE
! from the chairman's decision. The vote
| resulted, 72 to 72. The chairman then
appointed the committees.
! Thirty nine ballots We're taken dur
ing the afternoon session. The con-
vention then took a recess until 5u
/ O'clock Balloting after the recess failed
/ to break the deadlock. 81
| The steam roller, .altho there was
plenty of opportunity to oil it literally
! during the night, showed no evidence
Of having been overworked. as the del
egation from the standpat counties
showed firm determination to fight to
the bitter end, when the Third congress
sional district republican convention
was called to order in the small court
room at 81 so this morning by Chair
man E. E. Hasner, of lndedendence.
The fifty-fifth ballot taken immedi-
ately after convening this morning.
showed the same result and no break
in the deadlock was discernible. The
fifty-sixth and ffty-seventh ballots
followed as rapidly as they could be
taken and resulted as had the others.
The various counties voted for dele
gates as follows:
santee and Martin, progressives-
Blackhawk. 2S: Buchanan, "A; Hardin.
II; Wright, 13; total. 72.
Burling and Powers. standpa tiers
Bremen. 8; Butler, 13; Delaware. 49,:
Dubuque, %: Franklin. 12: total, y.
At the conclusion of the fiftysev-
enth ballot the chairman announced
that another would be taken in twenty
minutes and the interval was occupied
in canvassing.
It was fully half an hour before the
convention was again called to order.
Two more ballots were taken with the
same result and the sixty-frst left no
change in the deadlock that existed.
Then the break came when Franklin
county, which is strongly progressive
when the bosses do not manipulate the
caucuses, voted for the Cummins can
didate.
Played Good Politics and Lost,
The standpats played the political
game to nicely. They put up as their
candidates for district delegates two
progressives who were favorable to
Taft. These men were c. G. Burling, of
Butler county. and j. c. Powers. Of
Franklin county. AS the conventions
in these two counties refrained from
sending instructed delegations. the
scheme was to force the delegates to
support their home candidates. which
they did Loyalty for time, until it be-
came apparent that the convention was
hopelessly deadlocked. when the Frank
lin delegation concluded to vote its
principles rather than for men.