Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-05
COUNTY REVOLUTIONS OFFER
suaaEsTloNs ron STATE
CONVENTION.
TAFT NOMINATION
NOT 70 De ENDORSED
Delegates Selected In Interest Of Ju.
dioial Candidates May Make the Vote
Spotted But Prosrsssivssi From Old
Reservation Are the Most Radical.
Special to Times Republican.

LES IuOlHsS, July o.-Ine reVOlt
against Taft and the TAFT plan Of per-
retuating standpatism in power has
become almost a revolution; resent
lnent over what has been don instead
Of dying out as some had predicted, is
gaining force. ana is already almost at
The panic stage in Iowa.
1t is now absolutely certain that no
matter what the recognized pa: J lead
ers may desire there is no. hing thai
cen prevent the Iowa republi ,cn state
convention of next Wednesday from
depressing. in some form, It's dissent
from the outcome and method II the
4 Chicago conventioc and disapproval Of
| the alignme:1ts and tendencies of the
Taft administration the pas: three
4 years.
I; The fact that less than dozen out Of
Dinety-nine Of the republican county
conventions Of the state took action
indicating pleis,re over the methods
followed at Chicago and urde :tccs to
pledge the republicans to support Of
Taft and Sherman, is Just beginning to
dawn upon the Iowa standpatters as
the big event of the past week. They
ere not happy over the situation. A
standpat state official yesterday stated
| that the most serious feature of the
situation. from his standpoint. is that
/ the immediate revolt against the Taft
! ticket is not confined to progressives
let alone to insurgents" but it is
prevalent among the standpatters
! themselves. They feel that an oppor-
tunity to put the party in position for
a successful fight was thrown away
and that the presidency Of the Taft
managers was equally responsible with
the selishness Of the Roosevelt pro-
moters.
The form OF the protest against the
overriding of the will Of the voters as
expressed at primaries by the gross and
fraudulent methods employed at Chi
cago, was varied in different counties.
The Polk county resolutions were gen.
orally regarded as too long and not well
stated. I'VE deplore the fact" says the
resolutions. that delegates wh6sa title
to seats in the national convention
were charged to be fraudulent, were
/ allowed to vote In the convention be-
fore the contests were settled and we
commend A. B. Cummins in refusing to
permit his name to be presented to
the convention as a candidate for pres
i ident because the roll of delegates WAS
not purged of saH fraudulentsvoteseax 4
h This statement Of the matter was
rather hurriedly framed and 1t is NOT
regarded as strong as 1t can be stated.
80 80 .
] The Story county statement Of pro-
~ 90 nv Srn1
pointed and quite fair:
I'VE believe that all party candidates
securing place upon the ballot in the
regular and legal way. free from the
, faint Of fraud and corruption, are. at
the general election. entitled to the
/ loyal support OF each member Of the
party; but party loyalty requires no
more than this"
! The way is thus left open for each
republican to decide for himself just
what his duty is in the premises.
| The Marshall county resolution
would make good guide as follows:
I'VE hereby lament q deplorable sit
uation that has arisen in the conven-
ton system Of making national NOM
nations, and urge upon our represen-
tatives in the national congress, and
upon our representatives in the state
Legislature, that every effort be made
by them to enact legalized primary
for the expression of the voters pref
erence for candidates for president and
vice president Of the United States,
that there may never again be party
nominat ton made in which any consid-
cradle number of republican delegates
can not conscientiously acquiesce."
The Washington county resolution
from way down in what was once the
Reservation is regarded as pretty
sweeping:
1--WE. the duly elected representatives
Of the republican party in and for
Washington county. Iowa. hereby de-
clare that any nomination made by
county, state or national convention,
which is secured thru fraud shall not
be considered by US AZ regular re-
publican nomination and that the re-
publicans Of Washington county. Iowa,
are under no obligation whatever to
support q nomination secured In such
manner. Morally and legally fraud
vitiates q contract and we in conven-
ton assembled for the republican par
| ty Of Washington county do declare
that Fpn,,d v}tiatAa n nomination 40 far