The Red Cloud chief., 1912-07-11
J. 8. CIlham's Answer to Senate Cuii'
minis Of Iowa


MINIS Of Iowa
In recent communication Senator
Cummings expresses his opposition to
the formation Of new party. He,
however, intimates that the Chicago
convention has but little, If any, right
to be called republican convention,
and does not question the right of re.
publicans to refuse allegiance to it's
candidate.
So far agree with the distinguish
ed senator But the senator seems to
think that there will be way proyid-
ed In the future for the prevention of
the evils that made the last convention
SO misrepresentation. 1t Is at this
point that / am unable to agree with
the senator. The present national
committee consists Of fftythree mem.
bers, each Of whom has an equal vote
on questions before the committee.
Twenty one of these members are
from republican states. sixteen are
from democratic states where there is
practically no republican party, or
whore the republican party 10 without
hope Of an electoral vote. Five Of
these members are from territories
where there are no voters at all. They
are the presidential appointees to
Office. This may be said of most Of
the members from the democratic
states. The republican members Of
the national committee who represent
the republican party In republican
states are already equalled by the
presidential appointses in territories
and metropolitan states. There are
eleven states which may be regarded
as more or less doubtful. These
doubtful states by joining with the
democratic states and territories can
absolutely prevent the republicans
from the republican states holding a
convention, unless they disregard the
national committee. This Is precisely
what was done at Chicago. The ma.
tional committee said that the repu.
blican states should not hold con.
vention unless they came into one in
which they were made hopeless min
ority by the action of the national
committee. The only way to avoid a
like result In the future is for the re.
publican states to control the national
committee, aud give to the democratic
states and territories only such power
In that committee as their republican
votes entitle them to.
The members from Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the PHILIPPINES, Alaska, the Dis.
trict OF Columbia, where there are no
votes at all, combined with members
from the Southern and the Mormon
states where the republican party Is
In hopeless minority, under the lead
OF the New York and Indiana machines
said that the only way that the re.
pnblicans OF Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio, NJ assac b u It's, Wisconsin,
California, Kansas, Nebraska, Mime.
sofa, the two Dakotas, Washington
aud Oregon, which furnish the bulk of
the republican votes, could come into
the convention, was to come in as part
OF minority. In other words, the
democratic states and territories un-
dertook to run a republican conven-
tion. Under the present organization
OF the national committee, the same
fraud will be perpetrated whenever
the president Of the United States,
who appoints the republican commit
tee men from these states and terri
tories instructs them so to do. 1t has
never been done before until now.
But Mr.. Taft has done II once, and will
do It again II we re.elsct him presi,
dent.