Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-05-03
IOWA IS FOR Taft.
MAJORITY IS Al VoTEs-cANp.
pAcy OF SENATOR CUM.
MINIS SELECTED.
RESOLUTIONS FOR TAFT.
In suruent Senator WIN Rave O"'y
Ten Delegates From His own
State While President 1ess
Sixteen.

oupiicans declared their allegiance
to President Taft. In doing so. they
directly rejected Senator Cummins-
old time progressive leader OF the
state, and by inference showed their
Opposition TO the third term candid
I acy Of the former president. When
/ the final vote was taken it showed
that Taft slate of delegates had ISL
delegates. while the Cummlns dele
{ gates could only muster ia.
l. AS q resuit.,. President Taft VIII
have the four delegates at large and
! already mas the delegates from the
third. tirsr. second. fifth. sixth. eighth
and ninth districts. giving him sixteen
votes from the state TO ten for Sen.
ator Cumnlns.
l. The detega1iun at large will be head
edeoyr Governor B. F Carroll and as.
soeIared with him will be /. A. Brew
II err { edara Rapids: George d. Perkins.
Sioux { TT. ana james 4. Bryan. Cres-
Tor.
Alter the fuai vote had been an.
aonncec. The majority committee on
resolutions reported brief resolution,
.cpnrmeneI1-g President Taft ana in
structed The sielegaIes TO vote for him.
Senator :. L Sammls. of LeHars.
presented /; minority resolution re.
porL rhis resolution Iaunrged a pref
ersces prllrary. anu varlcus other
II aIEsg'a. iaclud1ng 6 coInmendatiOn OF
the SHERWOOD resolution relative to
he sid soiIiers' pension bill 1t con.
Guided WIN an InGorsenenr of Theo.
dore Roosevelt ana ri. Senator Cum.
Y ms ana instructed the delegates to
Fp.s nor senator CuTnmins.
senator James f. rTTevin. of Wauk-
Dn.lN was permanent Chairman. He IS
Taft man. while g a. Thomas. the
Temporary chairman. is a Cummins
SUPPORTER
Considerable Feeling Manifest.
There was IN appearance OF con.
siderable feeling among the delegates
and Wild scenes of-demosrration greet
ed the mention of names Of Taft.
Roosevelt and Cumnlins After tha
convention adjourned all OF the Taft
standards and banners were torn down
and paraded in front Of brass band
through the streets.
Colonel Roosevelt carried only three
counties in Iowa. although he MADE
no light. These he released so they
might 90 TO Cummins. These we're
not enough to turn the tide
Loca; Conditions Enter
Local conditions entered into the
situation The old regular faction.
headed by Ia Toilette Young. alyays
opposed CGmmins and were found in
the opposition this time. Senator
Kenyon, the prosecutor OF I4orir1er.
even more ameptly progressive than
the senior senator, early declared for
Taft Senator Kenyon had been con.
nected with the department of Justice
and voiced of his own knowledge he
absolute sincerity and fearlasspees
with which the president had epraree
into the enforcement of the Sherman
ANTITRUST law.
When Cunmins declared his caudi
dacy, Senator Kenyon decided to sur.
port his senior colleague, but could
not carry his friends with him.
The acrion OF Iowa does not mecca.
sariiy remove Senator Cummins from
the dark horse class. Should a dead
lock occur at Chicago, after the firss
ballot, it viii not take the Iowa dale
cation long to get behind Senator
Cummins and ne mas 10 votes to %
on But it viii not 60 to Co,oue,
Roosevelt.