Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-09
IOWA REPUBLICANS
FACE BIG PROBLEMS
UNCERTAINTY IN RANKS As TO
ACTION AT STATE coNvEN.
TON THIS WEEK.
WOULD AesoLvE VOTERS
FROM SUPPORT OF TAFT
Progressivss Plan Program 20 Make
Best Possible Fight for State Ticket
-standpattsrs ealk at Plan and
Would Sacrifice Ali-May Follow Es.
tabIishsd Precedent.

tabIishsd Precedent.
Des Moines, July "a, thousand rep
resentative republicans of Iowa are
here sweltering in the July heat, each
one asking questions Of every other
one as to what we are going to do
about it, some of them confessedly go
ing around in a circle, others stolidly
determined on what they intend to do,
all agreeing that things are decidedly
mixed and nobody is quite sure of any
! thing.
These thousand delegates differ from
those who met at Cedar Rapids few
weeks ago in that these come from
conventions that were duly elected by
free vote, Of the republicans Of the state
while the last convention represented
the manipulation of caucuses under the
old and abandoned system. Hence about
four-fifths Of the delegats here stand
for progressive ideas.
Absolve Voters From Taft Support.
Only one thing seems to be we'll set
tied, namely, that if an effort is made
to force the convention to tie up with
the ticket that Barnes. ct AL. nominal
ed at Chicago, or resolution IS miro
duced designed TO make support OF that
ticket the test of party membership.
the table will be<promptly loaded with
such resolution. The only question in
connection With tth:c Sc ..-hetse-' nr not
to take any action definitely disavow-
ing responsibility for the Chicago tick
OF or lust to pass the matter over In
silence. Any action taken will be OF
q character to aCbsolve the voter from
giving support TO the Chicago ticket
Those who favor this motion point out
that it would be Just as we'll to jointly
and collectively all say that which is IN
the minds OF practically every one, and
NOR undertake to conceal the plain
truth.
Plan Fight for State Ticket.
The proeuessives are declared to be
da,,herate1y planning to put the party
into the best possible condition Tor
making a fight.for the state ticket The
recent campaign for nomination on the
state ticket vas made with nearly
everyone disavowing any connection
between our state affairs and national
notifies. It Is recalled that demand
for "a greater Iowa occupied a large
n,ace m the program. the sole attempt
! to curry favor by tying up with Tart
nroyins a decided failure. The plan Is
TO go right on thru the campaign IN
ststing that We are much more interest
ed in the welfare Of the state than IN
the personal fortunes Of rivals FOR ma :
ttonal office. In this way the mini
mum of friction can be realized.
Precedent Long Established.
Some of the standpatters are said
to be insisting that. 1t is beyond all
precedent for a republican state con-
vention in Iowa to take any action tf1s't
would absolve the Individual voter
from the duty Of voting for any par
ticular candidate. But precedent mas
been established long ago for giving
to each voter the right to choose for
himself whether he shall vote for all
candidates found on his party ticket.
A republican state platform in Iowa.
adopted by a republican state conven-
| ton. has gone on record as follows:
"That we are DESTROYS Of political re-
form and for honesty. economy and
purity in all official administration.
that to secure this is the duty of every
citizen: that to this end every good
man should feel bound to participate in
politics, and to make an end to bad
men forcing their election by secur-
ing a party nomination, we declare 1t
the duty of every republican to oppose
the election of bad and incom :
netent candidate, whether he be a can
/ dfdate upon our own or upon any other
ticket"
This was not regarded as political
heresy when it was formally adopted
as a part Of the political creed Of Iowa
republicanism and it has never been
repealed. The adaptation to present
conditions could easily be made, it Is
pointed out, and the party could alb
solve its members from the duty OF
voting to support a vicious system and
its results and confirming what many
believe to have been an attempt tc
nerpetuate boss control OF the party IN
the nation.
} standpatters Would Sacrifice All.
It is understood that conference
is to be held today by the few reac-
tionaries who have got into the con-
vention for the purpose Of planning
how to make the most mischief Need
J less to say this group is led by ex.
officials and those who have no polit-
, ical future, and therefore are not ir
a position to care very greatly as t.
what may be the result in November
!, They intend to force the convention
to refuse to stand for the Chicago
ticket. They say they intend to do i
chiefly to force the hands Of those wht
control the party in Iowa. Some Of thu
standpat candidates on the state, con.
gressional and legislative tickets. ar
demurring to this program, but it il
probable their interests will not b.
q considered.
{ Judicial Recall an Issue.
The recall Of judges is the big per.
l. sonal issue before the convention. Thu
: recall invoked is strictly q lawyers
: recall A brief journey to the variou,
''headquarters' Of the six or seven can
didates for the supreme bench disclos
es the fact that there il somethinl
doing in the way of a serious effort t,
= reform the Iowa supreme bench b.
= getting new blood thereon It is
= lawyers movement. A great man.
!. lawyers Of the state have failed to &c
!. what they wanted at the hands Of tn
. court. Every one Of them believes
:, change would be good. The big law
4 |yers who feel that they ought to
q able to get decisions pretty much .
! they argue are all here to see that one
, third of the supreme bench feels tn