Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-11
SMOOTH SAILING IN IOWA
State Convention Meets Without
Causing Party Rupture.
MILD cENsURE OVER TICKET
Action Mt Chicago Rebuked, but No
Resolutions Passed that VIII
Cause Further Split in
Ranks of Workers.
(From tsaff Correspondent


DES MONIES, July 10,-(Special Tele-
gramL)-The republican state convention
today gotthrough without any bolt or
anybody getting mad and in the opinion
of nearly everyone the party is in fair
condition to make winning fight in the
state. Resolutions as reported offer a
mild rebuke to the national convention
and refuse to indorse either the ticket
or the platform of the Chicago conven-
ton. Amendments offered by the minor
ity to indorse the platform and change
the clause regarding the national con-
vention were laid on the table, rs to S42,
but it was all in good anture.
Governor Carroll was treated rather
harshly by the convention. which did not
want to hear him talk in defense OF the
national convention, and when he men
toned the names of Taft and Roosevelt
the latter was the signal for the only
demonstration of the day, when the con-
vention went wild for seven minutes.
In many respects the resolutions were
very mild as compared with the desires
of most Of the delegates, and the general
opinion Is that the convention got off
we'll with no more trouble than 1t had.
The platform especitlly refers to the
trust and tariff issues and several state
matters and in this respect is salts
factory. The friends of Taft fought
hard to secure a definite Endorsement,
but the convention was overwhelmingly
against him.
Judges Byron Preston of Oskaloosa
and Frank R. Gaynor of LeDars were
nominated for judges. The latter was
named on the second ballot and the
former on the third. They succeed Sher-
win and McClain. This was a purely
personal contest with no political sig
nificance.
The Roosevelt men met in the evening
and at meeting attended by about
100 persons selected a provisional state
committee to arrange for state meet
ing to select candidates for presidential
elector county conventions will be
held July 20 and a state convention
July "a at Des Moines.
DES MONIES, Ja., July Ex-senator
A B. Cummins, in set of resolutions
presented to the republican state conven-
ton resolutions committee, today sug-
gested that commission be named to
investigate closely the manner in which
President William H. Taft was nomi-
mated by the Chicago convention.
The resolution says If Taft was fraud
lently nominated republicans would be
excusable in bolting the Chicago ticket,
but If not, iowa republicans should sup
port the ticket enthusiastically"
When he convention reconyened after a
recess which was taken until D o'clock,
the disposition of the problem in refer
ence to President Taft and his adminis-
tration remained to be settled
Progressivcs i'm Control.
The morning session was sufficiently
progressive to show the sentiment of the
delegates. Temporary Chairman Dan
Turner of Corning seemed to strike the
keynote of the situation from the pro-
gressive standpoint when he said during
the course Of his speech: Let not your
mental vision be crippled by that Chicago
convention The phrase was greeted
with prolonged cheers.
Theodore Roosevelt sent word to Iowa
republicans today that so far as he knew
there never was any chance of Senator
Albert Cummins getting the nomination
at Chicago. The telegram was in response