Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-15
SENATOR TELLS GRANT CLUB
PLANS FOR PARTY's REoR.
oANIzATIoN. ~
HEARTY APPROVAL GIVEN
SUGGESTIONS ~ HEARERS
National Convention 70 Change Basis
Of Representation and Election Of
Delegates BY Primary System saliva
ton Of Party-Jamss Wilson and
Audience Approve.


was expressed in the applause given
him last night on the occasion of his
address before the Grant Club.
Senator Cumming proposed an i'm.
mediate national convention Of the re-
publican party for the purpose OF
changing the basis Of representation ir
the gatherings that choose presidential
nominees. This alone, he said, can bring
the republican party back to the posi-
ton of power that rightfully belongs tc
it.
! James Wilson, former secretary OF
agriculture, briefly greeted the members
Of the club at the conclusion Of Senator
Cummins' address. "Mr. Cummins
logic seems Irresistible he said, anc
the remark was greeted with applause
Before presenting Mr.. Wilson, George
F. Henry, president Of the Grant Club
explained why he did not throw oper
the question for debate. "The princi-
pal reason" Mr.. Henry said, Ks thai
there is no room for honest difference
of opinion" Tremendous applause fol-
lowed.
1.-THE duty to fellow men is Of greater
800
ator Cummins said in the beginning
"The duty to good government Is great
er, and the duty to ones conscience Is
more sacred than duty to a party.
mo matter how much a man may
love his party, there may come a time
when it is his duty to forsake 1t.
I'VE can not hope to perpetuate the
republican party so long as a republi-
can IN part of the country has ten times
as much influence in the party as
republican in another part"
There must be some adequate cause,
Senator Cummins declared, for move
ment that would cause more than 81
100000 voters to fail to vote for the
nominee Of the republican party and
cause it to suffer the humiliation of
carrying only two states with eight
votes in an electoral college Of 532.
This cause, he continued, is found in
the fact that the republican party is
no longer representative.
Senator Cummins' Address.
Mr.. Cummins said:
Mr. President: I greatly appreciate
the invitation under which I am here
and under which I am about to speak.
1 value it not only because it comes
from one Of the most influential organi-
cations Of the west but because have
something to say about the republic
can party, the splendor Of its past, the
promise of it's future, ana, above all,
about its duty at the present moment.
would rather speak my mind upon this
subject to the Grant Club and its
guests than to any other audience in
the whole country.
1t may not be strictly true. as ingalls,
so beautifully wrote that the door of
opportunity opens once and only once
not always open to either man or party
and that often times when it closes 1t
closes forever. 1t is true that "there
is a tide in the affairs of men which
taken at it's flood leads on to fortune"
Door Swings Wide for Republicans.
1t is my deliberate judgment that the
door is now swinging wide for the re-
publican party, and that If we do not
enter our temporary defeat may become
final and our organization disappear
from the political world. I am deeply
impressed with the seriousness Of the
situation and shall drive every idle
word from my vocabulary while dis
cuss the conditions and perils which
surround and confront us.
It can not be doubted that the voters
Of the United States taken as a whole,
no matter to which party they belong,
have fairly uniform quality of INTEL
ligence, are endowed with like consci-
ences, and are moved by similar pa
triotic sense of duty; for to believe
otherwise is to admit that free gov
eminent is a dismal failure. / think it
can be said, and ought to be said, for
all these people that they desire to meet
the new conditions which moral and
material developments are every day
creating, with new and progressive
legislation which will secure the hap
piness. promote the welfare, and in
crease the prosperity Of all mankind.
Power to unfaithfuI.
To be more specific, 4 think that the
men who made up the republican party.
as it was when the national conven-
ton met last year in Chicago. was as
sane. moral, progressive, just and de-
termined body of citizens as ever
undertook to prescribe political prin-
ciples for the direction and guidance Of
the nation. All in all there were some
SAAlAS lAhC ui1o OIL LHeIu. 1u0y
constituted clear majority of the
voting strength Of the american people
Unquestionably they had conferred
power and place upon some men who
had been unfaithful to a public trust
Unquestionably there were some men
who had attained leadership in parts
Of the country who were trying to lead
the country backward instead Of for
ward. Notwithstanding these things,
it is still true, and no one can gainsay
1t. that the voters themselves were
sound and that they, had greater ca
pacity and a more unselfsh desire for
and higher conception Of good gov
eminent than any other like group Of
voters who ever Joined themselves to-
gether thru party organization. If the
Catafrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS a they cannot
reach the seat Of the disease. Catarrh ID Z blood
or constitutional disease, and In order to It
yOu must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure u taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and EuCOUR aurfaNeA Hnlrs Cafarrh