Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-09
1|E UP WITH PROA|BS.
PROGRESSIVE STATE coNvEN.
TON ADOPTS RADICAL
LIQUOR PLANK.
PLAN OF COMMITTEE FOR
sTRApDLE IS BEATEN
committs. wrsstIss With Question
Many Hours and Finally Reports
Mild Plank Declaring in Favor Of
Submission Of Question to Vote.
Which Convention Rejects.

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Which Convention Rsjsets.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 9. From more
than one standpoint the convention Of
the progressive political party was
success.
The leaders expressed themselves as
immensely pleased with the attend
ance. 1t was more than might have
been expected considering the vote at
the primary. There were seventy three
counties represented and at the height
Of the convention actual count showed
1913 present and participating.
The last hour of the convention
prearranged program. Nobody bossed
the job.
There was also abundant signs Of
intellectual acuteness in the conven-
ton. There was no hesitancy about
expressing diverse views and speaking
plainly.
Also there was great abundance o.
speaking. The party is well equipped
with all the oratorical ability needed
to carry it thru the campaign.
The only feature of the convention
was the matter of adoption of the
platform. There was nothing else to
do. The convention listened for an
hour and half to the speech of the
temporary chairman before lunch. I'm
til quarter to six, in the afternoon,
while waiting for the committee on
resolutions to bring in two reports, It
listened to speech making, by Judge
Nortoni, Judge Quarton, Mr.. Patton,
Mr.. Kugler, Mr.. White, Mr.. Betty, Mrs.
Byram and others.
Big Light on Liquor.
The entire work of the resolutions
committee was devoted to framing up
the expression Of the party as to pro-
hibition. That fact seemed to be
pretty clearly established when, near
the finish, the convention struck out
plank which had been reported favor
ing the guaranty Of bank deposits. 1t
was explained by the chairman Of the
resolutions committee that he didn't
understand how the plank got in with
out anybody knowing 1t was there, and
later he said he had canvassed mem
bers Of the committee after they had
come to the convention hall and found
nine were opposed to 1t and the other
one he found was for it. So the res
olutions aside from prohibition evil
IDENTIFY received no consideration in
committee.
The committee reported resolutions
which favored submission Of the pro-
hibition question, state and nation. to
vote.
Two members of the committee. T.
A. Kingsland and Frank Betty, OF the
Tenth and Sixth districts, reported q
substitute plank declaring the manu-
facture and sale Of intoxicating liquors
as beverage to be an economic and
social evil, and therefore favoring the
adoption Of prohibition amendments,
state and national.
Sentiment Divided.
That the coming storm was scented
had been shown by debate even before
the committee came to the hall. Mr..
Patton, of Grinnell, candidate for con-
gress in thu Sixth, had declared for
a strong plank, and out-and-out pro-
hibition, without any question. He
wanted the party to take stand for
something definite and gave warning
tl,at any negative plank would be an
satisfact Judge Quarton had taken
an opposite view and declared that to
adopt prohibition meant division In
the party and would be a fatal error.
After the resolutions committee re-
ported debate was shut off by a gaR
rule. A motion to lay the whole plat
form on the table. or rather to table
the substitute, which would have
tabled the whole report, was defeated
333h to 3531s. Then the substitute
was adopted 35S to 2S2. This was
vote by counties and about $50 dele
gates actually took part. But on a
viva voce vote the result would not
have been greatly different.
During the day the sole topic OF
conversation was the plan to hitch up
and amalgamate with the prohibition
list party. It was the one thing the
delegates seemed most interested in.
There was great deal of talk and
some of it not in very good nature.
But the convention accepted the re-
suit with apparent good grace and the
plank will be defended In the state
campaign.
Other Platform Features.
The report Of the committee in
cluded these plansk:
Endorsement Of the progressive ma
tional platform and Theodore Roose-
Welt and others.
For amendment to the primary law
in Iowa.
For system of rural credits.
Declaring Iowa tax laws inequitable
and favoring taxing farms AZ we'll as
railroads on income.
For amending state constitution so
as to permit raising state taxes on
railroads.
In favor of labor unions.
For bank guaranty deposit law.
For bureau Of labor employment.
Congratulations on completion Of
Panama canal.
Denunciation Of Colombian treaty Of
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