Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-07
tREGulARS LEAVE STATE CON-
8. MENTION WHEN INSURGENTS
IL START STEAM ROLLER.
coN1EsriNG DELEGATIONS
TO be SENT TO HEAD CAMP
.lnsurasnt Faction In Complete Controi
and Thirty nine Regulars Leave Hall
and Hold Separate Meetins-Con'sn-
ton Declares Against Reelection OF
s Present Head Officers.

Cedar Rapids. May Iowa Modern
woodmen will be represented by two
delegations at the head camp "nleh
meets next month in Toledo y. Las
5 night the regulars who bolted the state
convention here yesterday afternoon
decided TO send a delegation selected ,
4 at district caucuseS. The tnsurSeHt gel
egation will be headed by c. ". Lyon, OF
Des Moines, as chairman Inc resu-
Stsrs declared the head camp would
\ have to recognize them. This would |
give Iowa a conIesting delegation at
the national convention.
Regulars Bolt.
Running wild, guided by the hands OF
nearly a hundred insurgent Modern
Woodmen OF America, the steam foliet
crushed every effort OF the regulars o.
the COW ention to stay its progress yes
terdav afternoon, when the state con-
yention of that organization met IN TINS
CITY. AS a result Of the steam roller
tacrfes Of the insurgents, thirty nine
regulars, headed by John B Mercer OF
Burlington, bolted the convention and
returned no more to witness the ter
rihle slaughter Of their hopes and en-
deavors.
Both sides claim the victory OF the
state battle ali day Tuesday and Weo-
nesday morning. Both sides had 'he
majority Of votes but the true strength
of the factions was not learned until
a test vote was taken at the afternoon
session IN the election Of the state con-
sui and state clerk for the ensuing
three years. There was really no test
of strength shown IN the e4ectoa "
the state consul, for the regulars had
M candidate in the field julius Rohwer
or Ida Grove, was named by the IN
sllreents and won the office. But When
the vote came 70 that of the state clerk,
the insurgents showed their strength
ny electing Charles Emerson, OF Cres-
fon. nv a vote of as TO So against Peter
Stefany. the regulars candidate
Thirty nine Regulars Bolt.
The fun then started when 1t came
&, naming the delegates 70 the national
head camp, to be held June II az To-
ledo. O. 1t has been the custom 70
nominate the candidate IN senatorial
district caucuses, and these caucuseS
had been held early in the morning
however. a motion was made and sec
onded that list OF delegates, named
Inv insurgents, be accepted as the list OF
convention. Captain Hart, Of Waukon
offered the motion, but Carl kuenllng
If Denison, offered a substitute noelol
that the delegates named In the distrlc'
cancus be elected. Mr.. Kuehnle's mo-
tion came to vote and lost, the regu-
lars aghttng vaiantly the While. Iher
before the motion could De Eoleo
on John NJ. Mercer, Of Burning
ton. backed by the delegates from ehe
entire First district, arose and 4elt IHs
room. followed by many otner oete
n gates of that faith. In all tnirtv-hll'
of the regulars left. leaving only t"en
ty-two standpatters to race .ne .llus'
~ and dance to the tune played by the IN
Surgents. :,
c.n+ain Harris motion then came u
avote end was carried with nine OF th'
Remaining regulars voting against the
measure.
An invitation was then heard from
the MAYOR and the commercial organ
cations Of Muscatine, The conTent1ol
would have accepted other invitation
and considered them, but there "er
none. and as the secretary OF the com
nercfa1 club reinforced the inVltatlo'
Of the mayor, by g. personal appeal u
the delegates to attend. the vote wa
unanimously IN fo~or of meeting l
u Muscatine in 1911
+ The delegation Of national delegate
then held conference and fransacte'
business electing G. W. Lyon. OF De
Moines as chairman Of the delesator
In the meantime the resolution com
,,;++ee Of which J. s. Remlcy. Of Ana
ynosa- was chairman. reported the
were ready to make their report. an
the convention settled down to liste
TO them.
instructions to Delegates.
Tho resolutions were uranimousl
,dopted and the delegates will go
;ToIedo with the following instructions
A. which are the sense of the convention
F.,rst. that the so-called Chicas
rates be repealed;
Second, that the convention faVors
per diem and mileage reduction &c
the delegates to the head camp;
Third. that the convention favors
So reduction Of the salary OF the hea
camp officials;
BIZ Fourth. that the convention favor
a tenure of office of head camp off
cials not to exceed two terms;
Fifth. that the convention is oppose
RI the reelection Of any of the pres
emit head camp officials;
Sixth, that no member connected p'
~, cuniarily with any old-line life lnsu
auce company or ASSOCIATION olh
than a policy holder is prohibited III
E8 der penalty of expulsion from holdir
~ office. or acting as delegate 10 al
M county, state or head camp CONVEX
,s tion or from holding office. This al
sg} appJies to any bond broker or repr
ss4S sentative Of surety company.
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