Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-22
success, IT, It were believed that we
were out 0f sympathy with them or
would fan to carry them on with zeal
and vigoF" &
Pe;n.. insisted Upon.

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Points insisted Upon.
Has the republican party been re-
organized as the result of the action of
the national committee taken last
iyear?" he was asked.
1T will be remembered" Mr.. Cum
minis said. that those of us who were
responsible for the movement insisted
that in future national conventions the
basis of representation from the sew
eral states should be the party vote ac-
tually cast instead of population. and
that the convention should respect the
primary election laws of such states as
had adopted that method Of selecting
delegates. This was the only reorgan-
ization proposed.
1T was never even suggested that
there could be any new declaration Of
party faith until the convention of 1915
| assem- bled.
while this understand ing Of the
sense in which the word .reorganiza-
ton is used, my reply to your inquiry
is that the republican party has been
reorganized, altho we did not succeed
In securing the exact basis which
| many of us wanted and which l still
| think ought to be established.
Provisions Of Resolution.
ut is well known that heretofore
each state had been entitled to twice
as many delegates as it has senators
and representatives in congress.
THE resolution. passed by the ma
tional committee in December, 1913,
which has been ratified by sufficient
number Of states to make it the rule
for the future. provides in substance
that each state shall be entitled in
the convention, first, to four delegates
at large: second, to one delegate from
each congressional district tina, in 1908
or 1914 cast 1900 or more republican
votes.
1T further provides that the total
number of delegates to which any
state is entitled shall be chosen from
the state at large. if the law of the
state so prescribes.
''These are the chief features of the
action of the national committee, which
has now become the law # the party.
when we recall the number of dis
tricts, especially in the, south. in which
the republican vote was less than $500,
both in 1908 and 1914. it will be seen
that what has been accomplished is a
long step toward recognizing votes in
stead of population as the basis of
representation and that the convention
of 1916 will be much more nearly a
representative body than it would be
, under the old rule. Personally 1 hope
that the convention will go still further
! and do full and exact Justice"
Failures of Administration.
Senator Cummins was asked wherein
he believed the democratic administra-
ton had failed.
My answer is that it has failed in
substantially everything" he replied.
1T has failed miserably in its tariff
law. This act has neither given ade-
quate protection to the industry and
labor of the country, nor has it fur
nished its proportion of the revenues
necessary to maintain the government.
! 1t has brought disaster upon the pro-
ducer without giving the slightest re-
lief to the consumer.
I'm so far as its duties afford any
protection, it not only grossly discrim-
mates between the manufac, urer and
the farmer. but it favors some manu-
facturers at the expense of OF ers and
distributes its scanty help most I'M
equally among the farmers.
"The administration has failed la
mentally in all It's revenue laws, for
notwithstanding the imposit .on of the
| last extraordinary tax, the expenses of
the government are far exceeding its
receipts. and further taxes will soon be
necessary. It's appropriations have not
been kept within the former liberal
limits, but day after day there are
added tremendous sums to our eXpendi-
lures.
Banking Law Revision.
ut has failed in the revision of our
banking and currency law. This act
has undoubtedly some good features.
but it has increased the power of those
already too strong without giving the
slightest help to those who most needed
assistance.
1T has failed in its policy in Mexico,
where we have permitted our citizens
to suffer untold loss and misery with
scarcely a protest worthy of the name,
and where. by encouraging series of
bandits. we have contributed to bring
about conditions unparalleled in the
history of civilized man.
above and beyond every other thing
1t has failed in the attitude the presi-
dent has assumed toward congress- He
has made himself the lawmaking power
and reduced the legislative branch of
the government to the mental Office of
merely registering his will. He has in