The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-05
1HE MISSOURI B|G FOUR
Hadley, Warner, Boutwell, and Holmes Named by Republicans
 as Delegates at Large.
THE CONVENTION IHsTRUcTs FOR TAFT
Harmony Was the Main Feature os the Gathering at St. Louis-charles NageI Defeats Thomas K. Niedring- haus for National Committeeman Presidential Electors Named.

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 state convention, which met in St.
 Louis Thursday, indorsed William H.
 Taft for president and Herbert S.
 Hadley for governor of Missouri; in
 dorsed Charles Nagel of St. Louis for
 national committeeman over Thomas
 435; elected four delegates at large
 and four alternates to the Republican
 national convention, the alternates be-
 ing all negroes, and nominated IS
 Presidential electors.
 # Not hitch marred the work of the
 Convention, over which Senator Will
 Ham Warner presided as permanent
 Chairman. All of the points of dissen- Sion except choice between candidates
 presented for national committeeman
 were threshed out in the committees,
 so that when the convention set to
 work everything moved with the pre-
 cision of clockwork Senator Warner
 orderly convention in his experience. # After Attorney General Hadley was
 Elected delegate at large to the na- stional convention, he came near an- bouncing his acceptance of the repub-
 lican nomination for governor. He
 was introduced to the convention by
 Senator Warner, who said that he
 would be the next governor of Mis- 6ouri Attorney General Hadley, be- ginning his remarks, said: Let us hope that the distinguished chairman
 will prove to be as good prophet as he is a statesman"
 The committee on resolutions, in a Hong session, smothered resolution by friends of T. K. Niedringhaus, de- Heated candidate for national commit teeman, in favor of the submission of An amendment to the state constitu- stion providing for statewide prohibi- Htion.
 q In the same manner all issues not pertaining strictly to the business be- of the bitter fight between the Taft and anti-Taft men for control of the State, were eliminated from the con yention proceedings.
 # Thomas J. Akins, the retiring na- tional committeeman, was in the hall conferring with his friends, but took no part in the proceedings.
 In statement after the convention @adjourned, Thomas K Niedringhaus Said that 1t was his purpose to abide
 by the result of the convention. thus dndicating that he has no intention of pushing his candidacy for national Committeeman further. although the actual selection will be made by the Missouri delegation at Chicago, action of the state convention being merely Advisory.
 # The resolutions indorsed William H.
 Taft for president and Herbert s. Had Hey for governor. Roosevelt and his pol 1cies, Senator Warner and the Repub- .lican state officials and representatives Sin congress were also approved. q The result of the balloting was as Follows:
 Missouri member republican nation Sal committee-Charles Nagel, St. Louis.
 Delegates-at-large to Republican na-
 tonal convention-William Warner,
 Kansas City; Herbert s. Hadley, Kan 6sas City; John H. Bothwell, Sedalia;
 John R. Holmes, Joplin. Alternates-at-large to Republican na- &tional onvention-Nelson c. Crews. #Kansas City; J. R. A. Crossland, St. &Joseph; c. K. Robinson, St. Louis; H. *G. Phillips. Sedalia.
 Presidential electors-at-larg IT. R. < Marks, kansas City; Henry w. Kiel, Est. Louis.
 Presidential electors by districts First, John s. Newland, Lewis county; Second, Marion c. Eubanks. Sullivan &county; Third, James K. McClain. 6Clay county; Fourth. William c. Elem king, Andrew county; Fifth, Cyrus ECrane, Jackson county; Sixth, James 2 F. Rhodes, Cedar county; Seventh, William T. Bigbee. Greene county; Eighth, Samuel Keller. Cole county; Ninth, Robert N. Payne. Galloway bounty; Tenth, George w. Lettermann, St. Louis county; Eleventh, ]. Law rence Mauran, St. Louis city; Twelfth, Leo Rassieur, St. Louis city; Thir- teenth. John H. Chitwood, Madison county; Fourteenth, M. E. Morrow, Howell county; Fifteenth, Jessie l.. Ellin, Mcdonald county; Sixteenth, William I. Diffenderfer, Laclede county.