Mexico Missouri message., 1908-03-05
G. O.P. CONVENTION
REPUBLICANS MEET IN ST. LOUIS
AND SELECT DELEGATES.
NAGEL WINS FROM NIEDRlNGHGUS
Endorses Taft for President and Had.
ley for Governor Of Missouri
Resolutions.


Resolutions.
st. Louis, Mo.-The Republican
State Convention. which met in st.
Louis Thursday. indorsed William II.
Taft for president and Herbert s. Had.
ley for governor OF Missouri: Endorsed
Charles Nagel OF ST. Louis for national
committeeman over Thomas X. Med
ringhaus by vote OF $50 to 435. elect
cd four delegates at large and four al.
ternates to the Republican National
Convention. the alternates being all
negroes. and nominated eighteen pres.
idential electors.
Not hitch married the work Of the
convention. over which Senator VII.
liam Warner presided as permanent
chairman All OF the points Of dlssen.
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- |
clsion OF clockwork. Senator Warner |
declared this to have been the most or. |
derby convention In his experience.
Cyrus p. Walbridge was temporary
chairman. The convention was opened
by State Chairman Walter S Dickey.
Rev w. c. Coleman offered a prayer.
The band played the "Star.Spangled
Banner" and the work OF the conven.
ton began.
Kansas City Fares We'll.
Kansas City came in for the lions
share Of the honors at the disposal Of
the convention. The city by the Kaw
secured two delegates at large, one
alternate. and one presidential elector
at large St Louis landed the national
committeeman and elected Henry W.
Kiel. the other presidential ciector at
larse. Thomas r. Marks OF Kansas
City was elected unanimously as pres.
ldential elector at large. He was nora.
mated by Chairman Dickey Of the
state Committee. Kiel had to fight for
the honor and John b. owen of the
Twelfth district threw ten delegates
from the Sixth ward to II. G.. orion of
Princeton. Hiram s. Lloyd nominated
Kiel.
Crews Defends Warner.
Nelson Crews OF Kansas City, the
colored orator who goes as one of the
alternates at large to the National Con.
vention, made an address before the
convention. in which he defended Sen.
ator Warner from attacks by members
OF his race through circulars scattered
about the convention hall.
Warner Is AppIauded.
After the organization committee
had made its report. Walbridge led
forward Senator Warner and delivered
the gavel a gilded beribboned. heavy
mallet. TO him.
Had been consulted" said Senator
Warner. In answer to the applause and
hat.waving that greeted him, the tenn.
parary organization would have been
made permanent. II was never a
greater honor than now to be a repub.
lIcan. Never since 1861 has a greater
American occupied the executive
chair, never since Lincoln has there
been a president closer 10 the people.
than Theodore Roosevelt. Let us con.
duct these proceedings so that the
rule OF addition rather than that OF
subtraction shall prevail in the repub.
lican party in Missouri. We may dif,
, fer here as to men. but after the party
has spoken its voice should be the
, | voice of every republican. In me the
shadows of life are lengthening and
the fires of ambition for future prefer
l ment are burning low. All | ask Is the
, privilege OF fighting for the success oil
; the party and not for the success o
, one man"
The committee on resolutions re
ported as follows:
( NIssourIans Are Endorsed.
Z BE IL resolved. That We. the RepubiI
cans Of Missouri, In State Convention as
sembled. proudly rcafflrm our devotion {,
q the doctrine and principles 81 our party
doctrines and principles which the unnn
swcTablc logic Of history have proved I,
he conducive TO national prosperity goo,
government and all the blessings inciden
A thereto.
We indorse especially the adminIstra
d ton Of Theodore Roosevelt and commen
/. his EFFORTS TO secure a square deal for al
= the people. Throughout his administru
u tion the rights OF the common people hav
, been recognized and upheld as never be-
believe William H. Taft TO be the logicH
candidate OF the Republican party Ia
n the presidency Of the United States; tina
= he represents the Republican principle
u and policies which for the last dccnd
r have made this the greatest and best
a ruled nation on earth: and we hereby IN
- dorse his candidacy for president an
y pledge him our active support and 90
operation 90 bring about HIS nominatio
and election, Il being our firm convictlo
. that there could be no safer or more ~
y perienced statesman to guide our futuI
d national deHtinieF. His high persona
a character and world wide knowledge rer
FaVlss .F..fl
10 gRpple with the problems which confrOI
m us as nation And IN furtheTance
this sentiment we hereby instruct OF
a delegates To- the National Convention
r, cast their votes for William II. TAM or
"A | To use all honorable means TO secure h
," nomination for the presidency
9s We hereby instruct the delegates cleo
N | ed by this convention To vote for u
- choice of this convention for the memb'