Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05
G. 0. P. CONVENTION
REPUBLICANS MEET IN ST. LOUIS
AND SELECT DELEGATES.
NAGEL WINS FROM NIEDRINGHAUs
Endorses Taft fer President and Had
ley for Governor of Missouri
Resolutions.

Resolutions.
st. Louis, Mo.-The Republican
State Convention, which met in st.
Louis Thursday, Endorsed William H.
Taft for president and Herbert S. Had
ley for governor of Missouri; Endorsed
Charles Nagel of st. Louis for national
committeeman over Thomas K. Med
ringhaus by a vote of 630 to 435; elect
ed 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 a hitch marred the work of the
convention, over which Senator Will
liam Warner presided as permanent
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
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 y. 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 Well.
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 elector at
large. Thomas R. Marks of Kansas
City was elected unanimously as pres
idential elector at large. He was nom.
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 H. 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
a%lternates at large to the National Con-
v%ention, 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
porary organization would have been
made permanent. 1t 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 to 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 diff
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 l%engthening and
the fires of ambition for future prefer.
ment are burning low. All l ask is the
privilege of fighting for the success of
the party and not for the success of
one man."
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
M%issourians Are Indorsed.
Be It resolved, That we, the Republi
cans or Missouri, in State Convention as
sembled. proudly reaffirm our devotion to
the doctrine and principles of our party,
doctrines and principles which the IMAM
sWerable logic of history nave proved to
ne conducive to national prosperity, good
government and all the blessings incident
thereto.
We indorse especially the administra-
Ion OF Theodore Roosevelt and commend
ms EFFORTS to secure a square deal for all
the people, Throughout his administra-
uon the rights of the common people have
been recognized and upheld as never be-
fore in the history of this country, We
believe William II. Taft to be the logical
candidate of the Republican party for
the presidency of the United States: that
he represents the Republican principles
and policies which for the last decade
have made this the greatest and best
ruled nation on earth; and we hereby in
dorse his candidacy for president and
pledge. him our active support and CO.
operation to bring about his nomination
and election, 1t being our firm conviction
that there could be no safer or more ex-
perlenced statesman to guide our future
national destinies. His high personal
character and world wide knowledge rem
der him peculiarly fitted to successfully
grapple with the problems which confront
US. as a nation. And in furtherance of
this sentiment we hereby instruct our
delegates to the National Convention to
cast their votes for William H. Taft and
to use all honorable means to secure his
nomination for the presidency.
We hereby instruct the delegates elect
ed by this convention to vote for the
choice Of this convention for the member
of the National Committee Of the State
of Missouri.
We indorse the splendid records of SEN
ator Warner II the Republican repre-
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