The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-21
REPUBLICANS
IN CONVENTION
Delegates Crowd the Court
Room. Bet
6. E. MOUSER IS CHAIRMAN
Name of w. G.. Harding is
Cheered.
Convention Meets to Name Several
Sets OF Delegates--R Are
Adopted With whoop and Hur.
rah.
s. E. MOUSER IS CHAIRMAN


Harding on every occasion, the Re-
publican convention, called to nomi-
nate delegates to the state, senator
ial and judicial conventions of the
party. was held this afternoon in the
courtroom.
There was large attendance of
delegates elected in the recent pri-
maries. The convention was called
to order by Chairman George b.
Knapp of the Republican county CEN
trail committee, who stated the pur-
pose of the convention and introduced
Hon. Grant E. Mouser who presided
over the gathering. Mr.. Mouser was
received with much enthusiasm. He
said in part:
II want to congratulate the Re-
| publicans of Marion county on turn
| ing out such fine gathering at this
| time and also for the selection they
made in the recent primaries. No
stronger ticket could have been
named. The eyes of all Ohio are on
| Marion today for we are here to name
| delegates who will go to the state
convention, full of zeal for Hon. War
rem G.. Harding. who l regard as the
most accomplished orator in Ohio to-
day. (Applausc.)
81 want you to know that 1 am
glad of a chance to throw off my
coat and work for Mr. Harding as he
| worked for me. I believe that he will
| be not only nominated but elected"
The very mention of Mr. Hard
ing's name or of his candidacy
| brought forth an outburst of the
long and continued" leaving no room
for doubt as to the way the delegates
felt about his candidacy.
At the call for business. Attorney
Fred w. Warner moved the appoint
ment of a committee of five delegates
to draft resolutions to be passed upon
by the convention. J. j. Crawley
seconded the motion, which was car
ried.
Mr. Mouser appointed Fred W.
Warner chairman, w. j. johnson, j.
u DAILY. J. II. McKinstry. Jacob
Moore and ]. j. Crawley. The COM
mittee then retired to consider the
| resolutions.
on motion OF James Leonard, Of
LaRue, the chair appointed a dele
gate from each precinct to serve on
a committee to name delegates to the
state, senatorial and judicial con-
ventions
While the committees were out
Chairman Mouser called on the Varl-
Gus candidates on the Republican
ticket for short speeches. Those re.
spending were John ii. Clark, George
b. Knapp, Felix Kiger, Henry Shrock
T.. l.. Mckinley. Jay Spaulding and
W. N. Harder
The committee on resolutions then
reported and resolutions were read by
f. w. Warner.
The resolutions were strangely
silent on the question of national is
sues and In standing by the admins
tration Of President Taft or commend
/ ing either of the Ohio senators for
their votes on certain questional, no.
tably the Payne Aldrich Tariff. The
Ohio delegation in the lower house Of
congress also escaped without hav-
ling it's acts commended.
The resolutions embraced only a
Recommendation of Marions candidate
for gubernatorial honors with an
elaboration upon his virtues.
When Mr.. Warner concluded the
applause lasted for several minutes.
During another wait the chairman
called on Pearl r. Mears. w. W..
Kinefelter and Ed S. Ault. candidates
who were not In the room when the
Others were called upon for addresses
Malcolm Jennings followed with a
few appropriate remarks and w. II
Holverstott came next.
Chairman +. IL. Coon, of the COM
mittee on delegates, read the report,
| naming the following delegates to the
state convention: Grant IL. Mouser,
| George ID. Copeland, c. II. Sawyer, G..
| l.. Allen, Charles s. Patten, Grant
| L.. Copeland. Frank E. Coon and Il.
j. Anderson.
The alternates were named as fol-
lows: James Durkin, Malcolm Jen-
nings. Jacob f. Moore. J. r. Elmoker,
L. Brown. August Schroeder, Fred
| Warner, w. l.. Moral.
The committees report was unan-
imously adopted by the convention.
The committee also presented the
following names as delegates to the
state senatorial convention. They
were also indorsed unanimously By
the convention.
The delegates are as follows:
/ oeudtoridl QoicButco-iis w. Nooh-
ston. John Gruber, j. s. Bonner. w.
b. Spaulding. Jay Spaulding. Il. l..
owen. George Myers, II. w. Gabler.
Milton Moral, j. l.. Russell. ]. L..
Hosler. j. J. Parrish. @. d. Copeland.
| II. p. Buzard, J. p. Barnthouse, j.
3. Martin and Fred w. Warner.
,Alternates--M. Markey. s. w.
Gruber. J. J. Smith, J. c. Riley. J. J.
Frances. J. ]. Crawley. Il. M. Stock
well. j. r. Robinson, Mathew Fields.
r. c. sells. c. ]. Nichols. 7. r.. Rob-
erts, N. w. Converse. j. IL. Phillips.
J. A. Rusler, John Grigsby and l.. r.
| Codding.
Delegates to circuit court conven-
| tion--C. @. Froher, II. N. Quigley,
q. I. Geren. q. Il. Mouser and Fred
| w. Warner.
| State Senator X. l.. Cameron was
presented and was introduced By
Chairman Mouser. He was warmly
applauded. He spoke of Warren q.
Harding as the only logical candidate
for governor and declared him worthy
OF Republican support. He gave q
brief outline of the policy OF the
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