Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-09-29
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OLD GUARD IS ROUTED
Voting on Disputed Position Follows
One Of the Most Remarkable Scenes
Ever Witnessed In a Political Gath
sring-Ex-President Denounced to
s. His Face BY Men Who Were His
Former. supporters.
Saratoga, N. T., Sept. .2s.-- Colonel
) Roosevelt was chosen temporary
chairman Of the state Republican con-
& vention over Vice President Sherman,
4 the choice of the state committee.
more than an hour being consumed in
polling the ], 1,015 delegates. From the
outset Of the tedious vote It was ap-
parent that Vice President Sherman
had no chance to win and his defee-
was conceded by William Barnes be
fore half the delegates had been
polled. The vote was Roosevelt 567.
Sherman 445.
A most remarkable scene preceded
the balloting. For hours bitter de-
nunciation was heard from the plat
form and for the first time in his life!
5. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was de-
+ nounced to his face by the men who
successfully elected him member Of
assembly, governor, vice president
and president.
Timothy L. Woodruff, the man
Roosevelt made chairman of the state
committee by the sheer weight Of fed
eral patronage, read letter from
Roosevelt, which he claimed showed
that Roosevelt had tacitly endorsed
the selection of Vice President Sher-
man as temporary chairman. e
Abe Gruber, facing Roosevelt,
poured forth a stream of denuncia-
tion, the like of which has seldom
been heard before even in ward
convention, and Roosevelt himself
had personally to appeal to the con-
vention to let the New York attorney
be heard and give him Square deal"
Roosevelt was warmly defended by
Comptroller Prendergast of New York.
who repudiated the suggestion that
Roosevelt is playing for the presiden-
tial nomination in 1912.
Oratorv Holds the Floor.
The first two hours of the conven->
ton were taken up with oratorical
pyrotechnics. It seemed apparent
from the start that the "old guard"
knew it was beaten and there was nc
note of hope in the address of Chair
man Woodruff, defending the state.
central committees choice Of Vice
President Sherman for the temporary
craftsmanship. or in Colonel Gruber's
vitriolic speech In which he assailed
Colonel Roosevelt's record. even going
SO far as to style him 'The American
\ Jack Cade.
Chairman Woodruff called the con-
vention to order at 1905 and after
the aisles had been cleared, which the
one policeman available for the task
{ found difficult in doing. the convention
took up the regular order Of business.
When the roll call had been COM
pleted Chairman Woodruff announced:
.The next order Of business sis the
election Of a temporary chairman.
There was an instant hush, then q
4 ripple. Of uncertain applause, after
which Chairman Woodruff. addressing
the convention, said
81 have been instructed by the Re-
publican state COMMITTEES to recon-.
mend to thiss convention q tsn1p
chairman.
Z The election Of a temporary chair
man Of this convention Is crucial
act and calls for the most careful con.
sideration BY every man who "a about
TO vote on II, d
Reason for Namins Sherman. &
President Taft deeply desired that
his party here IN convention assem-
bled, representing the largest and
most potential Republi blican constitu..
ency Ia the United States, should uns
apouiyocally endorse his administra.
d ton. This know from personal
\ knowledge al d result sof q visit made
3 two weeks ago. before the meeting ofs
4 the state commit tee,s to- the summer
capital at Beverly. There he made
i known not only His desires but also
lis sapprehe sions,
3 allay these appre tensions what
more natural than the selec ction to-
make the keynote speech al tenn
porary chairman ofs him who has been
n ssnt to speak tor the administration
III parts of the countr into
the president's own stat sof Ohio the
vice preeid dent% %0f the United states,
amessfk sshar1na Who selss. indeed,
q epald theS tate unless actuated by
ertors no have even:
tthonk speal loT ti.e natl tonal