Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-09-30

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Named for Chairman of New
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OLD GUARD IS ROUTED

One Of the Most Remarkable Scenes
Ever Witnessed In a Political Gath.
characterization Denounced to
His Pace by Men Who Were His
Former Supporters.
Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 28.-Colonel
Roosevelt was chosen temporary
chairman of the state Republican con.
vention over Vice President Sherman,
the choice of the state committee,
more than an hour being consumed in
polling the LOIS delegates. From the
outset of the tedious vote it was ap-
parent that Vice President Sherman
had no chance to win and his defeat
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
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 a letter from
Roosevelt, which he claimed showed
that Roosevelt had tacitly endorsed
the selection of Vice President Sher-
man as temporary chairman.
Abe Gruber, facing Roosevelt,
poured forth a stream of denuncia-
ton, 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.
0al nomination IN 1917.
Oratory Holds the Floor.
The first two hours of the conven
hon were taken up with oratorica]
pyrotechnics. 1t 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.
hn ct
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 ais,es 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 is the
election OF temporary chairman
There was an instant hush, then a
ripple Of uncertain applause, after
which Chairman Woodruff, addressing
the convention, said:
II have been instructed by the Re-
publican state committee to recon-
mend to this convention a temporary
chairman.
1.-THE election of a temporary chair
man of this convention is a crucial
act and calls for the most careful con-
s1deration by every man who is about
to vote on it.
Reason for Naming Sherman.
"President Taft deeply desired that
his party here in convention assem-
bled, representing the largest and
most potential Republican constitu
ency in the United States, should un
equivocally endorse his administra
ton. This / know from persona
knowledge as a result of a visit made
two weeks ago, before the meeting OF
the state committee, to the summer
capital at Beverly. There he made
known not only his desires but also
his apprehenslons.
ITO allay these apprehensionsl what
more natural than the selection tt
make the keynote speech as tenn
porary chairman of him who has beer
sent to speak for the administrator
to all parts of the country, even int,
the presidents own state of Ohio, tn,
vice president of the United States
James S. Sherman? Who else, indeed
could the state, unless actuated b.
some Interior motive, have evel
thought of to speak for the nationa
administration in this, his home state
which with unanimity and enthusiasm
presented him two years ago at CHI
cago as the choice for the secon
highest Office in the gift of the pee
ple?"
Committee Had Precedent.