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

held month before the convention.
"As chairman of the Republican
state committee no one had suggested
to me, or, as far as / know, to any
other member of the committee, the
name Of any other person than the
vice president as temporary chairman
until Mr.. Griscom, sitting in the COM
mittee as proxy, moved to substi-
tute another name for that Of Vice
President Sherman after the latter's
name had been properly presented.
What was the object of this action?
"The correspondence between Colo
mel Roosevelt and myself just after
the meeting of the state committee
shows more clearly than can other
wise be presented that his opposition
to the selection of Vice President
Sherman was not based on any per-
sonal grounds, but because he desired
an opportunity to present his views
as to the policies which should here
after guide the destinies of the Repub-
lican party"
Reads Some Correspondence.
Chairman Woodruff here read sew
eral letters between himself and Colo.
mel Roosevelt and continued:
Colonel Roosevelt manifestly meant
that he desired to PROFOUND the doc
trine of the new nationalism, admit
ting with his characteristic frankness
that we were right in selecting the
vice president if we preferred the ira
ditional Republicanism Of the admin
istration Of William H. Taft, founded
upon the great national administration
of Lincoln, Grant, Mckinley and
Roosevelt himself, for which James S.
Sherman, with his quarter Of cen
fury of splendid services in congress
and as vice president, has always
stood and stands today.
"In accordance with the instructions
Of the state committee, l present as
temporary chairman Of this conven-
ton Hon. James S. Sherman"
Chairman Woodruff added to his
speech the letter written by Vice
President Sherman to the state com.
mittee asking that the committee in
vestigate the charges that his selec-
ton had been made by misrepresenta-
ton and the committee action on the
matter.
The committee, Mr.. Woodruff said,
decided that Vice President Sherman
selection was made without deceit and
misreprese
Pays Respects to Roosevelt.
Abraham Gruber of New York, who
had been selected to fire the broad.
sides of the old guard against Colo.
mel Roosevelt's selection, was recog.
nized and made his way to the plat.
form Colonel Gruber made bitter
attack on the former president. He
said, in part:
twelve years ago on this platform
I warned a Republican convention
| against turning the executive mansion
into a shooting gallery. My advice
was not needed. Since that memora
BILE day the man who has ever since
been shooting has seen his party or
ganization divided in every states his
party's candidate overwhelmingly de-
feated, business depressed and the in
telligent and honest workingman with
out employment and hungry. Look
| ing for other fields for shooting prac.
tice, this man is now shooting at the
courts and it's judges.
Himself posing as a lawyer, who
never had case or drew brief, he
now finds sport in holding up the
courts and judges to the scorn of the
mob. But this is not new symptom
It is an old disease. This apostle o.
Derringer practice, while he was presi
dent. abused Judge Humphrey of thu
United States court, gentleman ant
an honest man, for rendering a de
cision which was made according tt
the laws and which to this day is un
reversed. When the United States ap
pellate court reversed Judge Landi!
the same shooter, not from the heat
Of barrel, but from the White House
sanctified by Abraham Lincoln, tolt
the people of the United States tina
the judges had been guilty of miscar
! rVinp instice"