The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-28
VICTORY FALLS
on ROOSEVELT
ELECTED TEMPORARY cHAiE'
MAN or CONVENTION IN THE
FIRST sklRMisH.
.uAurn . n0lllllTTrEo
NAMED 3 COMMITTEES
Progressives control--Woodruff De,
posed--Root Permanent Chair
Bitter Thrusts at Roosevelt
by "Old Guard

saratoga, Sept. 2.--Ro0seVelt rode
today on the top wave of victory
defeating Vice President Sherman TO
temporary chairman of the Republi
can state convention. He BOWED
over the "Old Guard" in the first cor
flict. Roosevelt. after he had nance
the members of three important com
mittees, and the convention had ad
iourned to meet tomorrow, said:
Il said frazzled. you recall
Yesterday, at Troy, Roosevelt sal,
he had beaten his opponents to q
frazzle.
There were 1.012 votes cast today
Roosevelt received SGT; Sherman a.;
this electing the leader of the pro
gressives by majority of 1872.
Roosevelt spoke feelingly of what
Taft had accomplished, also laid h.gs
credit upon all who were directly
Irresponsible.
The spectators and many delegates
warmly a2plauded the declaration 0
Roosevelt for direct primary plank
Roosevelt bitterly assailed tht
bosses" explaining the difference
between bosses" and p'leaiers,' as
that the leader does and the boss
drives.
The difference Is the leader hold,
his place by firing the conscience an
appealing to the reason of his follow
ers, and the boss holds his place b!
crooked and underhanded manipula
tion."
Thunders of applause greeted tht
colonel ia. he was escorted to tas
speakers stand by Sherman and Cor
Inelius N. Collins, Thanking The dele
gates for the honor the colonel causet
the greatest enthusiasm when HI
said:
"You shall not nave cause, now o
hereafter, to regret what you have
done"
1t was day of oratory and bite
speech With the opening of the con
vention State Chairman Woodruff dc
fined the position of the old guar,
and annuonced that Sherman ha,
been selected for temporary chairman
by the state committee. Then tn,
fight was on. Colonel Abraham Cru
ber, Of New York City, was selecte,
to fire the verbal hot shot for the o.,
guard His speech attacking Roose
welt was often drowned by misses an.
jeers.
Once the pandemonium was 81
great that Roosevelt leaped to his
seat and asked for full hearing &c
the speaker
Comptroller William A. Prender
gast, of New York City, was the chair
nan of the progressive fight, AM
made a warm reply to the old guard
The convention was we'll preparaj
for the outcome of the contest, Wi
liam Barnes, Jr., leader Of the OIL
guard, having early conceded tht
election of Roosevelt. The roll cal
took long time in the jensly packe,
and heated hall Nearly four hour
passed before Woodruff announce
Roosevelt as temporary chairman.
The old guard continued tae iign
when the progressives admitted resc
| lutions whereby the COMMITTEES shoul
| be made by representatives from tn
congressional districts, the member
| to be named by the temporary chair
man. Seeing that this gave absolut
power to Roosevelt, Speaker Wads
| worth of the general assembly
strongly opposed the resolution. HI
said each congressional aistric
should name it's own members, a
had been done heretofore.
| The makeup of the committee O
permanent organization and creder
tials was quickly nan cd. The make
up of the committee on resolutions
| which Is to thresh over the plank
caused Roosevelt to hold up the cor
l NcHLiOl uHlll it COuiu ~ oNtl VI
names before him. He called Repr
sentative Parsons of New York, t
the stand, and after striking out thre
names announced the committe
among who were VIM. Barnes. Jr
Speaker James Wadsworth, Geora
". Aldrldge, Senator Cobb, author {
| the defeated primary bill, forme
Mayor Seth Low of New York, Jaco
! Gould Schurman. president of Co
nell University, Senator Bracket an
Representative Fassett
| Talk of the gubernatorial cand
dates Is the subject of the main col
test.
Tonight the friends OF Represents
tive Bennett Of New York. and Henr
l.. Stimson. former United States q
torney Of New York, were out scou
ing for candidates.
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