The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-06-13
THE DELEGATES-AT-
LARGE FROM MO,
GIVEN TO THE COL,
However, Governor Hadley
So Conclusively Proved
Taft Men Had No Case 1t
Had to Be Done.

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committee?" There was silence for full
ly a minute. tIf 1t is," he finally went |
on, II move that the proxy held by |
Mr. Heney, Democrat OF California, |
be not accepted by this committee ON
the grounds that he is a candidate for |
district attorney on the Democratic
ticket" Senator Borah arose and pro-
tested when second to the motion
was heard. At this point Heney was
on his feet. "Inasmuch as / am here,
he said, II presume l have the right
to make statement. l refused to ac-
cept the Democratic nomination for
district attorney, but my name was
written in on the ticket and | was
put in nomination. And by the way
5000 Republicans wrote my name on
the Republican ticket. / was defeated
by means of corrupt money by Pat
Calhoun"
81 would suggest" said Committee
man Chubb, of Florida, that he be per-
mitted to stay and continue to en-
tighten the country on the matter of
Abe Reuf.'
Thomas Fl. Devine, sitting on
proxy of Charles Cavender of Colo
RADIO, then moved to lay the Sturgis
motion on the table and it was car
ried. Heney resumed his seat smiling.
81 guess they must be afraid of me,
he laughed. With Heney on the Roose-
Welt side today was Governor Stubbs,
of Kansas Governor Hadley was also
on hand to present the Missouri con-
tests.
After the Mississippi contests had
been disposed of the committee took
up the Missouri cases. These cases,
particularly the contest over the dele
gates-at-large, presented one of the
toughest problems from purely po-
litical point of view that the commit
tee has been called on to handle. The
Roosevelt supporters in the state are
headed by Governor Hadley. President
Taft carried Missouri seven years ago
by q plurality of 700 over Bryan. Gov
ernor Hadley, an energetic progress
sive politician, has managed to hold
the state in line. With the elections
coming on and with strong chance
that the Democratic presidential nomi-
nee will come from Missouri the COM
mittee lie anxious to handle the situa-
ton in such a way that chances of
keeping Missouri in the Republican
column will not be endangered.
Governor Hadley is Roosevelt
delegate-at-large and was the princi-
pal figure in the state convention at
st. Louis. The delegation he headed
was contested by Taft men, who held
a convention in a bedroom of the
Planters hotel, and named their dele
CATION to Chicago.
Things Badly Tangled.
Among other things Thomas X.
.Niedringhaus, Roosevelt man, was
elected national committeeman by
the state convention. Charles Nagel,
secretary of commerce and labor, and
staunch supporter of Taft is the
present committeeman. By upholding
the Roosevelt contentious the COM
mfttee would be forced to decide
against Nagel. The latter, who was in
Chicago yesterday, left for st. Louis
last night and Otto Steifel, head of the
bolting Taftites held his proxy. The
Roosevelt delegates-at-large from Mis-
souri, are Herbert S. Hadley, Jesse A.
Tolerton, Walter S. Dickey, John c.
McKeely, Hugh McIndoe, Frederick
Essen. A. A. Speer, John w. Tippin.
Each has one-ha1f vote. The four Taft
contestants are Joseph E. Black, John
"A. Duncan, John Lahive and Harry
Train. The contest against the Roose.
Welt delegates-at-large is based on an
alleged violation by the Roosevelt
men of a preliminary agreement that
four of the eight delegates-at-large
should be Roosevelt men and four
Taft men, and that they should not
be instructed