Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-26
committee got ''cold feet" as they were
about to complete the temporary roll
Of the conyentf0n

committee got 'cold feet" as they were
about to complete the temporary roll
Of the convention.
Charles Nagel, secretary Of COM
merce and labor. and national commit
teeman from Missouri evidently shared
In the misgivings. He Joined with the
Taft committeeman in presenting the
laurel wreath to the Roosevelt leader.
Politicians predict the delegation at
large, which will not be instructed Will
be composed Of majority II not en-
t1rely Of Roosevelt men and Will vote
in accordance with these convictions
at Chicago.
The colonel already Is leading Mr..
Taft in district delegates elected. IN
fact, most Of the Taft claims In the
various congressional centers are based
on contests to be carried to Chicago
or on hopes that uninstructed delegates
will swing into the Taft column.
To date Mr.. Roosevelt has sixteen
instructed district delegates. Three OF
these have been contested. President
Taft has only six instructed district
delegates, four Of which are contested
Four Distinct Contests.
The Roosevelt forces only achieved
a final sweeping success in the con-
vention after four distinct fights with
the Taft leaders, who resisted eacn
step stubbornly.
The first fight came on the question
Of seating contested delegations from
Kansas City, st. Joseph and other i'm
portant points in the state. This ngnt
occupied all OF Wednesday night and
late Thursday, resulted in the seating
Of nearly all the Roosevelt delegates.
The second bitterly contested point
was that regarding the chairman OF
the convention. Governor Hadley was
placed In that position after his fol-
lowers had demonstrated that they
held the balance Of votes on the con-
vention floor.
Minority Report Voted Down.
The third struggle came In the reso-
lutions comm ittee, where Taft men re-
fused to endorse Roosevelt. After the
committee had submitted one report
to the convention it was withdrawn and
an amplified report containing
straight endorsement Of Colonel Roose-
welt was presented and adopted by ac-
clamation. A minority report was as
promptly voted down on roll call.
The final battle after daylight had
flooded the big armory and the dele
gates were almost completely worn out
by their all-day and all-night struggle
was on the question of instructing the
eight delega ties at Large to the ma
tional convention. The Taft forces. lea
by members Of the st. Louis delega- '
ton, made q last rally in efforts to pre-
vent fiat instructions for Roosevelt.
But they were swept off their feet by
the now dominant Roosevelt tide and
by a vote Of more than two to one the
Roosevelt forces carried their point
which resulted in the withdrawal oi
Mayor Kreismann and Chairman Nor
ris as delegates to the Chicago con-
vention and the election of Roosevelt
men In their places.
Nine Men Hold Rump Convention.
After adjournment small number OF
Taft men, dissatisfied with the re-
suit of the republican state conven-
ton. which adjourned = here at $3.50
o'clock this morning, met in a hotel
at II o'clock and named four delegates
at-large to the national convention.
The Taft delegation was announced
as follows: Joseph e. Black, Of Rich
mond, Mo-; John A. Duncan. Of st.
Joseph: Bergman Henwood, Of Han
nibal, and Harry D. Train, Of Kansas
City.
Condemn Governor Hadley.
Former State Senator Henry L. Eads
Of Jamesport, presided at the meet
ing, while B. L. Guffey. OF Hayti. was
secretary. Eads announced that reso-
lutions condemning Governor Hadley
for betrayfng the Taft men In the pre-
convention agreement were adopted
The resolution also praised the admin
istration Of President Taft
In the hotel parlor when Chairman
Eads announced the result Of the con-
vention were Otto F. Stifel. Taft lead
er In st. Louis, Lid" Morse, of Excel
sior Springs. and seven other Taft ad-
herents.
Other Taft men who were in an ad-
joining room counseled against the
naming Of q rival delegation and ad-
vised sending lawyers to the national
convention to plead their cause. Eads
and Stifel, however said they did not
think Taft protest would have weight
unless a contestihg delegation was on
xha syro,~T t .