Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-26
Colonel Gets Eight Missouri
Delegates at Large.
HARD FIGHT IN CONVENTION
Gov. Hadley in Control After Tween.
ty-Four-Hour Deadlock.
EVERY STEP Is CONTESTED
Taft's Followers Meet Later and
Name a Contesting Delega-
ton Of Four.

ST. LOUIS, April 28-Goy. Herbert. q
Hadley and his friends early today swung
the Missouri state republican convention
for Col. Roosevelt, after a twenty-four-
nour deadlock. In which the Taft leaders
finally were driven to surrender Eight
delegates at large to the national repub-
llcan convention. all Roosevelt men and
all instructed for him. were elected after
two Taft leaders had been elected and
then had resigned their places on the
Missouri delegation when the convention
voted instructions for Roosevelt.
The convention will go down In the an
mails Of Missouri politics as one Of the
most stubborn and dramatic fights in the
history of the state republican organiza-
ton. Mayor Frederick H. Kreismann Of
st. Louis and Charles D. Morris Of st.
Joseph, the latter chairman Of the state
committee. were the Taft leaders who
were elected and who resigned as dele
gates at large when the state convention
voted to instruct the delegation for
Roosevelt.
Charge Violation Of Agreement.
In making their designations they
charged violation Of "gentlemen's
agreement" by which they declared the
Roosevelt managers had assured them
that the delegates at large would be unin-
structed.
Gov. Hadley replied to the declaration
of Mayor Kreismann and Chairman Nor
ris in this connection by asserting that
he had not been q party to any so-called
''gentlemen's agreement"
The governor asserted that throughout
the bitter fight which preceded the formal
opening of the convention he had refused
to attempt to deliver the votes of Roose-
welt delegates on any proposition.
The eight delegates at large, each with
q one-half vote, follow:
Gov. Herbert s. Hadley, Jesse Tolerton
of Bronson, Walter s. Dickey of Kansas
City. Fred Essen Of Clayton, John D. Nc
Neely of st. Joseph, Hugh McIndoe of
Joplin. John w. Tippin of Springfield and
Alfred II. Spear OF Chamois.
Niedringhaus Is Elected.
AS national committeeman from Mis-
seuri 10 succeed Charles Naxei. Secretary
OF Commerce and Labor. the convention
eIectAdn a;heMas x. Niedringhaus Of St
Louis. ST
The Roosevelt forces only achieved final
sweeping success after four distinct
fights with the Taft leaders, who resisted
each step stubbornly.
The first fight came on the question
of seating contested delegations from
Kansas City, st. Joseph and other i'm
portant points. This fight occupied all
of Wednesday night, and late Thurs
day resulted in the seating OF nearly
all of the Roosevelt delegates. The
second contested point was that re-
garding the chairman Of the conven-
tion. Gov. Hadley was placed in that
position after his followers had demon
strated that they held the balance Of
votes on the convention floor. The third
mittee. where Taft men refused to in
dorse Roosevelt. After the committee
had submitted one report to the con-
vention 1t was withdrawn. and an am
pliied report containing a straight
Endorsement of Col. Roosevelt was pre-
sented and adopted by acclamation A
minority report was as promptly voted
down on roll CALL
Taft Men Voted Down.
The final battle, after daylight had
flooded the big armory and the delegates
were almost worn out by their all-day
and all-night struggles, was on the Ques-
tion Of instructing the eight delegates
at large to the national convention. The
Taft forces, led by members Of the St
Louis delegation, made last rally in ef-
forts to prevent fiat instructions for
Roosevelt.
But they were swept away 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 of Mayor Kreismann
and Chairman Morris as delegates to the
Chicago convention and the election OF
Roosevelt men in their places.
Name Contrasting Delegation.
ton a small number Of Taft supporters
met IN q hotel and named four delegates
at large to the national convention. The
Taft delegation was announced as fol-
lows:
Joseph e. Black. Richmond, Mo-; John
A. Duncan, st. Joseph: John j. Lahiv of
st. Louis, and Harry D. Train, Kansas
City.
Former State Senator Henry L. Eads
presided and announced that resolutions
condemning Gov. Hadley for 'betraying''
the Taft men in the pre-convention agree
ment were adopted. The resolutions also
praised the administration OF President
Taft.
In the hotel parlor. when Chairman
Eads announced the result, were Otto F.
Stifel. Taft leader in st. Louis, and eight
other Taft adherents.
Other Taft men In an adjoining room
counseled against naming rival delega-
ton, and advised sending lawyers to the
national convention. Eads and Stffel
however. said they did not think a Taft
protest would have weight unless q con-
testing delegation was on the ground