Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-14


Mr.. Gillespie, and went into the room
where the resolutions committee still was
working. When the committee finally
| came in with its report he said. it was
five or 6 o'clock in the morning and
most of the delegates had gone home
There were about 200 Of the 1852 delegates
then present. 1t had been generally un-
derstood the convention should proceed
| peacefully to the end
The Redmond resolutions, explained
| Gillespie, referred in complimentary
terms 10 Colonel Roosevelt, but did not
| instruct for him. The resolution to in
! struet for Roosevelt was offered from the
floor, he said, when the majority of the
! delegates had gone.
There can be no question about the
| agreement having been made as to the
| Missouri deiegates-at-Iarge.' Mr., Gill
| lespie asserted.
Answering Governor Stubs of Kan
! sas Mr.. Gillespie said the Taft men
/ held 44l5 uncontested votes and the
| Roosevelt forces 46415, While more than
| 200 We're in contests. This situation, he
| said had resulted in the agreement to
divide the delegation.
| Theodore n. Josslyn, holding a proxy
| in the committee, asked Mr.. Gillespie
if the convention itself had authorized
| the alleged attempt to divide the dele
cation. mo" said Gillespie.
Was it binding ON that eonvention?''
| No. but when the leaders get to-
| gether and make such an agreement.
the boys usually carry it out"
Mr. Gillespie declared that Governor
| Hadley had arbitrarily tried To ad-
journ the convention at 6 o'clock after
the Roosevelt instructions were passed.
| We then refused to recognize such
action and took Il recess 10 meet at the
| Planters Hotel at 1.30 A. M said
Gillespie.
| He claimed Governor Hadley had
never put the motion" to adjourn and
| that so er IS of those left in the hall
went to the Planters Hotel and there
carried on the convention which elect
ed the contesting Taft delegates
Pressed by Governor Stubbs Mr.. Gill
lespie admitted the Roosevelt forces
had a majority of the state convention
when the Hadley delegates We're elect
ed and that each of the delegates had
received good majority of votes.
But we claim there We're 125 Roose-
| ftil iiiNiA III iilt WIZ
| no legal right there" he said.
Governor Hadley when he began
| the defence" of the Roosevelt dele
cations right to seats in the National
convention. declared Missouri was en-
titled to especial consideration from
the National committee.
Upon your decision of the issues
here depends whether there shall re-
main in Missouri a Republican party,
he said.
Governor Hadley declared "papel
contests had been Instituted by tbs
Taft forces. in an effort to control The
state convention He said the stat,
committee had decided all but eigh
county contests and that these hat
been referred TO a committee of sil
with Sec. Nagel and Gov. Hadley a!
ADVISERS.
The settlement of these affair
was the only thing that COMMITTEE
was authorized to do declared Gov
Hadley. Sec. Nagel declined to TAX
part in their settlement, saving tina
as National committeeman, he woul,
have to pass on the issues here a
Chicago. They importuned us L
make some agreement there TO diyid
the state delegation. / declined abso
lutely to consider any such plan.
told them that the state convention
was the only body that could settl
such questions.
He declared the committee ha,
approved the seating of the contest
ed Kansas City and st. Joseph dele
cations. not as part of an agreement
| hnf he. ~ Il
ed as frivolous"
"They fully recognized that hi
would make a Roosevelt convention
he said. He denied there was an
agreement to selected eight men divid
ed between Taft and Roosevelt.
There was delay because of tn
loss of a sheet of the resolutions" h
explained. 1T was not until reso
luton was offered from the floor. in
structing for Roosevelt, that Their
arose any question of an agreemen
on the question of instructions or di
vision Of the delegation
Governor Hadley denied absolute
that any previous agreement had bee
made on any subject except the seat
ing of the contested delegates. H
presented affidavits and the record
of the convention to show that othe
men in the subcommittee meetin
also had no knowledge of any agree
ment to divide the Missouri delega
ton, or to prevent instructions 70
| Roosevelt
A more complete fabrication ha
never been pressed to YOU" said Gov
Hadley, than the statement tina
there was no official adjournment o
= that convention"
, He produced sworn records of tn
[ official stenographers, endorsed b.
che regular officers of the convention
to show that it had adjourned on
formal motion, properly put and car
| ried.
This proposition that there ha
been no adjournment was neye
thought Of" declared the governor
, until weeks afterwards. Presiden
Taft's own managers did not sanction
such action
"Where was Charles Nagel? Wher
was Mayor krisman? Where was OFT
| Sfeifel2 All of them were silent or ad