The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-26
,JLONEL WINS
IN MISSOURI
Eight Delegates at Large Arc instruct
s. cd to Vote for Roosevelt
at Chicago Con-
ventlon.
AT BITTER MEETING
Ratio Of Forces at State Convention
Was $50 for Roosevelt and
s22M for President
Taft.

ST. LOUIS, April 2e.-The Mis-
souri, state republican convention
which was convened at $3.50 o'clock
on Thursday night in order to preserve
the legality Of the call, adjourned sine
die at 6:57 this morning.
Bitterness, charges of bad faith and
ranking feeling followed the termina-
ton OF the meeting.
The Roosevelt adherents swept the
board. Peremptory instructions COM
manding that all Of the delegates use
every honorable means to further the
nomination OF Colonel Roosevelt at
the republican national convention
were adopted.
The following eight delegates at
large were named with half vote
apiece to represent the state at Chi
cago: Governor Herbert s. Hadley,
Jesse A. Tollerton of Branson; John
d. McNeeley of st. Joseph; Walter
q. s. Dickey of Kansas City; John
/ Tippin of Springfield; A. A. Speer OF
Chamois; Fred Essen OF Clayton;
Hugh McIndee, OF Joplin.
A test vote previous to the roll call
for the election OF the delegates at
large to the convention stood 663 for
Roosevelt and 3221s for Taft. That
4 ratio of forces was preserved through
out the bitter contest.
Ten nominations primarily were
! made for delegates at large. Added to
the eight names which stand as the
\ delegates chosen, were Mayor Freder-
i lex H. Kreismann of St. Louis and
Chas. D. Morris OF st. Joseph, chair
man of the state committee. Both
of these men were elected on the
original ballot Both of them took the
floor of the convention and declined
to accept their nomination and cleo
ton and then the names of Tippin
and Speer were substituted for theirs
by vote of the convention.
It has been charged by all the adher
ents OF the Taft following that Mr..
Hadley in conference or through his
personal representatives Just previous
to the assembling of the convention
, agreed that no instructions should bs
Issued binding the delegates at large
! or the state delegates in general te
vote for any named candidate.
4 Governor Hadley in the most in
r dignant and vociferous manner o.
. which his equipoise is capable say'
, no, that no such agreement was ar
5 ranged by his knowledge or consent
/. 1t is claimed by many Taft followers
/ that the positive refusal of Secretar.
j of Commerce and Labor Nagel tt
Y sanction steam roller methods" a.
n the Globe Democrat expresses 1t Il
b Its head lines this morning, was tn
primary cause of the utter rout, dowr
l. fall and dissipation OF the Tai
n forces.
e This morning Chairman Norris sal
n to representative Of the Unite
n Press:
. They ran the steam roller over u
l. last night; we will see how our stear
roller will operate in Chicago"
Rump Convention to be Held.
ST. LOUIS. April &c. Taft leader
d announced they Will hold "rump
b. convention at the Planters hotel thi
morning and send a rival delegatio
lr at large to the Chicago convention.
Y. I'VE shall take the fight for Mi
O. souris rival delegates at large befor
the republican national committee
1t June announced State Senate
t. Eads. "The action of the governor {
this state, in going back on his wor
has been damnable and the Taft me
lie are going to meet in the state commi
lg tee headquarters today to send co
lie testing delegation of Taft men.
Ii Colonel Stifel the Taft leader in S
C. Louis, then joined Senator Eads ar
b. said you'll stay around for the NEE
ing upstairs, won't you senator?"
"You bet will" Senator Eads r
: Piled
~ State Chairman Morris, a few mi
!, :, utes later, said he would not attem
4. to forecast what action the Taft lea
,y ers would take, but he admitted
: had heard a -rump" convention W
1y to be held.
iy
Second Convention Held.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April IS. i;
W leaders held second convention I'll
ng morning at Taft headquarters in t
Planters hotel, and selected a ril
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