Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-26
ROOSEVELT ROUIS
TAFT N MISSOURI
pREslpENr's SUPPORTERS WHO
SOUGHT 70 APPROPRIATE
STATE GET COLD FEET.
EIGHT pELEaATEs.AT.LARoE
INSTRUCTED FOR COLONEL
Convention in Session All Night Await.
ing Action Of Com Men
Claim 'osntlsmsn's Agreement" Was
Violated sd-Hadlsy Denies Agreement
70 Divide Delegation Was Made.

SsSssV SOstSsOsUOuS VSVOOUuOUS Vao
VioIatsd-Hadlsy Denies Agreement
70 Divide Delegation Was Made.
st. Louis. April 26-Governor Her
bert 8. Hadley and his friends early to-
day swung the Missouri state republi
can convention for Colonel Roosevelt
after twenty four hour deadlock in
which the Taft leaders finally were
driven to complete route. Eight dele
gates s-at-large to the national republi-
can convention, all Roosevelt men, and
all instructed for him, were elected af-
ter two Taft leaders had been given
places and then resigned their places
on the Missouri delegation when the
convention voted instructions for
Roosevelt.
End Of Dramatic Fight.
The convention will go down in the
annals Of Missouri politics as one of
the most stubborn and dramatic fights
in the history of the state republican
organization.
Mayor Cedric H. Kieismann, OF St.
Louis. and Charles D. Morris, Of st.
Joseph, the latter chairman Of the state
committee, were the Taft leaders elect
ed and who resigned as delegates-at-
large to the national convention when
the state convention voted to instruct
the delegation for Roosevelt In MAX
ing their designations they charged
violation Of a "gentlemen's agreement"
by which they declared the Roosevelt
managers had assured them that the
delegates at large would be uninstruct-
ed.
No "esntIsmsn's Agreement"
Governor Hadley replied by assert
ing that he had not been party to any
So called "gentlemen's agreement" The
governor asserted that thruout the BIT
ter fight which preceded the formal
opening o. the convention he had re-
fused to attempt to deliver the votes
OF Roosevelt Delegates on any PROPOSE
4 ton.
The eight delegates at-large to the
8 national convention. each with one-
haif vote, finally elected by the state
convention follow:
Governor Herbert 8. Hadley, Jesse
ToIerton, Of Bronson: Walter s. Dickey,
OF Kansas City; Fred Essen, of Clay
ton; John D. McNeeley, OF St Joseph;
Hugh McIntoe, OF Joplin: John w.
Tippin, Of Springfield, and Alfred H.
Spear. of Chamois.
Nassi 10 suppIanted.
As national committeeman from Mis-
souri, to succeed Charles Nagel, sec
retary of commerce and labor the state
convention elected Thomas K. Med
ringhaus. Of ST. Louis.
After having been delayed all day by
attempting to decide contests, dele
gates to the convention assembled in
the armory at o'clock last night to
await the report Of the credentials
committee. Prior to the assembling in
the armory, the fnal conference be-
tween the Roosevelt and Taft factions
was held in hotel. The conference
committee was composed Of three Taft
men and the secretary of commerce
and labor. Charles Nagel, and three
Roosevelt followers and Governor Had
ley. Governor Hadley was defeated for
temporary chairman of the convention
by Mayor F. H. Kreisrnann Of st. Louis
and preliminary organization was not
decided upon until two hours after the
delegates went to the armory.
Taft Men Claimed Agreement.
After the transaction Of routine
business the convention took recess
while the various committees were at
work Taft leaders claimed by an
agreement between them and the
Roosevelt managers. that eight dele
gates t-large, four for Taft and four
for Roosevelt. were to be sent to the
national convention at Chicago instead
OF four Observation-Disclosures. The eight.
II was said, were to be given half a
vote each.
This, the Taft men said, would make
the convention an "even break" be-
tween the Roosevelt and Taft forces.
The Rooeewelt men, however, de-
clared that delegates -at-large to the
national convention would be instruct
ed for Roosevelt, and that no agree
ment had been made.
Arguments on this point in commit
tee room caused the recess to be ex-
tended to a late hour. while delegates
chafed under the further delay in the
proceedings.
In Session All Night.
DELEGATES settled down for an all
night session shortly after midnight,
i when committees had failed to report
and the fight between leaders con-
tinued.
lN0S CECOSullHAS COAAAAiAlteS, NoAAAAT
mated by Roosevelt men, returned the
following report:
..Recommended. that Of thirteen
contesting county delegations eight
Roosevelt delegations be seated. one
TAFT delegation be seated and in the
remaining four, both Taft and Roose-
yelt delegates be seated. with half
vote to each delegate"
IA ron cali was demanded and re-
snited in the adoption Of the report by
avote Of 1.1a05l to s1h. The conven-
tion then proceeded to select Roose-
,yp.t delegates and instruct for him.
Taft Men Back Down.
F,0f 4 time It seemed the state COM
miftee. controlled by the presidents
! friends by . margin OF only one vote,
:ss,,ld ride rough shod over the Roose-
welt men.
Apparently fearful Of the result Of
{hSSr own course. the Taft men In the