Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-04-26
DELEGATION IS INSTRUCTED
TWO TAFT MEN RESIGN rs DEL
EeATEs-AT-LAReE WHEN
RESOLUTIONS PASS.
A CONTEST IS PLANNED
FRIENDS OF THE PRESIDENT
NOMINATE A RIVAL SET OF
DELEGATES.

st. Louis, April 26.-Governor H
s. Hadley and his friends early today
swung the Missouri state republican
convention for Roosevelt, after a "a
hour deadlock in which the Taft lead
ers finally were driven to complete
route. Eight delegates-at-large to the
narlonal republican 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 Mis-
souri, delegation when the convention
voted instructions for Roosevelt.
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 re-
publican organization. Mayor Fred
erick H. Kreismann of st. Louis, and
Charles d. Morris of st. Joseph, the
latter chairman of the state commit,
tee, were the Taft leaders elected
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 "gentleman's agree
ment' by which they declared the
Roosevelt managers hao assured
them that the delegates-at-large
would be uninstructed.
Governor Hadley replied to the dec
larations of Mayor Kreismenn and
Chairman Morris in this connection
by asserting that he had not been a
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 at
tempt to deliver the votes of Roose-
welt delegates on any proposition.
The eight delegates-at-large to the
national convention, each with one
half vote, finally elected by the state
convention follow:
Governor Herbert S. Hadley, Hesse
Tolerton of Bronson, Walter S. Die
key of Kansas City, Fred Essen of
Clayton, John d. McNeeley of st.
Joseph, Hugh McIndoe of Joplin, John
w. Tippin of Springfield, and Alfred
H. Spear of Chamois.
As national committeeman from
Missouri to succeed Charles Nagel,
secretary of commerce and labor, the
state convention elected Thomas K.
Niedringhaus, of st. Louis. The
Roosevelt forces only achieved final
sweeping success in the convention
after four distinct fights with the
Taft leaders who resisted each step
stubborniy.
The first fight came on the ques--
tion of seating contested delegations
from Kansas City, St. Joseph and
other important points in the state.
This fight occupied all OF Wednesday
night and late Thursday resulted in
the seating Of nearly all the Roose
welt delegates.
The second bitterly contested point
was that regarding 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.
The third struggle came in the res
olutIons committee. where Taft men
refused to endorse Roosevelt. After
the committee had submitted one re-
port to the convention, it was with
drawn and an amplified report con-
tanning a straight endorsement of
Colonel Roosevelt vas presented and
adopted by acclamation. A minority