The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-25
SEEK AID Of
COURTS TO WIN
MISSOURI FIGHT
Taft Men Refuse to Seat Roosevelt
Follower ON State
Committee
CONVENTION IS TODAY
Non-Factional Committee Hears
Contests from Kansas City
and Other Places

st. Louis, Mo-, April 24.~~-On the
eve of tomorrow's state Republican
convention, Missouri Roosevelt lead.
ers late today sought the aid of
courts to secure possible balance
OF power in the Republican state
committee, where Gov. Hadley, In
person, directed the fight against
Taft delegates.
The court action resulted from the
unseating as state committee mem
Der of Thomas K Niedringhaus df
st. Louis, a Roosevelt leader, who
was elected to the place by the
eleventh district congressional COM
mittee BY vote of 16 TO Is the
state committee members selected II.
l.. Weakley, Taft adherent, for the
vacancy on the committee, which
Niedringhaus claimed had been CIV
en- him legally by the congressional
committee.
Niedringhaus Immediately asked
the circuit court for writ of man
damus to compel the state committee
members to recognize him instead of
WeakIey, az regularly constituted
member of that committee.
Contests Are Important.
hn orb
pened until tomorrow morning, Taft
and Roosevelt members of the state
committee entered struggle for
each possible advantage in attempt
ing to settle contests between oppos-
ing delegates from Jackson and four
teen other counties.
F. The Jackson county delegation.
which contains the delegates from
Kansas city, holds ninety votes in
the convention.
Although the Taft men won the
first two skirmishes before the state
committee, the Roosevelt leaders
took the third round when Gov. Had
ley secured equal representation for
them on a special committee Of six.
named to make recommendations re,
1ga-ding contests to the full COM
mittee. Taft leaders sought to have
a committee of four Taft men and
three Roosevelt men appointed.
ra,. t. a%.nrol
The special committee was com
posed of Joseph Black of Richmond,
Dr. Max Starloff of st. Louis and OF
to F. Stifel of st. Louis as the Taft
members, and James P. Obannon OF
Buffalo, Jesse A. Collerton of Jeffer-
son City and l.. Breruer of Rolla as
the Roosevelt members.
While the subcommittee was
hearing contests, tonight. other
members of the state COMMITTEES
awaited its decision.
The first test of strength in the
committee came when it was decid-
ed to make the meeting an executive
session With Roosevelt leaders OPP
posing an executive meeting the
committee, by vote of II to IA,
voted in favor of 1t. The second test
came on the unseating of Niedring-
haus.
Indications now point to bitter
fight on the floor of the convention
tomorrow, and with the possibility
that the convention may be dis
rupted and two sets of delegates-at'
large chosen for the national conven'
tion at Chicago.
Second Recess Taken.
At late hour tonight the full
state committee took second recess
until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning
when the members will reconvens tt
hear the report of the sub-commit
tee of SIX, which heard the contest
ing delegations. The Subcommittee
worked all night in an effort to hea
all of the contests, but this, appar
entity was impossible. The first con
test heard was that from Buchanan
county, with delegation of 2S Tn
vote Of the subcommittee, OIL
Buchanan county was tie and tn
matter will be referred to the entir
committee tomorrow.
Witnesses before the sub-commit
lCQucluded On Page Six.)