The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-05-02
The State COdVentien at St. Louis.
Special correspondence.

Missouri will be represented by Big
g." instead OF Big A. delegation,
and all Of the eight will 60 instructed
for Roosevelt. Each will have one
hall Of vote. Their right to sit in
the convention will not be seriously
contested, as no accredited bolt was
organized, and no contesting delega-
ton with credentials from reputable
number Of delegates elected TO the
state convention will be at Chicago to
dispute their authority to represent the
republicans Of Missouri. True, asmaII
number OF dissatisfied men met in a
hotel parlor following the adjournment
of the state convention and named four
delegates at large just as other repub'
lcans might have met anywhere In town
and named men more satisfactory 10
themselves to golas delegates 10 repre-
sent them but the delegates to the
Chicago convention, authorized and ac'
credited to represent the republican
party Of Missouri, arr Gcvcrncr Herbert
6. R.dl,,; Hon. Walter S DIctav o.
Kansas Cily. STATE rdairman in 1908;
Hon. A. A. Spr,r Of Caauoiy, spcaFtr
Ct the general ass mbIy OF 1909; Hon
I-sse A. Tolertcn, state game aud fish
commissioner; Hon. Hugh McIndoe Of
joplin; Major John D. McNecey Ct ST.
Joseph; Mr.. Fred Essen Of s.. Louis
county, and Mr.. John w. Tippin Of
Springfield.
The two presidential electors at large,
elected by the convention, are Harry
s. Patton Of Greene county, and Robert
s. Harvey OF Miller county. District
electors were selected by the district
delegations and elected by vote Of the
convention.
Hon. Thomas K. Niedringhaus Of
St. Louis, who was state chairman when
Roosevelt swept the state in 1904, was
elected national committeeman. He
was placed in nomination by State
Senator A. E. /. Gardner in most
eloquent speech, reciting the long con-
t,nued and liberal devotion Of Mr..
Niednnghaus 10 his party in the state
and in his native city Of ST. Louis.
No other candidate was nominated and
his election was practically unanimous.
He had been elected a few days
previously by the congressional com
mittee Of the eleventh district as a
member Of the state cOmmllIee TO FIJI
a vacancy caused by thr dca;h of MI.
Hermann G. Gevers. hut The state
committee b. a majority Of one vote,
had refused 10 seat him on Wednes
day on the ground that congressional
committees have not the legal author
ity to fill vacancies in the state com
mittee.
The most spirited contest in the
convention came in its closing houl
about o'clock Friday morning, ovei
resolution instructing the delegate;
at large 10 the national convention &c
vote and work for the nomination o.
Col. Roosevelt. AS a matter OF good
policy and for the sake Of harmony, tC
avoid any break in the convention, i
had been tacitly agreed late Thursday
evening that the state committee
should name Mayor Kreismann 70
temporary chairman, and other Tai
men for minor officers Of the temper
ary organization; that the contest fleC
against the delegations from Jackson
and Buchanan counties should b.
dropped from further consideration anC
that all other contests should, be deter
mined by the credentials committee G
the convention; and it was understood
(though not publicly proclaimed) tia
the eight delegates at large to be elect
ed would not be directly instructed
and it was also understood in the stat
committee room that two Of the dele
gates at large would be Taft men. Tn
state committee had triad from tw
o'clock on Wednesday till 4 o'cloc
on Thursday to make up a TEN
porary roll by disposing temporaril
OF the numerous contests that had bee
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