Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-25
HiGH.HANDED PROCEEDINGS IN
EFFORTS TO CHANGE MAJOR
IrY IN STATE CONVENTION.
ROOSEVELT HAS DELEGATES,
TAFT THE MACHINERY
Deliberate Effort Made to Overcome
Lead Of 200 Majority by Seating Con-
testing Deiesatss-Governor HadIey
Fears Riot Will Result and Situation
is critieaI-An Appeal TO the Courts.

st. Louis. April 25.-Roosevelt and
Taft factions, unable to agree. delayed
the opening of the republican state
! convention here today. The sub-com-
mittee, which is hearing the contest,
resumed it's session at s o'clock, with
| the Jackson county contest before 1t.
The sub committee was in session un-
til after o'clock this morning.
Early this morning Governor H. S.
Hadley, leader of the Roosevelt fac
tion, refused to consider compromise
to end the party row and decided to
continue the fight before the state
committee, which is to complete the
temporary organization Of the conven-
ton after the subcommittee reports.
The compromise presented by the st.
Louis city committee was that Cover
nor Hadley and Mayor F. H. Kreis-
mann. of st. Louis, a Taft adherent, be
named as two delegates at-large, the
other two to be chosen in some manner
to be agreed upon, one to be a Taft
man and the other a Roosevelt sup
porter.
Taft Men Attempting Steal.
Il have made no provision for calling
out the militia to preserve order at
the convention" said Governor Hadley
in discussing the convention situation,
"altho 1 have the gravest fears as to
what may happen. The feeling is very
bitter. The program Of the Taft lead
ers is so outrageously unfair that al
most anything might happen when the
convention meets. I Should feel easy
if 1 saw nothing more serious ahead
| than split in the convention.
1--WE have appealed to the Taft men
to be fair and not to throw out dele
gates elected by the people. The
Roosevelt men came to this convention
with majority of more than 200 dele
gatey and the Taft men propose to take
control sof 1t by sweeping them out
without reason or excuse. 1t Is the
most outrageous program have ever
seen."
Resort to Courts.
Roosevelt leaders. last night sought
the aid Of the courts to obtain a pos
sible balance Of power in the republi-
can state committee, where Governor
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. Of st.
Louis, Roosevelt leader. who was
elected to the place of a deceased mem
Der of the Eleventh district congress
sjonal committee several days ago.
BY vote of 16 to Is state committee
members selected H. L. Weeke. Taft
adherent, for the vacancy on the COM
mittee, which Niedringhaus claimed
had been given him legally by the
congressional committee.
Niedringhaus Seeks Mandamus.
Niedringhaus Immediately asked the
circuit court for writ of mandamus
to compel the state committee mem
bers to recognize him instead OF Weeke
as a regularly constituted member OF
that committee.
When the court fight was postponed
until today, Taft and Roosevelt MEM
bers of the committee entered strug-
tempting to settle contests between
opposing delegations from Jackson
county and fourteen other counties
The Jackson county delegation,
which contains the delegates from
Kansas City, holds ninety votes in the
convention. Altho the Taft men won
the first two skirmishes before the
state committee, the Roosevelt leaders
took the third round when Governor
Hadley procured equal representation
for them on a special subcommittee Of
six named to make recommendations
regarding contests to the full commit
tee. .'.'
Taft leaders sought to have a COM
mittee Of four Taft men and three
Roosevelt men appointed -.