Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-11
h|LL|lAA[N GUARD
POLITICAL MEETING
AspusI,cAN STATE CONVENTION
or MICHIGAN BECOMES De.
c,pEpLv pIsoRDERLv.
coNrEsTINo DELEGATIONS
cLAMoR FOR AoM'TTANcE
Eioht,sn Hundred Eighty Eight Claim.
ants TO 1872 sssats Necessary to
Cause Ruetion-ReossvsIt and TAFT
Forces contsstins for ce"tro'-os'
tro;t Men Kept Out Of He'll.

H
troit Men Kept Out Of He'll.
Bay City, Mich, April l.-While
troops held the front entrance to the
armory against a crowd Of 1900 dele
gates and contested delegates to the
Michigan state republican convention
today. Taft members of the state GEN.
tral committee were admitted to the
building thru small side entrance and
the Taft forces thus secured the first
strategic advantage over the Roosevelt
men in the fight for control of the con-
vention.
The Taft members. who were headed
by Acting Committee Chairman Robert
H. Shields. Of Houghton. were followed
into the armory by Chairman Knox
and former United States Senator AL
bert J. Beveridge, Of Indiana, who also
came thru the side entrance. Knox at
once voiced an emphatic protest
against the action Of his committee
members. but despite his protest he
was voted down.
The committee then elected Shields
WITH tho .eatinp arranpemants for the
a.,a.ata. nm u,o;tod ,,nn.+,o,tI,, a.
~. stree+
.Roo..ve,t leader. u.o,vhua co,-
rarred a. +. down -+own hotel ..varo,
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rarv cha i,man fornner secretarv ~ tha
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nI,ief tha arc4fe6 Aeler.tes seemed nse-
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na.n,ta rra.t a1.ordar hott 4ha Taft
Qua Pno.ayelt force. aftemnted a+ the
,am. t,noa ~ orpa niza the convention
Two large no,icen,en stood guard over
Mr.. Beyeridge. who had been swept
hack fnonn ~. seat Daring the Gordon
CrAner fixht
aoo.ew.it Man Name pelsoatss.
rho Rooaaven forces named their
as follows: Gov
ernor chase 8 Osborn. Charles Mich
NJ. n1,troit. Svbrant wesselius. Grand
RAPIDS: II. F. Boughey, Traverse City;
Thar.,oro 1oa,vn Adrian: w. D. Cor.
aons midland
While Secretary King attempted to
80. ,,,+e an +he onestior of tempo-
rary chairman Gordon resumed his
snaech amid wild confusion. More
poo.avelt delegates entered the hall.
cli,,,hinp thru transoms. The police
fought ard elected some Of them. FL
naIiv secretary King announced that
Tsra ~ ;E,elIows of Hudson, a Taft dele
rate had been elected temporary chair
man. !,
r.s+ Men Use Steam Roller.
hitter 1eht between Taft and
poo.evelt forces for control Of the re-
r,,,,iicsr convention started last night
state central committee. attended by
.avan.een'o,,t NJ twenty-four members,
81 Witch Rohert A. Shields. Of Hough-
ton acted as chairman.
~ . vote of IL to 8. in the absence
:, ch.,rr,an Frank Knox. who de-
o,..aS .ha r,eetinp illegal members
- 80 mi,tea voted to unseat former
S.s.s.s.., - the Navv Truman H..
Ns-,t,.rrv ~ Detroit. a roosevelt lead
- e.r,ror.rv ~ chairman of the con-
~
se .sr..o ,a,,,..c +hen took I'D the
I.. - annte.+sd delegates to the
a.N.S auss.on ~aar.,t,nr md voted to seat Taft
.Dns Is -. a.o,ns+ Roosevelt dele
us.ssa.1"ns . naera,t fWavne county)
sa.ions llo". ... rra,houn countvl.
ana na..ae .,. S.H sa,os..,on . 10 admitted to
ny De. luS,..ae 20 nower in the con-
..u"..H n ..o
vention. -. ...,., -, ma a,or..v o.
.Desplte tnls "Ion ~ nd thean.
the Otate centrdi coHi.