The Detroit times., 1912-04-12
MlRTlNDA[E AND OAInAI Z
MARKED FOR THE KNIFE BI|
FOLLOWERS or ROOSEVELT
Movement to Defeat Both 4
Started by Wayne Republicans
Following State Convention
INTERESTS WE'RE THEIR
d. U. R., M. U. r., Iron Con
panies, the Pere Marquette and
Sugar Interests Represented
From a staff Oorrsspo spondent.

BAY CITY, Mich. April i2.--Th4
community OF interestsp was Con
spicuous In the state Republican Con
yention, Thursday. BY that n me,n<
the presence OF representatives And
agents OF some OF Michigan's greateo<
corporations, those that stand to rean
the greatest harvests with a victorr
Tor Taft and the election or a STATE
administration to do their biddinc
All the cunning and political erudition'
they possessed We're brought to- bear
In behalf OF the Taft forces I'm obtain
ing whatever advantage the latter
possessed In the convention. These
men were working handin-glove with,
the Martindale men; they made ~
common cause against Roosevelt and
Roosevelt delegates.
IF the moneyed interests or Micl1i-
gan were not pledged. to the support
-of Fred c. Martindale for governor be-
fore. they now are" ssid one old Re-
publican campaigner who closely
observed the proceedings OF the day
"Martindale was waiting to see if
the interests would support him be-
fore he said anything about them. II
the interests didn't coddle to Mar
tindale he was ready to repudiato
them. Judging from the events OF
today, should say there will be no
reputation. & a n
But Martindale made a mistake III
assuming that all OF Roosevelt'1 b
friends were friends OF Osborn. He
has alienated the friendship or thou
sands of Roosevelt's friends who
might otherwise have voted for him
this fall. They will never stand for
4 the tactics or Martindale and the vote
swappers' league. There is no line OF
demarkation between that league ana
Martindale."
| Charles Joslyn, attorney for the ID.
| u. r., and accredited one OF the
shrewdest students OF politics In Mich
/ fgan, was among those present Thurs
day. There was Tip Atwood. OF the
j M.lU. r.: Dan Ball, Representative
Of the Cleveland Cliffs iron Co: Orin
bolt, the accredited legislative boss Of
the Pere Marquette railroad. and J.
III. Simpson, who was formerly inter.
ested in the Pere Marquette Charles
3. Warren, president OF the Michigan
Sugar Co., was figuring how the Taft
organization would be seated. The
Roosevelt forces regard Warren as
4 lilt NOhntCAlnB OOtWNCh thc 49,
! tional headquarters OF the Taft or
ganization and the active Taft organ
ization in Wayne county. Mr.. War
rem is a great statistician and he can
show you on paper that there is moth
| ing TO 1t but Taft.
Attorney Joslyn and ex-Justice Car
penter will probably be the legal rep
resentatives of the Taft delegates IN
the contest between the rival Michi'
gan delegates before the national re
publican convention in Chicago.
The work OF the state convention
over. the Roosevelt delegates Thurs
day night turned their attention TO
the part played by Milton Oakman
and the vote swappers' league In ex-
cIuding them from the convention hall.
That they were angry is putting u
mildly. They spent a night enroute
TO Bay City. they stood four hours be
fore the convention hall; they were
set on and beaten by hired Tart men
when they sought to gain entrance 70
| fContinued ON rage Ten.D