Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-16
PROGRESSIVE AND STANDPATTERS DECLINE TO MIX
and ABERlEEN IS SCENE OF TWO
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS
EFFORTS TO HEEL BREACH FAIL UTTERLY
TWO CONVENTIONS; TWO SETS OF DELEGATES AND
PLATFORMS REPUBLICANS WONDER If
THERE ARE NOT TWO PARTIES

The republican party in the state
of Washington is split in twain. AT
ter spending all day Tuesday in hear
ing the arguments for and against
seating the contesting delegations,
the state central committee, stand
ing 26 to 10 for Taft, did the expect
ed by seating enough Taft delegations
to control the convention. concluding
it's labors late that night.
The Roosevelt delegates We're fur.
ious, and INDUCED in some wild talk,
and threats We're made to rush the
Grand theater and force their way in
to the convention, but better council
prevailed. About 1000 strong, the
Roosevelt men, headed by brass
band, paraded the streets Tuesday
night and shouted themselves hoarse
for Teddy. Stopping twice in front
of the city hall where the central CON-
mittee was wrangling, the noise in
terfered with the proceedings of the
committee. Later they they held a
meeting in the Rex theater, at which
it was decided that, inasmuch as they
had made an excellent record, for
use at Chicago. before the state CEN
trail committee, they would maintain
commanding position by ignoring
the Taft convention. and holding one
of their own, and insisting that it was
the real thing, and the Grand theater
gather but a rump convention. 1t
was pointed out that they had delega-
tions from 36 out of the 80 counties of
the state, and that those from 20 coun-
ties, consisting of 251 dele
gates were uncontested, and
could rightfully lay claim to be the
real state convention, and this line
of action was carried out, so that
Aberdeen witnessed two alleged re-
publican state conventions yesterday
All Harmony Efforts Fail.
Numerous conferences were held
Tuesday and Tuesday night in an ef-
fort to adjust the differences between
the two factions, but without avail.
The bitterness was too deep. Cover
nor Hay labored faithfully for peace,
in an effort to save the republican
party from split that he saw plainly
would affect state as we'll as nation
al politics, but he labored in vain.
The rival delegates had come from
home prepared to fight it out, and
they could not be prevailed upon to
agree to any sort of compromise.
The Roosevelt men had their head
quarters at the Fairmont hotel, and
the Taft contingent at Hotel Wash.
ington, with their respective banners
on each hostelry. So fierce was the
antagonism. that the special trains
from the Sound cities were chartered
over different railroads.
State Issues Involved.
AS Governor Hay and most of the
state administration favor Taft, the
feeling of the Roosevelt men has
caused them to inject the spirit of
progressiveness, or insurgency, into
state politics, to the exceeding great
annoyance OF the various candidates
for state Offices. Open opposition to
the governor manifested itself yes
terday afternoon, when the Roose-
welt delegates appeared wearing badg-
es with the inscription, mo Hay Fe-
ver," and Senator Paulhamus, of
Pierce county was announced in the
convention, as a candidate for COVER
nor.
The Taft Convention.
Owing to the talk of possible at
tempt of the Roosevelt men to rush
the Grand theater, Chief of Police
Templeman had a dozen policemen
do duty in that vicinity, but no such
move was made, and the proceedings
of this gathering were distressingly
harmonious to those who attended in
a hope of seeing trouble. In antici-
patton of big crowd, the central
committee arranged that no person
be allowed to enter the theater with
out an admission ticket. The chair
man of each delegation was provided