The Detroit times., 1914-03-28
COP. WILL HOLD
MASS MEETING
HERE, MAY Il
State Central Committee Ar.
ranges for Gathering of Rep
resentatives of Party
HADLEY AND BORAH ARE
SUGGESTED AS SPEAKERS
Groesbeck Tenders Resignation
As Chairman, But It's Not
Accepted

A mass meeting Of Representatives
Of "au voters now aflliated. or who
desire to be afnliated with tho Repub.
lican party" win be held. probably
May n. In Detroit. The state cen.
tral committee. In it, meeting In the
Hotel Pontchartrain. Friday after.
noon. decided to issue the call. Each
county win be entitled to enc repre-
sentative tor every 1000 Of it, popu
lation. giving . total Of 1900 dele.
gates to the meeting.
State Chairman Alex ]. 0roesbeck
rendered his resignation. because of
objections raised to his leadership of
the state committee while he IL Q
candidate for the Nomination for gov.
ernor. Several laudatory speeches
were made, and then his resignation
was refused by the vote of everybody
except "Ddok" Fletcher. who sat
silent.
No call for the state convention,
which Is 70 nominate candidates on
the state ticket below the once Of
governor. was issued. The commit
tee has plenty Of time to make this
call. a. the convention has until July
~ 70 meet and put mp its platform
and ticket. II may be that the call
Will be issued In the April meeting.
sThe session was characterised by
the best OF feeling" was Chairman
Groesbeck's enthusiastic comment.
Saturday. THE members showed a
disposition to get together and forget
former differences. It was the most
meeting that the commit
tee has held. In. short. 1t was some
meeting"
Committeeman George B. Yerkes
also expressed his pleasure at the sit
uation.
There are men on the committee
who were Roosevelt supporters" he
said. They manifested. Friday, their
tcllef that the Republican party II
again q unit and they showed their
willingness to stink whatever differ.
ences may have arisen and subordi-
nate everything to the good Of the
party"
All members of the state commit.
tee were In attendance. either in per.
son or BY proxy. After the matter Of
the chairmanship was settled. the
committee devoted itself 10 consider.
atlon Of the mass meeting. and this
was the only business considered.
The details of the meeting were left
to two committees. one representing
the state central committee. the 9TH
er the State League OF Republican
Clubs. The central committees dele
CATION consists of John D. MacKay,
Detroit: william e. Brown. Lapeer:
Perry r. Powers, Cadillac; r. +. Dob
son, Ann ATbor; John G. Davis, Bat
tie Creek; John Baird, Saginaw;
Claude T. Hamilton, Grand Rapids:
Charles Van Keuren. Of Lansing. who
held q proxy from the sixth district,
and Alton T. Roberts, who held q
proxy from the Twelfth. The state
leagues committee consists of VIII
A. Waite, Detroit: Clark e. Baldwin.
Adrian: d. H. Hinkley. Petoskey;
John w. Mangum, Marquette: r. III.
Shields, Houghton; Roy NJ. Watkins,
Grand Rapids: James McGregor. De.
troit: w. r. Taylor. Kalamazoo. and
Charles A. Weidenfeller. Blooming
dale.
Messrs. Waite. Brown. Dobson.
cd subcommittee to arrange for
speakers. Former Gov. Hadley. Of
Missouri. Senator Borah. Of Idaho.
and Controller Prendergast, Of New
York, were suggested a. possible
orators.
Another meeting of the state CEN
trail committee will be held In De-
troit, April IA. to hear the report Of
the committee on the mass meeting.
and to take up other business. not
transacted Friday. The meeting will
lie held In the Hotel Pontchartrain,
In the morning, and In the afternoon
the committee will attend the open.