The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14
c. D. P. NOTE IS
AGAIN DELAYED
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN TO BE
THIS AFTERNOON
ADAMS OF IOWA WITHDRAWS
Bitter Attack Made Upon Him Is Bit
terIy Resented-ResoIution Ad-
opted Commend Suffrage and
Extend Sympathy to T. r.

Extend Sympathy to T. r.
st. Louis, Feb. 13.--John T.
Adams Of Iowa announced his
withdrawal as contestant for
the craftsmanship of the repubIi-
can national committee. He will
place William Hayes in nomina-
ton when the committee meets
this afternoon. This will insure
the nomination of Hayes by &C
eIamation.
st. Louis, Mo-, Feb 13-The Republic
can national committee meeting last
night was troubled one, and in an
effort to appease all factions the vital
matter of the selection of a chairman
was postponed until 1880 o'clock this
Afternoon.
The most reliable available figures
indicated % votes pledged to John T
Adams of Iowa for chairman, 2S
pledged to Will H. Hays, chairman OF
the state central committee of Ind.
lana, with five votes non-committal.
Fred Stanley of Kansas, who loom.
ed as dark horse plainly during the
forenoon, largely by reason of his
nsistance that he desired to vote to
the last for Adams.
Adams Thoroughly Angered
The expected public attack on Mr..
Adams id not materialize. His friends
asserted that he was fighting mad
and that they were with him.
Mr.. Adams was secluded and busy
directing his fight during the day.
William Hale Thompson, mayor of
Chicago. candidate for republican sen.
atorial nomination next fall, and at
tackled at times as a pro-German, en-.
rolled himself on the Adams side. He
was asked:
In your opinion do the charges a.
gainst Mr. Adams, true or untrue, in
any way initiate against him as your
choice for chairman of the republican
national committee"
Il can see nothing in what Mr.
Adams has done or said that would
disqualify him as a good American
and a good republican" replied the
mayor.
Resolutions Adopted.
The resolutions committee of the ex-
ecutive committee drafted resolutions
indorsing the stand taken by republi-
cans in congress in voting for the Su-
san B. Anthony suffrage amendment;
suggest that the administration at
Washington avail itself of the assist
ance of the ablest men in the country
regardless of politics, in the prosecu-
ton of the war; include tribute of
gratitude and affection" to Theodore
Roosevelt and pledge support in the
prosecution of the war.
Tribute to Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt resolution follows:
I'VE, the representatives of the repub-
lican party, in duly constituted official
conference assembled, send you in this
hour of pain and shadow a tribute of
our gratitude and affection. We take
courage and strength from your eX-
ample in constant counsel for prepar-
edness against aggression on land and
sea, and in fearless maintenance of
American homo: in the face of all man
kind. We fervently pray for your spec
dy return to perfect health and
strength as a power for national self
respect and International righteous.
that cannot be spared"
Charge Against Adams.
The Adams candidacy struck the
rocks when the executive committee
met Documents were produced includ-
ing a copy of call for a public meet
ing in Dubuque following the sinking
of the Lusitania, which was to protect
against Americans travelling on ammu.
milton carriers. Another was copy of
letter he had written from Berlin
before the war, praising German eff
cheney These were held by the Adams
opposition to be sufficient basis for
the earlier attacks upon Mr.. Adams
attitude toward the government.
Earlier in the meeting John &. Shat
fer of Chicago made an address in
which he said the Americanism of the
chairman must be unquestioned,
The conference was supposed to be
the melting pot for all interests. The
speakers were James A. Hemenway
of Indiana, representing the national
committee; George w. Perkins ant
Harold l.. Ickes, representing the ad
visory committee of 1916; Senator vii
liam M. Calder of New York, Gov
James r. Goodrich of Indiana, Gov
Beekman of Rhode Island, Alexander
Moore of Pittsburg, and Mr.. Shaffer