The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-21
11th WARD REPUBLICANS NAME
CITY CONVENTION DELEG ATES

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The regular Republican delegation
from the Eleventh ward to the city
convention was elected Monday night
by the members of the Third club at
meeting at the court room of JUS
tice Pollock, 1925 Troost avenue. A
coterie of "anti boss" Independents
tried to stem the tide of defeat by
advancing the excuse that they had
been unable to find fifty-three Re-
publicans in the ward to go on an
"anti-boss" delegation, although they
had labored long and diligently.
They asked for further time to see
if they could not meet with better
success, but the several hundred men
and women present were not in
further delay frame of mind and de-
manded that vote be taken on the
regular delegation, which was sub
mitted in the form of a report from
the minority faction of the commit
tee that had been named on last Mon
day night to report back the names
of the delegates to the club last night
for approval.
At the meeting on last Monday
night it is claimed that the anti
boss" crowd packed it with outsiders
and some of the committee of five
who are in charge of the anti-boss"
campaign and put over resolution
that the ward should send an "anti-
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The president of the club was in
clined to rule that the report of the
minority of the delegate committee
was not in conformity with the spirit
of the "anti-boss" resolution in view
of the fact that Fred Richardson, a
former alderman and holder of other
city offices under Republican admin
istrations, claimed that the club had
no definite proofs that the delegates
recommended were not "anti-boss."
1--WE want no delegates from the
Eleventh that are not against Tom
Marks" shouted Richardson.
This remark drew fire from men on
the delegation who disclaimed any
connection whatsoever with Marks,
and denied that they We're boss con-
trolled. Fred Dabney, Nelson Crews
and others cited that Richardson al
ways had been "a boss" more exact
ing and tyrannical than Marks, and
that he should be the last man to
cry bossism.
The crowd was on its feet, loudly
demanding a roll call on the motion
to approve the minority report on
delegates. The president of the club
insisted on hiding behind the "anti-
boss" delegation rule, and when the
house was in an uproar it was a
woman who brought Eorder out of
chaos. She was Miss Matilda I'm
hof, school teacher.
81 move that we rescind the "anti-
boss" resolution of a week ago." she
said.
The crowd cheered. The motion
was put and carried. Nelson Crews
moved that the resolution be expuri-
gated from the official records of the
club. 1t was adopted and the re-
port of delegates as recommended
by the minority of the delegation
committee was ratified. The delega-
tiOn will be known as "The Regular
Republican Delegation" The dele
gates:
w. w. Harnden, John N. Trout, E..
]. Washer, Ross j. Ream, H. E. Bar
ker, Phineas Rosenberg, f. H. Gam
BILE, Charles Myers, G. C. Lee, E. E.
Kratz, D. NJ. Vail, Jos. A. Stringer,
Hugh NJ. Dockery, August Gantz,
Herman Weisflog, Conrad Metz,
Charles A. Barker, David Russell,
Charles o. Smith, J. E. Heiser, A. E.
Young, A. ]. Shirk, C. w. Herold, ].
Licester, Frank Butter, Cash Harm
den, H. R. Albright, NJ. d. Marshall,
Z. Carter, Rev. B. G. Dawson, George
w. r Love, W. G. Moseley, Enoch
Salisbury, 5. ]. Hopkins, r. P. Jack
son, w. H. Haynor, S. W. Hightower,
Harrison Williams, P. L. Pratt,
Charles H. Countee, Lloyd Payne,
Rev. David st. Clair, J. L. Kinney,
Charles H. Galloway, Rev. ]. Hall,
D. A. Willis, r. L. Hopkins, G. w.
Brown, NJ. D., C. A. Franklin, Nelson
c. Crews, Fred ". pabney, D. NJ.
Miller; NJ. d.
The minority committee in making
its report made this criticism of the
"anti-boss" resolution:
1t is not representative of the
spirit of the Republicans of the
ward in that it promotes those
forces which apparently are
i. seeking the destruction Of the
party.
THAT the Republicans of Jackson
County should determine and con-
clude whom they should support for
president of the United States, and