Taft Men Hold Montclair.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 15, 1912:
In a Test Vote of General Committee He Wins, 18 to 4.
Special to The New York Times.
    MONTCLAIR, N. J.. July 14.— Progressive Republicans in the Montclair General Republican Committee, headed by Edmund B. Osborne, who was a Roosevelt delegate to the Chicago Convention, were unable to control a meeting of the committee, which continued until a late hour at the Montclair Club last night. The issue was raised when members of the Taft and Sherman Club, who belong to the General Republican Committee, proposed that the latter organization take charge of the raising of a Taft and Sherman banner, which the club had planned for next Saturday night. Mr. Osborne was supported by the Chairman of the committee, E. B. Colby, and former Freeholder Edward Winslow. When a vote on the question was taken, however, it was seen that the sentiment of the majority of the twenty-two members of the committee favored the proposition to make the banner raising a Republican organization affair. Eighteen voted for the motion.
    It was expected that the General Republican Committee would act on the indorsement of a candidate for Mayor, but the members decided that, owing to the unsettled situation, the matter should be laid over until the meeting next Saturday night. Mayor Ernest C. Hinck, Benjamin Moore, who was defeated by Edmund B. Osborne for the Chicago delegateship, and Arthur G. Wilson, a Councilman from the Fourth Ward, are mentioned as receptive candidates for the office of Mayor. Hinck some time ago announced that he would not be a candidate, but strong influences have been brought to bear on him to accept a nomination.