Show fairbanks hughes cannon knox and foraker given only complimentary vote for presidential nomination 4 t THE VOTE taft knox 68 hughes 63 cannon 61 la follette 25 fairbanks 40 4 t foraker 16 4 roosevelt 3 absent 1 total t 4 chicago on the first ballot tal en en the third day ot the national con ration cullam H tatt of oh was named by the delegates assembled as their choice for president of the unit ed states to succeed theodole roose veil it was 12 45 p m when senator lodge chairman of the convention announced that ons tor can dilates tor the presidency were in order representative boutell of illinois nominated speaker joseph or cannon representative forbes of michigan made the seconding speech for speaker cannon taking the platform immediately after mr boutell had con eluded his tribute to the candidate of illinois as the strongest and bravest ally of president roosevelt governor frank J hanly of indiana v ho nominated vice president fair bonks was interrupted continually during his speech the chair threaten ing at times to call the police and clear the galleries unless the tors remained more quiet mayor bool waiter of indianapolis seconded the nomination of fairbanks saying that the indiana delegation came into the contention as republicans from a arate which has electoral votes to give to a can president realizing that a large percentage of those who refuse to listen came from states that have never in twenty vears done any thing and never will unless they get a little political courage when mr bookwalter had finished the call of the states was resumed and there was no response until new lork was reached then general stewart L woodford arose to nomi nate governor hughes he was cheered lustily by members of the new york delegation in which sev eral sections of the hall joined the nomination of governor hughes was seconded from the floor by H L adams delegate from the fifth vir amia district when ohio was called the ohio del agates gave a yell the neighboring delegations except illinois and ind ma followed and for a brief period the uproar was deafening the gal ceries joined in with enthusiasm and the cheers rang from one end to the other of the building the first mention of the name of taft by the speaker passed almast without nit hout notice one ohio delegate made a feeble flicker with a flag and said hi there were a few hand clippings clap pings from the galleries but that was all the name was uttered and the orator sweeping on before the convention seemed to realize that the name had been uttered when they realized the tact that the moment was gone mr burton was one hundred words further along in his address mr burton neared the end of h s speech a perfect stillness pervaded the chamber he assured his hearers tl at whether in war or in peace sec detary tatt as chief magistrate would guide the destinies of the nat on with a firm hand and with a gentle pa heart and so said he today in the presence of ten thousand persons and JOSEPH G CANNON the inspiring thought of the well nigh ten thousand times ten thousand who dwell within our borders I 1 name for the presidency that perfect type of american manhood that peerless rep of ahe noblest ideals in our national life william H tatt the demonstration that followed the name of ohio on the roll was not i drop to a deluge compared to the roar that broke out as mr burton concluded on their chairs with dav ing flags hats and handkerchiefs stood the men from taft s home bh outing at the top of their voices other delegations came in on the wave and a roar of laughter followed when a flagpole to which was attach ed a pair of trousers of most gener ous proportions was held aloft by the members of the texas delegation across the consolidated portion of the trousers tore and aft were attached placards lla cards bearing the inscription As pants the hart tor cooling streams so texas pants for taft the blue banner with the picture f taft was quickly raised by the ohio delegates who whooped and yelled like a batch of comanche in deans after holding it aloft tor a ehtle abey bor h down the aisle tol lowed by others when the demonstration had been under way twenty five minutes chair man lodge with the assistance of the sergeant at arms and tatt floor man agers managed to quiet the bubbling enthusiasm of the delegates and in mr knight to second the taft nomination his speech was brief chairman lodge introduced G mccoy of coshocton Cosh octon ohio to place in nomination the name of senator foraker the seconding speech was made by W 0 emery of macon ga robert S murphy of pennsylvania I 1 resented the name of senator knox 10 the convention james scarlett of danville pa seconding the nom na n tiep y F cochems of milwaukee senator la follette no speaker of the day receiving more at than did mr cochems the domination lomi nation of senator la follette was seconded by A mcgee of wis cons n A wild cheer greeted mr as he closed and the demonstration that hollowed toll owed exceeded in intensity that which had greeted the presentation ol 01 any other name except tatt the cheering rapidly increased v hen a man named seifert who is a messenger in the united states sen ate held up a picture of roosevelt the cheering developed definitely into a roosevelt demonstration and encouraged by its continuance the aran on the stage lifted again the lith of the president which had previously been lowered at the corn mand of the sergeant at arms the scene was absolutely unique in american political history the vote being taken during a terrific uproar in behalf of a man whose name was t ot before the convention south carolina demanded that her vote be taken by delegates the vote vas taft 13 foraker 2 fairbanks 2 absent 1 south dakota texas utah idaho colorado montana nevada wyoming all went for tatt west virginia which was supposed to be the breeding place of the roose velt boom went for raft while la lost a vote in wisconsin it being cast for tatt the territories went solidly for taft and the final re suit was taft cannon 61 knox 68 la I 1 ollette 25 hughes 63 fairbanks 40 foraker 16 roosevelt 3 A considerable delav was occasion ROBERT M lafollette ed by some contusion among the ac coun tants who 1 ept the tally of the ballot and it was 5 15 before chair nan lodge read out the vote as given above A roar greeted the announce arent of the taft vote representative boutell ot illinois nominated cannon was one of the first delegates to mount a chair and call hurrah for tatt general woodford of new york was i cognized and said mr chairman on request of gov WILLIAM H TAFT republican NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT arnor hughea and of the united new york delegation I 1 move the nomona ton of william H tatt be made i senator penrose ot pennsylvania and boutell of illinois bobb clamored tor recognition penrose was given the first chance and he moved to make the nomination unal moua mr boutell seconded pd the motion and indiana with others followed si it the motion was pat by abe chair r an and carried with a shout I 1 declare the vote to be anani said the chairman and the list cheer ot the day was given 1 re it was on motion of senator fulton of oregon that the convention took a recess at 5 22 p m until friday at 10 clock PHILANDER KNOX james S sherman of utica N Y receives nomination as tafts running mate chicago the on frt day nominated congressman james schoolcraft School cratt sherman ot utica N for the vice presidency when governor hughes was defeat ed for the presidential nomination the new york delegation started an active campaign for the naming ot congressman sherman tor second place on the and pledged the seventy eight new york votes tor him became only a question of whether the tatt and roosevelt forces would support the new yorker the wires between chicago and washing ton were kept hot during the night and early friday morning finally the word was passed around that taft was willing that sherman should be his running mate and the field was clear tor his nomination after the result of the ballot had been announced the floodgates of wild enthusiasm were let loose as floor and gallery joined in a pandemonium 0 demonstration tor the nominee the nominations completed final details were now quickly perfected corn from the various states to wait upon the candidates tor dent and vice president and formally notify them of the action 0 the con in nominating them alve meetings of the national commit tee to perfect plans tor the coming campaign and thanks and alons to the chicago men who have given a convention of such perfect equipment and then just before noon amad cheers still cheering and the inspire ing strains of the national anthem the national convention finally ad journea and the multitude dispersed ex governor timothy L woodruff of new york placed the name of mr sherman before the convention and speaker cannon was unanimously ac corded the privilege of the floor and made the seconding speech senator lodge nominated governor guild of massachusetts thomas M mccarty placed the name of arnor murphy of new jersey before the convention when the vote was taken vice president dent fairbanks got one vote governor sheldon of nebraska ten votes governor curtis guild of mas seventy five governor murphy of new jersey seventy seven and james S sherman of new lork james schoolcraft sherman was born in utica N Y october 24 1855 he received an academic and colle glate education graduating from ham ilton college in the class of 1878 he was admitted to the bar in 1880 and has practiced law ever since he was president of the utoca trust and deposit company for several terms as well as president of the new hartford canning company he served as mayor of utica in 1884 was delegate to the republican national convention in 1892 chairman of the new york state republican convention in 1895 and again in 1900 chairman of the national congressional committee in 1906 was elected to the fiftieth fifty first fifty second fifty third fifty fourth fifty fifth fifty sixth fifty seventh fifty eighth fifty ninth and six bieth congresses receiving 24 votes at his last election to 19 for the democratic united labor party and independent league cand dates and a majority of 2 over all his opponents combined TAFT HAS RESIGNED president wilt appoint luke as secretary of war washington secretary of war tatt on friday tendered ats alon effective june 30 the president will appoint general luke E wright of tennessee as his successor the correspondence between the president and secretary taft relating to the latter s resignation Is very brief secretary tatt simply said in his resignation I 1 hereby tender my resignation a secretary ot war to take effect june 30 next the president in his reply said your resignation Is hereby ac cepter to take effect june 30 the resignation was dated thurs day and the acceptance friday it was stated at the white house that a the president so recently as thurs day had given out a formal statement concerning his high esteem for secre tary tatt it was not deemed feces sary to repeat what was then said PRESIDENT PLEASED says country Is to be congratulated upon nomination ot tatt washington immediately upon re c lvang news of the nomination of secretary laft for the presidency president roosevelt sa d I 1 feel that the country Is indeed to be congratulated upon the nomi nation of mr taft I 1 have known him intimately for many years and I 1 hae a peculiar feeling tor him be throughout that time we work 4 4 t TAFT HAPPY 4 in response to a request for an expression of his views of his nomination for the presidency secretary william H taft when seen at the offee of the secretary 4 of war said words cannot f nd themselves at a time like this 4 I 1 do not deny that I 1 am happy 4 y ed for the same object with the same posea and ideas I 1 do not believe there could be found in all the coun try a man so well fitted to be dent lie Is not only absolutely fear les absolutely disinterested and up light but he has the widest acquaint ance of the nation s needs without aid within and the broadest thies with all our citizens he would le emphatically a president ot the llila people as much so as lincoln let not lincoln himself would be freer rom the least taint of demagogy th east tendency to arouse or appeal to class hatred of any kind lie peculiar and intimate knowledge 0 and sympathy with the needs of all faur people of the farmer of the wage worker of the business man of the property iro perty owner no matter aliat a man s occupation or social no matter what his creed his color 01 the section of the country from aich he comes if he is an honest aard workingman who tries to do his duty toward his neighbor and to v ard the country he can ret assured ahat he will have in mr tatt the most of representatives and the I 1 ost fearless of lons mr tatt fiands against and be stands pre eminently tor the broad of american citizenship ft aich lie at the foundation of our na tonal well being harf no intention of allowing pos sible defection of strength chicago the taft managers in or to fully conserve the interests of their candidate early in the day 6 te thir session of the national con placed on the floor of the but not in the capacity of ither delegates or alternates a num ber of the most prominent men in the I 1 arty who are attached to tha tatt candidacy the duty of these men was to watch the work of the t on candidates and to promptly head kofl any possible detection of strength and to hasten all decisions these lien were senator fulton of oregon warren of wyoming burkett of ne braska long of kansas dorah 0 baho national committeeman chas 1 brooker of connecticut powell clayton of arkansas and E dun can of north carolina frank H the tatt man ager was also roaming around the contention during the entire day beeking occasion to aid the cause 01 the secretary in all possible ways NEW YORKERS GET TOGETHER decided on sherman and other states quickly fell in line conferences extending far into the night on thursday had made apparent progress toward clearing up the situa alon new rork state early in the evening in caucus characterized by notable enthusiasm suddenly dropped its waiting attitude burled the dit i erencen eren ces which all the week have kept the empire state from being much ot a factor in the convention and pressed to the front of the vice presidency sit with its solid strength of 78 votes behind congressman james S sherman this action by itself ap parent ly destroyed whatever chance there has been of the delegation ing up the candidacy of secretary cor belyou and his name was hardly heard at all thursday night beveridge Beverl dge talked of an interesting development of atie night was the first appearance of tho name of united states senator beveridge of indiana the mention of the young IIo osler senator was received with decided interest and there were indications when the conference suspended tor the night that his case had not been altogether disposed of cannon falls in line chicago before the calling of the roll call on the presidential nomination had been completed speaker cannon sent this message to secretary taft chicago june 18 william H tatt washington you have been candidate tor the dency by the republican national convention I 1 heartily congratulate you you will be elected by the peo le in november illinois will cast er electoral vote tor you whatever I 1 can do for your success and that of the party will be done |