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Show I ; OHIOAN NAMED I BY REPUBLICANS I I Fairbanks, Hughes, Cannon, Knox 1.1 and Foraker Given Only Com-I Com-I plimentary Vote for Prcsi-I Prcsi-I dcntial Nomination. I 4 THE VOTE? 4 I 4 Taft 702 4 4 Knox 60 4 1 4 Hughes 63 4 BJ 4 Cannon . . 61 4 4 La Follette 25 4 BJ ! 4 Fairbanks 40 4 BJ 1 4 Foraker 16 4 BJ 1 4 Roosevelt 3 4 4 Absent 1 4 I 4 Total 080 4 BJ Chicago. On the llrst ballot, taken BJ on tlio third day of tho iiatlonnl con- BJ I Tcntlon, Wlllluin H. Taft of Ohio wttR BJ named by tho delegate) assembled us BJ I their cholco for president of tho Unit- BJ cd States, to succeed Theodora llooso- I i It was 12:45 p. tn. when Senator BJ , Lodge, chairman of tiro convention, BJ nnnouncod that nominations for can- BJ i dldatcs for tho presidency wore In BJ order. BJ ! Representative Boutcll of Illinois BJ i nominated Speaker Joseph O. Cannon. BJ ! Representative Forbes of Michigan BJ I mndo tho seconding speech for BJ ; Dpcakor Cannon, taking the platform BJ I j immediately nftcr Mr. lloutcll had con- BJ ' eluded his tribute to the candidate or BJ I ' ' Illinois as "tho strongest nnd bravest BJ I .! ally of Prcsldont noosovelt." BJ J Governor Frank J. Hanly of Indiana, BJ ' i who nominated Vlco-Prceldont Fair- BJ ; hanks, wus Interrupted continually BJ during his Bpocch, tho chair threaten- BJ , j ins at tlraas to call tho police end BJ ; -I clear the gallorles unless tho specta- BJ J tors romalnod moro quiet. Mayor BJ Bookwaltcr of Indlnnnpolls seconded ' tho nomination of Fairbanks, saylne iL; that tho Indiana delegation came Into fr ' the convention as Republicans from a I state which has electoral votes to give BJ ,- i to a Ilopubllcnn president, realizing that a large porcontngo of thoso who . lefuso to listen enmo from states that LWi havo never In twenty years done any- '1. thing nnd nover will unless thoy get BJ k a little polltlcnl courago. BJ r When Mr. Dookwaltor had finished the call of tho states was resumed and thoro was no rcsponso until Now Jf f York was reached. Then General iftJi' Btowart L. Woodford nroso to noml- Hwv nato Governor Hughes. Ho was f' cheered lustily by members of the Now York delegation, In which sov- k eral sections of tho hall joined. The Lmjft nomination of Governor Hughos was Qjft seconded from tho door by II. T. L. Ift Adams, dclegato from tho Fifth Vir- jN tlnla district. Hr When Ohio was called tho Ohio del-(gates del-(gates gave n yoll, tho neighboring BJ H delegations, except Illinois and Indl- BJ f ! una followed, and for a brief period Bl k (be uproar was dcafonlng. Tho gal- Bb i lories Joined In with enthusiasm, and Bfl' the cheers rang from one ond to the Hi (j other of the building, BB Tho first mention of tho nnmo of Bl Taft by the speaker passed almost BJ' without notice. One Ohio dolegato BBl ,4 f made a feeble flicker with a flag and BJ: I said "HI!" thero wore a fow hand- BJ, A clappings from tho galleries, but that ' was all. Tho namo was uttered and Hapi! tho orator, sweeping on boforo the BbJ convention soemod to reallzo that tho BJ j namo had been uttered. When thoy BJ realized tho fact that the momont was BJ gone Mr, Burton was ono hundred BJ : words further along In his nddross. BJ As Mr, Durton neurcd tho ond of his BJ speech a perfect stlllnoss pervaded BJ I tho chamber. Ho assurod his hearers BJ ' ; that, whethor In war or in poaco, Sec- BJ 4 rotary Taft as chlof maglstrato would BJ guide the dcstlnlcB of tho nation with BJ; ; a Arm band und with a gentle, pa- Bfl trlotlc heart. BJ, "And so," said he, "today tn the BB presence of ten thousand persons and Bwi BBSl. 1 1 " ",,ni ... iiivmirummnydcHmir : tho Inspiring thought of the well nigh ten thousand times ten thousand who dwell within our borders, I name for the presidency that perfect typo of American manhood, thnt peerless rep-it'sentntl-n of tho noblest Ideals tn our national llfo William II. Taft.'" Tho demonstration that followed tho namo of Ohio on the roll was not n drop to a deluge compared to tho roar that broko out as Mr. Durton concluded. On their chairs, with wnv-Ing wnv-Ing flags, hats nnd handkerchiefs, stood tho men from Tatt's homo, bhoutlng nt tho top of their volcos. Other dolegatlons came In on tho wave and a roar of laughter followed when a flagpolo to which was attached attach-ed a pair of trousers of most generous gener-ous proportions was held aloft by tho members of tho Texas delegation. Across the consolidated portion of tho trousers, foro and aft, wcro attached placards bearing the Inscription: "As pants tho hart for cooling streams, so Toxas pants for Taft." The blue banner with the picture (f Taft was quickly raised by the Ohio dologates, who whooped and yelled llko a batch of Comanche Indians. In-dians. After holding it aloft for a while thoy bore it down tho aisle, followed fol-lowed by others. Whon the demonstration had been under way twonty-flve minutes, Chairman Chair-man Lodge, with tho assistance of tho SHrgcant-at-arms and Taft floor managers, man-agers, managed to quiet tho bubbling enthusiasm of tiro dologates and in-tioducod in-tioducod Mr. Knight to Becond the Taft nomination. Ills speech was brief. Chairman Lodgo introduced O. D. McCoy of Coshocton, Ohio, to placo in nomination tho namo of Senator Foraker. Tho seconding speech was nmdo by W. O. Emery of Macon, Qa. Itobort S. Murphy of Pennsylvania presented tho namo of Senator Knox 10 tho convention, James Scarlott of Danville, Pa., nocondlng tho nomination. nomina-tion. Henry F. Coehoms of Mllwaukoo nominated Senator La Follotto, no speaker of tiro day roceivlng moro attention at-tention thun did Mr. Cocheins, Tho nomination of Senator La Follette was seconded by C. A. MeOeo of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, A wild cheor grcotod Mr. MeQeo as ho closed and tho demonstration that followed exceeded In lntonsity that which had greeted tho presentation of any other namo excopt Taft. The cheering rapidly increased whon a man named Sclfort, who Is a messenger in tho United States senate, sen-ate, held up n picture of Roosovolt. Tho cheering developed definitely Into a Itooscvclt domonstrntlon, nnd, encournged by its continuance, tho man on tho stago lifted again tho lithograph lith-ograph of the president which had previously been lowored nt tiro com-mnnd com-mnnd of tho scrgoant-at-arms. The sccno was absolutely unlo.uo in American political history, the voto " mmmmmm mm w wmmmm wm mm a - r, WILLIAM II. TAFT. REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. bolng taken during a terrific uproar in behalf of a man whoso namo was not boforo the convention. South Carolina demanded that nor voto bo taken by dologates. Tho voto was: Taft, 13; Foraker, 2; Fairbanks, 2; absent, 1, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming, nil went for Taft. Wost Virginia, which was supposed to bo tho breeding placo of the Roosevelt Roose-velt boom, went for Taft, whllo La Follette lost a voto in Wisconsin, It being enst for Tnft. Tho territories wont solidly for Taft and tho final result re-sult was: Taft, 702; Cannon, 01; Knox, C8; La Follette, 25; Hughes, 03; Fairbanks, 40; Foraker, 1G; Roosevelt, 3. A considerable dolay was occasion- ROBERT LA FOL L ETT E. cd by somo confusion among tho accountants ac-countants who kept tho tally of the ballot, and it was 5:15 beforo Chairman Chair-man Lodgo read out the vote aa given above. A roar greotod the announcement announce-ment of tho Tnft voto. Representative Doutcll of Illinois, wlro nominated Cannon, was ono of tho first delegates to mount n chair ond call "Hurrah for Taft!" Gonernl Wobdford of Now York was recognized and said: "Mr. Chairman: On request of Gov ernor HughcB and of tho united Now York delegation, I movo tho nomination nomina-tion of William H. Taft be made unanimous." Sonator Penroso of Pennsylvania and Routell of Illinois both clamored for recognition. Penrose was given tho first chance, nnd ho moved to make tho nomination unatmous. Mr. Routell seconded the motion, and Indiana, with others, followod suit. Tho motion was put by tho chairman, chair-man, and carried with a shout. "I declaro the voto to be unanimous," unani-mous," said tho chairman, and tho last cheer of tho day was given In re-sponso. re-sponso. It was on motion of Senator Fulton of Oregon thnt the convention took n recess at 5:22 p. m. until Friday at 10 o'clock. PHILANDER C. KNOX. |
