Show AN A president on first ballot ballott while running mate has no opposition chicago william howard tatt taft and james schoolcraft sherman are the regular republican nominees for president preal dent and vice president of the united states following a long and arduous sea elon slon of the republican national con ven bention vent lon tion president Preal dent taft waa was renoil bated at 9 25 saturday night and leea less than an hour later vice preal dent sherman wab wal abated by the convention doth both nominations were on thy the first ballot senator lu it name waa was the only nin presented to the convention for the presidential nomination besides that of tatt taft sher mans was the only name presented for tho the vice vico presidency A motion made to make his nomination anant moua was objected to and a roll rol call leall ordered the vote for the presidential nomi nation was taft roosevelt evelt 1 aa follette Fol lotte 41 cummins 17 hughee hughes 2 present and not voting absent 2 tho the voto veto on the vice nomination was sherman borah 21 merryam Merr lam 20 hadley 14 Bove loveridge ridge 2 gillette 1 absent 71 not voting the convention adjourned at int 10 29 p m there were two exciting features of the long session which began at 10 I 1 in the morning and con continued tinned till nearly midnight two hours before the nomination of 0 tatt taft tho the per personal Fonal boom of theodore swa evelt gave its last expiring gasp in a wenty twenty i five minute demonstration the second incident was a near riot in tho the massachusetts delegation lre vre l re by chairman root when the delegates from the codfish state their minds made up tip to have bave no hand in tho matter refused to vote when their names were called root ordered that the names of the alter be called this caused a near riot in the mas alas delegation but presently they quieted down and voted they lost four votes but they gained one point of more importance ch chairman chorman orman root did not again during the roll roli call insist on the call of alter bated once or twice they were called but they never voted against their princ pils timis desires votes were cast for colonel roosevelt elt la folletto Follett ft Clim cummins mins and hughes lug hes although only the names of Preal dent tatt taft and la follette were presented to tho the convention many of the roosevelt men follo following the instructions of colonel roosevelt sat silently in their seats while the votes notes were being cast taking no part at all in the proceedings walter G harding of ohio presented the nime of the president deit to the convention john wanamaker and nicholas murray duller butler were among those who made seconding speeches st 11 of 0 wisconsin made matte the chief nominating speech for la fol lette big demonstrations followed the presentation of each name earlier in the evening the Roo roosevelt forces led in a prolonged outburst for their can diante the nominating of candidate ii fol lowed the adoption of the platform reported to the convention by the plat form committee thia this platform favora a protective tariff but says that there should be some reductions declares that the recall of judes budwe la Is aary favors tre trent attee lea with russia and other countries to profit american citizens abroad promises an inquiry into the high coat cost ot of living and urges laws to increase the safety of ocean travel the reading of the roosevelt statement asking his friends to take takee no part in the proceedings was the one dramatic incident of the day A dem on stratton occurred lasted at least twenty minutes were cast casl for president taft ai izon colorado wyoming montana and nevada dele gates were also a unit for the lent while title seven of idaho delegates voted for cummins and one for tatt taft washington caal cast fourteen votes tor for the president ore druon con eight for roose reese veil velt and two to refused lo 10 vote awn of delegates voted for taft n bile hile twenty four refused to voto president tatt taft received 56 of tit the tbs 1078 votes in the convention or awen lyone tyone ly ty one more than a majority sher man aana a vote veto waa the decision of the roosevelt peo ale le under direction of their leader 41 k q 7 7 4 9 ott 4 EVY C to refrain from voting left no other candidate near the president the announcement of the tatt taft victory was nas greeted with ith cheering from his adherents and groans and hisses from the opposition all othera others dropped from the race and mr sherman ft as the only canal date for ice president regularly placed before the convention ai mo ion tion from new hampshire to make the nomination by acclamation was de alired out of order there were man scattering votes on the roll rol call leall that ensued the revolt of the many Roo roosevelt evelt delegates in the convention nas open from the moment the permanent roll containing the names of contested delegates was approved A val valedictory edle statement was read in behalf of colonel Rooe Nelt asking that hs name be not presented and that his delegates sit in muto mute protest against all further proceedings A great rat majority major lt of the roosevelt dele in the illinois and anil all in the missouri and idaho delegation delegations declined to follow advice tid vice but colonel roosa alts sway over delaga tlona from 1 kansas maine minnesota nebraska new jersey pennsylvania south dakota and west virginia was all but absolute most alost of the delegates delegate 4 from thase states announced their purpose of 4 OF 0 HON JAMES 8 lilma s sup refuse to vote vot silent roll is cau callej helping give mr air roosevelt S pendent nomination 1 at aagott ater later in the evening t the split in the convert stoned no surprise it was fili ment of predictions jett ins but 11 ba made during the pan part the dosing closing scene scenes of the tiou were marked oa by c county anter st strat rations lons for Prest president lent taft on onel I 1 roosevelt ira 11 ahe ho first test vote utter litter nolin no cement of the roosevelt N tory came camu on the adoption ot of N th platform the affirmative va 3 roosevelt Hoo sevelt delegates pw not noting numbered then therl ty three noes thirty six sit of otther them tho the la follette state of 0 and north dakota senator 1 AL la follette of ot fa placed before the convention hi onel wish wishes es ere out by hia his followers and tha silent during the call cia oi states for nominations many of the delegates aho lun carried out their primary iman in and voted for the colonel walton L haus r campag camp alga ager for senator la folette statement on the floor ol 01 tte n m tion in which he declared senator la follette hass not opportunity as yet to examine at hi form drawn up for adoption li bt convention but as a candidate will be presented to ou oa destri to lay tor for him that la ta this ea a the republican party he Is IB im by P t sense of obligation to ito it the convention that whether I 1 ic ed or not he consents to accey aw support a platform that Is not hughly progressive and which do substantially cover the maa malai ions presented in the minority submitted by the wisconsin M of the committee on resolution immediately upon the dormi forma no by senator roote nomination of pres dent tat taft tl at call tor for nominations tor for vice pre vas eta announced J van vechten aitt tt ot of ie he TO nominated vice president sli and C evson kratz of penns bolso boise penrose but n no second there rere bere no otia oue nations the roll call resulted as to sherman new york 97 giove go hadley missouri 14 senator idaho 21 former senator be bet indiana 2 charles E cago 20 1 howard gulette gillette 0 1 not voting absent 71 I 1 eight votes were cast tut ft gov hadley of missouri ourt A res resolution gutlon appointing root chairman of the commet notify the president of bis his bomb coi and naming devine of rado ratio chairman of the notify the vice president preside ut was ad while the delegates hurried NIS 1 i ball hall in the closing moments or of the bention a resolution was ado der the gavel giving the faatin to fill at T matteo the power and empowering the c comm ommittee lit UI clare aa N vacant the spat seat of any the 0 i support who refuses to of this convention estat Estl brot at 1020 10 20 delegate new hampshire moved moed t that hat W owl without 42 W I 1 bention adjourn M motion was adopted tie the ILVO silence As the filed out in delegates left ift the hall abe aad a praise god from oa 01 all ings flow |