Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-19
TAFT THE NOMINEE.


tional republican convention ia Chicago,
yesterday evening His vote was !OZ
ieltg .tes. Mr.. Hitchcock has consist
emily beeu claiming 7O4. The two men
wac got away we've delegates from Ne"
Jersey.
When the time arrived yesterday for
the presentation of the names OF the can.
didstes for president of the United
States the chairman of the convention
directed the secretary to call the roll by
States in alphabetical order. Tnose
having no candidates 30 announced IS
they were called upon. When state
was reached which did have candidate
his sponsors placed him In nomination.
When the Gazettss report closed Senator
Foraker's name had been presented ioi-
lowing those OF Cannon, Fairbanks,
Hughes and Taft. Later the names OIL
Senators Knox and LaFollette we're pre-
sented.
A wild cheer greeted Mr.. MCGEE as
he closed his nomination OF LAtolletle
and the denomination that followed ex-
ceeded in intensity that which had
greeted the presentation of any csndi-
date except Taft. The cheering rapidly
increased, when a man named Seifert,
who is messenger in the United states
Senate, held up picture of Roosevelt
The uprosr was so great at the time the
picture was shown that it was impossible
to tell exactly where the LaFollette en-
thusissm ended and the Roosevelt cheers
began. The Wisconsin men took full
charge of the outburst, however, and
led it with vigor and increasing energy
minute by minute as the time went on.
Sergeant alarms Stone directed one
of his assistants to go to seifert and or
der him TO take down the picture OF
Roosevelt. 1t wss promptly done, but
the cheering went on undiminished.
The excitement was entirely in the gal
leries, the delegates, with the exception
of Wisconsin, remaining quietly In their
seats, waiting for the tornado to pass.
The rollcall was then ordered and ss
| II proceeded the chairman OF the yarl-
Gus delegations, unable to make theiI
voices hesrd, continued to come up
to the platform, and yelled the votes oil
/ their states into the ears OF The secret 'ry.
Georgia split up her vote, casting 8
votes for Foraker snd II for Taft. Cam
non failed 10 hold his own state firmly,
three votes being cast for Taft.
By the time Kentucky was reached on
the roll the crowds had quieted down at
last. but cheers greeted each of the an
uouncements for Taft. Solid votes for
Taft came from Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri and other states,
but New Jersey split her votes among
four candidates-15 for TAFT, for
Cannon, 2 for Fairbanks and 4 for
Knox.
New York caused long break in TIE
rolIcoll by demanding that the names OF
the delegates be called and that they by
allowed to vote individually.
One of the delegates delivered himself
of a speech, saying that, while he was
under instructions for Hughes, he per-
sonally favored TAFT. Other delegates
voted for Taft, while Benjamin b.
OdelI, IT,, voted for Cannon, another
| delegate following his lead a second
later.
Representative Serene E. Payne
vot ed with the Hughes delegates. The
total vote was divided as follows:
Hughes, 81; Taft, 10; Cannon, 6; sb-
sent. l.
North Carolina went solidly for Tsft,
as did North Dakota. Ohio cast AZ
for Taft and for Foraker. This was
the critical point in the ballot, and 1t
was his own state that carried the Ohio
candidate over 10 victory.
There was decided sensation when
PensyIyanis was called and the chair
man announced:
"Sixty-four for Knox, one for Taft
and three votes for Theodore Roosevelt. ,"
A resounding cheer from the galleries
greeted the announcement.
Chairman Lodge ordered the galleries
cleared, but the demonstration was short
lived
There had been 400 votes cast for Taft
when Ohio was reached and the nomi-
nation was made.
The AZ votes of Ohio gave Taft 5l1,
whereas only 49l were required.
South Carolina demanded that her
vote be taken by delegates. The vote
was: Taft, Is; Foraker, 2; Fairbanks,
2; absent. l..
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont went solidly for Taft.
Virginia voted Taft, 81; Hughes, 2,
sud Foraker L.
West Virginia, which was supposed to
be the breeding place of the Roosevelt
boom, went for Taft, white LsFollelts
lost a vote in Wisconsin, it being csst
for Taft. The territories went solldly
for Taft, and the final result was 1: Taft,
7O2; Cannon, 81; Knox, So; LsFollette,
%; Hughes, GO; Fairbanks, 40; Foraker,
Sc; Roosevelt, 8.
Although the vote announced by the
chairman is official and must stand until
corrected today, the tellers after the adj
journment revised their figures and
claimed the result to be: Taft. 70l;
Foraker, 16; Hughes, 66; Cannon, 81;
Fairbanks, 40; Knox, IS; LaFollette,
20; Roosevelt, 3; absent l. Total, $50.
A considerable delay was occasioned
by some confusion among the account
ants who kept the tally Of the ballet,
and it was 5:l5 before Chairman Lodge
read out the vote given above. A roar
greeted the announcement of the Taft
vote, which was given last, but the
wearied delegates and spectators were
not equal to a sustained effort and the
i euthuaiasm anon snAnt iiaelf