Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-19
JAMES S. SHERMAN NAMED
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY

piauSe.) L most heartily and cheerfully,
without mental reservation, say that Will
| liam H. Taft is my candidate (applause).
and l congratulate this great convention
In having made no mistake in nominating
him.
In the closing hours of this convention
| there yet remains a duty to perform. and
that is to nominate the candidate for Vice
President, the running mate of William
H. Taft. 1 take great pleasure in say
| Ing to you that, after sixteen years of
| service in the national House of Repre-
sentatives. covering a period in the his
| tory of the republic second alone in its
history to the civil war, New York's IA
vorite son in counsel. on committee, in de-
bate, on the floor. has always been ready
| with great strength, with great ability to
| work for the common good, and what is
better still than that. with wisdom and
Judgment He has always had the cour-
age. whether in success or defeat. to be
true to his convictions. to his constituents,
to his party, to the whole people Of the
republic. Applause)
Honor to Empire State.
THE middle west that stands first in
population, first in agriculture, first in
manufacture, first in mineral wealth, has
the first place upon the ticket. The great
Empire state honors itself when it honors
James S. Sherman in presenting him to
this convention. (Applause) 1 believe.
with the great middle west recognizing
the Importance of the Empire state. recog-
niZing the best interests of your party
and my party from every standpoint, not
alone because he is from the state Of
New York, but because he is big enough,
able enough. Industrious enough, patriotic
enough to fill the great office of the vice
presidency. and if, in the chapter of hap
penings. which. God forbid. the President
should be called upon to cross the river
measuring my words, there Is no man of
my acquaintance that l would sooner
jtrust from all the tests of good citizenship
land ability to worthily fill the first place
instead of the second place in the repub-
lie. (Applause.)
BY their works We shall know them ,
l am not a chaplain. you know. daugh-
ter) By this test, with the words Of the
Master. the republican party is willing to
be tried. That is the best pledge as to
to us. Tried by that test William H.
Taft and James s. Sherman will fill the
measure, and l believe that 1 can conf
IDENTIFY predict that they will walk over
the track. and by the. overwhelming ma
jorfty of an intelligent constituency will
be our President and our Vice President
for the coming four years. Goodbye"
cloud and prolonged applause.)
The closing of his address was eminent
ly characteristic of Speaker Cannon He
predicted a glorious triumph for Taft and
Sherman. and then. waving both arms at
the delegates. he snapped out Goodbye.
and strobe to the rear. followed by roar
of laughter and applause.
Gov. Wilson of Kentucky was rec
ognized in his place on the floor
"On behalf of Kentucky, he said, Il
want TO second the nomination of Mr..
Sherman. He sounds good to us. With
him on the ticket We are bound to win
The knocking is all over now, and we are
solid and united
Chairman Lodge. as Gov. Wilson sat
down. said
THE clerk will continue the call of
the ROLL and then surrendered the chair
to Franklin A. Denison of Illinois. who
was not delegate or alternate to the
convention
The gentleman from Massachusetts,
said the temporary chairman. bowling to
the permanent chairman in recognition
when Massachusetts was reached
Senator Lodge then presented the name
of Curtis S. Guild of Massachusetts as a
candidate.
The seconding speech for Gov. Guild
was made by Chase S. Osborn of Michi-
gan
Resuming the call of the roll, the clerk
ELECTED no response until Mississippi was
reached. when the chairman of the dele
cation arose and seconded amid cheers
the nomination of Mr.. Sherman
New Jersey sent to the platform Thomas
N. McCarter to place in nomination for
mer Gov. Franklin Murphy of that state.
Mr.. McCarter Nominates Murphy.
Mr.. McCarter said, in part:
For our standard bearer we have once
again visited the marvellous state of Ohio
and selected the mighty Taft Where
shall We go and whom shall we choose as
his fellow candidate to lead the marching
hosts to victory. Fellow republicans. the
place to go is east of the Allegheny noun
ta1ns. True it may be that Westward the
star of empire is taking It's way but the
~ ~ to do
Viate from established custom by ignoring
In the choice of both it's candidates, the
states that comprise the great eastern At
iantic seaboard. To do this now in the
perllouS times through which we are
passing would indeed he vital mistake
Let us. on the other hand. complete the
ticket by the choice of vice presidential
candidate who will complement his chief
they will weld together all the forces of
republicanism from whatever locality or
or Whatever shade of opinion.
What, then. of our candidate? Born
OF the best American stock. we find him
In the year 1867. at sixteen years of age
a mere bOy-leaving home to enter the
Union army, where he served with credit
FOR three years and until the war was
over. participating In nineteen engage
ments. including Antietam, ChancelIors-
Vile and Gettysburg. and marching with
Sherman from Atlanta to the sea-
returning to New Jersey after the war
sun lad-ne embarked In manufactu r-
ing In small way. an occupation which
ne has from that day to this pursued.
I'm 1901 he was elected governor of
New Jersey by substantial majority,
and gave the state one Of it's cleanest and
most effective administrations
FOR eight years past he has been New
jerseys representative on the national
committee, and for the last two national
campaigns has served with ceaseIess fideI
lty on the national executive committee
contributing In no small degree to the
Mckinley victory in 1900 and to the
Roosevelt landslide four years ago.
twelve years ago our party went to
ONO and New Jersey and chose Mckinley
ana Hobart. We made no mistake then
and we shall make no mistake now ~
history repeating itself. we shall again o.
to Ohio and New Jersey and our ticket he
Iaft and Murphy. l nominate for Vice
President ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy Of
New jersey VI
New Jersey Loyalty cheered the name
of Gov. Murphy.
More Endorsement of Sherman
Harry Skinner. delegate from North
Carolina. while standing on the CON
vention floor. spoke briefly secondin, III.
nomination of Sherman
ONO was passed over without resno,.e
ana then Dennis Flynn of Okla homa adda;
the second Of that state to the fast ero,.,
ing sherman candidacy. He spoke from
his place on the floor Aioi'
PennSylvania'S Seconding of Mr. Sbar
man called out great cheering from ~.
New York delegation, as they reea rded
TINS as conclusive promise of victory for
their candidate. Representative Oimsted
of Pennsylvania rnada tho .voo,l