Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-19
BUT ONE BALLOT
IS NECESSARY
TAFT NEARLY SWEEPS BOARDS
CLEAN ON FIRST
Unsuccessful Candidates Send Com
gratulatory Messages to Secretary
of War and offer to Do What
They Can for Him
Continued from rage ono,

the history OF national conventions.
a ballot was taken to nominate
candidate for president, while the con-
vention was cheering frantlsdily for
man whose name had not been pre-
sented TO the convention The votes
were being counted for Taft while the
people were shouting for Roosevelt.
The delegates, however, cast their
votes uninfiuenced by the clamor OF
the crowd. More than this, the first
states of the call. Alabama and Ar
kansas, had been relied upon by q few
Roosevelt enthusiasts to start the
stampede for the president, but they
held by their Instructions, while the
stampede ragged all about them.
The secretary was poweriess to make
his call Of the states heard above the
deafening clamor.
Seizing a rnegaphone, ne shouted the
roll OF states--tA labania,' Arkansas"
but his voice was swallowed up In
the mad uproar.
Gradually. however. the curiosity OF
the multitude conquered their enthusi-
assn, and they lapsed into silence TO
hear the result of the call.
A hush Of expectancy hung over the
house ns the call proceeded. Hasty
summaries showed that Taft was far
in advance OF all. When New York
was reached the Taft column totaled
AT. Ohio carried II TO GIL, or twenty
more than enough to nominate. Still
the call went on until the final result
was announced by Chairman Lodge;
For Theodore Roosevelt, 3 votes for
Joseph b. Foraker of Ohio, 16 votesi
for Charles w. Fairbanks OF Indiana.
40 votes; for Joseph g. Cannon or
Illinois, 81 votes; for Robert M. LaFol-
lette of Wisconsin, rs votes; for Charles
e. Hughes of New York, 50 votes; Tor
Philander C. Knox OF Pennsylvania, %
votes, and for William H. TAFT OF OHIO.
702 votes"
Nomination Unanimous
A great shout went up as Lodge con-
Guided his announcement. and with one
accord the adherents of Cannon ana
Knox and Hughes and the others Joined
in a common tribute for the candidate
of the party.
Gen. Stewart l.. woodford, for Gov
ernor Hughes, leaping upon cnairs
moved to make the nomination OF Iait
unanimous; Senator Penrose for Knox,
Boutell for Cannon, Henry OF Georgia
for Foraker, and Cochems OF Wisconsin
for LaFollette, seconding the move
1nent for unanimous vote to the can
fidate The vote was given with q
ringing cheer. and then, with shouts
of exuitation over the new candidate,
the convention adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning, wnen the
nomination for vice president VIII De
made. go
nlatform had occupied the close atten-
ton of delegates and spectators. The
nlatform as framed by the committee
on resolutions was read by It's cnair-
man. Senator hopkins or ILLINOIS, Wniie
minority report, rejecting lhe views
of the supporters of Senator LaFoiiette,
was presented by Congressman Cooper
of wisconsin. 1t was on one hand tne
sledreham1ner blows of the Wisconsin
men against combinations ana monop-
DIV. on the other the warming or HOP
lsins against the socialistic doctrine OF
The platform was adopted by an ov-
erwhelrning vote, after many separate
blanks In the wisconsin plan had been
buried under adverse votes.
II was not until four hours had peen
snent over the platform that the con-
S,ention was ready to proceed with the
nominating speeches for president.
Eirst came the nomination or can
non Nv representative Boutell or Iili-
nois. seconded by Representative FORD
new of Michigan, which awakeneoo ~ q
welcoming yell Aor 'ho
Man, OF Illinois.
THE nomination speech Tor FAIRBANKS,
hv Ccvernor Hanly of indiana was
made amid intense CONFUSION ana COZ
.tanf interruption. Smarting under the
discourtesies toward the govsrnIiiI.
Mayor Bookwalter Of Indianapolis
hagan his speech seconding the nomi-
nation of Fairbanks with curing al
lusion to the steam roller, when r,Sa was was
crushing out all opposition; e Tne eof To
tha name OF Hughes as General Wood
ford presented the governors candi-
dacy in fervent words. -
THE name of Senator Foraker was
nlaced in nomination by Judge =. o.
mccoy Mccoy o Of Ohio and seconded by the
eloquent negro delegate from Georgia,
w. o. Emory, the latter winn, aga, =
true ovation as he closed the splendld
tribute to Foraker in the name OF
100000 black voters. x,,.
The eau of Pennsylvania brought
the Keystone delegation TO uhelr iees
in a wild demonstration for Knox ana
little later Wisconsin followed WIN
its enthusiastic tribute to WISCONSIN,
candidate, Senator LaFollette.
The speeches concluded, the time lot
balloting arrived, with the results al
ready given.
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