The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25
A GOOD TICKET
POLITICIANS WERE DAZED

| All Over the Country. and sh~r-
man VIII Bring Up Amy Weak
Places in New York-seaator La
| Toilette Receives an Ovation
Some side Lights ON the Four
tecnth National Republican Con-
venfion.
Special to The Caucasian:
Chicago. ILL.,. June 2o.-The four
teenth National Republican Conyen-
| tion has met, done its work and ad-
journed. Only a few delegates and
members OF the National committee
are In town to-day. The general YER
dict Is that the ticket Is as good a
one as ii was possible TO nominate
under the circumstances. or course.
the country was for Roosevelt and
the convention was for Roosevelt.
not only the delegates. but the Wis
itors and spectators as well. When
Chairman Lodge. in his carefully
prepared address, which was design
ed TO prevent stampede, referred
to the President as the most abused
and at the same time the most be-
| loved man in America, the conven-
tlon could not restrain Its pent-up
feelings a moment longer. A burst
of enthusiasm which has never been
eQualed in volume or length of time
was the most dramatic incident of
the convention. For forty-seven
minutes the convention cheered.
hurrahed, clapped and yelled. and
yelled again and again for Roose-
welt. 1t was spontaneous; 1t was the
greatest tribute which any conven
tion has ever paid to any man. In
all other conventions there has been,
of course, more or less OF planning
and design to spring the demonstra-
ton at the opportune time. This one
occurred without design and in spite
of design, and broke all records.
The very fact that temporary
Chairman Burrows was known not
to be very friendly to the President,
and that he was very meagre in his
/ praises for the administration and
its policies, of course, did much to
whet the desire of the convention to
make a fitting reply. The further
fact that it was evident that perman-
ent Chairman Lodge was studious-
ly attempting to avoid the occasion
of a stampede for Roosevelt added
fuel to the fire. Besides, the gen.
eral feeling among the delegates,
visitors and spectators that Roose-
velt, if nominated would be elected,
and that his determination not to
run was unnecessary and against the
wishes of the people, was the under
lying spring of action that made the
$1,000 people determine, at the
first opportunity, not made, but
President that he made a mistake
| in refusing to obey the call of the
people and to deliver this message to
him and to the country. 1t was aston
I, ishing; it dazed the politicians. In
that demonstration the great heart
of the American people spoke its real
. sentiment, but when that was over
they decided to let the President
: have his way. He had 1t, and the
result is Taft and Sherman, the next
: best thing that could have been
done.
President himself, Is SO well quail
fed by natural ability, by long, var
led and successful experience, for
the great Office of chief magistrate
as William H. Taft. II Roosevelt
, ,, had not been in the minds and
hearts of the people, Taft would
-. have occupied the first place in the
minds of all the delegates and ev.
erybody else at the convention. The
selection of Congressman Sherman as
running mate is most happy solu'
ton of a doubtful and troublesome
situation. Taft is strong all over the
country, but New York is a doubt
:" full State, and if Taft is weak any
where In New York, then Sherman
is the man to bridge the gap.
The nominating speeches were al
below the first-class standard
though the speech of Lodge, and th'
nominating speech of Burton are ad
mirable. But there was no real ora
It tory because they read as fell as o.
= better than they sounded. Th'
speeches of the two Wisconsin men
the one who nominated and the on
who seconded the namination o
IS Senator La Toilette, while not ex
It pressing the sentiments of the ma
L jority of the convention, yet, witt
their crude and rugged oratory
aroused more enthusiasm for wha
e they said and the way in which the
;. said it than any other speeches a
the convention. By the way, in pass
IL ing, it should be said that the vot
Is which La Toilette received as a can
5. didate for President did not by an
means measure the extent OF tn
L sympathy of the convention for tina
u for which he stands. His policies
" as a reflection of what many peopl
10 consider in essence simply sligh
~ advance on the real policies G
Roosevelt, will probably be muc
stronger at the next convention tina
t. at this. One thing is certain, som
i of the Oldest and wisest politician
sat up and took notice very seriou.