The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-25
MAKE IT UNANIMOUS
General Stewart L. Woodford, Hughes
Booster, Presents the Motion
outpourins Of En-
thusiasm.
THE VOTE.


Chicago, June 22.-For president o
the United States, William II. Taft, o
Ohio.
Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 70l
votes; Taft by the luminous choice O
the convention.
Such Is the result Of the culminatinI
day OF the republican national oonven'
ton of 1908, effected amid o n o.
tumultuous enthusiasm, n after {
nerve racking continuous session last.
Ing nearly eight hours.
The picture within the walks ofAzbt
Amphitheater as the presidential UHh-
5idate was named was truly g~randiose
In it's magnitude. In front, to the right
and LEFT, below and above, the billow-
ing sea OF humanity, restless after
hours OF waiting, and stirred from one
motion to another, was In O fever OF
expectancy for the eliminating vote.
The favorite sons OF other. states had
been named except Knox and LaFCol-
lette, and nov on the roll call came
Ohio. AS the Buckeye state was reach
ID the tall gaunt form OF Theodore E.
Burton advanced to the platform to
nominate Ohio's candidate. He spoke
~iervently with the singing voice of an
evangelist, which w~entaringing through
the great building.
Ohio Starts Things.
The close Of his speech of nomination
was the signal for loosing the long pent
up feeling of the Taft legions. Instant
iy the Ohio delegates were On their
feet, other Taft states following. while
the convention hosts in gallery and on
the floor broke intoAmad demonstration.
Taft, Taft-W. H. Taft" came In a
oar from the Orleans. Megaphones
$1,000 - a~rSVar fwnv~a onnannla1 D1ana.
and swell the Taft tumult into thunder.
A huge blue silk banner bearing the
familiar features Of the statesman-sec-
rotary was swung before the delegates,
a fresh whiriwind OF en-
thusiasm.
All semblanoe Of order had been
and the delegates' arena
was a maelstrom OF g~esticulating men,
the guidons OF the states were snatched
up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne
under by the storm Of disorder. The
was inaudible-a mere whisper
above the deafening volume OF sound.
For 10, Is, 20 minutes this uproar CON
It was q repetition OF the
Of Wednesday when the name OF
broke the convention into a
repeated in intensity and almost
duration. But there Is a limit to
physical resources OF throat and
luIlBt dLAl a. luOt thC lICu WIVES hlGu
to a hoarse shout and then sub
sided.
This lull now gave the opportunity
for the speech seoonding Taft's nomi-
by George A. knight, IL Cali
his big round face beaming
on the sympathetic multitude
and his splendid baritone voice yelling
like the tones Of a great church
organ. California's tribute to Taft was
brief and fervtd.
Now there was another lull in the
Taft movement. while the remaining
candidates were placed in nomination.
II was late in the afternoon before the
now literally sweltering in
the intense heat and weary after
y seven hours OF the session, reached
The end Cd the flood OF eloQuence and
the decks were at last cleared for the
But no, just as the last
swell of oratory, the seconding speech
Tor LaFollette, had died away like a
from a clear sky burst a La
Toilette demonstration which swept the
convention from It's very bearings.
LaFolIette, Then Roosevelt.
1t was the same deafening wave OF
sound that had greeted Roosevelt and
Taft a little while before. intense and
and with the vital ring of
enthusiasm. 1t seemed as
Wisconsin had suddenly peo-
oled every foot OF the galleries. The
delegates sat calm and waiting, except
he frantic wisconsin,, but the CONVEX
ion for the time being was In the pos
lesaAon Of the gallery.
Now a singular transformation &C.
Gradually the whirlwInd
Teered from LaFollette to Roosevelt. A
,anner bearing the Roosevelt portrait
md waved from the gallery was the
signal Tor the change. but IN the oon-
babel OF voices there was no dis
where the LaFollette cheers
nded and those for Roosevelt began.
Roll Call Starts.
Amid this pandemonium and with the
IN full control, Chairman
lodge decided upon heroic action In
10 again make the convention
master Of its affairs. He ordered the |
OIL call OF states TO begin for the vote
n president. Such a call under such |
of intense confusion has
v occurred In the history |
4 national conventions.
A ballot was taken to nominate a
for president while the oon-
'ention was cheering frantically for a
nan whose name had not been pre-
ented to the convention. The votes
being counted for Taft while the
eopie were shouting for Roosevelt.
me delegates, however, cast their votes
by the clamor OF the
More than this, the first states
the call, Alabama and Arkansas, |
ad been relied upon by the Roosevelt
to start the stampede for
Roosevelt, but they he'd by their in
fractions while the stampede ragged
bout them.
The secretary was pcweriess to
1ake his call Of the states heard above
he deafening clamor. Sefzing a meg
phona .ha ahOa.kad fha roll ~ ofafao. /