New-York tribune., 1908-06-19

You're a -nusher." retorted the man On ~.
floor. who at once threatened by violent .x,,
IL he did not put au end to his public conversatIo,
: "In 1884," said Mr.. Cochems, and the cro-I
kroaned loudly at the historical auslcn beiisvf,
that IL meant a considerable further extension :,
his speech
Name him. name him. shouted the crowd
II know you tired men," replied the speak.,
''but am too. Don't think that this is fun t,-
me. II is not. II is the performance OF a sacred
duty One minute more and am through"
Back to Wisconsin," called out a deleza.. I'm
the third
Mr. cochems weathered several NOR. Storm.
of protest of the crowd before he brought ~.
name Of his candidate In psroration the -,
fectiveness OF which all but lost In hu.ti
Of voice. the result OF his battle with tn.
taunting throngs. AS he left the stand he va.
congratulated by Governor Hanly. Senator's gsv
eridse and Hemenway and others In the first row
LA FoLLETTEs NOMINATION SECONDED
The nomination of Senator La Toilette vas Sac
onded by G. A. a MCGEE. OF Wisconsin wild
cheer greeted him as he closed. and the demon
stration that followed exceeded in intensity tha,
which had greeted the presentation OF any otb.-
candidate except Taft The Wisconsin delegates
and alternates went frantic. The cheering rspid-
Iy increased when man named Seifert who i.
a messenger in the United States Senate held IN
a picture of Roosevelt The uproar was so great
at the time the picture was shown that IT, was i'm
possible to tell exactly where the La FoIlett.
enthusiasm ended and the Roosevelt cheers be-
gan The Wisconsin took full charge Of
the outburst however. and led IL with vigor and
increasing energy minute by minute as the time
went on
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone directed one Of his a.
sistants to go 10 Seifert and order him 10 TAX.
down the picture Of President Roosevelt II wa.
promptly done but the cheering went on un-
diminished, the tumult being great that no
human voice. nor the lusty strokes Of the chair
mans gavel able to penetrate it and bring
order out of the vocal chaos. The excitement was
entirely In the galleries. the delegates with III.
exception Of wisconsin remaining quietly in their
seats, waiting for the tornado to pass
The cheering developed definitely into a Rooss-
welt demonstration and aged by its continu-
ance the man on the stage lifted again the Ntho-
graph Of the President which had previously been
lowered at the command OF the sergeant-at-arrns
Then in the balcony there appeared an immense
American flag bearing picture OF the President
Two men marched across the balcony and plat
form in the rear of the stage. and the cheering
was taken up anew, mingled with cries OF -Four,
four four years more.
Chairman Lodge. abandoning all effort to still
the crowd ordered Secretary Malloy to contnu.
the call of the delegations. This done in the
midst OF a terrific uproar. The chairman then an
nounced in a tone which although strained to the
utmost could be heard only a few feet away:
That completes the roll OF the states ard the
rolcalI will be had for the vote We will NOT
wait minute longer.
SCENE UNIQUE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
The scene was unique in American political his
tory the vote being taken during a terrific uproar
in behalf of a man whose name not before the
convention.
Alabama shouted the reading clerk
There was yell of cheers and Kisses from the
crowd.
The chairman OF the delegation, however. made
his way to the edge OF the platform and called:
sts her
The vote was repeated By the clerk and thcrs
were cheers from the delegates sent 70 ninys
with the tunult Of the gallery crowd
Kisses cheers and catcalls continued to oons
from the Ralleries as the states OF Arkansas Cali
fornia, Colorado and Connecticut cast their sold
votes for Taft
PAY no attention to the crowd said senats,
Lodge. directing the clerks to proceed I shall
not have the President nominated by Chicago
mob" he added. in anger
As the roIIcau proceeded the chairmen OF the
various delegations. unable TO make their voices
heard continued TO come up 20 the platform and
veil the votes OF their states into the esrs OF hs
secretary.
Georgia split up her vote. casting eight votes Tor
Foraker and seventeen for Taft Cannon failed 10
hold his own state firmly, three votes being cast
for Taft.
By the time Kentucky reached on the ron
the crowds had quieted down at last. but cneers
greeted each of the announcements for Taft Schd
votes for Taft came from Louisiana Maine. Mary
land Massachusetts, Minnesota. Mississippi ME-
souri, and other states but New Jersey split her
votes among four candidates. 15 for TAFT f0'
Cannon for Fairbanks and for Knox.
New York caused a long break in the rollean os
demanding that the names OF the delegates %
called and that they be allowed 20 vote indiVlo-
ualIy One OF the delegates delivered hirlssil OF
speech saying that while he was under inslrue-
tions for Hughes he personally 1aS0lsd - =
Other delegates voted for Taft while ex-GoVel.'Ot
BENJAMIN B. Cden jr.. voted for Cannon anotnei
delegate following his lead a second later
william Barnes jr.. voted for Taft as did Lucius
N Littauer Representative Serene E PaSne 'oO0'
with the Hughes delegates
The total vote was divided as foIio"s' 1hNs'
81; Taft 10: Cannon. 6; absent. l. 49,.
The convention was deeply interes'ea - IN -
polIing of the New York delegation and Hs'sI'N
in silence to the voting -.
North Carolina went solidly for Iaft e' 90.
North Dakota. Ohio cast AZ for IaIl an -
Foraker This was the critical point IN tne . U
lot and it was his state that carried ln7 O''O
candidate over to victory
There was decided sensation when
vania was called and the chairman annou .
"Sixty-four for Knox, lot Iai' ai'U
for Theodore Roosevelt ..s
resounding cheer from the sa4Ierlos 49,.
the announcement. Chairman Lodge oroe1r.-+ oroeIeL
galleries cleared but the demonstration was si'''
lived. -. -,.,
There had been $50 votes cast for Tal1 en'
Ohio was reached and the nomination was I-,, nAu.
The A. votes of Ohio gave Taft Oil. whereas 0-
4s1 required .,t.,
Co,tr r,aro,ina demanded that her vote be taAsn
hy- delegates The vote was Taft Is FORAKER =
Fairbanks 2. absent / V-.--
South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas Ctan sliU
mont went solIdly for Taft =, 49,.
West Virginia. which was supposed 70 ,,-
L.sd,,z ,Iacs Of the Roosevelt ooonn went Ioi
Taft while La Toilette lost vote IN '.1'.,v
n h.inx cast for TAFT The territories Went s0A
for Taft and the final result vas s..
EaIrharks -. EEsa-s,