Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-25
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN cONvEN-
TON WINDS UP ITS -lI6ER-
ATIoNS IN CHICAGO.
OTHER ASPIRANTS VOTED FOR
The Last Day Was Marked by Great
observation-disclosures Received
916 Votes on the
First Ballot


can convention concluded with the NOM
ination of James S. Sherman of New
! York for vice president amid final roar
! of tumultOus demonstration. Again the
vast assembly was swept with wave on
wave of wild eXultant camor as the null
| ttude, realizing that at last the work
! was done and the record made upon
which the Republican party goes before
! the country, united in one last mighty
! outburst Of enthusiastic tribute to the
men who will bear forward the standard
in the struggle now at hand.
Another inspiring picture was pre-
/ sented Friday as the convention named
! its candidates for vice president
The preliminaries We're brief. and at
! 1890 the nominating speeches for vice
president began with limit of ten min
| utes to each speaker. On the call Of
! states Delaware yielded to New York
and former Lieut. Gov. Timothy l.. Wood
| ruff mounted the platform for a glowing
! speech. placing in nomination Sherman as
New Yorks choice for the vice presi-
| dency.
| Mr.. Woodruff in opening his remarks
| called attention to the fact that New
| York, the foremost of the commercial
| and industrial commonwealth of the ma
ton. was the state which in the pol
itics Of the country, was the pivotal state
! of the Union. He was not on the plat
form. he said, merely for the purpose OF
! presenting candidate for vice presi-
dent, but the New York delegation felt
that unless you accord our great state,
which has unnecessarily, presented to
| you a candidate for president and Is, I
understand the only one of the states
| which presented candidate for presi-
er vice. to bs
| you accord to us the second place upon
the ticket we will be compelled to re-
that essential with which there will be no
for the ticket
lican on 1t except once, and that was
when our opponents were wise enough to
select New York Democrat to head the
Democra tic ticket"
Mr.. Sherman. he declared, was not
OF Only EnoWn Yor IN position of the state
represented in this convention"
"On behalf of the united and solid dele
cation Of the great Empire state. the
state which is known to every delegate
r here to be the pivotal state of the Union,
| take the greatest pleasure in present.
| ing to you for what We of New York bs-
lieye must be your favorable, considersc
! ton, Congressman James s. Sherman, oe
New York"
Now came a surprise, as the venerable
| Cannon, with his Lincoln like visage and
shaggy beard, emerged from the Illinois
! delegation, and stepping to the platform,
| was yielded unanimous consent to second
| the nomination of Sherman. Such pic
| tnre of sturdy, homely, plain American
! citizenship as Cannon appeared, as he
! advanced before the throng which rose
! to do lim homage, has seldom bco0 seen
! before a national convention. IL seri-
! GUS face was beaded with sweat; his coll
! tar, melted to a rag, hung limp about
! his neck. His vest was thrown wide
I open. exposing a crumpled shirt, and the
sleeves of his black Alapaca coat curled
up about his dangling cuffs t9 lis elbows
Il his waiting aims emphasized MS ring
ing words for his colleague and friend
James S. Sherman of New York. 9
From the outbursts of enthusiasm
which greeted every mention of Sher-
mans name it was plain that the mind
| of the convention had been made up and
that the decision was only to be recorded
| But for a moment there was a halt in
the Sherman movement, as Senator
/ Lodge, leaving the presiding officers
chair. advanced to nominate Gov. Guild of
/ Massac chusetts for the vice presidency,
| The senator's voice was strained with
the exertions of recent days, but he spoke
eIoquently and forcibly for the Massa-
chusetts candidate. Michigan, through
Chase Osborn, added her voice for Guild
and New Jersey brought forward her
favorite son. in a speech by Thomas Il.
| McCarter, nominating former Gov.
Murphy of New Jersey for second place
on the ticket.
The steady advance of the Sherman
movement now began again, as state
after state fell into line-North Carolina,
in ringing speech from the floor by
Harry Skinner, Oklahoma by Dennis 7.
Flynn, Pennsylvania by Congressman
Myron Olmstead, Tennessee by II. Clay
Evans and Virginia by c. b. Slemp
Now began the VOTE taken amid confu-
sion al first. which increased as the totals
climbed upward to the nominating point
The result was never in doubt as the to-
tails of states We're heaped one upon an
other. There We're scattering votes, but
the great body of delegates swelled tho
total of Sherman until it touched S16.
With keen appreciation of the effect of
the climax, Chairman Lodge announced
the result, reserving Sherman's sure total
until the last:
Vice President Fairbanks gets 1 vote:
Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska 10 votes; Gov.
Guild of Massachusetts rs votes; Gov.
Murphy of New Jersey n votes, and
James Schoocraft Sherman of New York
SIG votes"
Again the flood gates of enthusiasm
were let loose as floor and gallery joined
in a pandemonium of demonstration for
the nominee.
The nomina tions completed, final details
Were now quickly perfected-committees
from the various states to wait upon the
candidates for president and vice presi-
dent, and formally notify them of the
action of the convention in nominating
them: prospective meetings OF the ma
tional committee to perfect plans for the
coming campaign; and thanks and con-
gratulations to the Chica goans who have
given a convention of such perfect equip
ment. And then, just before noon, amid
cheers still echoing, and the inspiring
strains of the national anthem, the ma
tional convention finally adjourned and
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