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CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO,
June 1S.-Taft was nominated in con
vention at Chicago on the first ballot
securing 703 votes out of the entire
vote. He was greeted with great
ovation equalled only by the outburst
of enthusiasm which greeted the men
tion of President Roosevelt's s namt
during the proceeding early in the
morning. In the voting Illinois stood
by Uncle Joe Cannon, Indiana was
solid for Fairbanks, New York CAV,
ance of injunctions in cases arising out
| of labor disputes when such injunc-
tions would not apply when no labor
disputes existed and that in no case
shall an injunction be issued when
there exists remedy by the ordinary
course of law, and which act shall pro
vide for the punishment of contempt
of court or cited for contempt shall,
when such contempt was not commit
ted in the actual presence of the court,
be settled by trial by jury.
"We pledge the Republican party
to the enactment of law extending
the existing eight hours to all govern
ment employees and to all workers,
whether employed by contractors CT
subcontractors, doing work for or on
behalf of the federal government.
"We pledge the Republican party
to the enactment Of law by Con-
gress as far as the federal jurisdiction
extends, for general employers liza
bility law for injury to body or loss
life of employees.
1--WE pledge the Republican party
to the enactment of an act creating
department of labor, separate from
the existing department, with a secre
tary as its head, having a seat in the
president s cabinet
"We pledge the Republican party to
the enactment of law for the estab
ishment of United States govern
ment savings bank. -
when Senator Lodge mentioned the
name of President Roosevelt-the ted
dy bear was snatched from Miss Neal IS
| arms and tossed high in the air, and
| the greatest and widest ovation ever
| offered a president of the United
States was started
At 2:41 Chairman Lodge during a
temporary lull, resumed his speech and
was at last able to make the delegates
hear the statement that anyone who
| used the name of the president serious
Roosevelt g.
The cheering again broke out, and
much louder than before, but after
moment or two the seriousness OF
what had been said dawned on the
crowd and the chairman was allowed
| to continue his speech.
| The Nevada delegation was appor-
toned as follows:
Chairman, J. F. Douglass; Dwight
o. Jones, secretary; William Easton,
committee on credentials; Hugh Brown,
committee on permanent organization;
Con Ahern, committee on rules and
order of business; Senator Geo. s. Nix
Nixon, committee on resolutions and
| platform; Patrick l.. Flanagan, nat
ional committeeman; Oscar Smith, COM
mittee to notify presidential candidate
of his selection as nominee; J. F.. Thomp-
son, committee to notify vice presiden-
tial candidate.
| Hughes sixty-one votes and some ar
three votes to Roosevelt.
1t was expected that wild burst
of enthusiasm would result in Roose-
welt being nominated by acclamatioD,
but the opportune moment did not
come. The vice-presidential nomina-
tion is not being started. Anybody can
win as nobody seems to know who has
chance. The minority report on the
injunction plank in the platform was
put to vote early this morning and
lost.
| The convention was in an uproa:
of noise for over an hour and a half
when Roosevelt 3 picture draped with
an American flag was brought into
the hall. The convention had just
made the nomination of Taft unani-
nous and adjourned until ten O'Clock
tomorrow.
DR.. Scott was called to Killabrew
Tuesday to attend Thomas l.. Love
lock, who has well developed case
of typhoid fever.