Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-19

the delegates. He was nominated, as
was expected, on the first ballot.
He had the nomination firmly in his
grasp before the roll call reached his.
own state. With 4G9 ballotS to his
credit Ohio gave him AZ more, increas-
ing his lead to 511, when 491 was a
sufficient number to insure him as the
choice of the convention. President
Roosevelt received three votes from
Pennsylvania.
Cheers Follow Announcement.
When the clerk with the "megaphone
voice" announced the result there was
tremendous cheering ON the part of the
10000 people who had sweltered
through the afternoon, forming the
greatest crowd that ever packed the.
Coliseum =
But the shouting, the applause, the
waving of flags. and handkerchiefs, and
coats, and hats, though vigorous
enough, was Of brief duration. 1t was
the last effort of an audience that had
worn itself out in previous demon
stration of 25 minutes following the
ton, in which he summed up his views
of the candidate as that perfect type
of American manhood. the peerless rep
resentative of our American life"
Get Into the Wagon.
Following the announcement of the
result of the ballot, that venerable
wheeihorse of the republican party.
General Stewart l.. Woodford of New
York, mounted a chair and in courtly
manner moved to make Mr.. Taft's nom-
ination unanimous. He was the first
to get into the band wagon.
There was a scramble to second the
motion by the other states who had
advanced the claims of favorite sons.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and
Congressman Henry Sherman Boutell
| of Illinois were on their feet at the
same instant, but Chairman Lodge rec
ognized Mr.. Penrose first Then fol-
lowed Senator Beveridge of Indiana (;
next came the chairman of the Wiscon-
sin delegation, and finally w. o. EN-
| cry of Georgia, the colored orator who
had seconded the nomination of Jo-
seph B. Foraker-all of them with Sec
ending motions
Chairman Lodge put the motion and
it was carried with roar
Il declare the vote to be unanimous,
he shouted. Another roar followed
| Picture liz Raised.
A monster picture of the candidate
that had been carried triumphantly
through the hall by certain enthusiastic
| delegates from Texas, was taken to the
platform and placed in a conspicuous
position.
| The band stationed at the north end
of the great building started up "The
Star Spangled Banner" Many in the
crowd joined in. singing the national
anthem, and then filed slowly out OF
the building while the band played
| Dixie"
| The climax had been reached after
a nerve racking, continuous session
lasting nearly eight hours. In JUS
seven minutes after the vote for Mr.
Taft had been announced the most i'm
lportant session of the 14th convention
of the republican party was over.
Taft Misses Only One State.
Mr.. Taft received the Remarkable,
tribute of votes in every state and ter
ritory except Indiana. Mr.. Fairbank
was the only candidate who received
solid delegation.
| In Toilette Gets Demonstration,
ut was late in the afternoon before
the convention now literally swelter
ing with the itense heat and wear,
of the nearly seven hours continuous
session, reached the end of the flood o
eloquence and the decks were at las
clean for the eliminating act. But
, no, just as the last swell of oratory
seconding the speech of La Toilette
had died away, like a cyclone from
clear sky burst La Toilette demon
stration, which swept the convention
from its very bearings 1t was tn
same deafening wave of sound that la
greeted Roosevelt and Taft a littl
while before. intense and maddenin
, and with the vital ring of genuine er
thusiasm. 1t seemed as though Wi:
consin had suddenly peopled every foe
of the galleries. The delegates sa
, calm and waiting except the franti
! Wisconsins, but the convention for
= time being was in possession of til
? galleries. Now a single transformatio
occurred = gradually the whirlwin
veered from La Toilette to Roosevelt
| Roaaavot nuuna, Sur,.vu
A banner bearing a Roosevelt pc
trait waved from the gallery was tn
signal for the change, but in the col
fusion, babel of voices, there was n
distinguishing where the La Follett
n cheers ended and those for Rooseve
). began. Amid this pandemonium an
with the galleries in full control, Chat
man Lodge decided upon heroic actio
in order again to make the conventio
master of its affairs. He ordered tt
roll CALI of states to begin for vote c